Um, no, this vote was done with people's wallets. That is why MS backed down, not because of a noisy minority. They were looking at losing money over this.

THIS so much. Everyone is acting as if they lost their ONLY shot at this. When in reality what will probably happen is later on down the line, either MS or Sony will learn from this and incorporate it in a better way that brings the benefits and doesn't dick over people quite so thoroughly.

It wasn't screaming children. It was preorder numbers.
"This is not a direct response to the feedback of its fans like the message is framed; this is a reaction to unsavoury pre-order numbers, best-sellers lists, and damning projections." http://bit.ly/14ljvDT

Yes, it's so entitled to want a playable console. I guess…

Loud and ignorant mouths?
"This is not a direct response to the feedback of its fans like the message is framed; this is a reaction to unsavoury pre-order numbers, best-sellers lists, and damning projections." From http://bit.ly/14ljvDT

Oh look someone who thinks if you can't afford a good internet connection, you shouldn't get to enjoy games at all. And apparently thinks the only way to enjoy games is to buy them all new.

Thank you for broadening the perspective on this.

Don't be a condescending dick.

No. They DID. They always have. They chose not to. Why do you think I'm "raging"?

Sure, but do you think if someone posted child pornography, FB wouldn't contact authorities? I'm pretty sure Facebook has procedures in place for when someone posts incriminating shit like that.

While we agree this is not a first amendment issue, your example included what would I would term as hate speech (and I hope we all would) and I think it would probably not go without repercussions to yell that it's totally okay to rape a kid on your average public boulevard.

Actually, what they were pointing out was that it had nothing to do with the first amendment which you indicated it did.

Lol "rape promotion" is a vague accusation? Ah the sounds of rape culture!

Good judgement would simply prevail? Get real. Hello, slavery, segregation, racism—-ALL of which the world still suffers from.

It's telling of how blind you are to rape culture that you think it is reasonable for Facebook to have hesitated on banning, or to have outright approved, the images you just saw. That IS the crux of your contention, right? That you think it was reasonable of them? I wouldn't say it's foolish to point out the big…

No, I don't think you understand how this works. Or you must think it is a matter of NUANCE whether a photo is displaying/advocating violence against women, which, lulz.

She owns the story just as much as the dead girl since she suffered so hard going through. Might want to shut it on that point.

It sounds like forsythia77 would disagree with you on it being as social contract. Clearly they think you ARE obligated to respond positively when someone holds the door open for you. Which means probably more than a few people might hold this opinion. Which also means this man is maybe not so crazy, Csilla, to pass…

Um, no. As someone who found this offensive, I have NEVER raved about Sarah Palin's "hotness" LULZ. So you can stop assuming that about people who are objecting to this.

It's something pretty girls say about other pretty girls because they are acculturated in a society that values women as decorations and objects of beauty above any other contributions they could make. Do you understand? This is an example of subtle sexism. This is not something that would ever be said about a male…

Carbs are not an essential nutrient, unlike protein and fat. Plus you can get all the (good) carbs you need by eating leafy and green vegetables, like broccoli, kale or cauliflower.