Celebrim
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But, [MENTION=4937]Celebrim[/MENTION], the topic isn't #Metoo, or #Believeallwomen or Roman Polanski or the connection between harassment and the porn industry.
I'm not sure that's at all clear. I'm not the only one, and probably not the first one, to link Zak S's public outing to the larger social gestalt.
And in any event, it is I think much better to talk about the larger problem than to linger over the details of this particular tragedy except to the extent of, "How do we keep this from happening?"
the whole "maybe I ought to walk away slowly from the mob with its pitchforks and torches and schadenfreude" is really out in left field.
Not to me.
So, to me anyway, bringing in all these things is just derailing the conversation. These are your issues. These are things that concern you and I respect that. But, this is not the place for that conversation. This is the place for us, as a community, to talk about how to deal with this specific issue.
Zak does get any more industry honors. We make this public enough, as is was just done by EnWorld, that then people can decide if they would not want to buy or market the guys products. Done.
People a lot closer to the actual persons in this tragedy and actually care about them in more than just theory decide what to do to bring healing to Mandy and the other victims, and what if anything is to be done about Zak (because surely if something isn't done, this isn't going to be the last incidence of caused pain).
We strongly tell the community that they aren't responsible for dealing with this specific issue because dealing with 'this specific issue' is a good example of losing the path. They are only responsible for dealing with the issues in their own lives. This vicarious inspection of other peoples pain isn't healthy. Heck on that front, I wouldn't rescind the awards but that's not my business or my call. I didn't give them. Someone else is going to have to make that tough call. If it were me, I could think of only one reason to do it - you wanted to bring even more attention to this, maybe get some more mainstream coverage. But, even that, well I would hope for example Mandy was consulted as to whether she wanted more coverage.