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Dassault Papillon
By Dassault Papillon | Jan 17 2015 5:20 AM
In the west, murder is portrayed all the time, often in a comedic or even positive light. Think about "Assassins Creed", "Hitman", "Dexter", etc.
Meanwhile, if you make a video game or TV Show which portrays rape in a positive light, you'll never hear the end of it and the lobby groups will hound you until you die (probably an exaggeration, but you get my point, right?).
Then, it's considered acceptable to insult people because of their religion. In the United States, it's acceptable to make a show which portrays all Christians as being ignorant sheep. In Europe, they probably say some horrible things about Muslims and Jews. And so on.
Yet racism is considered to be absolutely abhorrent.
If you were stand behind a microphone during a press conference and say "Muslims are a bloodthirsty, violent people", it wouldn't be considered as bad as if you stood up and said "Black people are indistinguishable from monkeys".
Do you get what I'm saying? Our standards are all messed up.
Blackflag
By Blackflag | Jan 17 2015 5:31 AM
You are preachingto the choir/
Dassault Papillon
By Dassault Papillon | Jan 17 2015 6:38 AM
Blackflag: What does that mean?
Blackflag
By Blackflag | Jan 17 2015 7:14 AM
Dassault Papillon: Besides the weird post glitch, it means I am in agreement.
admin
By admin | Jan 17 2015 8:08 AM
Dassault Papillon: I don't think this is just the west. Every place in the world has its own standards which are weird.
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Dassault Papillon
By Dassault Papillon | Jan 17 2015 8:44 AM
admin: I heard that in Brazil somebody made a video game where the objective was to rape people.
Blackflag
By Blackflag | Jan 17 2015 9:38 AM
Dassault Papillon: Japan too
Blackflag
By Blackflag | Jan 17 2015 9:41 AM


admin
By admin | Jan 17 2015 11:07 AM
Blackflag: Warning: video contains softcore pornography
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Dassault Papillon
By Dassault Papillon | Jan 17 2015 2:50 PM
admin: Good thing I knew not to watch it the moment I saw it.
Blackflag
By Blackflag | Jan 18 2015 2:53 AM
admin: Was a warning really in order for that video?
admin
By admin | Jan 18 2015 3:05 AM
Blackflag: Yes. You will recall that pornography is not allowed on the forum.
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