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Yeah. It would just be CRAZY if both the president and Zak S were held up to the standard of not sexually and otherwise assaulting and abusing women. Imagine living in such a topsy-turvy world.

Feel free. My feelings tend not to get hurt by people who stand up for the sort of things you've been defending in this thread.

Do you twirl your oversized moustache and laugh mockingly as you type?

And yet you took the time to post that here.

Speaking as a professional author ... say what? Tell you what: if you can get Zak's work to provide you with a victim's impact statement regarding how potentially taking away the award makes it feel, I'll jump on board with you 100%. Stop providing the evidence that makes the observations...

What does your belief have to do with anything beyond your singular vote? Not at all. Are you assuming that, were this to happen, ENWorld wouldn't release a statement along with the retraction that would leave no doubt as to why the award was being taken away? No. You do. By definition, based...

If it's removal or not does nothing, why are you so concerned about its removal? If he has his award taken away, he'll still be known. Hell, he'll even be known MORE because he'll be the guy who had his award taken away. Increased exposure for him, hurray! You should be happy for that, no? The...

This. So very much this.

Sigh. This assertion is about as valid as your earlier comment about a certain xenophobic writer. Perhaps you should spend sometime learning about more about Einstein and the role he played in the advancement of scientific ethics and responsibility.

Again, because you seem to somehow keep missing this point: The ENnies are voted on by fans. These fans are not sampled by the awards process itself so that the voting base is demographically vetted in any way, including which of the products they've been exposed to. It is literally a...

You are entirely assuming this is how they are judged. Since Zak won that award, there are people who supported him at the time who may have voted for him to win the award, but now state they will never buy a product from him again. Want to guess how they'd vote now for the exact same product...

Stop there. The rest of your post is pure speculation and assumption. The fact that you said yes indicates you agree there are reasons someone can lose an award they earned based on the "merit" they displayed at the time it was earned. Your error remains in the fact that you think the ENnies...

Removing an award is not "censoring the art." The art still exists. It is still on people's shelves and in game stores. It is not being suppressed in any way whatsoever by removing the award. Not in the least. Removing the award would simply be the community that the award represents saying...

Let's just end this right now re: the Nazis and science comparison, as it is a ridiculous (and highly inappropriate) grasping-at-straws defense of Zak S keeping an award. Scientific discoveries do not function the same as an award. Science is something that exists regardless of whether or not...

Lovecraft remains a poor example because he's not a skilled, engaging storyteller who just so happens to be a xenophobic racist in real life. He included those beliefs in his writing. And this is me speaking as someone who absolutely loves some of his stories. But how we look at an author's...

Honestly, it's a combination of both. The ENnies certainly have a popularity aspect to them, given they are a fan vote. Someone can create something with very little actual creative merit, creativity, or technical skill, but it can still win if enough people like it (or don't like the products...

Because "consequences" and "harassment" aren't synonyms in the context. Would the police be "harassing" Zak S for arresting him for domestic abuse after the fact?

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