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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9185322" data-attributes="member: 7023840">1. Why do we care? Not to put too fine a point on it, but why do we care about anything? I can't make you care about something, and if you choose not to care about something, that is your prerogative. But clearly, others (&quot;we&quot;) do care. So I'm not entirely sure why you don't. But if you don't, I'm not sure why your lack of caring means that we don't have to care. For that matter, I am not sure why you need to tell me to not care.2. Now, if you were actually asking why I care, I'd be happy to tell you- after all, I just did. First, because as I explained, I would feel very differently about what actually happened depending upon the reasons for the name change. Second, he doesn't have a &quot;right&quot; to rename it. He can choose to call it whatever he wants, and we can choose to accept it, or not. He didn't invent the concept. He didn't create those adventures. And he doesn't own the English language.So he doesn't have any particular right, other than hoping that this catches on - yeah, he's trying to make fetch happen. So why do I care? Because if Jennell Jaquays, someone who I have a lot of respect for as both a contributor to this hobby and as a person, simply wanted her name to be spelled correctly (after already dealing with all of the issues related to deadnaming her) ... then you know what? I am going to use her name, spelled correctly, as opposed to using this made-up terms of self-aggrandizement. And if she's on-board with ... ugh ... &quot;xandering,&quot; then that's cool, and I won't oppose it (although I doubt I would ever use it, because it's a terrible term).That's why I care. Because it matters. To me. It doesn't have to. To you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9185322, member: 7023840"] 1. Why do we care? Not to put too fine a point on it, but why do [I]we[/I] care about anything? I can't make [I]you[/I] care about something, and if you choose not to care about something, that is your prerogative. But clearly, others ("we") do care. So I'm not entirely sure why you don't. But if you don't, I'm not sure why your lack of caring means that we don't have to care. For that matter, I am not sure why you need to tell me to not care. 2. Now, if you were actually asking why [I]I [/I]care, I'd be happy to tell you- after all, I just did. First, because as I explained, I would feel very differently about what actually happened depending upon the reasons for the name change. Second, [I]he[/I] doesn't have a "right" to rename it. He can choose to call it whatever he wants, and we can choose to accept it, or not. He didn't invent the concept. He didn't create those adventures. And he doesn't own the English language. So he doesn't have any particular right, other than hoping that this catches on - yeah, he's trying to make fetch happen. So why do I care? Because if Jennell Jaquays, someone who I have a lot of respect for as both a contributor to this hobby and as a person, simply wanted her name to be spelled correctly (after already dealing with all of the issues related to deadnaming her) ... then you know what? I am going to [I]use her name, spelled correctly[/I], as opposed to using this made-up terms of self-aggrandizement. And if she's on-board with ... ugh ... "xandering," then that's cool, and I won't oppose it (although I doubt I would ever use it, because it's a terrible term). That's why I care. Because it matters. To me. It doesn't have to. To you. [/QUOTE]

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