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Tempest
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The Marriott Marquis was an official event hotel. Parts of the convention were held there. If it happened at the hotel it could still have happened "at the convention." |
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bradc
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If they are getting bad publicity, it's not doing them a favor now. Something as in just protecting the public in general in such incident as this one pretty much sums up there should be cops on the look out, or just being there as security purpose for such large venues. |
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Chaos Salad
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Poor dear
 . It breaks my heart that this girl will most likely forever associate conventions with this traumatic experience. I've been attending anime cons since I was 14, and now almost a decade later, I still get really excited when I go to conventions. However, I can't deny that I've come across my fair share of men acting inappropriately towards me at cons (even when I was underage and not cosplaying).
The story behind this article seems a bit fuzzy still, but I think it's clear that cons around the nation need to step up their anti-harassment strategies. I hope this girl makes a speedy recovery! |
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Ashen Phoenix
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My sincerest thoughts go out to this young woman. I hope she recovers as soon as possible.
As angry as I am at this sick SOB who very likely attacked her, I am almost as outraged at the girl's mother. I am not a parent but I have been in situations where I've cared for children. I can't make sense of the mother's behavior, I mean WTF was she thinking? You're letting your still-underage daughter attend, for the first time and by herself, the single biggest convention in all of North America. I can't wrap my head around it. |
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Shippoyasha
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I don't think posting a poster to stop harassment works. You really need boots on the ground to enforce it. Every true fan of geek content should understand actual touching and roughing people is wrong. Sadly, a lot of people treat the event as a social gathering and can bring a lot of unsavory behavior with that.
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supersqueak
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I find this really depressing and I hope that she recovers and isn't too traumatized by the assault. It really pisses me off how people deny that female cosplayers are being harassed or even saying they deserve it. It's disgusting because there is such a double standard when it comes to cosplay.
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ムギまる
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Glad they busted the douche. Hopefully within the confines of the internet, this incident doesn't turn into another situation where people belt out the ridiculous "Well, she should of been more careful.", "She shouldn't have worn what she was wearing." bul*s*it.
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GATSU
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What part of 'cosplay is not consent' do these a-holes not understand?
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enurtsol
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Cutiebunny
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It does concern me that a parent would allow their minor child to roam around the Comic-Con area at night without their supervision. Yes, it's great that your child checked in with you all day, but at night, with 150,000 other attendees roaming around, many of whom have alcohol and other substances in their system, anything is possible. I seriously question the judgement of any parent that allows their minor child to mingle with 150,000 people at night. Perhaps some punishment should be given to the parent as, at least at all the cons that I've attended, an adult is required to be in the vicinity of the minor at all times and not just reachable by phone.
The jargon "contributing to the delinquency of a minor" usually means that the minor was offered some drug, often alcohol. Id like to hope that all restaurants in the club were checking IDs properly to prevent minors from entering their premise and drinking, but with so many people in the area, mistakes can and do happen. I liked the comment from a poster here that there should have been more security. That's unrealistic. There are over 150,000 people in the area to attend the con. There is no way the entire San Diego police force could even monitor half of them. I am saddened that this child had to learn the hard way that there are bad people in this world who have no scruples. I hope she can get the counseling she needs to get past this horrific event. |
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Admiral Pizzaman
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Oh my lord. My prayers and thoughts are with her and wish her a speedy recovery.
That scum of the earth. Whoever did this must be brought to justice.
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TsukasaElkKite
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I'm glad they arrested him quickly.
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revolutionotaku
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Unfortunately, the maniac is out on bail. |
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Polycell
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My heart goes out to her and I hope this doesn't spoil her dreams and interests. |
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mangamuscle
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That does not surprise me, I remember reading years ago that most rape victims are assaulted by people they know/relatives, the sad truth is that most of the time predators go for the target at hand, they do not bother to go to another city and/or hit a random victim (in batman's words "criminals are stupid and superstitious"). |
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