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<blockquote data-quote="Wolfspider" data-source="post: 3891" data-attributes="member: 300"><p><strong>But....</strong></p><p></p><p>I understand your wish for us to remain calm; it's admirable.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The problem is that the writer is a journalist, and this is a new story, not an editorial. Therefore the writer's opinion should not play a part in it. He may have thought it was a nice, evocative snippet to include in the article, but it really does misrepresent the game.</p><p></p><p>Imagine if someone were beaten to death with a frying pan and the news story reporting the incident said that the suspect had gotten all "Emeril" on the victim. Tasteless example, I know, but it's roughly the equivalent to calling a basement full of firearms and martial arts weapons "like Dungeons and Dragons." In other words, both descriptions are WRONG. I'm sure Emeril would not take favorably to such a comparison, and neither should WotC, actually, although like someone said earlier, if WotC actually did make an issue out of this incident, it would probably just hurt the hobby.</p><p></p><p>Like my email to the author said, I'm not outraged about the article. I'm actually pretty calm. And isn't that just a little bit pitiful--having one of my favorite hobbies bashed and misrepresented is such an ordinary thing that it fails to even rouse me anymore.</p><p></p><p>Maybe I SHOULD get angry....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wolfspider, post: 3891, member: 300"] [b]But....[/b] I understand your wish for us to remain calm; it's admirable. The problem is that the writer is a journalist, and this is a new story, not an editorial. Therefore the writer's opinion should not play a part in it. He may have thought it was a nice, evocative snippet to include in the article, but it really does misrepresent the game. Imagine if someone were beaten to death with a frying pan and the news story reporting the incident said that the suspect had gotten all "Emeril" on the victim. Tasteless example, I know, but it's roughly the equivalent to calling a basement full of firearms and martial arts weapons "like Dungeons and Dragons." In other words, both descriptions are WRONG. I'm sure Emeril would not take favorably to such a comparison, and neither should WotC, actually, although like someone said earlier, if WotC actually did make an issue out of this incident, it would probably just hurt the hobby. Like my email to the author said, I'm not outraged about the article. I'm actually pretty calm. And isn't that just a little bit pitiful--having one of my favorite hobbies bashed and misrepresented is such an ordinary thing that it fails to even rouse me anymore. Maybe I SHOULD get angry.... [/QUOTE]
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