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Who is going to censor meat? You might be surprised.
Let’s start off with an acknowledgment. Most of these games
are bad, bad controls, grotesque designs and over the top writing. I would like to point to the Pokémon games,
how you can keep the battle system of Pokémon somewhat intact but suck the joy
out of it is impressive in its own way.
I doubt that meat is going to be removed from videogames any
time soon. Eating meat is just too
popular. That said, we can imagine a world were few if any people still indulge
in eating meat, where the act is frowned upon by the general society, and where
people do not want their kids exposed to the “immoral behavior” of eating it.
In that world, we can imagine censors removing references to
eating meat much like they do for tobacco and alcohol today. After all, eating
meat is immoral, and as groups like PETA tell us, has all sorts of negative
health effects. Isn’t there a responsibility to protect the impressionable from
the dangers of meat consumption? This
might seem absurd, but only because it’s about eating meat. Replace the word
meat with tobacco and its reality. The only thing really missing is public
acceptance of the idea eating meat is bad.
Whatever you think of the science or ethics of eating meat you
must admit it’s something a lot of people do, both now and historically. Loads
of art already contains meat consumption, sometimes as a key part of the plot. If
you morally reject eating meat you can look at these works in two ways. You can
take on the logic of the book burners, not watch them at all and work to stop people
from consuming them. Or you can accept that we live in a morally complex world,
that not everyone agrees with your beliefs about meat eating, and try to appreciate
what the artist was trying to do.
Back to PETA I think it’s laudable that they make games to address
things they don’t like. Also, I don’t think they hate most of the games they
parody. I get the feeling they like
Pokémon and just decided to attack the elements they don’t like in the most
bombastic over the top way possible. It’s not a good way to win converts, but
when preaching to the choir it is sure it get a lot of “Amens”
As for me, I will continue eating meat, not smoke, and
consume art containing both.
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