but if the question is 'is it wrong to pretend to sexually assault a person who exists only in the imagination?', i would submit that the culture posing the question should look at itself very deeply first, before passing judgement on the other, particularly when those under review belong to a culture not only much older, but also very different from their own. yes, this sort of material may well attract a certain type of person. this should be especially true when the subject matter is nothing more than a product of the imagination. these both seem unthinkable to us now but fashion, culture and morality are merely different faces of the same coin - we should not be so ready to judge others by our own fleeting standards.ДЄlthough deep down humans may share an innate sense of 'good', one must remember that what seems culturally abhorrent to one group may not be seen to be so to another and for a group from outside one culture to preach tolerance on one hand, whilst attempting to enforce conformism with the other should make us wary of such peoples' motives. so severe were the victorians, that only 100 years ago people were covering the legs of their own dining tables with lace doilies, lest men get excited by pieces of carved wood. the meaning individuals may ascribe to these symbols and their subsequent compatibility may depend entirely on the culture in which the individual exists.ДЄn excellent example has been made above regarding the public display of females' legs in many islamic societies aroudnt he world, today: compare the 'outmoded' islamic fashion for women wearing the hijab/niqab with victorian britains's attitude to public displays of any female flesh. the same could be said to be true of paedophilia: two diametrically opposed ideas, when mixed together, have the ability to deeply offend our moral sensibilities and beliefs of what is 'normal' and therefore, acceptable. it is this inherent symbolic incompatibility that causes our revulsion. it would seem to me that the truly shocking thing about rape is the combination of these two fundamentally incongruent behaviours: violence is (generally speaking) in diametric opposition to (normal, loving) sex and vice versa. to generalise once again, sex (usually) involves two partners of opposite gender participating in a mutually respectful and loving act.

to generalise, violence is an impersonal, brutal, essentially male characteristic. Secondly, ian makes a valid point in some respects, however i don't think the issue in this context is one of violence in and of itself, but of the relationship of violence to sex. Let us kill, pillage, cannibalize and rape each other.in virtuality, where noone gets hurt.Firstly, i would like to state that i am not for censorship but i am also not for degradation of any human being, male or female. We cannot be paragons of virtue all the time. I believe virtuality is a good place to satisfy this dark side. In all human beings, there is a dark side, with wishes and desires that can be irrational and 'evil', if you forgive me for using such a hollow expression. You simply like it to kill virtual people, as I do. You have no backbone if you try to defend your shooters with the idea of a 'greater good'. And that is the big argument concerning the GTA series.that a lot of the killing could be senseless. There is never a 'greater' good in raping somebody. 'And to go ahead a diffused the whole I play shooting and killing nsider that most shooting/killing games have you doing so for a 'greater' good. How can you be so sure about that? Have you noticed it while observing yourself? You would be crazy to believe that constant exposure to a rape game does not have the potential to influence anybody.' 'Seriously though, to the right person.a game about rape can be just as detrimental, as possessing child pornography.

What are you trying to achieve with this? To defend child pornography? Most people forget the range for child pornography goes up until age 17.and the reality is, you can be hurt and mentally damaged at any age.' 'I simply asked a question.and not all victims of child pornography are 'hurt and mentally damaged forever'.

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