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<blockquote data-quote="mamba" data-source="post: 8747860" data-attributes="member: 7034611"><p>Agreed, you cannot wall it off, simply because people will make connections to things in the real world, whether intended by the author or not.</p><p></p><p>That does not mean everyone will make the same connections however, so there will be people that do not find something offensive that you do, and vice versa. Don’t expect to get consensus here.</p><p></p><p>While Acerak likened Gully Dwarves to down syndrome, I likened them to primitive tribes that have no concept of numbers (yes, that exists). Guess who finds them problematic and who doesn’t <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>So whether something is problematic is influenced by the association you make, which is outside the author’s control. So either they cannot come up with anything that some people will wrongfully associate and be offended by (which is pretty much impossible), or they have to accept the risk / fact that someone somewhere somehow will manage to be offended by it.</p><p></p><p>And before you point it out, if your idea is something that a lot of people will associate wrong and be upset by, you should tweak your idea <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> So yeah, Gully Dwarves were probably ok 40 years ago, but I would expect a revision in the new setting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mamba, post: 8747860, member: 7034611"] Agreed, you cannot wall it off, simply because people will make connections to things in the real world, whether intended by the author or not. That does not mean everyone will make the same connections however, so there will be people that do not find something offensive that you do, and vice versa. Don’t expect to get consensus here. While Acerak likened Gully Dwarves to down syndrome, I likened them to primitive tribes that have no concept of numbers (yes, that exists). Guess who finds them problematic and who doesn’t ;) So whether something is problematic is influenced by the association you make, which is outside the author’s control. So either they cannot come up with anything that some people will wrongfully associate and be offended by (which is pretty much impossible), or they have to accept the risk / fact that someone somewhere somehow will manage to be offended by it. And before you point it out, if your idea is something that a lot of people will associate wrong and be upset by, you should tweak your idea ;) So yeah, Gully Dwarves were probably ok 40 years ago, but I would expect a revision in the new setting. [/QUOTE]
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