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Bagpuss, now I am confused. Who is saying that the "Sixth Slave" comic or the T-shirts were "censorship"? And what exactly is the "censorship" here? Because it sure seems like that term is being used to mean "any criticism of my beloved webcomic". Janx, I thought the issue was that the original...

Unfortunately, it appears that many people draw the line at "criticism of someone/something I like".

Actually, Orius, the arguments for them are the ones that smack of censorship. Unless you really believe 'no criticism allowed, STFU and move on' is pro-free speech.

scourger, that's probably true, and if they'd stopped with the 'apology' strip in the first place, it wouldn't be an issue. That's why it's really bizarre to see people here arguing 'well everyone should just move on' or 'geez, they apologized, drop it'.

No, you do not have this right. - Three years ago, PA published a comic strip with a kind of dumb joke that bothered many people because it seemed to trivialize something serious and ugly (rape) by making a joke about "d---wolves". - They issued a somewhat halfhearted apology/explanation, which...

May I gently suggest that generalizing from "the gamers I have been around" to "the entire female gender" is a pretty obvious logical fallacy? And particularly obvious to folks whose experiences are quite different in terms of the number of female GMs they know and the types of games those GMs run?

So I'm preparing to run another Dread game this weekend. Last time I simply gave the players a general overview of the game setting and handed them some character sheets, without much specific direction other than telling them they were all artist. I think it made the game a little too...

The idea that catering to gay men is misandrist is unintentionally hilarious. I know that this thread is not just about gender, and I'll reiterate that the main problem with a lot of game art (and gaming in general) is that it's a failure of imagination. Ever read a less-than-top-flight Golden...

Nellisir, in a world with a just and loving God, the machines used to make those would be called "jubbly engines".

You might want to give the impression that your argument is well-thought-out, and that it's strong enough to stand up to disagreement. When you flat-out ignore anything that contradicts your opinions and go on long rants addressing things nobody has actually said, then....well, you know that...

Gorgoroth, you're not really having a conversation with anyone here. You're monologuing.

Showing female nudity? EVERY DAY, ALL THE TIME. The female body is healthy and natural and even ladies love looking at it!!! Showing male nudity? Whoa there, hoss. That's okay where appropriate.

Gorgoroth, you do realize that some of the people you are talking to in this thread *are* women? And that maybe it's a little silly to suggest that if female PCs and NPCs aren't dressed up as Victoria's Secret models, they're either not dressed like women or they're in burqas? If we were just...

JamesonCourage, it's one thing to stay out of a thread; it's yet another thing to suggest that people drop personal remarks; but it's pretty obnoxious to come in and post on a thread to say "I don't like this discussion and I think the mods should shut you all up." Sheez.

No, he's saying something even sillier: that women are either completely asexual or are lesbians, and men are heterosexual but homophobic. That's why his post about "sexy people" really only talks about sexy ladies (women want to be them! men want to do them!) but somehow manages to completely...

While the Jenga mechanic really is innovative (and was blown away by the point about how it shows results over time), for my money the less innovative, but far more useful mechanic, is the character questionnaire. As a player it's an incredibly useful tool for brainstorming ideas about your...

Problem is that all too often, what the Art actually reflects is that the Artist is a straight dude who leans rather too heavily on porn models as the basis for his artwork. That's not an issue of prudishness; that's an issue of bad, unimaginative art.

According to the site you linked to: "Keep in mind, the standards shown in the tables do not represent the highest level of strength performance possible." They are, as far as I can tell, standards of what deadlifters should be able to accomplish based on past results from a single...

Alzirus, pointing out that there seems to be a contradiction in what you've said is not ignoring what you've said. "A is fine, but B is bad" is problematic when there is substantial overlap between A and B, and/or when it's difficult to make a clear distinction between A and B. I understand...

Alzrius, your definition of censorship is so broad that I don't see how it can contain the negative moral value you assign to it. Under the definition you present, if an artist responds to criticism by freely and voluntarily deciding that the criticism is valid, and so chooses to produce...