Seeing as they were considering a blasphemy law, yeah, I'd see them going the Australia route.
Quote from: Luciana on October 22, 2015, 09:45:33 PMI don't know what stance Canada would take on said things. Just wag their finger and say "it's wrong!"? Or pull an Australia and ban everything left and right?Seeing as they were considering a blasphemy law, yeah, I'd see them going the Australia route.
I don't know what stance Canada would take on said things. Just wag their finger and say "it's wrong!"? Or pull an Australia and ban everything left and right?
Quote from: Thunder on October 22, 2015, 09:51:26 PMSeeing as they were considering a blasphemy law, yeah, I'd see them going the Australia route.They were never considering that.
Quote from: Assassin 11D7 on October 22, 2015, 09:44:29 PMRegardless, Trudeau's statement was in reference to the death threats, raids and general harassment of Sarkeesian and co., who are the face of the "feminism in gaming" movement.I was simply providing context for those two. No need to overreact.
Quote from: Deadtrap on October 22, 2015, 03:07:12 PMAfter all this time I hear gamergate and I still don't know what that whole thing is.Hope this helps.QuoteThe Gamergate controversy began in August 2014 and concerns sexism and progressivism in video game culture. It is most notable for harassment against several feminists in the video game industry, including game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, and cultural critic Anita Sarkeesian. The campaign of harassment was coordinated in IRC channels and online forums such as Reddit, 4chan, and 8chan by an anonymous and amorphous group that ultimately came to be represented by the Twitter hashtag #Gamergate. The harassment included doxing, threats of rape, and death threats as well as being related to a mass shooting threat in protest of an invited speech featuring Sarkeesian.Gamergate has been described as a manifestation of a culture war over gaming culture diversification, artistic recognition, social criticism of video games, and the gamer social identity. Some of the people using the Gamergate hashtag allege collusion among feminists, progressives, journalists and social critics, which they believe is the cause of increasing social criticism in video game reviews. Some hashtag users have said the goal for their actions is to improve the ethical standards of video game journalism. These concerns have been widely dismissed by commentators as trivial, based on conspiracy theories, unfounded in fact, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics. Users of the hashtag launched email campaigns targeting firms advertising in publications of which they disapproved, asking them to withdraw their advertisements.Essentially, Gamergate was a movement by neckbeards on reddit, 4chan, etc. against people like Sarkeesian who argue that video game culture is often misogynistic.
After all this time I hear gamergate and I still don't know what that whole thing is.
The Gamergate controversy began in August 2014 and concerns sexism and progressivism in video game culture. It is most notable for harassment against several feminists in the video game industry, including game developers Zoë Quinn and Brianna Wu, and cultural critic Anita Sarkeesian. The campaign of harassment was coordinated in IRC channels and online forums such as Reddit, 4chan, and 8chan by an anonymous and amorphous group that ultimately came to be represented by the Twitter hashtag #Gamergate. The harassment included doxing, threats of rape, and death threats as well as being related to a mass shooting threat in protest of an invited speech featuring Sarkeesian.Gamergate has been described as a manifestation of a culture war over gaming culture diversification, artistic recognition, social criticism of video games, and the gamer social identity. Some of the people using the Gamergate hashtag allege collusion among feminists, progressives, journalists and social critics, which they believe is the cause of increasing social criticism in video game reviews. Some hashtag users have said the goal for their actions is to improve the ethical standards of video game journalism. These concerns have been widely dismissed by commentators as trivial, based on conspiracy theories, unfounded in fact, or unrelated to actual issues of ethics. Users of the hashtag launched email campaigns targeting firms advertising in publications of which they disapproved, asking them to withdraw their advertisements.
I'm not overreacting
if pointing out where you're missing important details that I think should be mentioned is overreacting, idk how to help you mate.
Quote from: Assassin 11D7 on October 22, 2015, 09:55:59 PMI'm not overreactingEh, could just be confirmation bias after your reaction to my comments about Ultron but that isn't relevant.Quoteif pointing out where you're missing important details that I think should be mentioned is overreacting, idk how to help you mate.I don't think they're worth mentioning because those important details don't have anything to do with why Trudeau mention GG.
Quote from: Chaos Metal Dragon on October 22, 2015, 09:56:30 PM>isn't a feministCan't really take you seriously.
Do you not feel that you owe it to others to give them fair information from an unbiased source, or at least both sides of the argument and let them develop their own thoughts on it?
Quote from: Thunder on October 22, 2015, 09:51:26 PMQuote from: Luciana on October 22, 2015, 09:45:33 PMI don't know what stance Canada would take on said things. Just wag their finger and say "it's wrong!"? Or pull an Australia and ban everything left and right?Seeing as they were considering a blasphemy law, yeah, I'd see them going the Australia route.That's pretty shit. If there is one good thing about American's being so adamantly independent, it's that they won't put up with censorship on things they love.Well, that's not always good.
Please tell me you're joking. Based on your other posts in this thread, I really can't tell.
Quote from: Assassin 11D7 on October 22, 2015, 10:04:10 PMDo you not feel that you owe it to others to give them fair information from an unbiased source, or at least both sides of the argument and let them develop their own thoughts on it?No, because if they cared about the issue they would have already learned about it.The point of my thread was to highlight what Trudeau is in support of -- if I had said, "he opposed the increase in ethical behavior for video game journalists", it wouldn't have really made sense.Providing the part of GG that Trudeau opposes provides more context. This thread isn't about GamerGate -- it's about Trudeau.
Essentially, Gamergate was a movement by neckbeards on reddit, 4chan, etc. against people like Sarkeesian who argue that video game culture is often misogynistic.
QuoteAfter all this time I hear gamergate and I still don't know what that whole thing is.If someone is completely oblivious of a subject, and a specific negative attributed to that subject is being discussed, you do not solely inform them of said negatives. As they are completely unaware, you take a step back and explain the term and meaning behind it, you don't continue from the point you are already at.
Not to mention this is the comment you made, further indicating what would appear to be your own heavy bias against gamergate.QuoteEssentially, Gamergate was a movement by neckbeards on reddit, 4chan, etc. against people like Sarkeesian who argue that video game culture is often misogynistic.Hell, if you'd at least just outright say you hate all the subhuman swine that support the hashtag, you don't want anyone to know anything positive about it to further your own beliefs, and anyone that doesn't want to be attributed to the label of "feminism", regardless of any further deliberation or context, then at least I'd find that more admirable than trying to dance around this whole discussion.
ITT: People stilly buying into the "It's about muh soggy knees" narritive
Quote from: Chaos Metal Dragon on October 22, 2015, 10:19:10 PMITT: People stilly buying into the "It's about muh soggy knees" narritiveWhat?
Quote from: Prehistoric on October 22, 2015, 10:20:00 PMQuote from: Chaos Metal Dragon on October 22, 2015, 10:19:10 PMITT: People stilly buying into the "It's about muh soggy knees" narritiveWhat?Stupid meme way of spelling "misogyny".
Quote from: Verbatim on October 22, 2015, 10:23:35 PMQuote from: Prehistoric on October 22, 2015, 10:20:00 PMQuote from: Chaos Metal Dragon on October 22, 2015, 10:19:10 PMITT: People stilly buying into the "It's about muh soggy knees" narritiveWhat?Stupid meme way of spelling "misogyny".Oh.Yeah, that's why I can't take Chaos seriously, Assassin.
oh so i've got a good reason to dislike this guythanks
Canada's New PM opposes Misogyny in Gaming
