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Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there

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  • F fleur_@aussie.zone

    The first Australian +18 video game was released in January 2013, GTA 5 came out in December 2013 and fallout 4 was released in November… 2015

    From what I can tell from the timeline of events it absolutely was a move by Bethesda to market the game to kids.

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    sys110x@feddit.nl
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    #96

    The name changes go back to Fallout 3 (at least, I can’t recall if FO1 & FO2 had the same drama).

    By the time of Fallout 4, names like Med-X (morphine), Rad-Away (iodine), Brawno (amphetamine? I can’t remember) were well and truly bedded in, and suited the aesthetic. Why change it at that point? They’ve created names that suit the aesthetic better than the actual drug names.

    I was in my mid/late 20s when this was all going down. I grey imported the MK reboot so I could play, had a copy of Manhunt, and others. The Fallout drug names were a result of the lack of 18+ rating and trying to comply with MA15.

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    • 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠C 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠

      “Porn” is extremely broad. There’s plenty of perfectly ethical porn around. Most major producers have pretty strong standards these days. It’s not the same industry as it was 10 years ago.

      But in this specific case they went after a porn game, not featuring real people. There’s basically no real harm here. People occasionally argue that porn addiction is a problem, but that’s mostly an addiction problem, which goes for most addictions. The thing addicted too isn’t the problem, it’s the very nature of being addicted that’s causing the issue.

      It’s fine of course to dislike porn, but to effectively ban people from producing and consuming it is an entirely different matter. That does seem like a massive encroachment on individual rights to me.

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      Gloomy
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      #97

      But in this specific case they went after a porn game, not featuring real people. There’s basically no real harm here.

      Just to make sure, this is the game you are defending and think there is no harm to people being exposed or reinforcing this view of women:

      In this game, you’ll either become every woman’s worst nightmare… or rather: the best dick they’ll ever have. Your goal is simple: leave no pussy non-fucked, since that’s the only thing they all want. Never take ‘no’ for an answer.

      Fuck your mom, fuck your auntie, and even fuck your friend’s mom. Why not?

      Take what’s yours and show No Mercy.

      Could you please be realy clear: You don’t see any problem with this?

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      • S sys110x@feddit.nl

        The name changes go back to Fallout 3 (at least, I can’t recall if FO1 & FO2 had the same drama).

        By the time of Fallout 4, names like Med-X (morphine), Rad-Away (iodine), Brawno (amphetamine? I can’t remember) were well and truly bedded in, and suited the aesthetic. Why change it at that point? They’ve created names that suit the aesthetic better than the actual drug names.

        I was in my mid/late 20s when this was all going down. I grey imported the MK reboot so I could play, had a copy of Manhunt, and others. The Fallout drug names were a result of the lack of 18+ rating and trying to comply with MA15.

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        fleur_@aussie.zone
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        Ah yeah true dat

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        • ZeroOneM ZeroOne

          Feminists are TERFs & homophobes PERIOD, the ones that aren’t are in hiding.

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          Gloomy
          wrote on last edited by gloomy@mander.xyz
          #99

          I study at a quite left university. Several of my lectures are about or at least cover some feminist theories. There are a lot of outspoken feminist people here, as well as quite a few queer folk. I have yet to meet a single homophobic or terf feminist.

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          • GloomyG Gloomy

            There is zero nuance to their target choices.

            Zero nuance is what this thread is filled with.

            One does not need to agree with everything they do or did. In fact, i don’t. But getting games that are clearly catering to rapist fantasies pulled off steam, is something i see as very positive.

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            dandelion (she/her)
            wrote on last edited by dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            #100

            not sure anyone thinks the problem here is that these particular games are getting taken down, the larger context and efforts of this group are concerning as it etablishes precedent for them to take the next step in their anti-trans and anti-gay agenda …

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            • F Fluffy Kitty Cat

              Porn addiction isn’t even real, Christians made it up to shame people

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              Gloomy
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              #101

              This is not correct.

              Contrary to the earlier notion that addiction is predominantly a substance dependency, research now suggests that any source or experience capable of stimulating an individual has addictive potential. This has led to a paradigm shift in the psychiatric understanding of behavioural addictions. These can refer to a range of behaviors such as gambling, video gaming, and sexual practices. Hypersexual behavior and pornography addiction come to the fore when the behavior becomes intensive, out of the individual’s control, and persists in that pattern despite harmful consequences and risk of harm to one’s emotional and/or physical health.

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              • BlackLaZoRB BlackLaZoR

                This is we can’t have nice things.

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                Gloomy
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                #102

                Nice things like games involving incest and rape?

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                • S some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org

                  “Australian anti-porn group has too much power.”

