Poll of the Day > Kotaku and other gawker sites possibly done for, owners are pissed

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https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/611360-kotaku-deadspin-gawker-fight-back-go-media

Dude from Deadspin was fired, owners are pissed about the clickbait topics writers are using.
This might be the end of Kotaku
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that's not why they're fired, and Kotaku is fine.
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Ferarri619 posted...

owners are pissed about the clickbait topics writers are using

Thats like their bread and butter. I figured they condoned it if not tooled them themselves.

good

they're arrogant dips***s
they black balled the creator of rouroni kenshin over some vhs tapes from the early 2000s
for a site that's called kotaku they should've known the difference between the tapes that were a cultural thing in asia and what's labeled as CP over here

f*** that site
doesn't deserve the name otaku

hogan had to sue them, the whole gamer gate thing which popped up again when they accelerated this guys suicide, you know the guy who made night in the woods, freaking the accused university swimmer they would put tabloids out on non-stop, the guy was like under 21 and they were acting like he murdered his wife or something
the list goes on
communications majors are such horrible, neurotic people, they will litterally do ANY STORY that is debased enough to host on their site for clicks and then not do any investigative journalism as far as copying the stories from other sites lol
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Destiny posted...

that's not why they're fired, and Kotaku is fine.

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RoboXgp89 posted...

they black balled the creator of rouroni kenshin over some vhs tapes from the early 2000s
for a site that's called kotaku they should've known the difference between the tapes that were a cultural thing in asia and what's labeled as CP over here

except it was japanese officials who prosecuted him, and he was found guilty.

so shut the fuck up.

child porn is absolutely not a "cultural thing" if the culture it's apparently a "thing" in says it's illegal too.
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RoboXgp89 posted...

they black balled the creator of rouroni kenshin over some vhs tapes from the early 2000s
for a site that's called kotaku they should've known the difference between the tapes that were a cultural thing in asia and what's labeled as CP over here

Being a pedophile isn't excusable even under so called 'cultural grounds'
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Bulbasaur posted...

RoboXgp89 posted...

they black balled the creator of rouroni kenshin over some vhs tapes from the early 2000s
for a site that's called kotaku they should've known the difference between the tapes that were a cultural thing in asia and what's labeled as CP over here

except it was japanese officials who prosecuted him, and he was found guilty.

so shut the fuck up.

child porn is absolutely not a "cultural thing" if the culture it's apparently a "thing" in says it's illegal too.

holy crap you people are so naive

we have the same thing over here
it's called modeling
sexually suggestive videos does not automatically mean sexual abuse took place
the tapes were legal in the country up until 2010, it wasn't even a decade ago and kotaku with all their integrity pushed it as hard as they could acting like the guy diddles kids or something

they were just modeling videos not done in public in front of hundreds of people...
thats why he got a small 1400$ fine.
he's still making the graphic novels still lol
you think he'd be doing that if he had actual films of rape?

that and how they said terraformars was racist just makes me not take anything they say seriously
a couple gamefaqs getting uppidy isnt going to ruin my day
we have teens being locked up for sexting over here, but no CP same thing according to you guys
you weebs are ok with watching dragon maid and kill la kill or whatever but the second a guy gets in trouble for that in real life you jump on him like r. kelly
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tanya the evil
has anyone here ever seen that?
watch that and tell me what the rouroni kenshin dude did was cringe
the girls in tanya are clearly 9 or something...
the girls in goblin slayer, completely made to look super young, don't know how you could deny that
no it's the bushido sword guy that's pandering smut, ok....
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RoboXgp89 posted...

holy crap you people are so naive

Hey man, I don't doubt that for a second.

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This really isnt the take you want to fight over, guy.

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Kotaku is annoying. I saw some video shilling for them, but like no, I dont care. Theyre toxic.

Of course normie sjw scum know nothing of sexually suggestive child modeling.

It's called culture. Smh at the racism and xenophobia here.

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Lmao defending Child porn
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EvilMegas posted...

Lmao defending Child porn

He always finds a way to one-up himself.
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Bulbasaur posted...

RoboXgp89 posted...

they black balled the creator of rouroni kenshin over some vhs tapes from the early 2000s
for a site that's called kotaku they should've known the difference between the tapes that were a cultural thing in asia and what's labeled as CP over here

except it was japanese officials who prosecuted him, and he was found guilty.

so shut the fuck up.

child porn is absolutely not a "cultural thing" if the culture it's apparently a "thing" in says it's illegal too.

Except he was fined only USD $1,900 and according to one source:

Possession of CP in Japan can lead to imprisonment for up to one year, a fine of up to 1 million yen (about US$8,800), or both.

Which tells me they (legislators) think its wrong, but its not that wrong.

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-is-too-soft-on-sex-offenders-vast-majority-of-survey-respondents-say
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Lol oh god, this topic is amazing
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RoboXgp89 posted...

tanya the evil
has anyone here ever seen that?
watch that and tell me what the rouroni kenshin dude did was cringe
the girls in tanya are clearly 9 or something...

