Parent-oriented video game site WhatTheyPlay.com had a poll earlier this week which caused the site's own editor to post W.T.F. on his personal blog. The results of the unscientific poll showed that respondents were almost equally disturbed by the idea of a "graphically severed human head" as they were by "two men kissing" in a video game. Respondents were actually far more offended by a man and a woman having sex, which received 37% of the vote, while dropping the F-bomb only received 10%.
As GamePolitics points out, the results are in line with traditional American values and legal precedent, which holds sex to a different First Amendment standard than violence. We're not judging one way or the other, but we know what actions might cause us to pause (possibly take a photo) if we saw them on the street and which would have us calling the cops.
[Via GamePolitics]
Reader Comments (154)
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 11:49PM (Unverified) said
I was going to say something witty and funny in this comment but I have so many things to reference I'm just gonna leave it to your imagination
*insert your laughter here*
Well I'm done for the day :P
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*insert your laughter here*
Well I'm done for the day :P
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 12:55PM SheppyReturns said
Can we PLEASE start publicly mocking the moral majority yet? PLEASE?!?
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 12:59PM (Unverified) said
Sheppy made me feel like a perv because I have a crush on Hermione =(
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:04PM (Unverified) said
Ah yes the Puritans. Whipe out an indiginous culture, enslave another...yeah, thats FREEDOM alright.
Man sometimes I wish the South had won the Civil War. That way, all of this conservative 19th century BULLSHIT would be for the most part confined to South of the Manson Dixon line.
Thanks Mr. Lincoln, thanks alot.
JK on the last part of course...well 99$ kidding.
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Man sometimes I wish the South had won the Civil War. That way, all of this conservative 19th century BULLSHIT would be for the most part confined to South of the Manson Dixon line.
Thanks Mr. Lincoln, thanks alot.
JK on the last part of course...well 99$ kidding.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:20PM Jeremy White said
WiiSports Machine, I've read two of your posts and I think you're the most annoying person that I've ever seen to post on the comments section. I'm almost one hundred percent certain that this is not the South's fault. Being a homosexual is still taboo in our society and that's nothing you can fix by screaming, "BLAH BLAH I'M AN IDIOT LOL I DON'T KNOW WHAT IN THE WORLD I'M TALKING ABOUT."
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:22PM (Unverified) said
"I think you're the most annoying person that I've ever seen to post on the comments section."
I second that motion.
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I second that motion.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:59PM Korova Pamplona said
"Being a homosexual is still taboo in our society"
Jeremy, you are obviously not from New York, LA or San Francisco or any large city in USA. Its not so much taboo as an oddity at most.
The pole is sad, but probably representative of parents who are control freaks and are afraid that their children will be spoiled by outside influences. Some kind of farm and forest mentality.
Mom: "Honey, Billy just decapitated the cat!"
Dad: "Well, at least he didnt kiss a boy!"
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Jeremy, you are obviously not from New York, LA or San Francisco or any large city in USA. Its not so much taboo as an oddity at most.
The pole is sad, but probably representative of parents who are control freaks and are afraid that their children will be spoiled by outside influences. Some kind of farm and forest mentality.
Mom: "Honey, Billy just decapitated the cat!"
Dad: "Well, at least he didnt kiss a boy!"
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 2:03PM Jakey777 said
If I remeber American History correctly,if South Won, we'd still have slavery.
If we still had slavery, black people would revolt and take over the world.
And so we'd end up with a dystopian society where everybody speaks black and adds "nigga" at the end of every sentence.
I'd rather have a homosexual taboo.
PS: j/k don't start up a racist flame.
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If we still had slavery, black people would revolt and take over the world.
And so we'd end up with a dystopian society where everybody speaks black and adds "nigga" at the end of every sentence.
I'd rather have a homosexual taboo.
