WotC Anyone Else Tired of the Wizards Bashing?

[Shardstone]

According to our company handbook, I'm required to rough myself up s a cost-cutting measure.

There has to be a charity your company can hire to rough you up for free!

 

[Vaalingrade]

Threaten people with lawful, legal action*, not breaking their legs.

You don't need dudes with guns to do that.

 

[Raiztt]

Why do you need to hire people to threaten others? Why not just send them a cease & desist and then a stern letter in the mail before moving to legal action?

I know that you really like the idea of armed men aggressively pushing into people's homes to intimidate women and children, but I really just don't think its a logical step for a toy company to take! Agree to disagree I guess.

Is it legal? Because that's my only consideration.

 

[Shardstone]

Is it legal? Because that's my only consideration.

Glad to know that if its legal, some people really are ok with armed men bullying your wife and loved ones during a home invasion to scare you from leaking more pieces of artful cardboard on the internet.

And this isn't me exaggerating at all, this is literally what people in this thread are saying. If you are ok with Hasbro sending the Pinkertons after this youtuber, you are saying you are ok with armed men intimidating people during a home invasion over relatively minor leaks. Thus, the world!

 

[Vaalingrade]

Is it legal? Because that's my only consideration.

A lot of things that absolutely shouldn't be are nice and legal.

 

[Aldarc]

I know who the pinkertons were/are and if WotC somehow bankrupted this dude and made his entire family homeless I wouldn't bat an eye. I'm not here to defend WotC because I like them, I'm here to argue against people saying that WotC was out of line legally for what they did.

Bottom Line: You're here defending a corporation hiring and sending the Pinkertons on a guy who did nothing ethically or legally wrong over a collectible card game.

WotC apologized because even they recognized how they overreached with their actions and potentially would have had good grounds for a civil lawsuit case against them. As you say below:

Law can be enforced, ethics cannot.

 

[Raiztt]

Glad to know that if its legal, some people really are ok with armed men bullying your wife and loved ones during a home invasion to scare you from leaking more pieces of artful cardboard on the internet.

See, this is the sleight of hand you types always make.

I compartmentalize what I think is moral/ethical/etc from what is legal/actual/enforcable.

"What I am ok with" is COMPLETELY irrelevant where the law and reality are concerned.

 

[Raiztt]

A lot of things that absolutely shouldn't be are nice and legal.

o7 I'm sure you're working on fixing that! Thanks for your help!

 

[Raiztt]

WotC apologized because even they recognized how they overreached with their actions and potentially would have had good grounds for a civil lawsuit case against them. As you say below:

I wish the plaintiff luck then.

 

[Shardstone]

See, this is the sleight of hand you types always make.

I compartmentalize what I think is moral/ethical/etc from what is legal/actual/enforcable.

"What I am ok with" is COMPLETELY irrelevant where the law and reality are concerned.

Lmao "you type."

One of us believes in empathy, one of us uses the law to hide their complete lack of empathy. I'm not the one playing at sleight of hand here.