Much ado about something
Last month
woman’s right group in the USA kicked up a racket about a Japanese rape game.
In this game the object of the game is to stalk, victimize and rape girls. The
game did not break any Japanese laws and the developer of the game, Illusion
Software, was “bewildered” that people outside of Japan actively campaigned
against the game since the game is only released in Japan.
They stated –
“We make the games for the domestic market and abide by laws here. We cannot
possibly comment on (the campaign) because we don't sell them overseas”.
However the
pressure from the West continued and last week after an emergency meeting it
was decided to ban rape related games in Japan. Representatives of various
gaming companies decided that it might be best to stop producing these kinds of
games.
There was no
law created to ban the games, just a sort of gentlemen’s agreement between
various companies to stop producing games that focused on rape. This still
leaves a lot of loop holes.
Amateurs can
still produce rape simulators or they can produce games that do not focus on
rape, but still contains some rape. (like that is better)
So a victory
has been won for human right groups fighting these kinds of games, but the war
is not over…
To see what
you can do to help, go to http://www.equalitynow.org/english/actions/action_3301_en.html
(There are suggestions at the bottom
of the page)
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