This is not remotely true. There may not be a Federal law that effectively bans import of this material, but I'm certain that sale, possession, transfer, or exhibition of this title is definitely illegal under many local obscenity statutes.

The 1st Amendment does have restrictions, for example based on safety (one cannot yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre), or prurient interest (bestiality and rape-porn are considered obscene in most communities), but it is up to the municipalities to decide how it treats these materials.

How materials such as these are handled both on a Federal, and local level, may change drastically very soon.

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I think the government should ban games like this on a case-by-case basis (which it would appear it already does) to avoid the whole slippery slope of a catch-all ban that would infringe on free speech.

The aspect of this that disturbs me the most is that I think if this game depicted men raping other men, there would be a much more visceral, public outrage over it (particularly from the religious right, since they hate all things gay). And I don't even know what people would think if it were women raping men, but I think there would be less shrugging off and more examining how and why this is wrong and how to put a stop to it.

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Kind of nothing we can but be outraged. Outrage is fun, though. Not knocking outrage.

For the record, I know a guy who downloaded and played this game. I was like, "Isn't it totally disgusting and wrong?" He was like, "Uh... it's good porn... that's really all I thought about it."

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