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It's not hyperbole. Forcing someone to provide labor or service against their will under threat of a gun (which all laws are) is slavery.

I thought about this, and a thought just occurred to me: If GenCon's concern is as many people addressed, of convention goers being denied service to the point that they can't go to the convention, then the solution is extremely simple. Contact the businesses themselves (restaurants, hotels...

Isn't that, literally, what rape is? Being forced to service someone you don't want to service? I'm not talking hyperbole; literally, the only difference between rape and consensual sex is the other party.

You confusion is that you are confusing negative rights with positive rights. The Constitution protects negative rights, not positive ones. If a business decides to not serve you because you are transsexual, you did not lose any rights, because the right to force others to accept you never...

In a case like that, I argue that your premise is wrong; there are no rights in conflict. The client only has the right to be served if the business consents, just as the business has the right to the customer's money only if the customer consents. A business transaction can only be a...

I think that all things considered, this conversation has been very civil, even though the disagreement is very strong.

Should a business be required to serve a man wearing a shirt that says, "People like you are why God created AIDS"? Should a business be required to serve a man wearing a shirt that says, "Mexicans are like pool cues - hit them hard for good English."? Should a business be required to serve a...

Should the business be allowed to post that? Absolutely. Would I go in there? No. But should I compel them to do business with dogs and Irish? No.

I don't subscribe to that racist creed. But I do think that a business should be allowed to post "No whites" if they want to. Let the market decide what happens. Because - it's not my business, so I should not be allowed to compel them to do business.

No, but you are demanding that a class of people - business owners - do not have as many rights as you - a transsexual - do. You do not have to do business with them. You do not have to give them your money, and you don't even have to justify it. "I just don't like you" is a valid reason for...

This is not a stand for inclusiveness - this is a stand for telling businesses, "Sorry, you thought you had the right to decide which transactions you want to be a part of? Well, I have decided that I will decide how your business is run."

But that stand is demanding that the business should not be allowed to make a choice on whether or not they will be part of a transaction. Why should anybody be forced to do business with you if they don't want to?

I'd give you XP if it could be done for news stories.

Mod Edit: My apologies - I gave you the wrong impression. Discussing moderation here was an exception to our standard operating procedure, and I didn't make that clear. I was making a clarification, not inviting free-for-all discussion. From this point on, if you have a problem with the...

Unfortunately, there is no way to discuss this game without discussing political theory. This game is being marketed as an agent of social change; hence, to discuss it is to discuss the social change they want to bring and use this game and its Kickstarter as Green Ronin's tool of choice.

No. Just, no.

I know this answer: they are a generation who saw Dances with Wolves and thought it was a documentary.

Playing 5th edition makes this easier. How about this: Instead of her playing as a mermaid, have her make her character with the background of a polymorphed mermaid. Something went wrong and now, she is stuck in a land-based mode (not necessarily human, but could be). She still thinks like a...

I suppose the other issue is that in this case, the minority is not in the right. American Indian cultures are not something that should only be spoken of in reverent, hushed tones with not a word of criticism - especially in a game that is ABOUT stories and the collective imagination; I will...

MCG is wrong to change. Here's what bugs me about the fact that MCG did anything: from the response of MCG itself, they are lirerally, well, let me quote: MCG has chosen to openly dismiss the vast majority who have contacted them to say, "It's fine. Leave it alone," and only regard the very...