Dattebayo wishes to apologize for insensitive opening message [YHBT, LOL]
2007/04/19
Thursday, April 19, 2007 - Dattebayo U.S. Headquarters, Seattle, WA
Dattebayo Fansubs, LLC learned that one of our employees, namely "timecop" was responsible for the recent "troll" message inserted into Bleach 122 release about the Virginia Tech Massacre.
"From the outset, I believe all of us have been deeply upset and revulsed by the statements that was made by "timecop" during the opening comments. It made it seem like all we care about is download counts", retired Dattebayo translator "Yukizora" said in a statement.
"There has been much discussion of the effect language like this has on our young people, particularly those watching Bleach and Naruto fansubs from us," the statement continued. "That consideration has weighed most heavily on our minds as we made our decision to terminate "timecop"'s employment immediately."
Remaining Dattebayo staff would like to offer sincere apology to anyone who was offended by the message, and would like to remind those who weren't that Internet is Serious Business.
Dattebayo is the world's most recognized fansubbing group, with over 700,000 unique views of its products per week. It has served more than 50,000,000 downloads since its inception.