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                  duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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                  #103

                  Always has.

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                  • GloomyG Gloomy

                    I had a look at their website.

                    They have campaigned against games that normalize incest and sexual abuse. The first campaign, that led to this one, was against a game called No mercy.

                    The description, according to their website, is:

                    In this game, you’ll either become every woman’s worst nightmare… or rather: the best dick they’ll ever have. Your goal is simple: leave no pussy non-fucked, since that’s the only thing they all want. Never take ‘no’ for an answer.

                    Fuck your mom, fuck your auntie, and even fuck your friend’s mom. Why not?

                    Take what’s yours and show No Mercy.

                    Following that they campaigned against other games promoting sexual violence and incest.

                    Following our successful campaign and 70k petition to get rape simulation game No Mercy pulled from gaming platform Steam, we discovered almost 500 other games depicting rape, incest, sexual torture and child abuse.

                    How is this a bad thing? Do you lot just hear anti-porn and start foaming around your mouth?

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                    duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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                    #104

                    Do you have trouble differentiating between fiction and reality?

                    Can I demand racing games be banned because they promote CO2 emissions?

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                    • R redwattlebird@lemmings.world

                      Alright, time to research and rat these idiots out. The fact that they tried to ban Detroit: Become Human is enough for me to know that they’re not gamers at all and are just cookers.

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                      redwattlebird@lemmings.world
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #105

                      I’m trying to follow the money and can’t find much but there are very strong ties to the Christian/Baptist community, which means that there is an above 0% chance that Advance Australia has or is providing funding.

                      Their partners and partner’s partners are anti-sex (such as CATWA who believe that all prostitution is not a job but is a form of sex trafficking and appears to be against the sex industry), anti-abortion, and all board members and their associated partners are very painfully white.

                      There’s also an association with the NCJWA, whose president appears to be pro Zionist and has lauded Jillian Segal as a voice of moral clarity (anti-semetic envoy for government pushing to reduce protest rights, husband made a $50k donation to Advance Australia).

                      Hilariously, one of their partners is called ‘Campaign Against Sex Robots’.

                      Anyway, in summary, this appears to be a very well funded right wing puritan religious group whose only games experiences are in the political realm rather than PC.

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                      • L lumisal@lemmy.world

                        So many of them end up doing this kind of thing because they need money and stuff and never wanted to do it in the first place.

                        You just described most people doing most jobs.

                        Pretty sure most people wouldn’t work in whatever job they have if they didn’t need the money.

                        Likewise, there’s many who likely prefer doing porn over working in fast food or retail. After all, in one you get demeaned, mistreated, even abused, and in the other you get to orgasm for money.

                        Also if you really think women undressing and doing porn for the pleasure of the men

                        Way to just say that women and LGBT+ don’t like porn.

                        Says a lot more about you than anything else you’ve said, bigot.

                        PS: when the correlation is extremely strong and repeatable, it usually implies causation. There’s already research that proves that link isn’t just correlation. Not that it seems you’re actually interested in data or good faith discussion.

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                        Gloomy
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #106

                        You just described most people doing most jobs.

                        If your job is honestly comparable to that of a reluctant sex worker, you really need to switch jobs.

                        Pretty sure most people wouldn’t work in whatever job they have if they didn’t need the money.

                        Likewise, there’s many who likely prefer doing porn over working in fast food or retail. After all, in one you get demeaned, mistreated, even abused, and in the other you get to orgasm for money.

                        This is a completly wrong conceptualization. Porn “stars” often are often locked into filming increasingly extreme and often increasingly violent content. Many are left back traumatized for life.

                        See, for example, this study.

                        This article challenges the consumer-centric view of pornography, which overlooks the exploitation and abuse of individuals documented in its production. The lack of conceptual clarity surrounding the nature of pornography obscures these abuses, leading to significant consequences for those affecte

                        Way to just say that women and LGBT+ don’t like porn.

                        About 70% of consumers are men.

                        when the correlation is extremely strong and repeatable, it usually implies causation. There’s already research that proves that link isn’t just correlation. Not that it seems you’re actually interested in data or good faith discussion.

                        Op might or might not be, but i am. Please feel free to back up your claim with data.

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                        • D duamerthrax@lemmy.world

                          Do you have trouble differentiating between fiction and reality?

                          Can I demand racing games be banned because they promote CO2 emissions?

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                          Gloomy
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                          #107

                          No. Do you think fiction about rapeing women is’nt a problem? Have you considered the idea that exposing oneself to said fiction could reinforce a violent and objectifying view of womem? Or normalize rape and sexual violence?

                          Can I demand racing games be banned because they promote CO2 emissions?

