I wanted to avoid this, given the great respect for the things that @codinghorror has made (stack, discourse), but he keeps digging so I must abide myself.
le sigh
Moving this aspect of the debate here where it’s more on-topic than the merits of Anita Sarkeesian making the TIME 100.
This analysis ties acceptability only to the measure of current profitability. Fundamentally, as a solely economical analysis, it has the freedom to ignore the fact that social, societal, and cultural norms shift across time.
In my opinion, assigning no value to interpersonal values affords zero respect for cultural progress.
Bravo.
Shooting other people is a distinctively American itch. I can find plenty of sources to back that up. What’s more important: the male imperative to violence, the American imperative to shoot, or making excuses for things that hurt people?
I think socialists and libertarians part ways when profiteering on what’s currently politically acceptable trumps some reasonable notion of what people of the next generation might find unacceptable.