I feel like you didn't actually watch Tanya the Evil to have this opinion of Tanya the Evil.
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It doesn't matter what cultural norms are. Some things are just fucking awful. Not every culture is equal. Unpopular take, but it's fucking true. I won't put a place that, I dunno, executes consenting adults for being gay on the same level as another one that doesn't.

Raddest_Chad posted...

It doesn't matter what cultural norms are. Some things are just fucking awful. Not every culture is equal. Unpopular take, but it's fucking true. I won't put a place that, I dunno, executes consenting adults for being gay on the same level as another one that doesn't.

You only think that because you've been culturally conditioned to believe that, though.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

Raddest_Chad posted...

It doesn't matter what cultural norms are. Some things are just fucking awful. Not every culture is equal. Unpopular take, but it's fucking true. I won't put a place that, I dunno, executes consenting adults for being gay on the same level as another one that doesn't.

You only think that because you've been culturally conditioned to believe that, though.

You're culturally conditioned to consider killing people for being Christian wrong, you'll still apply that to other cultures.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

You're culturally conditioned to consider killing people for being Christian wrong, you'll still apply that to other cultures.

I personally consider killing people for any belief or philosophy rather than for direct harmful actions on their part "wrong", but I also freely acknowledge that almost the sum total of my morality in general is almost entirely subjective and shaped by forces beyond my personal control, and that I was basically programmed to think that way. I'm also aware that "morality" isn't always the motivating factor for behavior, especially in the face of self-interest.

Being aware of that reality can be a good check against the worst excesses of ethnocentrism. But it also isn't an automatic get-out-of-jail free card for all behavior because "morality is what you make it". We still establish standards and expectations because we pretty much have to in order to interact with other members of our species.

Basically, the moment you stop believing in an omnipotent and omniscient Higher Power that can establish unquestionable objective rules and expectations, you have to accept that morality is a subjective system created over time by humans, mostly made up of the various rules, guidelines, traditions, expectations, and general assumptions that keep us all from constantly killing each other, and allow us to function as anything more than a singular entity. "Morality" is basically the mask we put on the face of human behavior to keep "civilization" from self-destructing.

A lot of this is pretty much Sociology and Anthropology 101.
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RoboXgp89 posted...

Bulbasaur posted...

RoboXgp89 posted...

they black balled the creator of rouroni kenshin over some vhs tapes from the early 2000s
for a site that's called kotaku they should've known the difference between the tapes that were a cultural thing in asia and what's labeled as CP over here

except it was japanese officials who prosecuted him, and he was found guilty.

so shut the fuck up.

child porn is absolutely not a "cultural thing" if the culture it's apparently a "thing" in says it's illegal too.

holy crap you people are so naive

we have the same thing over here
it's called modeling
sexually suggestive videos does not automatically mean sexual abuse took place
the tapes were legal in the country up until 2010, it wasn't even a decade ago and kotaku with all their integrity pushed it as hard as they could acting like the guy diddles kids or something

they were just modeling videos not done in public in front of hundreds of people...
thats why he got a small 1400$ fine.
he's still making the graphic novels still lol
you think he'd be doing that if he had actual films of rape?

that and how they said terraformars was racist just makes me not take anything they say seriously
a couple gamefaqs getting uppidy isnt going to ruin my day
we have teens being locked up for sexting over here, but no CP same thing according to you guys
you weebs are ok with watching dragon maid and kill la kill or whatever but the second a guy gets in trouble for that in real life you jump on him like r. kelly

he was literally found guilty of possessing child porn.

RoboXgp89 posted...

tanya the evil
has anyone here ever seen that?
watch that and tell me what the rouroni kenshin dude did was cringe
the girls in tanya are clearly 9 or something...
the girls in goblin slayer, completely made to look super young, don't know how you could deny that
no it's the bushido sword guy that's pandering smut, ok....

in Japan, when it comes to drawn images, there are no rules or legislation for it. thats why you get things like loli and shotacon.

however what there is, is laws against real life kids being naked, and that's what he had. it's not something you just accidentally find.
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RoboXgp89 posted...

that and how they said terraformars was racist just makes me not take anything they say seriously

Does sound like a read for a good laugh.
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zebatov posted...

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-is-too-soft-on-sex-offenders-vast-majority-of-survey-respondents-say

The comments on that article really pissed me off.
If you think Japan is such a horrible rapist country then get the hell out and go back to USA or Australia or wherever your from, smh. Japanese authorities should deport those morons
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RoboXgp89 posted...

for a site that's called kotaku they should've known the difference between the tapes that were a cultural thing in asia and what's labeled as CP over here

maybe the most racist thing ive read on the internet in months lol

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OniRonin posted...

