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<blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 4034450" data-attributes="member: 1964">Not intended as such, Raven.&nbsp; The Satan part was a bit of a rhetorical flourish, that's all.&nbsp; But you did say something earlier about posting on Gleemax and then spending the rest of your life &quot;waiting for the other shoe to drop,&quot; right?&nbsp; I just hate the thought that in the year 2058, you will still be haunted by the fear that something you posted about 4th edition sea elves will drag you into a costly legal battle, possibly involving futuristic cyborg lawyers.&nbsp; All I'm saying is that if you want to ignore all consideration of the actual purpose of the user agreement, the manner in which they are used by biggish companies, and the manner in which courts construe and enforce contracts of adhesion, then sure, it could happen, fifty years from now with cyborg lawyers.&nbsp; I think that avoiding the Gleemax boards is a reasonable solution to this perceived problem --- there are plenty of other places to talk d20.&nbsp; I think that organizing a boycott of a D&amp;D message board because of the aforementioned cyborg lawyer scenario or because of generalized outrage over &quot;disrespectful&quot; user agreements is overkill and is time better spent thinking about 4th Edition sea elves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JPL, post: 4034450, member: 1964"] Not intended as such, Raven. The Satan part was a bit of a rhetorical flourish, that's all. But you did say something earlier about posting on Gleemax and then spending the rest of your life "waiting for the other shoe to drop," right? I just hate the thought that in the year 2058, you will still be haunted by the fear that something you posted about 4th edition sea elves will drag you into a costly legal battle, possibly involving futuristic cyborg lawyers. All I'm saying is that if you want to ignore all consideration of the actual purpose of the user agreement, the manner in which they are used by biggish companies, and the manner in which courts construe and enforce contracts of adhesion, then sure, it could happen, fifty years from now with cyborg lawyers. I think that avoiding the Gleemax boards is a reasonable solution to this perceived problem --- there are plenty of other places to talk d20. I think that organizing a boycott of a D&D message board because of the aforementioned cyborg lawyer scenario or because of generalized outrage over "disrespectful" user agreements is overkill and is time better spent thinking about 4th Edition sea elves. [/QUOTE]

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