I mean I agree that's historically where it's been (otherwise Titanic would be illegal) but the whole "virtual child porn" debate and how it was applied specifically on Steam by Valve's regulators to hentai did leave them open for attack there
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and
I mean, obviously if that case went anywhere internally - and I doubt it did, but if it did - DONTNOD could easily have pointed out that no one is going to play one of their adventure games for the titillation of a sex scene midway through, unlike Hentai Teenagers 9000 etc.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @arthur_affect and
In the UK this would come down to whether it is judged to have artistic value or not. Which is … a line that has frequently led to some odd judgements.
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Replying to @bazzalisk @BootlegGirl and
Funny thing is despite the US having the reputation as the Puritan country, Pretty Baby was made here (it was a product of the rebellious auteur 1970s era in Hollywood) and got a "hard R", whereas the UK gave it an X and Canada outright banned it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
Yeah. Our Puritan nature is mostly all talk, not allowing sex-ed, and thinking working ourselves to death is a virtue.
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Replying to @markemer @bazzalisk and
Well, I think it's fair to say that in general the MPAA's ratings board is much harsher on sex and more lenient on violence than their European counterparts and that reflects a US cultural bias It just hasn't been a constant rule through our history
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Replying to @arthur_affect @bazzalisk and
Yep. They for sure are harder on sex than violence.
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Replying to @markemer @bazzalisk and
Yeah but all the bad stuff in Pretty Baby is sexual Honestly the fact that Pretty Baby got away with the R and Midnight Cowboy got the X looks really bad in hindsight Pretty Baby was 9 years later but still
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Replying to @arthur_affect @markemer and
It reads a lot like "Gay sex is always more 'obscene' than het sex, even if the het sex involves a 12-year-old girl"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @markemer and
I think that reflects the popular cultural position on that in a lot of places up until quite recently.
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True, sadly, although again there was a pretty huge backlash to Pretty Baby when it came out
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