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There are better arguments to make than this one.

Every law, order, rule, and regulation is captured by this argument. It needs to provide a scissor to be meaningful.

Point being that even though this time the takedown targets were reasonable, the next time they might not be, but the mechanism will be already in place.

Reasonable by your standard. As others noted not necessarily reasonable by theirs, especially when you contrast it with other games that remain available. It also flies in the face of research that shows that games probably prevent those fantasies from taking place in the real world which seems preferable.

> research that shows ...

Hit us with the source. Would love to see the methodology used in it.

What evidence would you accept? What would the methodology and conclusions look like for a study that would be convincing?

Are you also in favor of prohibiting most booksellers from selling books which either contain scenes of or are exclusively about rape and/or incest? If not, why not?

In addition:

> (and that should've not been on Steam to begin with)

Where do you believe that they should have been sold? Are you proposing a separate "Steam: After Dark" store that only adult humans are permitted to browse and purchase from?

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