My position on Molestia's closing

I've long ago come to the conclusion that humans must place blame on something tangible for their problems. Whether or not those problems are something they themselves cause or can correct has no bearing on it, nor does the actual impact of the thing which they are blaming. They decide that something harmless, like violent video games or cartoons about yellow people, must be the triggers to the madness they perceive around them. Seldom do they consider that perhaps it is they, with their fixation on morality and forcing others to conform to it, who are the problem.

Maybe their egos cannot handle the fact that they're limited to a mere shell of an existence rather than the kind of prestige that people like Seth MacFarlane and Matt Groenig have built for themselves, so they try to bring them down in whatever pathetic way they know how, under the guise of "protecting morality".

Personally, I believe everyone is responsible for their own conduct. Regardless of whether you're an atheist or a Christian, Hindi or Muslim, you, and only you, are responsible for how you act. It's not some nerds playing a game involving multi-sided dice and imaginary medieval characters. It's not a cartoonist who has printed a degrading image of your god. It's not a cartoon horse who seduces mares and colts in order to have sex with them.

It's you, and you alone, who are responsible for your conduct.

Personally, Molestia basically an Equestrian equivalent to Quagmire, who is someone I never really liked, but he can make me laugh. Molestia was a character I never particularly cared for either. But there were some rather creative comics on that blog, and though I cannot commend the creativity of it as a whole (it got rather repetitive), I am forced to admit it did entertain me somewhat.

Does that mean I go around trying to find young girls and seduce them? Nope. I am on the lookout for a mate, but it's because I want to have a partner in my life, someone who understands me and who will be there with me until one of us leaves this world.

I am not, nor have I ever been, influenced by things I read unless they happened to scratch my intellectual itch. Things like Dahl on the subject of democracy are things that influence me, and even then it's more to gain an understanding of democracy than anything else.

In short, I get irritated by people telling me that something is bad simply because it can "turn me into one of them", whoever "them" may be.

But I do feel compelled to mention that I think the subject matter in question is not suitable for children.

And when you're talking about a show which is directed at them, it does open the door to the possibility that young, impressionable minds could be exposed to something they're not yet prepared to handle.

Yeah, I know that sexualizing cartoons is nothing new, but I nevertheless feel compelled to express that while I don't believe Molestia was inherently bad for my own age group, it was not something I'd be comfortable showing to my nieces and nephews, who are under the age of 13. It can be scary to a young kid.

So yes, I'm actually pleased Molestia was taken down, because of her association with a kid's show. I don't believe the creator should have had nearly as much negativity thrown his way because of his creation, but it was still probably for the best that she's gone.