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Before getting all worked up, I would advise people to look at what games exactly were banned, and see if it’s a case of power abuse or simply a case of “we can
by khalic 1y ago
Before getting all worked up, I would advise people to look at what games exactly were banned, and see if it’s a case of power abuse or simply a case of “we can all agree that rape and incest games are disgusting and have no place in an entertainment web site visited by kids”.
- makeitdouble 1y agoYou should bark at Steam if you want more curation. What people are pissed at is a card payment network abused for moral regulation.
- aesh2Xa1 1y agoFurthermore, there's no public list of exactly which games were removed.
- khalic 1y agoNot sure what side this argument serves
- khalic 1y agoI don’t mean that I agree with the concept of corporate power abuse or the hypothesized source of the pressure. But I’m not spending one second of my life protecting this kind of content, and the fact that it’s being euphemistically called “Adult Content”, a very approximate description, shows that the source of the current outcry _knows_ it’s very bad looks to be defending any of the games that have been confirmed banned by steam.
- makeitdouble 1y agoI don't think most comments here or in the general discourse are protecting the content ? I'm trying to find a good analogy. Perhaps if someone in your town built a giant meat grinder in their backyard, and as a test run they requested the vilest and most heinous criminals to be sent to them, you'd still see a private entity getting to grind the people they want as a serious issue. Not wanting to spend a second on that issue, just because of who got sent there, would be quite a position.
- khalic 1y agoI get your point, don’t agree with it but thanks for sharing your perspective
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- braiamp 1y agoIt doesn't matter because it is up to Steam what products they list to sell, not to MC/Visa.
- khalic 1y agoIf I had a business, I wouldn’t touch that kind of media with a ten foot pole. Why should these be forced to provide their service?
- f6v 1y ago> we can all agree that rape and incest games are disgusting and have no place in an entertainment web site visited by kids We can then also agree that a game where you beat someone into a bloody pulp with a bat is equally disgusting. Why do we treat rape and murder differently?
- khalic 1y agoSo you disagree that these games are disgusting?
- jksflkjl3jk3 1y agoUnless there is actual real-word harm to someone (which is hard to imagine happening from a video game), no, I don't agree with you. What your kids are exposed to is your responsibility. Don't burden the rest of society because you can't be bothered to set your own boundaries.
- khalic 1y agoRemoving incest games is not a burden to society
- jksflkjl3jk3 1y ago> Removing incest games is not a burden to society It is to those who enjoy playing them. Are you suggesting that playing a game involving incest is somehow unacceptable, while a game with graphic murder is fine? It's a strange moral line to draw, and despite what you may think, your views are not shared by everyone.
- khalic 1y agoYes it’s exactly what I’m saying
- charlieyu1 1y agoWe should ban GTA for promoting all sorts of crime including murder and have no place in an entertainment web site visited by kids.
- khalic 1y agoYour point being? We can’t treat different content differently? Do you not agree this is insane content?