@SisterRay73: Well then the same goes for every single person who trotted in here JUST to say he wasn't a pedo. This freakin' article is about how MJ "wasn't" a pedo, so really, I don't think I'm the one who started the debate.
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@kljwriter: Wow I never thought there'd come the day where I sincerely thought I needed to take a step back and stay away from Jezebel. Talk about Kool Aid drinkers. In my opinion, there's enough evidence out there that respect for the victims in the form of, oh, I dunno, not worshiping the ground MJ walks on is the…
@Char Aznable: Several hours and still not so much as a rebuttal from the higher ups.
Ugh, of all places Jezebel has Michael Jackson apologists. Here, read all of Maureen Orth's Vanity Fair articles and tell me he wasn't a pedo:
@Okonai: That I can understand. Me, I have a really hard time being mean to anyone in a video game who was previously nice to me. That's MY hang up. It's silly, I know, to even care about or emotionally invest in polygon humans. But playing as evil on Fallout 3 is one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.…
@Friedhamster: On the issue of who treats whom, it depends upon the intent of the person who extends the invitation. If you're doing it to be courteous, ok. If you're doing it because you're a guy and I'm a girl, then...well you know the rest. I know I just took that way too seriously but its worth pointing out.
@pestified wants-a-Bush-tribunal: Especially because she was a member of the Academy for decades.
@JennaW: No kidding. Someone needs to play her some red carpet footage of herself on a loop.
You know, Emmanuelle, if faced with my husband's house arrest because he fled the country to avoid serving his time for admitted rape of a 13 year old girl, I'd be less carefree of a person, too.
@Char Aznable: It speaks pretty strongly about how safe and sanctioned sexism is here at Kotaku.
@Okonai: I can understand the strong social conditioning we have in our society to where you would feel the need to be more courteous to females, but I just hope you come to understand that this special kind of treatment does us more harm than good, as it is the foundation of the notion that we are inferior and…
@Friedhamster: Actually, I do live in Seattle.
@resvrgam: I believe the pay discrepancy with fashion and porn falls largely back on the overemphasis of value we place on the female form, the repression of female sexuality that leads to the "novelty" of female sexual expression (leading to higher porn star salaries for women), and the pervasive idea and myth that…
God I loved Sandra and Meryl's mock rivalry. As women we need to uplift each other and defy that catty garbage. Watching those two gave me hope about how mature and classy we women can really be.
@Friedhamster: You've already said all I need to know. Your words have revealed you as a chauvanist quite well, you did that all by your pretty little self. This is not a misinterpretation on my part, this is you revealing yourself through casual conversation. But of course, I must be wrong, I'm just the defensive…
@resvrgam: Well, all in due time, I hope! Equal pay and anti sexual harassment directly affect a woman's social stature and well being, so its no wonder it takes precedence.
@Friedhamster: News flash: thinking a woman needs to be protected by you instead of protecting herself IS coddling. And saying that it's a male's job to do the protecting is an old fashioned, condescending gender role. I'm surprised a male would want to contribute to it, but then, it strokes your hero complex nicely…
@The Anti-Fanboy: You're right!
It's not about protecting children, its about covering their own ass with plausible deniability. It's serves their purposes better to be able to say, "Oh well its not my fault your child saw that violent content...they lied on the age gate!"