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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by 1970-01-01 on Friday July 18, 2025 @07:24PM (#44610937)
It's a slippery slope. It's not real but can certainly, by definition, create a situation that mimics reality to the point of assisting someone at committing a real crime that they couldn't possibly commit without the simulation.
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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by voxl on Friday July 18, 2025 @07:26PM (#44610949)
The slippery slope is in banning speech. If you want to make the claim that simulated sex leads to crimes we have been over this a thousand times with violence in games. There is no connection, you are without a leg to stand on except your own religious indoctrination.
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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by 1970-01-01 on Saturday July 19, 2025 @09:36AM (#44615366)
>There is no connection, you are without a leg to stand on except your own religious indoctrination.

Flagging my reply is gross (you state that, not me!) and grounds for ban. I'll just leave this 2nd rebuttal here as I take back both my legs to stand on and yours as well :P

https://www.pcmag.com/news/take-it-down-act-deepfake-revenge...

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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by layer8 on Friday July 18, 2025 @07:33PM (#44611005)
Should also ban GTA then. /s
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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by dandellion on Friday July 18, 2025 @08:39PM (#44611444)
And all Hollywood studios as well.
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Re:Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to deli... by mango7283 on Saturday July 19, 2025 @04:55AM (#44613767)
You say this like they haven't already tried.
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