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RPGs is not chess, nor boardgames. I find this Classical and Romantic types totally unconvincing : I don't play RPGs to "win" or to "lose".

Calling me conspirationist and paranoid does not make you less of a censor. Mod Edit: This is a privately owned online establishment. Morrus' rules apply. His rules include the fact that some topics are tightly controlled. These rules are well known. By posting, each person agrees to...

A weel reasoned and nuanced post. Thank you for that. I will add that, in my opinion, the controversy surrounding this issue is due for the most part to the ongoing power grab of the post-modernist faction currently scouring the USA, aided by some well-meaning but deluded bystanders...

In retrospect what White Wolf could have done is draw inspiration from the Chechen situation, but put a fictitious name in lieu of that place ("Zachen") and its leader ("Radivom"). Something to keep in mind when you're a RPG company doing business in today's environment of gleeful censure and...

I want to add something : human men are men, and human women are women. Fantasy races behave differently, because exploring in what ways they differ from humans is interesting, as other people have said in that very thread.

To answer the OP: The way I deal with sexuality in my game is : women are women. Men are men. They do all sort of strenuous and enjoyable things together, which I sometimes allude to for the benefit of my players (who are mostly male these days), if it serves the ovearching story we are telling...

That would be me. Everybody has his reasons, but I'm not privy with everybody's reasoning. On principle I don't judge people on one singular aspect of their beliefs, therefore I think that some of "those who are trying to break free of gender binary" are in the wrong, and some others have their...

Regarding identity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe4bUXopZ7E. Trigger warning: this is safe for work but extremely opposable to the gender identity theory currently circulated on this forum. And it's a disproval that every scientific authority out there subscribes to that theory.

Generally true. Agreed. Untrue. Any sufficiently affirmative citizen, as a part of society, shapes the consensus - or lack of ? - of that society. Society changing is the people in society changing. To elaborate: I don't subscribe to the view (not saying it's your view, Imaculata) that...

I care about the society I live in. And I have opinions about the way it (the society) should go. I 've also come to care deeply about D&D for the 35 years (give or take) since I've been playing it. Insofar as D&D is a cultural medium, it is linked to the society I live in. And, as important...

So, TheSword : you've changed "highly suggestive" to "hilarious" in your preceding post. I'm glad to see your opinion on the matter is evolving :).

Highly suggestive of what ? I'm concerned about the social intentions - and the desire for change as conveyed in their products - of a sizable part of the RPG industry. I write in this forum to make my position on the subject as clear as possible. I'm not in sync with the progressive goals of...

Yes. My primary purpose with my words is not to create an environment of inclusion or segregation. It is to express myself and to convey my point of view. Those words are part of our vocabulary and for us to use. If I use the word "ordinary" in a sentence like: "They were ordinary middle-class...

Not all of us gamers, and otherwise citizens, understand gender as you do today. There's a diminishing consensus (in the USA at least) about the way we understand gender - or, as I prefer to say - sexual identity and the various roles society ascribes to it.

Quite. A societal and therefore political goal. There are 2 kinds of ordinary. There's "ordinary" as being a human being, deserving of love, respect and a chance at happiness. For me, all people born of an human being are thus ordinary, and are my fellow humans: gay, bi, transsexual...

This is controversial because sexual identity is important to people, even in make-believe medium, and that transsexuality is an oddity - i.e it differs from the norm - which troubles people. Though the best term for it is maybe not "controversial." Maybe unusual and perplexing would be a...

Now I grok it.

A very interesting take on the topic.

We will have to agree to disagree on this one. A noble sentiment :).

I understand, but I'm curious: how would you justify it in your game world ?