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<blockquote data-quote="mlund" data-source="post: 4287387" data-attributes="member: 50304"><p>At first I was going to just accept this and move on, but I stopped and reflected just a little, and realized that the parallel being drawn by this argument was absurd.</p><p></p><p>Having citizenship in a nation is not comparable to choosing your role-playing game system. Deciding what books to buy with your entertainment budget on an open market has nowhere near the life-impact, overhead, and obstructions involved with changing your citizenship.</p><p></p><p>The consent of the governed is important for government derives legitimacy. A game system is someone else's Private Property and can be produced without my consent or even my purchasing dollars. Petitioning the government for the redress of grievances isn't comparable to complaining about how a private product isn't to your taste.</p><p></p><p>Buying or playing another system actually <strong>is</strong> a correct response if you want to force the issue. Competition drives progress. If use-based skill development is that important to you then you vote with your dollars / feet and reward other companies and products for using it. </p><p></p><p>I didn't like how business was done in Massachusetts so I moved to Arizona. Even <strong>that</strong> isn't fairly comparable to trying to move to Canada and re-establish citizenship to enjoy full rights and privileges. Just switching game systems by buying a different product is right out.</p><p></p><p>Voting with your dollars and your feet is <strong>very important</strong> - far more important that venting with your spleen on the Internet.</p><p></p><p>- Marty Lund</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mlund, post: 4287387, member: 50304"] At first I was going to just accept this and move on, but I stopped and reflected just a little, and realized that the parallel being drawn by this argument was absurd. Having citizenship in a nation is not comparable to choosing your role-playing game system. Deciding what books to buy with your entertainment budget on an open market has nowhere near the life-impact, overhead, and obstructions involved with changing your citizenship. The consent of the governed is important for government derives legitimacy. A game system is someone else's Private Property and can be produced without my consent or even my purchasing dollars. Petitioning the government for the redress of grievances isn't comparable to complaining about how a private product isn't to your taste. Buying or playing another system actually [b]is[/b] a correct response if you want to force the issue. Competition drives progress. If use-based skill development is that important to you then you vote with your dollars / feet and reward other companies and products for using it. I didn't like how business was done in Massachusetts so I moved to Arizona. Even [b]that[/b] isn't fairly comparable to trying to move to Canada and re-establish citizenship to enjoy full rights and privileges. Just switching game systems by buying a different product is right out. Voting with your dollars and your feet is [b]very important[/b] - far more important that venting with your spleen on the Internet. - Marty Lund [/QUOTE]
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