Looks like the game "Anime Maze Game - Visual 2D"(1) is being censored by Australia(2), probably because the system was built by freakin puritans (who worry about things which don't matter(3)).
As always, you can write to reps at the territory, state, and federal levels (4) to oppose any and all censorship.
1 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DefaultCompany.HentaiGame1
2 https://www.refused-classification.com/censorship-timelines/game-iarc/
@gwit I still think this is exploitative language to refer to media which might contain taboo themes (I'm not even sure this particular game is actually that provocative), but you know what, I'll let it pass for argument's sake.
If you read one of the citations I put in that post, I make a pretty thorough argument about how porn is not really a big deal. I could add additional ones. I think that is a good place to get started.
Honestly, you could make this argument about a whole bunch of things.
Let's say an actor is paid to play-act a rape, or someone draws an imaginary scenario. Or what if someone draws furry art, this depicts bestiality, does it not? These would both be things which society frowns upon.
That said, I don't think someone should censor fictional art which might involve either of these themes. Also, while you might think that I'm pulling this out just to talk to you, I have actually seen this very argument involving bestiality in the wild. It's not hypothetical.
Such a setting would be purely imaginary, divorced from reality, it's not the same as someone being victimized by someone. It's also likely to be quite fantasy, and I doubt someone is even comparing it to *that*. Typically, it is an outside figure who projects this sort of thing onto that. In fact, even looking a certain way, can be enough to get treated as "abuse" by those who lean towards doing so, again, it's very likely a fairly fantasy scenario of absurd things someone wouldn't want to do.
The "validation" argument (which I'm not quite understanding) doesn't make much sense to me. Does BDSM "validate" biastophilia (essentially rapephilia) because it has coercive attributes to it? In any case, I don't see how having some fictional media would suddenly make child abuse a "valid" thing. I think it is pretty straightforward why abuse is an awful thing. Even in the United States, where freedom of expression is protected by the First Amendment, such acts are viewed with the utmost disgust and hatred. It's hard not to see how awful it is.
@gwit From the way you're speaking, I think you have a fundamentally flawed view of sexology? One perhaps inspired by QAnon or... sensationalism? (I've been thinking of writing a lengthy post on this for a while... And I might have to get on with it).
Being interested in a particular fantasy scenario isn't really "wanting" to go out to do something to someone. Much less so ever actually doing it. Also, censorship tends to punish innocent people.
@gwit You are making a nonsense QAnon type argument about how someone "wants to do whatever" over fairly mundane and ordinary content in 2023. So, yes, innocent people.
Your closest ideological ally is a woman whose feed is filled with posts from a religious figure and who wants to ban pornography, and QAnon conspiracy theorists (and people who follow them) on the Internet.
@gwit Oh, and. Stop listening to QAnon or religious nonsense. Nonsense tends to go back to them.
Pretending fairly common porn is abuse is pretty gross and disgusting, as is making insinuations about content creators.
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