[LocalH]

Imagine if police could charge you with a crime, but refuse to show their evidence or explain how they believe you committed the crime, with the reasoning that "we must not provide details about our process, or evidence to show you committed the crime, to protect the integrity of our policing methods"

[watwut]

There is difference between putting you into a prison and denying you access to an online game.

[RandomBacon]

Presumably something was sacrificed to be able to have the game, usually money which is in turn acquired through sacrifice of one's time/life (a job).

In both cases, the victim is being deprived of time out of their life.

[LocalH]

Not really, when you consider the context of each situation. Being banned from an online game is a sort of localized "prison" within the context of the game.

It's called a "thought experiment"

[nosrepa]

When you consider the contexts, you can also realize they are two different things that should be handled separately and in different ways.