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Question RE: Ethereal

over 8 years

The question posed in this thread is not necessarily one of the moderation team, the site owner lucidrains/Phillip Wang, or other moderators/admins on the moderation team of this website.

People are calling for Ethereal's head because they were recently promoted from role moderator to moderator. The people calling for Ethereal to be demodded are generally viewing and accusing Ethereal as a predator.

My question is, if you guys care so much about Ethereal being a potential predator, should you not be arguing that Ethereal should be site banned? (Personally, I don't think Ethereal should be site banned. She has done her time for being banned and is currently a very big help for the moderators and cheating investigation team, in my opinion.) Your argument seems to not want to rid the website of possible predators, but to just make sure they don't become moderators. It doesn't really make much sense to me.

And even if Ethereal is demodded, guess what? She's still going to help with Cheating cases and finding banned users... nothing is going to change (except that she won't be able to do reports). Is that really going to be a sigh of relief for all of you?

So if Ethereal is demodded, what difference is it to you people if she's still allowed to be on the website...?

EDIT:

I am in favour of demodding Ethereal to please the community fwiw (I was before I even made this thread), but if we do that I don't really get why they are even allowed to be on the site anyways. I'm seeing these arguments I just don't agree with them; potential is potential at the end of the day, and I believe Ethereal should be allowed to stay on the site

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mindful says

Himiko - that link didnt work or u can just summarize it for me


Okay, I will.

Basically, child abuse reports are rising in Japan with child cases also rising. They have no national law preventing sexual depictions of minors in cartoons, etc.

Ends with, "While the NPA continued to maintain that no link was established between these animated images and child victimization, other experts suggested children are harmed by a culture that appears to accept child sexual abuse."
over 8 years

pereking says

me i joined first where's my prize


Going by the dinosaurs with two digit userID's you get to choose between being a rampant misogynist or a doctor of programming
over 8 years
I still remember when Riot dated Kassa. I bet Cody doesn't know that.
over 8 years

Giga13 says

im going to LOCK

over 8 years

mindful says


Totori says


leo says


mindful says

TL;DR: there is a big difference between someone who is attracted to children sexually (or other things like animals or certain sexual practices like bondage) and someone who acts upon their addiction/attraction


I personally agree with you, but this definitely should have been looked into more. The community should have been asked, given it has minors in it, if a pedophile should have been promoted.


Nah, it's not that black and white. That's like saying someone who plays violent video games, or watches murder flicks will become closer to being violent.


ok but it's the drawings of little anime girls, not dead ppl


Apple and oranges, no?
over 8 years

Corruption says

Who are you anyway leo


Just Leo. I wasn't really in the main EM until last year, I was on Sandbox a few years previously.
over 8 years

MafiaGod says

I wouldn't play another game on this account to save my !*@&*#! life. Don't get your hopes up. I just logged into consider the possibility finishing some business.


*TRIGGERING INTENSIFIES*
over 8 years
me i joined first where's my prize
over 8 years
Who are you anyway leo
over 8 years

MafiaGod says

I wouldn't play another game on this account to save my !*@&*#! life. Don't get your hopes up. I just logged into consider the possibility finishing some business.

over 8 years
June 2010 is where it's at, tbh
over 8 years

leo says

We've got people who have faked their own death, threatened suicide, broken the sites code, wildly harassed people on another lobby ( does anyone else remember Dangan Mafia bc hoooo boy ), and got an interview with The Guardian.

Pedophilia isn't even that surprising anymore.


Sure does make the rest of us underachievers in comparison!
over 8 years

Renaldo says

Come friends, let us go spelunking for good posts ITT

over 8 years

Renaldo says

Come friends, let us go spelunking for good posts ITT


There are none.
over 8 years

Renaldo says

Come friends, let us go spelunking for good posts ITT


you're not finding shi+
over 8 years

mindful says


leo says


mindful says

TL;DR: there is a big difference between someone who is attracted to children sexually (or other things like animals or certain sexual practices like bondage) and someone who acts upon their addiction/attraction


I personally agree with you, but this definitely should have been looked into more. The community should have been asked, given it has minors in it, if a pedophile should have been promoted.


yes, that'd be a great idea but since we're talking about petri, we should ask EM community if they are a pedophile and make a decision whether they should be on the team or not


once again blister made a complaint thread and over 50 ppl signed a petition to demod them

it was moved to mod forums
over 8 years

Corruption says


Seldom says


Corruption says


Tsugumi says

jokes on everyone i'm june 2010 i joined when i was 13 and haven't matured since


And yet I beat you by a month. Trolled.


Did you join before me? I forget.


I think so. My userID was 385XX.


Hahah my first account is 287... jesus I'm old.
over 8 years
Come friends, let us go spelunking for good posts ITT
over 8 years

leo says

We've got people who have faked their own death, threatened suicide, broken the sites code, wildly harassed people on another lobby ( does anyone else remember Dangan Mafia bc hoooo boy ), and got an interview with The Guardian.

Pedophilia isn't even that surprising anymore.


then shut up.
over 8 years

Seldom says


Corruption says


Tsugumi says

jokes on everyone i'm june 2010 i joined when i was 13 and haven't matured since


And yet I beat you by a month. Trolled.


Did you join before me? I forget.


I think so. My userID was 385XX.
over 8 years
I played here since Lucid invited players from Kongregate to come try his new game tbh
over 8 years

IAmNotABC says


Matt12 says

Who is Cody btw


Someone who should be replaced by me.

over 8 years
may 2009
over 8 years
We've got people who have faked their own death, threatened suicide, broken the sites code, wildly harassed people on another lobby ( does anyone else remember Dangan Mafia bc hoooo boy ), and got an interview with The Guardian.

Pedophilia isn't even that surprising anymore.
over 8 years

Corruption says


Tsugumi says

jokes on everyone i'm june 2010 i joined when i was 13 and haven't matured since


And yet I beat you by a month. Trolled.


Did you join before me? I forget.