Monday, February 2, 2009

digital rape

I found the case of Mr Bungle to be a very intriguing one. Did he commit rape? What is rape? Rape can traditionally be defined as unwanted, forced sexual intercourse. Now, in this case, there was no type of sexual intercourse. There was nothing physically, as everything happened in a MOO, which basically is a beefed-up chatroom. Perhaps what Mr Bungle was guilty of is not as serious as rape, but rather guilty of being an asshole. But is that all? I think that in this case, he was guilty of criminal sexual harassment, even if it only involved fictional characters. He was assaulting individuals, without their consent. He was most certainly unwelcome, and while I generally do not agree with censorship, he was past the line of speaking mind and harassing others.

1 comment:

Kyle 'KP' Phillips said...

Very insightful reading of the article. I agree with everything you had to say. I give you the blogger of the month award.