Except he was already being published? This is a direct response to the allegations, so it’s defacto a punishment.
To continue the analogy, if a kid get a copy of the new Fifa game at Christmas every year, then one year he get into a fight or something and his parent decides not to buy him Fifa anymore as a direct consequence of that, then it is 100% a punishment.
They are taking a disciplinary action against them as a direct consequence of their actions. That’s by definition a punishment.
Except he was already being published? This is a direct response to the allegations, so it’s defacto a punishment.
To continue the analogy, if a kid get a copy of the new Fifa game at Christmas every year, then one year he get into a fight or something and his parent decides not to buy him Fifa anymore as a direct consequence of that, then it is 100% a punishment.
They are taking a disciplinary action against them as a direct consequence of their actions. That’s by definition a punishment.
Nope. It’s a PR move. They want to mitigate financial damages from being associated with an (alleged abuser).
Stop treating this like a moral act. It’s a corporation: they’re more interested in the bottom line.
No. The book has not come out yet. Therefore he was not already being published. It hadn’t even gone to press yet.
You are working really, really hard here to pretend a man worth millions of dollars is facing hardship over this and it’s ridiculous.
Stop defending elites.