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<blockquote data-quote="Ydars" data-source="post: 5751656" data-attributes="member: 62992"><p>WoTC's decision makes perfect sense; in the mad-as-a-hatter, through-the-looking-glass world that is modern business practice. Remember, this is the same genius mentality that has brought us climate change and the credit crunch, and it is all summed up in one phrase;</p><p></p><p>False accounting!</p><p></p><p>It is false accounting to pretend that laying off Rich Baker will only result in</p><p>his salary and benefits being recovered; yet that is all the balance sheet will show. It will not show that debacles like 4E are a direct result of pushing everyone out of the door who really understood the 'soul' of D&D. But 'talent' and 'wisdom' cannot be measured and therefore cannot be real can they?</p><p></p><p>It is also false accounting to say that burning fossils fuels is cheaper than alternative energy sources; this ignores that damage that will be done to the economy of the world by climate change; damage that is now estimated to be 100s of trillions of dollars at the very least. And this is without even considering the harm done to animals and plants.</p><p></p><p>The sad fact is that we live in a world that allows the greedy to ignore or destroy anything real that cannot easily be measured just so they can get rich. We also allow these crooks to move around so much that they are never around when payback time comes; that's why we have the current financial meltdown because bankers realised they could sell loans they KNEW would go bad but which made them so much money that they knew they would be on their yacht in the Bahamas before the smelly stuff hit the fan.</p><p></p><p>That is the 'logic' of our world; it is ugly, cruel and mad so don't even try to tell me it makes sense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ydars, post: 5751656, member: 62992"] WoTC's decision makes perfect sense; in the mad-as-a-hatter, through-the-looking-glass world that is modern business practice. Remember, this is the same genius mentality that has brought us climate change and the credit crunch, and it is all summed up in one phrase; False accounting! It is false accounting to pretend that laying off Rich Baker will only result in his salary and benefits being recovered; yet that is all the balance sheet will show. It will not show that debacles like 4E are a direct result of pushing everyone out of the door who really understood the 'soul' of D&D. But 'talent' and 'wisdom' cannot be measured and therefore cannot be real can they? It is also false accounting to say that burning fossils fuels is cheaper than alternative energy sources; this ignores that damage that will be done to the economy of the world by climate change; damage that is now estimated to be 100s of trillions of dollars at the very least. And this is without even considering the harm done to animals and plants. The sad fact is that we live in a world that allows the greedy to ignore or destroy anything real that cannot easily be measured just so they can get rich. We also allow these crooks to move around so much that they are never around when payback time comes; that's why we have the current financial meltdown because bankers realised they could sell loans they KNEW would go bad but which made them so much money that they knew they would be on their yacht in the Bahamas before the smelly stuff hit the fan. That is the 'logic' of our world; it is ugly, cruel and mad so don't even try to tell me it makes sense. [/QUOTE]
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