The US media machine, picks and chooses when some words are appropriate and when not, depending if it fits their agenda.
How about the name "Dick" ? As in e.g. Dick Cheney ? Why isn't it considered a slur, just like "cock" ? It an elephant in the room no one speaks about.
How about the word "pussy" as in a small cat ? It has been used to report by the news on "Pussy Riot", which has a direction connection to the female genitalia.
I think it might be because of the sensationalist nature of the US media as such and their juvenile handling of anything that's taboo.
If you have a problem reading text on the screen, I suggest you use something like Clearly extension that reformats pages with a much more reading-friendly style.
Similar to the book titled "Psychedelic Information theory" (PDF available for free)
>Psychedelic Information Theory: Shamanism in the Age of Reason is an analysis of the physical mechanisms of hallucination, shamanic ritual, and expanded states of consciousness. By deconstructing systems of perception and memory, Psychedelic Information Theory quantifies the limits of expanded consciousness and describes the methods by which psychedelics alter consciousness, create new information, and affect human culture.
>By presenting these methods in physical terms, Psychedelic Information Theory offers a rational and objective model for shamanic transformation and therapy in modern clinical practice. Written by James L. Kent.
Because Mojang has told them that they don't know how to build games. (Source: I know people that work at Lego and met him in person)
In general, many people prefer simple games with simple rules which they can use to build more complex systems. The reward is the appreciation of ingenuity in the application of one's imagination with the limited resources provided in the 'physical' environment (in the virtual world).
When the users are not allowed to express their ideas without mental restrictions or simply being forced to think about abiding by the rules of censorship, the imagination is being confined within artificial limits and this removes the joy of the free and innocent exploration of possibilities.
Lego enforces many rules about the play experience that hinder the creativity compared to the freedom you have in Minecraft. This is exactly what the OP has pointed out as well.
There's also something about the size of the company that tends to bring an unnecessary overhead and sluggishness into an otherwise lightweight gaming experience. The phrase "the slower it is, the more enterprise it is" is very often true in the corporate environment.
As the OP writes the moderation costs were one of the biggest expenses for the Lego Universe project. This was essentially the 'Lego Minecraft'. People loved it, but the company pulled the plug because they couldn't make enough money out of it which is their primary goal. They also wouldn't allow the fans to run their own servers or to create mods for the game (AFAIK).
There is now already a Lego theme featuring Minecraft which was released after the company realized that they've missed out big time on not buying the rights for it while it was getting popular.
The US has the biggest prison population, which is used for a slave labour. In Europe US operated torture prisons.
>Teen just spent three years in a New York prison without ever been convicted of a crime. (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pClI66cd-T4
>Is Slave Labor Still Legal In America? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlCXjcQgNJg
>Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/globalizing-t...
>Wesley Clark reveals on MSNBC : TPTB want to put you in a KZ internment camp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaPwqokBn9M
US operates much more complex prison camp than the NK could ever dream of.