I am going to respond to your post, and to the various other comments relevant here, and then I will withdraw from the thread. I am not going to engage in a prolonged debate about this, because I think the reactions here are going overboard.
I happen to remember just a few years ago when you went after Wylted for his rape debate
Correct. I did that because I, like you, believe that actual rape is vile and immoral. I do not believe we should be defending or applauding actual cases of rape. But what I said was not an intimation of rape. It was a BDSM joke. As you know, BDSM can be perfectly consensual. Unlike making light of rape, making light of BDSM is not intrinsically wrong. At no point in this thread did I talk or joke about raping anyone, nor did I endorse or make light of rape. As we all know, BDSM =/= rape.
A moderator should be a respectable member of the site and not someone who jokes with teenagers, MINORS, about bending over.
I already addressed this. This site--like DDO--allows people to argue for pedophilia, to post sexually risque content so long as it doesn't stray into the realm of porn (e.g. threads asking about the best way to masturbate), and to make racially controversial and bigoted statements. Nothing I say to anyone here is something that they could not encounter elsewhere on this site. In fact, nothing I say to anyone here is something that they probably are not already familiar with. I understand you feel strongly about this, but I think you are overreacting.
The bottom line: A 16 year old does not need to be sheltered. They are already exposed to so many of these things, not just in the world, but also on this very site. I mean, I played Cards Against Humanity the other day with a friend and her brother--who is 17--and he had a dirtier mind than I did. Maybe if Press were 13, you would have a legitimate point; but he's not, and I would not knowingly say what I said to a 13 year old. 16 year olds are not little children, Annie. I am not going to treat 16 year olds like they're 5 year olds.
I want to be clear - are you saying that this website allows people to justify pedophilia?
Again, just like on DDO, yes. There are free speech concerns at stake that people like Resurget advocated for loudly during the initial months and weeks of moderation. Even Wylted's rape debates would be allowed--utterly devoid of taste and morality though they are--because there is no point to a debate site that does not allow people to argue in favor of controversial views. While I agree with you that such debates are vulgar in every respect, I cannot begrudge people the right to voice such views without becoming a censor of thoughts, ideas, and opinions. My job is to keep debate civil. In that respect, I largely moderate how you say what you say and not what it is that you are saying. Obviously there are limits--you can't post porn, for example, and if any user feels harassed, they have every right to demand that interaction stop. But those conditions don't apply here.
I understand your objection. And I understand why you are objecting. But I think your approaching this from a moral perspective that is far more prudish than my own. Let's not pretend that you are the final arbiter of morality here.
