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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8077684">Regarding OA specifically, I think there is a few things going on here. One I think most people on this thread would agree the book has issues that are worth discussing. We don't all agree about all of the recent criticisms though. I watched the entire youtube series about OA, and I found some of the critiques were valid, some really, really seemed to be a stretch. But that said, there is no question, if OA were to come out today it would probably be done differently. Two, the question of what to do with existing OA material. If we were just talking about new OA books, that would be one thing. But this conversation became about whether the original OA book should remain up for sale as is, and if the content of that book should be changed. I have a big problem with taking the book down or changing it. That is the reason I stepped into this conversation. And my reasons are not simple. I am both troubled by the idea that we should ignore or purge content that doesn't fit modern sensibilities (this seems like a very victorian reaction to me), but also this book was made, it is a part of history and part of the legacy of the line that WOTC inherited. I think it is important, especially if folks find it offensive, for others to be able to see the text themselves and decide if they agree. Three, criticisms of OA. I have no issues with people critiquing OA. I think there is plenty to critique. And I think the conversation is a perfectly reasonable one to have in the gaming community. Where I start to have problems is 1) saying that the 1985 OA should come down because of modern sensibilities (to me this is like trying to take Huck Finn down from a sales page because it contains content that might upset modern readers), 2) saying  we all have to agree with the critiques made about OA. We are going to have different opinions on this one. And some people will have more charitable readings of it, while others will have less charitable readings. But an orthodox opinion is forming and that is what concerns me.</blockquote>

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