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Reply To: White Wolf No More

November 18, 2018 at 7:21 pm #1303552

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No, I’m using the word in the absolutely correct way describing what happened to the Georgian officer. The other times I use it in quotation marks for a reason. I don’t give a single flying F about it being “appropriate” for you, because you don’t decide what I think and say, buddy.

As to your explanation, if the story was written in a “juvenile” way as in, it didn’t meet the standards, fine. I would ask where their QA was then, but whatever. It wasn’t the reason given though, according to your explanation. The reason was “could offend the tiniest minority in a tiny minority”, and that tiniest minority (homosexual Chechnyan refugees that play WoD) wasn’t even asked.

You describe how the RPG provoked reactions from religious nutjobs back then, with a positive outcome, and now all of a sudden it’s necessary to cave to another bunch of screeching religious nutjobs just because? This only makes sense to people without principles. Just as I wrote, it’s a powerplay, and it’s disgusting.

In the end, turning historical events into fiction and comedy is the human way to cope with them and keep the memories alive. Being offended keeps you grounded and forces you to think about your own world view and your place. A society that doesn’t allow offense is a scary place, believe me, I grew up in one.