#Gamergate

Even free speech has a limit on how much it can be abused before that right, by all that is sane and logical, should be completely rescinded from some people or entities (like Gawker). Speaking of Gawker, Hulk Hogan got a hefty sum for Gawker for that sex tape case. At least some justice is being made.

Well, the problem with democracies and law is that the law is procedural and amoral. A lot of the time you can prove the right thing, but the technical process is not directly moral and there are ways to use the technical process to escape justice. So, Gawker or National Enquirer force the person suing to undergo all of these BS motions, which drains the plaintiff's pockets and extends the litigation to forever. If you have an army of lawyers, you can do that; some killer that lives in a trailer park could never get such lawyers or such money.

In China, the judicial system is a wise man who serves as the judge and who uses concepts like common sense and his personal judgment to adjudicate the trial. I think most Americans would say that such a system literally invites corruption -- but the Chinese would point to something like the O.J. Simpson trial or the National Enquirer to say the same thing about us.