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(03-06-2015, 03:24 AM)Faye Wrote:(03-06-2015, 03:11 AM)Clement Janvier Wrote: If you had kids, would you want them exposed to this kind of thing? Biology aside, we are living in the year 2015 and there are laws. Sure you can examine why you are uncomfortable but honestly you should be uncomfortable. If it's not the age that makes you uncomfortable, let it be the law that makes you uncomfortable. How would you feel, knowing your children were online and being mentally violated? Sure you can twist it any way you like to make yourself comfortable, but the bottom line is it is illegal.Â
Consider your uncomfortable feeling biology, too. I'd like to think we've evolved with a fear of prison. I don't need to say why. The natural uncomfortable feeling of 'do I want to risk my entire life and well-being over a fictional fantasy world'? That's a perfectly normal and acceptable thing to be uncomfortable about.
BUT CLEMENT! WE NEED PROOF! WE NEED PROOF THAT THE LAWS ARE BEING ENFORCED!
Very well then. Keep in mind that these cases are under reported and not as detailed simply to defend the identities of children. It's difficult for me to even find these urls and they might be considered flimsy by some.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/04/blizz...nt-erotic/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/blizz...ing-guild/
I know, I know, there are no exact cases and names here. But big soulless corporations like blizzard do not pull this kind of shit unless people are making a lot of noise about it. And legally they can give the police all the information they need when one of these cases does pop up in court. Logs are, in fact, kept. I would honestly laugh if squeenix didn't keep logs of what we're up to. Maybe they don't. Maybe they do. Would you want to risk it?
http://www.geek.com/games/drug-dealer-fl...t-1041412/
I can tell you that if squeenix were presented with a subpoena they would be required by law to comply. You should be uncomfortable. You should be careful with what you are doing online. You should absolutely make an effort to not involve yourself with this kind of roleplay, EVEN IF IT LIMITS OTHER ROLEPLAYERS. What is worth more to you? Someone feeling left out? Or you being in prison, being permanently branded a sex offender and losing everything?
I'm a little confused whether you're referring to the character being 16, the player potentially being 16, or maybe addressing both? Most people asking him why it makes him uncomfortable were referring to the character being sixteen, not the player. Role-playing a fictional character that's a minor in potentially adult situations isn't necessarily illegal in most places, and where it is it's somewhat of a grey area and disputed as extreme censorship.
It's gross though.