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Emphasis mine: > “You may not be aware, then, that the description of that game includes a list of fetishes, which include many words that *are not appropriate
by Griffinsauce 5y ago
Emphasis mine:
> “You may not be aware, then, that the description of that game includes a list of fetishes, which include many words that *are not appropriate for us to speak in federal courts*,”
> “So Epic Games, your store, is on the hook for whatever process itch.io put in place to review these games that are *so offensive we cannot speak about them here*, correct?”
I'm floored that this line of reasoning is allowed in court, it all hinges on the assumed puritanism of the court and the implied ethics of that.
It gives no information whatsoever about the actual content either, it allows the judge and everyone to fill in what they find "offensive" while we know Apples bar for this is low and extremely wonky.
Just for example, Facebook removes images of breastfeeding. You cannot discuss that just mentioning "offensive images" - the content matters for the judgement.
- casefields 5y agoThis is the world we are heading towards. All those law professors getting called racists when teaching old case law that has n-bombs is where it's started.
- Griffinsauce 5y agoThat's not where it started. Religion is where it started and continues to spew from.
- hajile 5y agoExcept that the modern left that pushes these things is non-theistic (or maybe you mean they are a non-theistic religion?)
- nick-of-time 5y agoWhat do you mean by "modern left"? The left that I know (I myself am a socialist) is largely against the nonsensically puritanical restrictions that Griffinsauce mentioned.
- hajile 5y agoThe leftist woke mobs are the ones who went after that professor (and many others). Travel too far right or left and authoritarianism is always the result.
- mlindner 5y agoFor being non-religious the current left is surprisingly puritanical themselves.
- asddubs 5y agoI noticed that too. I also think it's a weird line of reasoning considering every iphone ships with an absolutely disgusting app called "safari" that will allow easy access to the most extreme kinds of pornography and hate-content