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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2591467" data-attributes="member: 158">My warning exactly. Phrases like &quot;by 'little machine' you mean &quot;Sweatshop&quot; and &quot;put 2+2 together&quot; (using parts of Kahyman's and Flexor's posts as examples of what I look out for) tend to get people drawing conclusions that aren't supported very well, and start others arguing one way or another; worse, some people take it as a tacit approval to start slamming big businesses, or asserting that certain political parties support 'slave labor', or that by doing this or that activity you are supporting underage child labor, and it all goes downhill from there. And it was all based on the assumption someone makes X posts in, that WotC uses companies that use child labor.Maybe they do, maybe they don't - Rob Heinsoo (over the minis branch IIRC) says they don't, and that they company was chosen partly because they can prove they don't. I don't know, and I'm not about to speculate or threaten or issue snarky comments to anyone who has an opinion.I've been moderating this board for enough years now that I could carry on the entire degeneration of discussion in the thread,&nbsp; by wrote, in my sleep. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> So rather that have it degenerate in a very predictable and well-known pattern, I issue a request that people please pick and choose what they say, and don't assume something they can't back up. Also, let's be respectful of one another, and avoid insults.That's it. Me, I'm willing to take Rob at his word. (And thanks, Khayman, for the link. I knew it had been discussed somewhere, but couldn't remember where!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 2591467, member: 158"] My warning exactly. Phrases like "by 'little machine' you mean "Sweatshop" and "put 2+2 together" (using parts of Kahyman's and Flexor's posts as examples of what I look out for) tend to get people drawing conclusions that aren't supported very well, and start others arguing one way or another; worse, some people take it as a tacit approval to start slamming big businesses, or asserting that certain political parties support 'slave labor', or that by doing this or that activity you are supporting underage child labor, and it all goes downhill from there. And it was all based on the assumption someone makes X posts in, that WotC uses companies that use child labor. Maybe they do, maybe they don't - Rob Heinsoo (over the minis branch IIRC) says they don't, and that they company was chosen partly because they can prove they don't. I don't know, and I'm not about to speculate or threaten or issue snarky comments to anyone who has an opinion. I've been moderating this board for enough years now that I could carry on the entire degeneration of discussion in the thread, by wrote, in my sleep. :) So rather that have it degenerate in a very predictable and well-known pattern, I issue a request that people please pick and choose what they say, and don't assume something they can't back up. Also, let's be respectful of one another, and avoid insults. That's it. Me, I'm willing to take Rob at his word. [I](And thanks, Khayman, for the link. I knew it had been discussed somewhere, but couldn't remember where!)[/I] [/QUOTE]

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