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What the hell is up with the Japanese obsession with rape.

To be fair, I don't think it's got all that much to do with Japanese culture. I think they just tend to be more open about it. 10 seconds with Google will show you that rape fantasy porn is quite common ("rape porn" gets over 2 million hits). And a look through a couple sites specializing in erotic literature shows that rape fantasy stories are quite popular there, as well - both men fantasizing about raping women, and women fantasizing about being raped.
 
JohnIndia, rape defender extraordinaire!

I don't think so. You have to correct for cultural miscommunication.
I think his thesis is that individual acts of murder are worse than individal acts of rape: not that either is acceptable.

If I say that rape is worse than lying, I'm not justifying lying.
 
I dont play GTA and such games, I would not enjoy game because my belief. BUT
Some people would call sick watching porno, some seing bloody horror or action movies but IMHO there is nothing sick if its virtually. And if is, I think that games should lower trying of sick person in reality. I remember that some experts recommended not forbid cartoons and pictures depicting sexual acts with children because peodophiles should be more deprived and dangerous in real life.

I felt most sick while playing Silent Hill serie - Japanese game:)
 
I don't think so. You have to correct for cultural miscommunication.
I think his thesis is that individual acts of murder are worse than individal acts of rape: not that either is acceptable.

If I say that rape is worse than lying, I'm not justifying lying.
Come on Mac, he's saying "rape is sometimes justifiable". Lying can be necessary to achieve a positive end, there are no circumstances when rape is the best course of action.
 
Women fantasise about being raped? :dubious:

Yes and no. Most people have had some degree of wild sexual fantasy that they would never try to make happen in real life. For example beastiality and incest are two other areas that seem to get a lot of interest (incest seems to be much more popular than rape, in fact).

I highly doubt that there are more than a tiny handful of women who seriously want some random guy to drag them in the bushes and rape them. But there are those who are excited by the idea of controlling or being controlled (in a sexual manner) by another person, and that's where your rape fantasy stuff comes into play.
 
Come on Mac, he's saying "rape is sometimes justifiable". Lying can be necessary to achieve a positive end, there are no circumstances when rape is the best course of action.

He said that in some cultures, it is justified. We sometimes justify murder. I don't think he's defending rape: merely saying that it might not be as bad as murder.

If you think someone is justifying rape, there's a 99.9% chance that you're misunderstanding the intent.
 
He said that in some cultures, it is justified. We sometimes justify murder. I don't think he's defending rape: merely saying that it might not be as bad as murder.

If you think someone is justifying rape, there's a 99.9% chance that you're misunderstanding the intent.
I disagree. He's not saying its JUST not as bad as murder. He's actually making a case that in some cultures, its OK.

"In many cultures if a lady goes out of her way to provoke the desire in man, it is justifiable to rape her."

"Why murder in war is Ok and rape in war is not Ok?"

Sorry, but, at a minimum, he is laying the groundwork of an apologist.
 
Or at least not disrespect a culture where rape is justifiable when she's really asking for it, or our boys on the front lines need to relieve some pressure.
 
You know what realy sucks? Statutory rape.
I wouldn't know.

But I agree it's a stupid classification. Considering a 20something ****ing a willing 16 year old as "rape" demeans the word and actual rape victims.
 
Many posts show that they lack respect for other cultures...It is really funny how people think what their culture says must be the best thing...In many cultures if a lady goes out of her way to provoke the desire in man, it is justifiable to rape her. Just becoz your culture thinks it is not justifiable, it doesnt mean it is not universally(...)

I think these bits clearly show that he thinks we should respect cultures in which rape is justifiable, and that those culture's justification for rape is as good as other culture's justification against it.

But I do agree that murder is worse.

The difference between rape videogames and videogames containing murder, is that in the latter, murder is not the central aim of the game. Some other objective is. But in this particular game, rape is the central aim.
 
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