RoboXgp89 posted...

for a site that's called kotaku they should've known the difference between the tapes that were a cultural thing in asia and what's labeled as CP over here

maybe the most racist thing ive read on the internet in months lol

How is it racist to point out that Japan has 15 year olds doing lewd modelling?
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I don't know that the fuck is happening in this topic, but keep it coming, guys, this is gold.
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Ferarri619 posted...

zebatov posted...

https://japantoday.com/category/crime/japan-is-too-soft-on-sex-offenders-vast-majority-of-survey-respondents-say

The comments on that article really pissed me off.
If you think Japan is such a horrible rapist country then get the hell out and go back to USA or Australia or wherever your from, smh. Japanese authorities should deport those morons

Lmao!
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I can't even do a comparision
but the videos here and there are exactly the same outside of the setting
it's just now if a teenage girl does a modeling video in a private setting it's considered CP over there too
if a young woman does something sexually suggestive here even if they have clothes on it's considered CP
so if you're a 13 year old girl, you can walk down a runway in a micro bikini but if you start twerking the agency will get in serious trouble for it
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when bfv came out the editors were complaining about the trailer for over lord and they were upset that there was dialogue before the round started on the axis side, they even had to pause what they were saying to write "and that's what I don't like. A nazi."
What they don't tell you is a lot of the anti homosexual laws were in place until the 70's and anti-black laws were practiced on natives in our own country, but the editors took the time out of the day to tell us how offended they were about nazis in a ww2 videogame.

when the dev's correct something like a name, so it matches up with history they write a blurb and that's it, no one cares.
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RoboXgp89 posted...

when bfv came out the editors were complaining about the trailer for over lord and they were upset that there was dialogue before the round started on the axis side, they even had to pause what they were saying to write "and that's what I don't like. A nazi."
What they don't tell you is a lot of the anti homosexual laws were in place until the 70's and anti-black laws were practiced on natives in our own country, but the editors took the time out of the day to tell us how offended they were about nazis in a ww2 videogame.

when the dev's correct something like a name, so it matches up with history they write a blurb and that's it, no one cares.

probably because there was nazis in a video game they were playing, which didn't say or mention anything about anti-homosexual laws or anti-black laws in it

why would they write about something that is irrelevant to the thing they're writing about.
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they took the time out to complain about nazi's in a war video game

the soldiers in the game aren't nazi's
nazi's are politicians,
these people are completely debased from reality they don't even know who theyre talking about half the time
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Gawker is fucking terrible and should have vanished ages ago. Kotaku is a less terrible site, but still something that society would benefit from not having... is what I'd say if I wasn't fully aware that the editors, etc, who made it awful will likely just start something new.
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anyway the people who are happy about this are, uhh [checks notes] the same people who defend literal CP so take from that what you will
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I hate Kotaku, and would love to see them burn, but it doesn't appear that they'll be affected too much by all of this, ok?
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PyroBlade1985 posted...

TheWitchMorgana posted...

anyway the people who are happy about this are, uhh [checks notes] the same people who defend literal CP so take from that what you will

By "literal CP" do you mean drawings, or literal CP?

not gonna rope me into that one buddy sorry
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PyroBlade1985 posted...

TheWitchMorgana posted...

anyway the people who are happy about this are, uhh [checks notes] the same people who defend literal CP so take from that what you will

By "literal CP" do you mean drawings, or literal CP?

he had modeling vids of girls in the 12-14 age
there was no cp going on
it's just considered cp if it's sexually suggestive

this is considered cp if she loosens her bra strap and a private company puts music in the background

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_cr71xhZ0" data-time="
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PyroBlade1985 posted...

Wait are we taking about Kotaku or Kenshin's author?

Kotaku, since they're the ones who reported it, as a company named kotaku they should know better than calling a guy a child diddler
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Please don't listen to RoboCPlover89
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EvilMegas posted...

Please don't listen to RoboCPlover89

hes having a very normal one where hes trying to split hairs on what is CP or not. very typical person behavior
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Gawker can burn in hell where it belongs.
Hopefully the good writers at Kotaku can get scooped up by another site.
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it's about ethics in journalism
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PyroBlade1985 posted...

TheWitchMorgana posted...

anyway the people who are happy about this are, uhh [checks notes] the same people who defend literal CP so take from that what you will

By "literal CP" do you mean drawings, or literal CP?

he was literally found guilty of having videos of child porn
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TheWitchMorgana posted...

EvilMegas posted...

Please don't listen to RoboCPlover89

hes having a very normal one where hes trying to split hairs on what is CP or not. very typical person behavior

my girlfriend from el Salvador told me about them first that was over ten years ago and then I came across them again in idol culture on kotaku of all places, but the people who work there now don't even know what otaku means, they're all sjw man babies and man haters

Destiny posted...

PyroBlade1985 posted...

TheWitchMorgana posted...

anyway the people who are happy about this are, uhh [checks notes] the same people who defend literal CP so take from that what you will

By "literal CP" do you mean drawings, or literal CP?

he was literally found guilty of having videos of child porn

you have no idea what you are talking about
they were legal in 2010
they were not that
otherwise he would've been removed from society
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I'd just like to say that I had robo tagged as "would fuck a kid" before this topic.

There are child "models" out there dressed up for pedophiles to gawk at. They wear skimpy clothes "so it's not child porn". I imagine robo takes offense to people calling that child porn because "he definitely doesn't look at child porn".

Poor guy is bound to end up in a jail cell eventually I think. I think he'll find his shit's not as legal as he thinks it is.

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