I thought this paragraph from Charlie Pierce yesterday really summed it all up:

Mike, I'm really questioning your capacity as a parent since you play a game that asks you to spank half-clothed children.

Why should he have to defend this? It's his vision for his game. If you don't like it or are offended by it, don't play it. Simple as that

I saw you recommended my post, and I think you've misunderstood me.

Let's take a third option: nobody gets praised for doing these things. Sure, they get praised for drawing well rendered pictures, of course, but not for these proportions. Never.