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Anonymous commented at 2016-05-21 16:25:28 » #1954385
Er, no, my idea of censorship is based on the actual definition of censorship. It is the official system or practice of keeping people from seeing objectionable material, that's literally what it means. There is no official system at work here, and since Blizzard is keeping plenty of sexiness in the game with other characters, it is obviously not a practice of theirs either. If they had removed all sexiness from the entire game, that would be one thing. They changed ONE POSE. The company clearly has no practice of keeping people from seeing objectionable material. The company clearly does not see sexiness as objectionable material at all.
The rest of your point is not terribly logical -- if Blizzard only changed the pose to avoid backlash, then they did a godawful job. The outcry against changing the pose is significantly louder than the outcry against the pose's existence in the first place. If they were forced to make the change because of people screaming, as you claim, then wouldn't the screaming of those who didn't want the change force them to change it back? Besides, none of Blizzard's statements even imply any harassment that led them to make the change; the idea that harassment took place is pure assumption on your part.
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Er, no, my idea of censorship is based on the actual definition of censorship. It is the official system or practice of keeping people from seeing objectionable material, that's literally what it means. There is no official system at work here, and since Blizzard is keeping plenty of sexiness in the game with other characters, it is obviously not a practice of theirs either. If they had removed all sexiness from the entire game, that would be one thing. They changed ONE POSE. The company clearly has no practice of keeping people from seeing objectionable material. The company clearly does not see sexiness as objectionable material at all.
The rest of your point is not terribly logical -- if Blizzard only changed the pose to avoid backlash, then they did a godawful job. The outcry against changing the pose is significantly louder than the outcry against the pose's existence in the first place. If they were forced to make the change because of people screaming, as you claim, then wouldn't the screaming of those who didn't want the change force them to change it back? Besides, none of Blizzard's statements even imply any harassment that led them to make the change; the idea that harassment took place is pure assumption on your part.
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Anonymous commented at 2016-05-21 17:16:48 » #1954415
You might want to check more sources - most dictionaries use different wordings to explain the same term. I'm looking primarily at legal dictionaries, given that censorship is primarily a legal issue. However, the first definition below is the first thing that pops up on a google search of the term.
"cen·sor·ship
ˈsensərˌSHip/
noun
the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts."
"Censorship: The use of the state and other legal or official means to restrict speech."
"Censorship: official restriction of any expression believed to threaten the political, social, or moral order."
In any case, even your definition refers to it a practice, and as I have already argued, Blizzard has no such practice.
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You might want to check more sources - most dictionaries use different wordings to explain the same term. I'm looking primarily at legal dictionaries, given that censorship is primarily a legal issue. However, the first definition below is the first thing that pops up on a google search of the term.
"cen·sor·ship
ˈsensərˌSHip/
noun
the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts."
"Censorship: The use of the state and other legal or official means to restrict speech."
"Censorship: official restriction of any expression believed to threaten the political, social, or moral order."
In any case, even your definition refers to it a practice, and as I have already argued, Blizzard has no such practice.
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