You say "maybe he didn't see it as rape." Max says that they never had sex of any kind, only made out. Making out is not capable of being rape, any more than, say, touching someone's shoulder could ever be rape. So, as long as he's not lying (which is something we shouldn't even try to ascertain from the comfortof our…

By this logic, everyone who has created a violent video game is secretly a mass murderer.

You didn't say it was unreasonable, but you did describe it as "not cool", "kind of gross", and all around portrayed it as if he is doing something wrong or unreasonable, with one of your paragraphs coming close to mocking him as if he is indeed doing something unreasonable. I will quote:

But.....Sean Penn, Forensic Science, and An Elephant Juggling Bananas are also viable answers in that game. I don't think its representative of a person's mindset if you just paired up a terrible match.

I've heard those numbers and I'm not denying them, but an innocent person is an innocent person even if it's only 2-8%.

100% of rapists are human. I guess we're all guilty...

So are you saying, statistically, he's guilty?

Agreed. I'm unable to determine the purpose of this post.

I do not see how this comment responds to the previous one it follows.

This statement makes absolutely no sense.

...that white card is very clearly printed-out and cut with scissors.

He addressed it in public because the accusation was a public one. It's not like she called him up and made the claims, she posted it in a public forum.

Actually, I got the (terrifying) impression that people are trying to make the case that awkward making-out can be considered rape if one of the participants wasn't really into it.

"For us as the public, that's the only useful thing he could have done."

No, he's saying you're an idiot.

I'm sorry, but I'm completely confused as to why what he said, in his first paragraph, was wrong.

He flat out stated, "We never had sex."

... When did rape get reclassified to making out? Or is this a social redefining of rape that I haven't kept up on, not the actual legal definition?

He wasn't even making this about…

His concern wasn't for the public, it was for his personal stake in the matter. That was far more important then starting a nationwide conversation, especially since he doesn't seem to have any idea of what exactly she thought was assault.

Oh shove off. Don't bring the contents of a satirical production into this.

This is complete bullshit. If he didn't rape someone, he should absolutely defend himself. People are raped and it's horrible, but people are also falsely accused and that's also an injustice. These things come down to pure "he said, she said" and that's what makes them so difficult, but an innocent person…

He's not trying to start a conversation about consent, he's trying to make a response to an accusation that he sexually assaulted someone.