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No, the two are inextricably linked. Hogan was caught having sex with his wife's friend, I find it amusing this video surfaced. He deserves the negative media attention...unless you consider this behavior acceptable? I don't want Kotaku to close down because of Gawker getting sued over this. What is there is evaluate ? Gawker going down like this would be quite the fitting end since their behaviour has been repugnant. What i find more interesting is that you think that some celebrity leaks/sextapes are ok to be leaked if their behaviour is unacceptable. Should we abandon the right of privacy, Bruce? Should our behaviours be judged on the whims of journalists and in the end, the angry mob, Bruce? If true to these ideals, then during the Fappening in last august/september, did you sort out between which celebrity pictures were ok to look at or not? Were Jennifer Lawrence morals good enough for you for not looking at her? I never watched a single video about those celebrities leaks ( and I haven't watched the Hogan video for the record ), were those videos about people having affairs? My understanding is that they were personal videos with the celebrities legitimate partners. I don't see the connection to the Hogan video? So in summary I have less understanding to Hogan being embarrassed because he was having sex with his friends wife, its not hard to understand

The guy had sex with his friends wife, I don't think that is right. Now there is a video about this and suddenly the company who are hosting the video is the " bad guy " and legally could be forced to close down. I don't agree with that

Oh no please don't misunderstand me, certain lawsuits are valid and definitely not unreasonable Also remember this whole discussion around the validity of this particular lawsuit is subjective as its my opinion, not a legal one My view is actually simple one to understand. I don't want Kotaku to close down because its holding company Gawker gets sued into annihilation

] No nothing weird about my view I am fine with saying some lawsuits have no merit but have consequences for the people being sued...like this one

Why should Gawker get sued for publishing this video? I understand there is a valid legal case but I don't think in this case its reasonable

No, the two are inextricably linked. Hogan was caught having sex with his wife's friend, I find it amusing this video surfaced. He deserves the negative media attention...unless you consider this behavior acceptable? I don't want Kotaku to close down because of Gawker getting sued over this. What is there is evaluate ?

I watched the first episode of Dark Matter and I also found it cliched... " another series about a group of people who have no idea who they are and how they got there " The only difference is its set in space, I have never been a big Sci-Fi fan and for me to watch this genre it has to be at least inventive. So I'll be skipping this series

Interesting, well I hope he loses the lawsuit, the last thing we want is websites like Kotaku to be closed down. Its important that basically almost any website is allowed to flourish, how else would we get dissenting views on topics?

I see the next season of True Detective has been released ....oh yeah

It was a nice touch, they have many customers and locals yet they still made your particular evening significant. Great gesture and good idea from you

Wow that's cool, the restaurant really put effort in for your anniversary. Did your wife know about the specific menus or was it a surprise ?

And? Details...what restaurant, what did you order...was the evening enjoyable? More information please when we discuss significant events

And people think Golf is boring

For me : After E3 and the noticeable presence of all these female developers I am interested in if we will see certain changes in some games and what these changes will entail

I agree that demonizing the gaming industry to implement change wasn't necessarily the right approach, even if it achieved the desired results if you look at E3 People like Anita and Alexander followed a certain doctrine that has been misunderstood by many gamers and basically led to the creation of GG which in turn led to a period of consternation and acrimony where some gamers really felt they were being vilified. So you then had this 8 month " war" between some gamers and people who believe in SJ changes It wasn't necessary because many gamers do believe in these changes, so I feel a more softer approach would have been more effective. I know people will say things like " yes but people mustn't be so defensive ( in regards to the Alexander article and its impact ) " but end of the day there were white, male gamers who were offended and felt they were being targeted So from a SJ perspective we need to be aware of this and ask if forcing certain changes without them being accepted and understood is really the best way forward? That interview made me laugh, his daughter thinking the moms comments were sexist But this is more a case of just explaining what these words mean and when it is appropriate to use them. Comedians don't need to do comedy at universities, I don't blame them But I suppose there is some relevance to the question " can we make jokes about any topic and be surprised if we get criticized " ( for example in regards to Bruce Jenner ) ?

