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<blockquote data-quote="mcbobbo" data-source="post: 6420876" data-attributes="member: 6680581">I didn't get the impression that this was the case, otherwise I wouldn't have said anything.These two stand in contrast to each other.&nbsp; On the one hand, there's the call for maturity, and on the next the statement that the topic isn't that important.The first one cuts both ways, though, doesn't it?&nbsp; Are we not also mature enough to let other people be wrong on the internet from time to time, what with our having mortgages and all?If there's a club, I'm not a member.&nbsp; Never got my card in the mail.Yep, I agree.&nbsp; But if they openly state they don't want to face that fact, then what?&nbsp; Can't you be right in silence?&nbsp; Or does your correctness somehow NEED to be stated, so it can be validated?&nbsp; It's rhetorical.I reject the notion that most participants influence the 'ongoing health of our hobby'.&nbsp; If you're on the design team for a major product, okay fine, your voice matters.&nbsp; The rest of us are just schlubs.There's that club thing again.&nbsp; Alongside censorship fears, too.&nbsp; And an appeal to inclusiveness - except that's out of place when you're trying to pull someone out of their favored playstyle, isn't it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mcbobbo, post: 6420876, member: 6680581"] I didn't get the impression that this was the case, otherwise I wouldn't have said anything. These two stand in contrast to each other. On the one hand, there's the call for maturity, and on the next the statement that the topic isn't that important. The first one cuts both ways, though, doesn't it? Are we not also mature enough to let other people be wrong on the internet from time to time, what with our having mortgages and all? If there's a club, I'm not a member. Never got my card in the mail. Yep, I agree. But if they openly state they don't want to face that fact, then what? Can't you be right in silence? Or does your correctness somehow NEED to be stated, so it can be validated? It's rhetorical. I reject the notion that most participants influence the 'ongoing health of our hobby'. If you're on the design team for a major product, okay fine, your voice matters. The rest of us are just schlubs. There's that club thing again. Alongside censorship fears, too. And an appeal to inclusiveness - except that's out of place when you're trying to pull someone out of their favored playstyle, isn't it? [/QUOTE]

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