PS: j/k don't start up a racist flame.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 2:12PM heypaul said
To be fair, this seems to be a GameFAQs-esque poll where you vote for one choice only. The results could be skewed any of several ways since people were only asked what offended them the most. A truly objective, spin-free headline would've stated that more people found gay kissing MOST offensive than severed heads. If we asked people to rank the order of offensiveness of each of the four choices and tabulated based on a point system, we might end up with a drastically different result.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 8:27PM (Unverified) said
This is obviously a website for pacifist heterophobic parents?
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 10:11PM ArtificeDrake formerly known as said
@ dan
as opposed to being an aggresive homophobic website? yeah, i guess your desrcription of this site is more accurate.
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as opposed to being an aggresive homophobic website? yeah, i guess your desrcription of this site is more accurate.
Posted: Apr 12th 2008 11:16AM (Unverified) said
I don't know if wiisports machine is annoying... all his posts are always so greyed out that I can never read any of them.
But i do wonder why he keeps bothering to post if no-one can read his comments??? I'd ask him to answer, but I doubt I could read it.
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But i do wonder why he keeps bothering to post if no-one can read his comments??? I'd ask him to answer, but I doubt I could read it.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 12:57PM jaredgood1 said
It's stupid, but at least the wording gives the owness of the stupidity to the person answering it (as in "what do you find offensive" vs "what offends you more").
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 12:57PM IcedOmega13 said
So, then I suppose a man and a man having sex was the obvious winner.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:07PM (Unverified) said
I think two men having sex with a severed head of a woman while saying the F-word would be the ultimate no-no.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:18PM IcedOmega13 said
ya. your right thats much more offensive, and they didn't even ask us if there was a goat or donkey present.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:57PM (Unverified) said
"Depends on what the severed head is doing ;)"
The Aristocrats!
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The Aristocrats!
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 2:39PM (Unverified) said
i think the that a penis crafted onto a mouse with two men having sex with a severed head of a women is more socially acceptable then without the penis crafted mouse.
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 3:16PM (Unverified) said
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 12:59PM (Unverified) said
I am so sick of this puritanical NONsense. Its Aok for a child to go to a Family park where they can watch a live action crusifixion and flogging....BBBBBBUT show a nipple on TV and they go KayRazy.
I would much rather my 2 and 6 year old sons look at a nice pair of breasts or even 2 men kissing (so fraking what homophobes) than for them to watch the murderdeathkill shows like CSI or better yet a Soap opera (lots of "morals" there)
The hypocrisys are killing me. I just do not get it.
All of those Conservative/Religious/Rightwing/Family"protection" groups can kiss my Atheist ass...better yet, let me spead my cheeks first so that they can get a dingle ball or 2.
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I would much rather my 2 and 6 year old sons look at a nice pair of breasts or even 2 men kissing (so fraking what homophobes) than for them to watch the murderdeathkill shows like CSI or better yet a Soap opera (lots of "morals" there)
The hypocrisys are killing me. I just do not get it.
All of those Conservative/Religious/Rightwing/Family"protection" groups can kiss my Atheist ass...better yet, let me spead my cheeks first so that they can get a dingle ball or 2.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:15PM (Unverified) said
Accepting what?
What part of my statment is ignorant? I knew exactly what I was typing and that FAMILY PARK DOES EXIST AND IT IS A RIGHT WING CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE PARK.
I will post the link to the youtube video if you wish.
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What part of my statment is ignorant? I knew exactly what I was typing and that FAMILY PARK DOES EXIST AND IT IS A RIGHT WING CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVE PARK.
I will post the link to the youtube video if you wish.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:15PM CommentSystem said
no offense but do your 2 and 6 year olds type better than you?
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Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:42PM Delgadoh said
It was more in response to your "Conservative/Religious/Rightwing/Family protection groups can kiss my Atheist ass..."
Although if you weren't such a massive asshole you might be able to see that.
I am religious, and I do not fall under your blanket statement. I'm not saying I fall under any of those other categories (and I don't), but spirituality and a belief in God isn't what is wrong with the world - it is ignorance, which you are perpetuating. So fuck off, and go spew your idiocy somewhere else.