                          No, and thankfully this is a complete strawman. If one wanted to make that analogy, it might point out how racing games might normalize speeding.

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                          • dandelion (she/her)D dandelion (she/her)

                            not sure anyone thinks the problem here is that these particular games are getting taken down, the larger context and efforts of this group are concerning as it etablishes precedent for them to take the next step in their anti-trans and anti-gay agenda …

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                            Gloomy
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #108

                            Downthread there are some people arguing pro rape and incest games.

                            I am not defending the group. When (likely not even if) they go against LGBTQI+ games i will happily speak up against that. But in this case they are not wrong, and i am okay with pointing that out. Look at the level of hate in this thread. For banning incest and rape games…

                            When they move to anti trans stuff and we give them flak, they will rightfully say “Oh, it’s those gamers again. Last time they defended rape games. No need to listen to them.”

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                            • S shaggysnacks@lemmy.myserv.one

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                              Collective Shout is a self-described feminist non-partisan organization, but has alleged ties with anti-trans and conservative organizations. The group has developed a reputation as a sort of puritan crusade that targets everything from Detroit: Become Human to Tyler, the Creator.

                              This one quote tells me what kind of people Collective Shout are. First, Collective Shout will go after the low hanging fruit and then will move to LGBT themed games.

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                              dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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                              It’s a hate group and Valve is caving to them.

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                              • GloomyG Gloomy

                                No. Do you think fiction about rapeing women is’nt a problem? Have you considered the idea that exposing oneself to said fiction could reinforce a violent and objectifying view of womem? Or normalize rape and sexual violence?

                                Can I demand racing games be banned because they promote CO2 emissions?

                                No, and thankfully this is a complete strawman. If one wanted to make that analogy, it might point out how racing games might normalize speeding.

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                                duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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                                #110

                                No. I don’t think that. In fact, research says access to porn reduces sex violence.

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                                • GloomyG Gloomy

                                  This is not correct.

                                  Contrary to the earlier notion that addiction is predominantly a substance dependency, research now suggests that any source or experience capable of stimulating an individual has addictive potential. This has led to a paradigm shift in the psychiatric understanding of behavioural addictions. These can refer to a range of behaviors such as gambling, video gaming, and sexual practices. Hypersexual behavior and pornography addiction come to the fore when the behavior becomes intensive, out of the individual’s control, and persists in that pattern despite harmful consequences and risk of harm to one’s emotional and/or physical health.

                                  Just a moment...

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                                  Fluffy Kitty Cat
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                                  #111

                                  Pron addiction is just Christian men who watch an average amount feeling guilty about it because their religion groomed them to feel guilty to control them.

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                                  • S serenesadie@lemmy.myserv.one

                                    The US is filled with gun crazy bigoted nut bags who love to go around bathrooms for genital inspections while crying at the sight of any rainbow flag.

                                    See how unhelpful it is to make shitty generalisations?

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                                    ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
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                                    Isn’t that the case though?

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                                    • GloomyG Gloomy

                                      Downthread there are some people arguing pro rape and incest games.

                                      I am not defending the group. When (likely not even if) they go against LGBTQI+ games i will happily speak up against that. But in this case they are not wrong, and i am okay with pointing that out. Look at the level of hate in this thread. For banning incest and rape games…

                                      When they move to anti trans stuff and we give them flak, they will rightfully say “Oh, it’s those gamers again. Last time they defended rape games. No need to listen to them.”

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                                      dandelion (she/her)
                                      wrote on last edited by
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                                      huh, scrolling through the comments I mostly see comments calling them out for being TERFs, I’m not really seeing any defense of the games themselves.

                                      Excuse me if I’m a bit sensitive, though - I’m both gay and trans, so this group in particular is dangerous to me and I don’t really care if the broken clock is right twice a day, I think it’s best to call the clock broken.

                                      We don’t have any argument here, though - we agree that vile games are vile and it’s good they’re gone.

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                                      • GloomyG Gloomy

                                        I study at a quite left university. Several of my lectures are about or at least cover some feminist theories. There are a lot of outspoken feminist people here, as well as quite a few queer folk. I have yet to meet a single homophobic or terf feminist.

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                                        ZeroOne
                                        wrote on last edited by mitm0@lemmy.world
                                        #114

                                        Oh boy, you’ll learn

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                                        • D duamerthrax@lemmy.world

                                          No. I don’t think that. In fact, research says access to porn reduces sex violence.

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                                          Pup Biru
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                                          #115

                                          i agree with that research, and i agree with where you’re coming from but i’m not sure you can apply the same research to violence. there’s an argument that it gives people an outlet, but afaik also people that commit these crimes often escalate. making it easier for them to try out their fantasy could easily mean they escalate faster

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