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Message: <blockquote data-quote="polyhedral man" data-source="post: 9657009" data-attributes="member: 6901380">Yes, JG are offering refunds. I pre-ordered that version of CSIO after the campaign ended, and I have been in touch with Robert Bledsaw II since 2018. The man genuinely did his best to correct RB III's mismanagement of the project, despite considerable health problems getting in his way.I was sent the miniatures by RBII back in 2018, and although I offered to pay shipping he was adamant that JG should cover the cost. Robert  also sent me a number of PDFs from the old CSIO for free when it became clear to him that RBIII would not be able to deliver the project.More recently, once funds became available I was offered not just a refund but a refund with interest, for the part that was not fulfilled. I rejected the offer for the interest, the man has been through enough hell with that project as it is.In all my dealings with RBII, I found him to be extremely gracious, kind and  conscientious. I don't know what are the exact views/posts that led to him being characterised as an antisemite, but it's sad for me to see this man and the company his father built vilified like that.Even if he does hold reprehensible opinions, I don't appreciate ostracizing and scapegoating people like that. In fact I think it's an ugly thing, when people form a "righteous" majority and are scapegoating one individual that can't defend themselves about their perceived wrongdoing - they can't defend themselves, not when it catches fire like that. People will argue, he did something wrong to cause it to catch fire. Yes, but is it worth losing his business and be unable to support himself and his family over that mistake?If we are genuinely interested in winning hearts and minds, I look at people like Daryl Davis as the best kind of example - he engaged with people who had genuinely been indoctrinated by the worse kind of ideologies (KKK), and managed to free them from that.And sure, you can choose not to support someone you don't want to. But this insistence that they should not get royalties seems disproportionate. it's their IP.On the other hand, you can also argue that "Caesar's wife should be above suspicion" when you're running a business. Anyhow, I thought I'd mention my personal experience dealing with JG. I wish them well. I hope everyone else gets reimbursed, just like I did. And I look forward to the new KS.</blockquote>

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