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Originally posted by HardTranceProd Imagine a game which portrays child abuse or trafficking. In many Western countries, even watching an underage porn video (as opposed to participating in the abuse) is a serious crime. If someone gets caught watching a video like that, they won't be able to defend themselves with "This isn't real life, I wasn't doing anything in real life!"

I don't agree with you, but if I'm intrepetting it correctly, that's probably the strongest argument in favor of the ban that I've read.

I still think that precedents set in other media for exceedingly graphic yet acceptable imagery should apply to video games as well. No matter the media, anything that seems to advocate child abuse is generally going to be frowned upon (literature, movies, etc.).

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