Perception (regarding the unfolding scandal)

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Whether by gut feeling, blind assumption, emotional outrage, or logical evaluation, many of us are convinced that the evidence outlined in the lawsuit against Blizzard will be accepted as proof in court and that adequate justice will be served.

Some of us have already decided (emotionally, logically, or otherwise) that the allegations are true, regardless of what the court decides.

Some of us will choose not to be satisfied with the decision of the court, even if the alleged perpetrators are charged with the maximum penalty permissible under the law. Some may complain that the maximum penalty isn’t severe enough.

Some will never be satisfied with the outcome, no matter what does or does not happen.

Some might still be angry over the government’s perceived inability to enact justice in recent important legal matters ranging from allegations against Justice Kavanaugh, voter fraud, voter suppression, Trump-Russia related lawsuits, Clinton related lawsuits, and many others coming from and/or against every side of every isle.

People who commit crimes against others should receive justice under the law. People who commit heinous acts against others in a manner permissible by law should be punished, but often can’t be in a way that is deemed “just”.

I understand the emotional need that many may have to be socially vocal about perceived injustices. Bravo for speaking out, keep at it! Many laws probably need to be made that don’t currently exist, and many laws which are purposefully designed to obstruct justice probably need to be removed.

However, I see nothing “just” about auto-associating those who defend the process of law with those who defend or support heinous acts against their fellow human beings. They’re not supporting Blizzard nor the actions of any of their employees by reminding people that everyone (even criminals) within the United States are given the right (not privilege) to benefit from the “due process” of law.

It’s that very “due process” which, when followed correctly, helps to ensure that the decision to convict (or acquit) the defendant is in fact the correct choice.

I want true justice for the victims outlined in the lawsuit. I don’t want to give the alleged perpetrators any chance to escape their fate through some claim of “becoming victims of an unjust justice system”. Genuinely guilty people have walked away free because “due process” wasn’t followed.

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Amen. I have no stake in defending Blizzard personally. But I will defend the rights and protections we have in place for defendants. I think that we as a society are often too willing to ignore or abridge those protections for defendants we don’t like. But if you can ignore them for defendants we don’t like, nothing stops the powers that be from ignoring them for defendants you DO like.

I want to see justice done, but I personally feel that defending the innocent is more important than punishing the guilty. If the allegations are as clear cut as they appear to be, then I have every faith that the justice system will hold those accountable to the extent that they should be. Until the process has completed though, I’m not willing to cast judgement from my armchair.

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this is true here, problem of is due to the following

  1. one group doesn’t care about the “innocent” and only care about purging their enemy.
  2. Another (FF14 fanboys) are using this news to be vultures by muscling in (while ignoring that their gods themselves aren’t saints.)
  3. California, though a good state, have a tendency of being overzealous (and Cali lawyers have a bad rap of being known as ambulance chasers)

But i’ll wait and see on this situation. Though imho, whatever outcome happens, Blizzard will lose reguardless

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States rarely take cases to court unless they are certain they will win. For a state that has only one year of budget surplus in over 10+ years (?) it really isn’t feasible to think that they would waste money on frivolous lawsuits against wealthy corporations.

Any fines assessed to Blizzard as a result of this case would be insignificant to CA’s operating budgets so there is no financial motivation for this case to be brought by the state.

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You got a lot of weird stuff like nepotism and even state based things can make errors. Doesn’t mean they’re flawless.

there’s also a bigger thing lawyers go for just like money: Clout and fame. Look at Cocharine after the whole O.J. thing? he became famous for it. To some of them, being the champion for women in the workforce would be a good banner for their firms.

There are some objectives out there, may not be so but there are ways the state can be wrong.

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The DFEH started this investigation 2 years ago. This wasn’t a law office looking for a limelight case to take. There are also much bigger fish to fry for gunslinging attorneys to go after than Activision and Blizzard.

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Who cares??? Will it get us flying at the beginning of the xpac? No then IRDGAF!!

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I would agree with this statement if it wasn’t because the majority of times I see someone doing this, they’re doing it for no other reason than to feel good about themselves. Not to mention the times (and we’re seeing this unfolding right now, right in the forums), when they blatantly use injustices to justify disgusting generalizations.

But other than this, I agree, however, due process it’s not the “in” thing nowadays for many, and despite being in the current year, we’ve reverted to torch wielding and public lynchings, only that nowadays it’s carried out differently.

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Wait, where is this? I’ve seen everything else you’ve mentioned, but zero of this.

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I had to cover all the bases in the opening post so as not to offend anyone who “thinks” they’ve evaluated the situation logically…

… even if their actual stance lacks any form of logic whatsoever.

“If she weighs as much as a duck…”