I find the left's fellation of Sanders to be pretty annoying but what? The article states he hates "mainstream" media as its directly in the pocket of corporations and (to quote him) “insults the intelligence of American citizens daily, and is even further removed from the reality of everyday life than the average politician.” How you can interpret that as a negative thing is beyond me. Baro you are a bright guy and I'm really glad we haven't had many debates on opposite sides but this is one area we disagree on. The role and or importance of Capitalism and the West When he says " mainstream " does he mean like CNN and FOX or does he mean smaller local media ?

Shady I have a bad feeling about him, I don't want you to be disappointed later You cannot vote for someone who hates the media...this means he doesn't understand how society operates

No. My issue is what I said it is. Is that there is no less and no more success than there was before. Yet they kept maligning the industry. Yeah they will disagree with facts. Which is exactly the problem. Its not a disagreement with the facts...its there subjective view Something else I find quite bizarre, there are at least 7 prominent gaming websites who have said similar things....yet you guys seem to think they are all going to just parrot the wrong information like they idiotic sheep. You need to give people more credit ...not everyone is as unethical and easily manipulated as you may think I think its less about ethics and more about incompetence. Also: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/our-humanity-naturally/201506/anti-intellectualism-is-killing-america The obsession with feelings over facts is killing America. Oerwinde please try to understand my next point, I do consider you a reasonable person who will admit he is wrong if the right evidence can be presented I reread that article and now I have additional clarity on what really happened and why the journalists made those comments Its true that last year was clearly a more successful year for female characters so I won't even deny that but this year you had a massive visible presence of gender equality at E3. All those female developers and even Ubisoft showing the game with a female character would have convinced anyone that the industry is really changing for the better and really adopting a progressive route No wonder this blew those journalists away..it is a good step. So they are mistaking the change at the E3 to suddenly " games this year are the most progressive " Be gentle, they meant well

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I don't often disagree with Obama but he is reading too much into this...he was saying " Racism is tearing our Democracy apart" No, this is incorrect. This terrible incident was just another one in a long list that have been happening unfortunately in the USA over the last 10-15 years that involve mass killings caused by normally a lone gunman. It seemed to start with Columbine and sadly there is nothing you can really do to fix unless you tighten gun control which has been proven it can't be legally implemented as the NRA and there supporters keep blocking it The difference with this attack was it was purely race motivated and he only targeted one race. This actually surprises me that it hasn't happened before considering the current gun culture in the USA . We have had several of these in South Africa

States have strong identities in the US, no ? Definitely. They all have their own flags. Yeah, cute. But if the state and its people felt it was something part of their identity so not all that stupid. Interesting roadblocks they put up to stop it being taken down, though, well played. What did they say ?

No. My issue is what I said it is. Is that there is no less and no more success than there was before. Yet they kept maligning the industry. Yeah they will disagree with facts. Which is exactly the problem. Its not a disagreement with the facts...its there subjective view Something else I find quite bizarre, there are at least 7 prominent gaming websites who have said similar things....yet you guys seem to think they are all going to just parrot the wrong information like they idiotic sheep. You need to give people more credit ...not everyone is as unethical and easily manipulated as you may think It's not just games journalism, look what the mainstream media is doing, courtesy of Conan O'Brien: In before "but that is not relevant!" that made me laugh..but I don't know any of those people so I have no idea how clever they are

But you haven't given your reason why you think they are doing it?

No. My issue is what I said it is. Is that there is no less and no more success than there was before. Yet they kept maligning the industry. Yeah they will disagree with facts. Which is exactly the problem. Its not a disagreement with the facts...its there subjective view Something else I find quite bizarre, there are at least 7 prominent gaming websites who have said similar things....yet you guys seem to think they are all going to just parrot the wrong information like they idiotic sheep. You need to give people more credit ...not everyone is as unethical and easily manipulated as you may think