Fictional things are fictional, real things are real. Once we clear up all real crimes, then we can prosecute fictional people for murdering other fictional people in simulated video game or animation environments. Or slandering them. Or shagging them. Or burning them. Or removing their souls to power a giant moon-cannon. Whatever war crime or normal crime is occurring right now in fiction-land by fiction-people to other fiction-people.
Until the last grooming gang is rounded up, the last illegal alien quarantined, the last mugger brought in, the last spraypainting vandal under house arrest... I think there's bigger priorities than worrying about the actions of fictional entities. In fact, I'd go farther: There's still homeless, income inequality, wildfire seasons, food safety audits... There's still tax codes pertaining to events a hundred years back that could be streamlined.
There's a LONG list of things I feel like we should be more concerned about, than fictional crimes committed by fictional people against other fictional people, no matter how large, or how niche, an audience there is to view that entirely fictional event.
Fictional things are fictional, real things are real. Once we clear up all real crimes, then we can prosecute fictional people for murdering other fictional people in simulated video game or animation environments. Or slandering them. Or shagging them. Or burning them. Or removing their souls to power a giant moon-cannon. Whatever war crime or normal crime is occurring right now in fiction-land by fiction-people to other fiction-people.
Until the last grooming gang is rounded up, the last illegal alien quarantined, the last mugger brought in, the last spraypainting vandal under house arrest... I think there's bigger priorities than worrying about the actions of fictional entities. In fact, I'd go farther: There's still homeless, income inequality, wildfire seasons, food safety audits... There's still tax codes pertaining to events a hundred years back that could be streamlined.
There's a LONG list of things I feel like we should be more concerned about, than fictional crimes committed by fictional people against other fictional people, no matter how large, or how niche, an audience there is to view that entirely fictional event.
Hear hear.