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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 1525300" data-attributes="member: 99">I'm genuinely curious as to who you think these "scumsuckers" are who "set things up like this" and are making us feel powerless.  But I suspect that it would lead us into politics pretty fast and that is, of course, against the rules of the board.  If you can explain that part without delving into that arena, I'd be interested to hear what you have to say.As to the rest of your point, I think you're setting up a false dichotomy where neither extreme is realisic nor extant.  Just as I pointed out that it is unrealistic to expect people to be out there saving the world 24/7, it is also incorrect to assume that we aren't doing anything about the problems in the world and are sitting around playing D&D (or worse) all the time.Is there starvation in the world?  Of course.  Is there less starvation in the world than 50 or 100 years ago?  Much less.I've found that most people in this world enjoy giving back to their community and to those who are in unfortunate circumstances.  No, they don't work 25 hours a week at a homeless shelter or give half their income to organizations that feed the hungry in the 3rd world.  But they do a bit of charity work, donate money to organizations that do that sort of thing and try to be decent to others, even if it just means stopping to help somebody fix a flat tire once in a while.Maybe I'm just lucky, but most of the folks I've met in life, and certainly the group I game with, are good people and I'm willing to definitively say that playing D&D or whatever other leisure activities they pursue are not "bad".</blockquote>

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