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Don't think mods should start deleting comments discussing "the incident" either (unless they have a valid reason). That's some next-level censorship, and I hate to say it, but if it's a RK article then it's, sadly, on topic. I

Don't think mods should start deleting comments discussing "the incident" either (unless they have a valid reason). That's some next-level censorship, and I hate to say it, but if it's a RK article then it's, sadly, on topic. It will always be "on topic". We've all seen what happens when people are denied their right to express their outrage in a civilized and dignified way.

They're allowed to do what they want on their own website. Cry "censorship" all you want, it's not their responsibility to let anyone vent their frustrations about anything. If they don't want this trash clogging up their forums, it's completely within their right to stop it.

I'm fine with people avoiding anything Kenshin due to Watsuki's past actions, but I really wish people would just say that and let it be at that instead of getting all preachy about it and creating these huge messes.

Hi all,

As Psycho pointed out, ANN has a "no soapboxing rule." This rule is designed to stop threads from being constantly derailed by people who want to discuss tangential issues. It was originally designed with individual posters in mind.

Specifically, it was designed because we had one poster who would bring up his unhappiness with End of Evangelion in every single article that we wrote about Anno, even if the article was unrelated to Eva.

Currently, the staff & moderators are discussing how this should apply to this situation, which is slightly, but not that different.

In the meantime, while we discuss the issue, I would like to kindly request that in this thread, and near-future talkback threads about Watsuki's works, those threads not be turned into discussions about Watsuki's life & crimes. This is not a defense of Watsuki's actions, or the way they were handled, but rather an attempt to, as always, keep discussions "on topic."

Anyone who has feedback on this particular issue is invited to post it in the "feedback forum," not here.

Regards,

Christopher Macdonald

Personally, I think ANN could stop posting articles about Watsuki or Rurouni Kenshin altogether, since they would bring trouble for the site and the mods, not to mention:

1- The manga is not available in the U.S. anymore, and, since most western countries depends from the American translations to work with, the same is applied to any western release, so it's pointless to post stuff about a manga that wouldn't be available in English or any western language.
2- The novel is only available in Japan, so this is not our (American/Western) concern anyway.
3- What's the point about posting stuff about a controversial author, knowing beforehand it will bring more trouble that it would worth for the site and mods?

Previously, I commented something about Watsuki, not really because I wanted to talk about the guy, but I was upset about a user's comment, making a nonsense comparison that looked like a defense or lessening the seriousness of the crime. Anyway, I think it would be a good idea that editors post a comment in every RK article as soon as they post it from here on, warning to keep the comments on topic and that comments about the author's crime will be removed to avoid fruitless discussions.

Don't think mods should start deleting comments discussing "the incident" either (unless they have a valid reason). That's some next-level censorship, and I hate to say it, but if it's a RK article then it's, sadly, on topic. I

Personally, I think ANN could stop posting articles about Watsuki or Rurouni Kenshin altogether...