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Although if you weren't such a massive asshole you might be able to see that.
I am religious, and I do not fall under your blanket statement. I'm not saying I fall under any of those other categories (and I don't), but spirituality and a belief in God isn't what is wrong with the world - it is ignorance, which you are perpetuating. So fuck off, and go spew your idiocy somewhere else.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 2:22PM Vegeta has a ps3 said
@delgado
Preach it.
I'm religous as well and I don't fall into that category. I hate it when athiest assholes lump every person who believes in god in this one group, as if every person who believes in god behaves a certain way. That's not true at all.
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Preach it.
I'm religous as well and I don't fall into that category. I hate it when athiest assholes lump every person who believes in god in this one group, as if every person who believes in god behaves a certain way. That's not true at all.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 2:45PM Delgadoh said
"athiest assholes"
Sorry Vegeta, but I wouldn't lump atheists into a group of "assholes" either.
I'm of the mind that lumping any group of people's opinions (to further your own ideology, nonetheless) together is ignorant no matter who is doing it.
People believe what the believe, and that is cool; however, don't ever tell ME what I believe, and don't be ignorant about your opinions.
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Sorry Vegeta, but I wouldn't lump atheists into a group of "assholes" either.
I'm of the mind that lumping any group of people's opinions (to further your own ideology, nonetheless) together is ignorant no matter who is doing it.
People believe what the believe, and that is cool; however, don't ever tell ME what I believe, and don't be ignorant about your opinions.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 3:07PM (Unverified) said
Perhaps I was not clear enough. I was NOT talking about religious people in general. Throughout human history countless Gods and Goddesses were and still are worshipped. It was not my intention to group ALL religious people in that statement.
I was referring to Focus on the Family or other family "protection" groups. Whether or not some of you like it, ALL of them are VERY religious, moreso than most of the mainstream NORMAL religious and or spiritual people in this country.
THAT is who I was telling to kiss my ass, the Fundamentalist assholes beit Christian, Muslim, Jew, whatever. Those who say everyone else is wrong and have a ver dogmatic view of everything in general.
I hope this clears some of the missunderstandings up with some of you. It is not my want nor intention to mock any God or Goddess, just those ASSHOLES who claim they are "protecting" the children.
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I was referring to Focus on the Family or other family "protection" groups. Whether or not some of you like it, ALL of them are VERY religious, moreso than most of the mainstream NORMAL religious and or spiritual people in this country.
THAT is who I was telling to kiss my ass, the Fundamentalist assholes beit Christian, Muslim, Jew, whatever. Those who say everyone else is wrong and have a ver dogmatic view of everything in general.
I hope this clears some of the missunderstandings up with some of you. It is not my want nor intention to mock any God or Goddess, just those ASSHOLES who claim they are "protecting" the children.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 7:45PM Mr Khan said
You'd be surprised, a lot of American christians have really lost sight, i mean i know some who are nice and actually follow the teachings of forgiveness, then one who literally, just today, told me "I'd never forgive a gay person!"
It gets pretty fucked up sometimes, where's the love?
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It gets pretty fucked up sometimes, where's the love?
Posted: Apr 12th 2008 12:37AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
I belive what Killjebus is getting at is the extremist fundies who ruin everything (which they do).
Fact is, extremists of any belief structure take what they believe in too seriously and miss the point of what they believe in.
Many individuals who claim to be Christian go against the teachings of Christ, yet somehow fail to realize this.
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Fact is, extremists of any belief structure take what they believe in too seriously and miss the point of what they believe in.
Many individuals who claim to be Christian go against the teachings of Christ, yet somehow fail to realize this.
Posted: Apr 11th 2008 1:01PM (Unverified) said
What is it with sex and America?
Do you clone your kids do make babies? I DON'T THINK SO.
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Do you clone your kids do make babies? I DON'T THINK SO.
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