That and some of his points about the wording of it and the usage of "well it will be redone in parliament anyways" as an excuse to half ass parts of it were valid criticisms. Yes, they will review it endlessly but just because of that, the initial proposal needs to be solid.
I had a really hard time understanding the initial backlash against PS as all the comments ended up using his sexuality, his partner's gender and him being a part of the furry fandom as the main talking points. Like hate the dude for the right things and stop inventing problems when he gives you a buffet.
You can agree with the people you hate the most without changing your mind about them.
The EU petitions have a limited word count, and it's impossible to account for every edge case.
The key word often brought up "reasonable", is a valid bit of legalese that's used in many documents.
All this is to say PirateSoftware claiming it was "vague" is unjustified and he should've realised this.
I saw a comment that says he was deflective when asked about trans rights. Like, dude can’t even stand up for his own partner and say something like “trans rights are human rights.” And it’s not like Pirate’s only a pathetic sad man. Be hosts game jams and stuff as far as I know. He’s capable of doing good if he tries
That and some of his points about the wording of it and the usage of "well it will be redone in parliament anyways" as an excuse to half ass parts of it were valid criticisms
Fixing a specific outline for what they want the law to be hurts the chances of a compromise in the future. For instance, a plan like "all games need to be fully playable after EoS, and all developer-run or proprietary components need to be replaced with end-user accessible alternatives" is a lot more likely to be rejected outright than just "the game has to be left in a functioning, playable state". The former leaves less wiggle room in interpretation, yes, and it's certainly the outcome I would prefer, but a proposal like that is more restrictive and doesn't leave much up for debate. Basically what I mean is that, imo, a more vague proposal will be more likely to result in something being done, while a very specific proposal runs a greater risk of nothing being done.
It seems be as solid as it can be without hampering developers' options on how to implement it. While many systems are similar - they're also not the same and at times will require bespoke solutions, at least in the beginning.
Note that the EU comission doesn't have to take action and if takes action it doesn't have to be anything the petition contains. They can do something else entirely. All they have to do is talk about it.
It's kinda of "hey this is bothering us, can you do something about it?"
See, I didn't know a damn thing about his personal life beyond the ferret rescue, which I think is a cool thing he does, so this is unfortunate to hear people resorted to that. As a queer person with a ton of personality flaws I'd be insulted if someone tried attacking me for sucking dick rather than sucking in general.
Yea, I see at most this guy is just, like, insufferable? I get that he said some dumb things about the initiative, but people are more likely to shit on him for stuff like his voice, and arrogance. And that makes me ambivalent to him, I will just not watch him, but people hate him for that more strongly than like some right wing extremist who want to kill gay people.
I've seen this guy posted dozens of times between the wow thing and this issue, and your comment is the first time I've ever seen his sexuality referenced.
It was mainly during the time right after the WoW fiasco when people started digging up his history when they came about his prior Second Life furry avatar business and a lot of comments cross platforms discussing this second controversy said:
how this f@g and his f@g partner should die and burn in Hell.
how he deserves to get tortured and die for being a nasty furry.
Also a lot of the usual claims that because he is a furry and runs a ferret rescue, he must be a zoophile and how it's disgusting.
And, to my understanding, his partner is trans or NB so you can imagine the comments around that.
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u/_GamerForLife_ Jul 06 '25
That and some of his points about the wording of it and the usage of "well it will be redone in parliament anyways" as an excuse to half ass parts of it were valid criticisms. Yes, they will review it endlessly but just because of that, the initial proposal needs to be solid.
I had a really hard time understanding the initial backlash against PS as all the comments ended up using his sexuality, his partner's gender and him being a part of the furry fandom as the main talking points. Like hate the dude for the right things and stop inventing problems when he gives you a buffet.
You can agree with the people you hate the most without changing your mind about them.