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<blockquote data-quote="Silverthrone" data-source="post: 379875" data-attributes="member: 7445">No, I imagine he (or she) remembers what it was like to be 12 (or 15 or whatever), and courious, and full of yourself, and rebellious, and desparately wanting to be cool and grown up, and thinks 'A sealed section labelled mature'. Now THAT would be a good marketing ploy. And it is, of course. And he even made sure that most of the section wasn't all that contriversial on the whole so that Dragon wouldn't garner a whole lot of negative attention from the Public Library curators that put in the kids rack and the christian right in general etc. So if that is so, why Corpsebond? Well, because you got to sell that big WotC book coming up, they are one of your main advertisers probably, and if there wasn't something completely _VILE_ in the sealed section, the hopes of the drooling fan boys would be crushed. They'd actually realize this is kiddy stuff for the most part. And face it, 9 times in 10 that anyone labels anything 'mature' or 'adult', it is appealing to the purient and baser emotions anyway.Fairy tales are mature. Bugs Bunny cartoons are mature. 'Wall of Maggots' is not. Pornography is not. I wonder what we are getting BoVD? Since you mention him, I have to wonder whether Monte himself even wanted his book labeled 'mature'.Exactly. I would like to thank you Celebrim, and I do, for showing me that intelligent, mature posters to exist out there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Silverthrone, post: 379875, member: 7445"] [b]No, I imagine he (or she) remembers what it was like to be 12 (or 15 or whatever), and courious, and full of yourself, and rebellious, and desparately wanting to be cool and grown up, and thinks 'A sealed section labelled mature'. Now THAT would be a good marketing ploy. And it is, of course. And he even made sure that most of the section wasn't all that contriversial on the whole so that Dragon wouldn't garner a whole lot of negative attention from the Public Library curators that put in the kids rack and the christian right in general etc. So if that is so, why Corpsebond? Well, because you got to sell that big WotC book coming up, they are one of your main advertisers probably, and if there wasn't something completely _VILE_ in the sealed section, the hopes of the drooling fan boys would be crushed. They'd actually realize this is kiddy stuff for the most part. And face it, 9 times in 10 that anyone labels anything 'mature' or 'adult', it is appealing to the purient and baser emotions anyway. Fairy tales are mature. Bugs Bunny cartoons are mature. 'Wall of Maggots' is not. Pornography is not. I wonder what we are getting BoVD? Since you mention him, I have to wonder whether Monte himself even wanted his book labeled 'mature'.[/b] Exactly. I would like to thank you Celebrim, and I do, for showing me that intelligent, mature posters to exist out there. [/QUOTE]

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