this thread is great, because you get a few people going, "well this is kinda gross but i don't like censorship", until somebody actually posts the stuff being removed and most people recoil in horror and a mod removes what they linked to
emceegramr said:Please don't post links to topless prepubescent cartoon girls in pasties and thongs again.
but of course the anime avatar brigade comes in to start defending the game
Well female underwear looks a lot like swimwear. Do you feel like going to the beach is some insanely sexual thing that is borderline illegal?
But why would this be AO and a game like GTA V not be? GTA V has on screen intercourse and explicitly detailed nudity. Why would that be a M rating and drawn girls in skimpy clothes be AO?
You realize that they still left the rubbing minigame and 80% of the cards in, right? It's still going to turn off everyone who had no interest in it before they censored it. Now many of the ones who were originally interested in it won't bother because of the censorship. People are throwing a fit over it on the Idea Factory forums.
I don't disagree that the minigame is pure fanservice, but I do think that calling people who might like it potential pedophiles is bullshit.
I don't fault Idea Factory for self-censoring the game, even though I might not agree with it. I'm just saying that they did a shitty job of it and could have easily gotten away with more based on what they left in. There are games with full nudity that get the same rating as this game, which has none.
That's one of my main arguments in this thread. Enjoying 2D fanservice doesn't mean you want to harm actual people. It's pure fantasy.
If they're drawings, they're not worthy of being censored or persecuted as long as they're labeled accordingly.
I'm honestly surprised that someone really bothered to bring it over, but I find it kind of laughable that some people actually get worked up over this kind of shit. They're drawings.
There are a ton of drawn fetishes, many of them far more disturbing than the loli fetish, but it is probably irrational to be scared of their existence and of the existence of people who draw or get excitement off of them. They are fictional and the qualities do not exist in the real world. But in any case, let me ask this: if suppose there exists a fan-drawn picture of Bart Simpson fucking Lisa on the Internet that can be readily discovered; what is its impact on society? Do you really care, honestly?
I think that mentality is based on an irrational fear though. Would you trust someone who avidly consumes pornhub to be around your significant other, for example? If you were an avid consumer of porn videos that consisted of many bizarre situations such as the office secretary scenario, the next door girl scenario, the nurse scenario, etc., would you think a rational response to be to limit your contact with women around your life, knowing your sexual urges behind the computer screen?
and so on