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Originally Posted by Mach  That's crazy. I thought America was the land of the free, not the "not free".
I just bought a video game last week and the U.K. folks chided the "yanks" for having to buy a censored version, and that their version was in it's original, pristince artistic creation. The U.K. folks were cracking up that we have heads exploding in a bloody mess on the big screen, that we go kill civilians in a messy, unprovoked war, but OMG they cannot have a nipple appear in a Mature (18+) video game.
GD American censorship.
I think America has serious sex fears that warp society, and may be overly protective when it comes to exposure to sex. I think most of that stems from religious zeal. I think it hurts people, it basically lies to them about what the world is like, and doesn't prepare them for reality. Finding out the truth later is a bitter pill to swallow, and yes, I blame people for lying and making this a sub-culture, when unfortunately sex is anything but a small part of human existence.
Sure they may mean the violence AND sex, but sex is the biggie that americans freak out about, violence...unrestricted in movies as far as I can tell.
-Mach |
Yeah...Manhunt 2 is still banned in the UK. Not "there's a censored version available", but outright banned. While it was initially rated AO, it tweaked a little and the rating was brought down to MA in the US. It is a really violent and bloody game, like ultra-violent sort of thing. Not my cup of tea, but I'm not normally opposed to violence in games.
But as for Congress, they want to stick their noses into everything. It's par for the course, the aristocracy believes they should have a say in all the commoner's affairs.