Pathfinder 1E An open letter to Paizo

[crazy_monkey1956]

I think B will come sooner than A, based on my high school and college experiences.

This is a thread derail, but since you brought it up, it brings up an interesting point:

Let's say your oldest child is 16 years old and calls from what you thought would be a party with no alcohol. Everyone at the party is too drunk to drive and he or she wants to come home, since they're not comfortable there. Are you calling the cops at that point, or going to pick him or her up? If he or she thinks you're going to call the cops, does that increase the odds of getting in the car with a drunken teenaged driver instead?

Kids are going to experiment with this stuff, or at least be curious about it. I'm not sure an absolutist stance prepares them for the situations they'll find themselves in.

Again, the wording is a bit...off. I'm not a complete absolutist in this regard as I will take into account circumstances and they know this. In the above scenario, I would go get them and applaud them for having the wisdom to not get in the car with someone under the influence. I would also have some pretty harsh words for them if they did drink themselves and not allow them to go to another party at that person's house.

As with all things, it is a matter of degree. If I ever found illegal drugs on their person or in their rooms, I would take them straight to the police and make them face the consequences...I also profoundly hope that never happens because it will mean that I've failed in one of my goals as a parent.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

And I notice that no one seems to object to the Voyeur anime DVD Paizo is also selling. Are people objecting to this doll for the sake of the children or because it represents an interest not common to the gamer tribe?

 

[Ourph]

I agree with the OP. I'd like to see Paizo steer clear of selling and advertising products that promote or make light of drug use.

 

[crazy_monkey1956]

Don't forget caffeine, the only drug you're encouraged to--and that companies are allowed to spend millions of dollars to help you to--get your kids addicted to at the earliest possible age through cola and chocolate. :-/

Heh...I don't let my kids have caffeine.

 

[Vocenoctum]

I think you are mischaracterizing the objections to his objection.

When someone calls upon a merchant that I do patronize and do have an account with to stop selling legal-to-own materials to me because he disagrees with the material, he is attempting to effectively become my parent. To object to that isn't undermining his opinion, it's raising a very rational and reasonable objection.

Like it or not, his parenting takes place in his home, in his relationship with his kids. Attempting to remake the world in what he believes to be a kid-friendly image is not only impossible, it is objectionable.

I disagree, simply because Paizo will make their decision based on numbers. If sales drop once this item comes up, then it can be removed. If not, then who cares? Either way, I can't see RPGers buying a lot of these things, they're just... bleh.

That aside, there is plenty of talk in this thread from people expressing their opinion on the subject without people telling the OP that he is wrong because D&D is violent.

 

[The Thayan Menace]

Levity is Good

Heh...I don't let my kids have caffeine.

Some gamer you are.

-S.A.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I disagree, simply because Paizo will make their decision based on numbers.

You disagree that he's attempting to get Paizo to remove the product? You disagree that this doesn't affect me, as an adult and actual Paizo costumer, by attempting to deny me choices based on his beliefs? You disagree that I have the right to disagree with him?

Your response doesn't make sense with my post.

 

[Vocenoctum]

And I notice that no one seems to object to the Voyeur anime DVD Paizo is also selling. Are people objecting to this doll for the sake of the children or because it represents an interest not common to the gamer tribe?

Since the link didn't bring anything up for me, I can't judge what you find objectionable about it, but it does serve to illustrate what I just posted. Rather than state your own opinion, you want to prove how the OP's is wrong, or hypocritical.

 

[Squire James]

I think the OP is over-reacting, but I generally agree with his/her right to say it. Some here seem to think this board is only for people who agree with them.

 

[DM-Rocco]

This doll seems odd to me too. I don't even begin to know what they were thinking.