Was Amazon Right to Drop Rape Game?
1. It’s their site and they can do what they want. 2. It’s a bit hypocritical of them to allow the sales of one type of product that can be seen as “offensive” but not another. 3. It was a used product offered by an individual/private business rather than a product offered directly by, let alone “endorsed” by, Amazon.com itself. 4. It’s a fantasy game. Like it or not, fantasy and reality are not the same thing. The implication that one act in a fictional setting will not “spill over” into the real world while another one will is hypocritical and misleading. Implying that someone who plays a game that contains the act of rape is “sick” and may want to commit rape in the real world but that another person who kills in the name of “God”, such as in the “Left Behind” series, doesn’t want to go out an commit real murder in the name of “God” just shows where the REAL inability to distinguish reality and fantasy actually comes from. 5. It’s their site and they can do what they want. So, while
