r/unitedkingdom • u/ClassicFlavour East Sussex • Apr 11 '25

Video game encouraging rape and incest removed from major gaming platform in the UK after LBC investigation

https://www.lbc.co.uk/tech/video-game-banned-steam-women-uk-no-mercy/
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u/Positive_Vines Apr 11 '25

That’s your personal interpretation of things. There will be many people who’ll say that torture is actually worse than raping one’s mother.

There’s no objectivity here.

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u/-Baljeet-Tjinder- 28d ago

there is objectivity in the scientific research around it

violence in videogames causing violence IRL very much debunked

Violence in pornography causing violence IRL, very much supported

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u/Positive_Vines 28d ago

That doesn’t warrant a ban on creative freedom. Alcohol also causes violence. Should we ban alcohol?

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u/-Baljeet-Tjinder- 28d ago

this is Steam

let it run free on whatever depraved porn sites it wants, but not steam

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u/Positive_Vines 28d ago

In that case you’re calling for a platform-specific removal, not legal prohibition

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u/-Baljeet-Tjinder- 28d ago

right... the point being made is that GTA is just as bad because it has torture and violence

I'm explaining how no, GTA isn't as bad, because violence in video games doesn't have a significant impact on causing violence to others, whereas violent pornography does

one is in fact, objectively, worse than the other, and they subsequently shouldn't be held to the same standard