Ashtagon
Adventurer
I state that GAZ10 is less racist that 16th century Spanish colonists as a statement of fact. I'm not apologising for the author of GAZ10. If he feels it appropriate, that's for him to do. If you want to interpret that statement of fact as an apology on behalf of GAZ10, that's you putting words in my mouth, and I would thank you not to do that.So, you're saying that a fantasy rpg supplement from the 1980s is less racist than the ideology of people engaged in genocide four centuries ago. The effect of this is a an apology for something that is still racist, and is a part of an ongoing history of racism inaugurated all those centuries ago. Combined with how the piazza shuts down any conversation and analysis as to how it might be racist, it certainly seems like there are a bunch of fans who just want to stick their head in the sand and not having anyone complicate their relationship to their rpg toys.
Really, it's no secret that lots of things in the past contains problematic content, both because humans generally suck, and because society is (slowly) improving. But saying something is bad without offering solutions doesn't really help anyone, and doesn't really provide any new information. It doesn't take a doctoral thesis to recognise that GAZ10 is bad; I bought it when it first came out and very nearly threw it away because I personally felt grossed out by some of the depictions.
I won't engage into a debate on moderation policy for the Piazza here on this site. That would be wildly inappropriate.
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