Quote from: Lurtch;1058269Phoenix has great local cons too

What con in Phoenix would be worth the travel? What makes it great? Also, links!

Quote from: Opaopajr;1058460The male stigma equivalents in English you are looking for are: rentboy, rough trade, gigolo, and boy toy. You're welcome.

I've heard all of those terms used with snark and sarcasm, and being an outsider, I was never sure how much the dark humor was universally enjoyed vs. how many of those insults landed amid the banter.

I know a "kept man" who wears a Boy Toy t-shirt! Classic May/September couple. I wonder if "kept man" is less insulting in LA as its been common to the point of cliche for young artists/actors to hook up with older breadwinners, regardless of gender or sexuality.  AKA, see Brad Pitt for more details!

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1058489They're worse because the emasculate a man.  Slut and whore don't take anything away from a woman.  Hell, men LOVE sluts and whores, for some of us, they seem to be the only type of woman we can get.

They're not worse. Opa's right they're equivalent. Slut & Whore take away a lot because they're puritanical words chastising women for enjoying her sexuality and decrying her as dirty and lesser. And all the "slut power" nonsense does ZERO to help and fools nobody.  It's like nigga vs. nigger.  "Reclaim it" all you like, but everybody knows what's being said and its just embarrassing. Instead of changing colors of the elephant in the room, let's just get rid of the elephant.

And yes, hetero men love women who enjoy sex and wear sexy clothing. If all you can get is women who enjoy sex and being sexy, that must be a terrible burden! How will you survive without women who don't enjoy sex and wear sack cloths?

Also FUCK those stupid words! Why the hell would men want women to NOT wear sexy clothes and NOT be happy about enjoying sex??? It seems so utterly self-defeating and idiotic. Call me crazy, but I'd rather more Barbarella and less whatever the SJWs are selling.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1058567I've heard all of those terms used with snark and sarcasm, and being an outsider, I was never sure how much the dark humor was universally enjoyed vs. how many of those insults landed amid the banter.

Human mating behavior and reproduction is, like every other mammal, asymmetric, so it's weird that you would expect the language surrounding it to be.

On topic, why the heck should WotC be some sort of master authority over all conventions? That makes no sense. Just because they're the biggest company at a con doesn't mean they own the con.

I love Barbarella!

And yes, California is special... Didion was right when she said it was at the end of civilization, so everything goes. Very "Dancers at the End of Time."

Anyhoo, my point is made (the earth is old, and being mean to each other is almost as old, so you all can catch undue stick here, regardless of identities,). On with the show!

Quote from: Motorskills;1058491Yeah, not buying any of that nonsense, sounds like bizarro aggressive incel stuff.

So?  The facts don't care about your belief or not.  Go bury your head in the sand, doesn't change the truth.

Quote from: Spinachcat;1058567They're not worse. Opa's right they're equivalent. Slut & Whore take away a lot because they're puritanical words chastising women for enjoying her sexuality and decrying her as dirty and lesser. And all the "slut power" nonsense does ZERO to help and fools nobody.  It's like nigga vs. nigger.  "Reclaim it" all you like, but everybody knows what's being said and its just embarrassing. Instead of changing colors of the elephant in the room, let's just get rid of the elephant.

Incorrect.  Slut can be used as a badge of honour.  Gigolo has only ever had negative connotations.  That alone makes it worse.

Quote from: Christopher Brady;1058598Slut can be used as a badge of honour.  

AFAIK it isn't. It has been thrown back in the faces of the Bradys of this world via Slutwalks etc, but to assume that's a badge of honour is to ignore the reason for the Slutwalk protest happening in the first place.

And that's got nothing to do with the progress women have made in determining their own (level of) sexuality - the cover of every glamour magazine proudly advertises articles in that regard.

Quote from: Omega;1057870I wonder how "Fantastic" Loter feels now?

Given that Gencon promoted his products and then ban the person he viciously assaulted, probably pretty fantastic about the SJW infiltration of the hobby.

Quote from: Motorskills;1058735AFAIK it isn't.

The terms "slut" and "whore" are most certainly used as welcome identity words by many members of some circles, particularly within the BDSM community. Many members of that community are derisive of both slut-shaming and the sort of slut-pride that is a backlash to shaming.

Let's keep this on topic.

And...it's over.

https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/05/09/matt-loter-issues-apology-for-physically-confronting-jeremy-hambly-aka-the-quartering-at-gencon-2018/

[video=youtube;ASc2EPZBIoA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASc2EPZBIoA[/youtube]

So does anyone know what the court actually ruled?

Quote from: TJS;1088732So does anyone know what the court actually ruled?

Settled out of court.

Quote from: Mistwell;1088735Settled out of court.

So it's all a bit of a nothing really.

Quote from: TJS;1088757So it's all a bit of a nothing really.

Hambly got Loter to publicly retract the slandering of Hambly as a Nazi and apologize for the assault. That, in SJW Land, is a Big Fucking Deal. Loter admitted he was wrong, and to SJWs that is tantamount to saying that God made a mistake. It's a violation of the Narrative, and that fucks with their brainmeats, which is the win here. Mild as it may seem, this proves that Lawfare works as a remedy to SJW bullshit.

A beautiful ending to a story like this, would be:

SJW punches dude they don't like.  Then dude they don't like, beats their ass good.

Happy, happy, happy!!!  Haha!!!

This is good. The law is there (ideally) as a buffer to get restitution without a spiral of immediate and unrestrained violence. It holds society together during times of strain.