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Originally posted by cj@Apr 13 2005, 12:13 AM
for those of you who are screaming about how this is censorship and should not be allowed blah blah .....
are you seriously stating that mastercard is wrong for choosing not to process RAPE sites? Forget the rest of it that is moral argument, do you think RAPE is a moral argument and that this should be allowed under freedom of speech?!?!
The only line of defense ANY of us have in a court of law is CONSENT.
Rape is the opposite of consent and an animal can't give consent. I would be less concerned about visa, mastercard, your hosting company, your reputation etc than I would about the RSPCA and Peta.
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I am saying that nobody else should have the right to say what I can look at as long as it is legal under the laws where I live. In Japan for example, that includes Rape fantasies and in other countries Animal Sex.
You jumped from simulated rape to Rape, since when did a photographic recreation of a crime become the same thing as the crime itself? Photos of murders are not murder, check out most movies in existance and you will find one thing in common... ACTORS.
Fantasy is just that, fantasy...as in not real. If we in this business can't make a convincing argument of this (especially to ourselves) then we are doomed as our opponents will soon be using the inverse to destroy us.
MasterCard and Visa are supposed to approve or decline transactions, not morals.
(EDIT - typo.)