Penny Arcade says, "Rape culture is hilarious!"
Has anyone else been following the Penny Arcade Dickwolf Controversy (as I've taken to calling it)? The whole thing started with this comic, posted in August, which many readers took offense to due to an unfunny rape joke. The argument was revived with new fervor recently, and it's still ongoing. Personally, I'm finding it really difficult to enjoy the comic lately, because of the way this whole thing has been handled.

A better and more thorough write-up than I could ever hope to put together has been posted here.

Edit: Via seiberwing: An interesting protest movement has arisen on Tumblr.
Edit again: A couple of comments have indicated that the Tumblr linked in the above post has malware, so tread lightly.

Edit 3: Via lady7jane: This isn't the first time that Mike has exhibited douchebaggy behavior. "I don't know, Love Systems doesn't seem so bad to me."

Edit 4: Via airawyn and alexa: Jerry responds.

Edit 5: Via number13baby, Mike calls for the discussion to end.

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sandglass
2011-02-04 04:33 am UTC (link)

I love how he's ending the issue without doing anything to end it. No apology, no admission of wrongdoing, no nothing.

I wonder if the threats were made before or after he dragged his wife into it, too. Not to say those threats are at all acceptable, but dude, when your side has been making threats and calling a police department to see if one of your critics actually was raped, you can't really claim they're zomg taking it too far.

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	eleutheria 2011-02-05 11:16 am UTC (link)
	I also love how he thinks that he has the power to unilaterally "end it". A man says "stop discussing" and that's the end of discussion, women! That's not his call to make. I'm glad they're calling off their fanboys (even though that should have happened a long ass time ago), but this bugs me. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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