Apparently this was going to tons of reporters all of whom saw it as shady and unlikely. Do you really think Hillary controls every reporter this could possibly have been sent to?

Please, tell me how to interpret that statement in a way that isn’t hysterically stupid. We’re talking about perhaps the single most syncretic culture on the planet. They named their country “East of China” for fuck’s sake. There is nothing you can point to in anime that is essentially Japanese. The artform itself is…

You didn’t give a dissenting opinion, you gave a complete non sequitur. A statement totally unrelated to what you responded to. Nowhere do they claim that “men want this” this say that “men are targeted for this”. You seem to somehow be unable to separate the two COMPLETELY DIFFERENT concepts. That’s where the…

The leap was intentional for people to draw their own ‘shades of grey’

You say that like cars on cruise control aren’t already thirsting for our blood.

But this isn’t a situation where you can just ignore edge cases. Sure they’ll be uncommon, probably extremely rare, but you still need an answer when they do happen. It is not reasonable to respond to the question “what do you do in the face of an accident you don’t know how to prevent” with “there will never be such…

The liklihood of running into a situation where it is even possible to make a decision similar to the trolly one is so remote, that we shouldn’t be considering it.

Counterpoint what if a car full of children is about to run you over?

Replace “children” with “deer” or “moose” and the whole discussion becomes so much easier to deal with, ethically.

Sure, these cars have tons of sensors that cover every possible angle, but they are in fixed positions, this limits their ability to “see-around” objects unlike a human driver that has the ability to lean forward or side to side to see around other vehicles to look for possible hazards and obstacles.

On the other hand you’ve now literally taught robots to kill.

I don’t really see the world issues as black & white

The other thing being is, and I am being somewhat reductive here buttttt...

Once that experience is tainted because of groups outside of Japan wanting options or anything else, it loses all meaning.

So the focus should be “Hey let’s make more anime that is women friendly”

Honestly I wish people would have enough conviction to speak for themselves, it does nobody any favors if you act like you’re a voice for everyone else. People can agree with you but it seems arrogant to phrase things in a way that seems like there is consensus here, because clearly there is not.

But like every other form of media you have put up with it.

>>This is targeting straight men who specifically will be so turned on by this that they will see it as a reason to continue watching the anime.

This is fine as a thesis, but what evidence is there that this is what is going on?

That is the most insane possible response you could have given.