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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6294127" data-attributes="member: 177">What, is WotC supposed to be our parent, now?&nbsp; Little Jimmy and Tommy can't play together nice, so Mommy takes the toy away, leaving nothing to argue over?&nbsp; The mere existence of another game is not &quot;egging them on&quot;.&nbsp; And WotC should not need to set its business policies based on the assumption that its customers are self-destructively jerkish.&nbsp;&nbsp; WotC and Paizo don't have orbital mind control lasers, nor do they lace their publications with aggression-enhancing drugs.&nbsp; They don't *make* us do anything.&nbsp; Our basic lack of thoughtfulness and self-control are our own problems.As an example....So, the critics are those who, &quot;choose not to just swallow whatever WotC wants to feed them&quot;?&nbsp; Then, by implication, their opposition *do* just swallow WotC output without consideration......and flames commence.Now, delericho here has been around quite a while.&nbsp; He cannot hide behind the, &quot;I didn't know anyone would take that as insulting,&quot; because the dynamic has been made perfectly clear over time - that excuse would be the same as saying, &quot;I'm stupid&quot;, and we know he's not.&nbsp; So, he either knew how people would take it (and he's being a malicious troll), or he simply didn't think too much about it.So, yeah, critics are not the problem.&nbsp; But those who either maliciously or thoughtlessly insult others are a problem.&nbsp; WotC business choices can't save us from that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6294127, member: 177"] What, is WotC supposed to be our parent, now? Little Jimmy and Tommy can't play together nice, so Mommy takes the toy away, leaving nothing to argue over? The mere existence of another game is not "egging them on". And WotC should not need to set its business policies based on the assumption that its customers are self-destructively jerkish. WotC and Paizo don't have orbital mind control lasers, nor do they lace their publications with aggression-enhancing drugs. They don't *make* us do anything. Our basic lack of thoughtfulness and self-control are our own problems. As an example.... So, the critics are those who, "choose not to just swallow whatever WotC wants to feed them"? Then, by implication, their opposition *do* just swallow WotC output without consideration... ...and flames commence. Now, delericho here has been around quite a while. He cannot hide behind the, "I didn't know anyone would take that as insulting," because the dynamic has been made perfectly clear over time - that excuse would be the same as saying, "I'm stupid", and we know he's not. So, he either knew how people would take it (and he's being a malicious troll), or he simply didn't think too much about it. So, yeah, critics are not the problem. But those who either maliciously or thoughtlessly insult others are a problem. WotC business choices can't save us from that. [/QUOTE]

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