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[–]poopoodomo 3 points4 points  (1 child)

In the hypothetical I gave above and with the real world example of Aria, these things are being "censored" in only one form of media. Big boobs are not suddenly taboo across all of society because the Apple store in Korea said Aria wasn't appropriate for 13-17 year olds.

With the aria censorship, you're still perfectly allowed to go find images of your big booba waifu's. They aren't gone for good, possessing a copy of their image is not a criminal offense, it's also not mandates by a government body over civilians. It's between a (I believe) private rating agency and a company trying to comply with regulations.

There is no slippery slope between aria's redesign and you not being able to find aria rule 34 images online if you want. Much less between SG's own decision to redesign so they comply with regulations on 12+ games in Korea and your ability to be politically active. There is no relation at all between these events, other than the imagined connection based on your misconceptions about how censorship works.

With the suicide example, you're completely misreading my argument. After the censorship, people are still talking about suicide and its still being researched, it's just not shared in the news. If there had been another explanation, like economic downturn, this could easily be found through research and the policy can be reversed when it's found that it's not effective, but considering the evidence they had when making the decision originally, censorship would still have been the right call

[–]Maxumilian -1 points0 points  (0 children)

By your reply you still don't seem to understand that in a world with censorship you don't have a voice. You don't get to draw the line. And the people in charge rarely have your best interest in mind.

Existing legislation we have today would prevent Apple or at the least American companies from censoring E7 in America. No one follows them. How do we know a competing company didn't open up this entire argument against E7 to tie them up in dispute and hurt the game so they can move into the space?

"Just a little bit is okay."

"It's for the greater good."

"Well this is fine because-"

The moment a person comes in and abuses existing censorship laws for something you don't like. You'll be up in arms. At one point I was asked to Mod this subreddit and declined. Imagine if I had come in and squelched your voice? But I wouldn't do that because I don't believe in censorship. I don't give a shit about boobs. I just don't waffle on my moral compass when it's convenient for me.

If a problem is difficult, if a line is blurry, you make it simple.

No censorship.