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:: Friday, May 04, 2007 ::

Virtual Rape

Virtual Rape Is Traumatic, but Is It a Crime?
"Last month, two Belgian publications reported that the Brussels police have begun an investigation into a citizen's allegations of rape -- in Second Life."

Timely that this story should crop up today. Last night I sat at my laptop preparing my set for the gig tonight whilst Mrs P sat at the PC next to me playing World of Warcraft. (It's almost like being a couple, we both just sit staring at a screen, but at least we're in the same room.)

Some dwarf character kept asking her for sex. We both thought this was amusing, especially as he wouldn't drop it despite warnings "hubby" was watching and a couple of jokey warnings from me. Eventually they ended up stripping to their virtual underwear and dancing around on a bed. It all seemed like fun at the time, and the dwarves shocked explanation of "We're being watched!" when someone else walked in was priceless. Afterwards, as we made our way to bed, she asked me how old I though the other person might have been? "14," I answered, quite sure of myself. There's no doubt in my mind they weren't somewhere between 12 and 16 so I took a medium.

Come the morning she was feeling sheepish, upset she may have had non-existent, almost-nearly-but-not-quite, virtual, cyber-sex with a minor. I reminded her that it was her that had been led astray, she was the new player in the game, she was the innocent in this alleged crime. It didn't cut mcuh. I'll see how she feels after reading that story. ^

Labels: Gaming, News

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How irresponsible, you let her roll Alliance! For the Horde! (I play on Kilrogg)

# posted by  Natali : 4/5/07 7:12 PM

 

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