Rape games to be banned in Japan

[Tsuwabuki]

Originally Posted by SSJup81

That aside, I'm still under the impression that these games are justifying raping an innocent victim, and doubt any normal person if in that situation begins to "enjoy it", another impression I'm getting from this genre, but, I've never seen a rape game nor have I ever played one, so my impression could be incredibly scewed here.

Your impression is correct, in as far as I know. On the other hand, I still don't see how they are any more or less "pro"-rape than trashy romance novels. If you've ever read one of those, I tell you, a plot line where a handsome, yet sympathetic villain captures and "ravishes" a female character until she finds she's fallen for him is incredibly common. The demographic? Women.

Even if the language is more flowery, isn't the "objectionable message" the same?

[Salvanas]

Originally Posted by Tenchu

Then all this can simply be fixed by providing a warning message at the start of the game/film telling people it is not intended to be taken seriously, and is some seriously messed up shit, and whatever.

Still, I never imagined people would need to be told this stuff is wrong.

This.

There really is no need to go deep into Philosophy to find the answer to this situation.

Tenchu already got it spot on.

[SSJup81]

Originally Posted by Tsuwabuki

Your impression is correct, in as far as I know. On the other hand, I still don't see how they are any more or less "pro"-rape than trashy romance novels. If you've ever read one of those, I tell you, a plot line where a handsome, yet sympathetic villain captures and "ravishes" a female character until she finds she's fallen for him is incredibly common. The demographic? Women.

Even if the language is more flowery, isn't the "objectionable message" the same?

I've never read a romance novel and never will since I hate romance stories in general. That aside, for those types of novels, the villain isn't raping or abusing her and then she falls for him, right? He just has a "bad boy image" or something, right? Isn't it usually that the more time spent together (forced or otherwise), the two eventually fall for one another? Isn't that usually the case for those sappy novels?

[Tsuwabuki]

Ravishing is a euphemism for rape.

[Sblegach]

Originally Posted by burkhartdesu

and probably even less likely considering they are shy otaku.

I am definately not a 'shy' Otaku thank you very much.

[Guigoo]

i don't think its a big deal, its just a game, such as prototype in which u slaughter a whole city and still it doesnt mean anybody is actually going to do it for good.

besides, sick people are everywhere and so are rapists and they wouldnt stop doing whatever they do due to a game or not.

[Seanus]

True enough. We need to trust the morality of users of the game. There has been extensive research into the correlation between sex-related crimes and the availability of pornography for example. It was found that those countries where pornography was abundant had lower levels of rape and other sexual crimes.

As Guigoo said, some people are gonna commit such crimes anyway due to a maelstrom/multitude of other factors.