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I'm from the US. We have a strong tradition of freedom here signified in the words of the US Declaration of Independence: All men (and only men, but not African men) are created equal. We have a right to Life (except if drafted into the army), Liberty (except when others disagree with you), and the pursuit of Happiness (except if you're a repressed minority). In addition, we enjoy unparalleled freedom of expression and as a culture we're strongly opposed to censorship in all its forms. We believe in democracy and the right for the people to decide their own government, both at home and abroad. We believe that America is a model for democracy everywhere, and that other nations should follow our example. American, and proud of it.

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Because this thread exists and it was about this case, and approaching it from a philosophical standpoint is much more interesting than simply replying "Bah, bad reporting. Next." Or would you have preferred that I gave a superficial one-line comment like most everyone else and then moved on? I know at work that all my Internet activities are monitored. It's quite possible that cell phone text messages are being screened by the police department. The parties involved may or may not have realized this.

I don't understand why this archiving and normal operations can't happen simultaneously. The server isn't running on a single-core processor, right? It should be able to handle multiple tasks at once, as long as the archiving is set to run in the background (low priority). Can't archiving be skipped or delayed during high-traffic periods?

I'm not satisfied with the way community-submitted reviews are being handled. It seems like it takes weeks to solve very minor issues like "authorize user to submit a draft", "press the submit button to ok this submission", and "fix this image to display centered rather than as a tile". This would be understandable if deliberation was taking place, or if I was getting feedback to improve the submission. That does not appear to be the case. Either support the feature properly or just flat-out say you're not supporting community-submitted reviews.

Here's my latest status update.

Sure. I don't see why this public shaming had to occur however. This should never have become a media issue in the first place. I wouldn't be surprised if the guy is getting death threats now. Public humiliation is a tool that should only be used when the system has failed to properly regulate itself.

The slippery slope device isn't a fallacy by definition, though it can be used in a fallacious manner. It's simply a logical device that can be used correctly or incorrectly. Ah yes, you've discovered that decisions are often guided by opposing moral imperatives. The issue is that in many cases one moral imperative is highlighted without any consideration of the other. I believe in this case the imperative for personal liberty is much stronger than the imperative for racial equality. Why? The statement "might" be racist in certain contexts (probably not this one), but its repression *definitely* violates his personal liberty. It's not like he posted this on Twitter from an official police account. It was intended to have an audience of one. If he managed to offend that audience of one who happened to be a superior... well, he got what was coming to him. I agree that the main issue isn't so much what occurred (the guy got a reprimand for semi-private conduct that was seen as unbecoming of an officer), but that it was publicized. Because it was publicized, it is now a political matter, and that's why I'm treating it as such. Well, and because I find such discussion much more interesting than shallow personal reactions. I care less about *what* people think and more *how* they think.

People with passive attitudes like that tend to get pushed around and taken advantage of by others. Well, my argument IS a slippery slope argument. When it comes to law and morality, I believe actions taken in response to individual situations should be considered as if they were generalized to the full extent possible. This avoids issues such as hypocrisy and favoritism. In general, I'm not a fan of those who would hold others to higher standards than themselves, as that tends to lead to propagation of hypocrisy. Sometimes it's necessary to rein in the liberty of those in power to prevent abuse of power, but this is a line that should be walked very carefully. It's interesting that you say that. Who said it was the supervisor who reported him? In that case, I'd say the officer misjudged his audience and got slapped accordingly. But what if that wasn't the case? This is poor reporting because it doesn't provide all of the relevant facts of the case, and as a result it biases the audience.

I believe there's very little to be gained from scrutinizing personal communications. I think it's invasive and restrictive of personal liberty. Intent is important. It's clear the officer wasn't intending to deride a racial minority. If we give ground on issues like this, then it's only a small step to say that officers aren't allowed to play eroge because they objectify women. And then extend that to government officials, people in positions of power over women, and finally people who interact with women (hint: that's everyone). We should all value personal liberty. Who reported this? It's cowardly. They're the one(s) that should be spotlighted and shamed.

That's essentially a conservative viewpoint (let's ignore the "loli porn" part of that, since that's merely one of many triggers). The problem is that this viewpoint accepts society as it currently is and treats it as unmalleable and unchangeable (or simply not worth the effort of changing). It places agency solely in the individual. Yet we know that the actions of individuals affect the actions of others. The collection of individuals we call "society" is defined by and affected by the actions of individuals. Progressivism is simply the notion that we should never be satisfied with the status quo simply because that's the way things currently are. Tidal changes can only begin from small ripples. If we were all perfectly law abiding citizens that never challenged the law or the status quo, nothing would ever change. Sometimes we must take personal risks for personal gain. Sometimes we must take personal risks for collective gain. And sometimes we must take collective risks for collective gain (but hopefully not collective risks for personal gain).

Maybe consequentialism isn't the best "box" for your ideas then. I suppose it might be more accurate to say you focus on personal responsibility/accountability for one's actions. I'm a utilitarian, which is a branch of consequentialism.

Do you believe that "the ends justifies the means"?

From my arguments with OriginalRen, he seems to be a consequentialist.

The question is... who reported him? Did the supervisor report him? Or was someone snooping on their correspondence? Why did this get reported to the news? I feel like there's missing pieces to this puzzle we're not seeing here.

I put some degree of effort into my status updates: http://forums.fuwanovel.net/index.php?/statuses/user/874-sanahtlig/

Blog posts are usually better thought out than message board posts. If you're after information, they can be useful.

The error reads: Your registry key is fucked. Try reinstalling the game. Backup your saves just in case. Also, buy the game. The official English release wouldn't give you an error like that.

Peter Payne confirmed that their goal is still to get Raidy 3 and Shiny Days out before Anime Expo (July 1). However, he cautioned that just because the games would be ready for the conventions doesn't mean they'd be ready to ship, as they wouldn't have the manpower to make it to all the conventions and actually ship everything out.

I went the Japanification route as well, and things were peachy while I kept up my Blitzkrieg. I paused to let some events unfold and so I wouldn't push into the German route, and that's when the random attacks started getting really annoying and I ended up spending obnoxious amounts of time upgrading ships and spreading them around. I got annoyed because it was taking so long to get anywhere.

I gave up halfway through Daiteikoku because I paused to let events in Gamerica unfold, and in the meantime the enemy random attacks (which you can't actually plan for) became so obnoxious that I just threw up my hands.

I've been playing Kami no Rhapsody. I'm in Ch. 3 and yeah it's kind of dragging. The objectives involving 'cut all the grass' and such are just tedious. I spend a lot of time switching around skills and such inbetween battles, and that gets old pretty fast. I'm just not fond of systems that make battle preparation a grind; Daiteikoku was the King of offenders in that regard.

What was the best gameplay VN of the month?

Peter also said they'd update their Tumblr upcoming projects page before the interview was released. Welp.