IP violation : offense
bullying someone: offense.
If I call you an idiot, and someone else robbed you of everything you own, do we both deserve the same punishment? Since they're both "offenses"?
They gave money because if the victim goes to court, they will end up paying lot lot lot more.
From what I understand of the free speech laws in the US/Canada, this would get laughed out of court unless they could make a reasonable case for hate speech, which this wouldn't qualify as. And as far as I'm aware Dbrand doesn't even have a corporate entity in India that can be taken to court.
Also, just because someone else does not feel offended does not mean everyone has to put on a happy face when they get bullied. No, it doesnt work that way.
Never said it does. I'm saying that the response is disproportionate. All this for a non-racist, playground-level insult? There's no way that that's not an overreaction.
The reason why this blew out is because dBrand has been at it for years and this time, they crossed a line. There is a limit to humor even if it is dark humor.
It's not dark humor, it's literally just bottom of the barrel, childish name-calling. It's not good to make fun of someone's name (not least because it's incredibly low brow), but to say that it's "going too far" is an incredibly thin-skinned response in my opinion.
If you're a foreign-born Indian and grew up in the public school system in the US/Canada/etc, you will have a much harsher response to this than other Indians will. It's impossible to communicate to people the lived experience of getting ostracized and bullied for your name as a kid, and how shit like this triggers those memories.
I could understand this if there was literally any indication that they were doing it
because he was Indian. Thus far no one has offered any evidence for that claim - I am open to changing my mind if someone does so.