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		foldr on Jan 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: We won a CES robotics innovation award, then they ... Their initial response was to cite the following text: > Entries deemed by CTA in their sole discretion to be immoral, obscene, indecent, profane or not in keeping with CTA’s image will be disqualified. CTA reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entry at any time which, in CTA’s opinion, endangers the safety or well being of any person, or fails to comply with these Official Rules. So, if they didn't call it immoral, they called it obscene, indecent or profane.

lawnchair_larry on Jan 13, 2019 [–]

You left off the most obvious and least controversial option, “not keeping with CTA’s image” of course.

But it makes for a better outrage narrative if we cherry pick the most offensive interpretation possible.

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