Play Nintendo's Animal Crossing? Congratulations. You're a rapist.

[uberreiniger]

http://www.kmiz.com/news/story.php?id=13725

According to one Missouri law enforcement official, no adult has any reason to play Animal Crossing unless they're out to molest children.

I don't play Animal Crossing, don't know the first thing about it. But I am an online gamer and what affects one section of our community affects us all. This is ridiculous. Of course children have to be very careful on the internet, whether they're playing a video game or doing their homework. But for that guy to imply that any adult who plays a certain video game is a criminal is unbelievable. A lot of adults get interested in online games *because* of their children playing them and it actually becomes a good way for families to bond. If I have a young daughter and she teaches me to play Animal Crossing and I enjoy it and start playing on my own am I now a rapist? This is ridiculous. Granted this is a state crime task force guy talking and not, say, the federal government. But since internet crimes are often federal in nature since they cross state lines, it might be worth watching which way the wind blows this particular fire.

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I hear ya!

I've been playing Little Big Planet (which Brian got me for Christmas) a little each week, a lot of times online. Once I was playing with these two people who ended up being a mother and child. The kid had one of those microphones on (didn't know it... hah! I could hear them talking to their parents about "this person seems nice, but I know I shouldn't give out my name or information!"). What a cool mom to sit and play that game online with their kiddo. Eventually the kid and I just kept playing until I had to make dinner.

Just a random story about playing online with parents and kids and not being a rapist in the process.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

Clearly however, you should be black bagged, thrown in a van, and brought in for questioning just the same. After all, if you've done nothing wrong then you've got nothing to hide...