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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 7664860" data-attributes="member: 413">I find the whole thing to be ridiculous.  It reminds me of the brit sitcom "The Young Ones" when the "anarchist" character, Rick, laid into the pacifist character, Neal, over his use of South African lentils.  Poor Neal was just trying to make a meal for his room mates and next thing he knows he's being accused of being a supporter of apartheid.   Throughout the series, Rick constantly went after Neal in this fashion because Neal was an easy target that wouldn't fight back in any meaningful way.     No one with any sense can believe that Bruce Cordell is sitting there trying to keep indigenous peoples or Egyptians or anyone else down.Back in the 80s, those that saw Satanism under every rock didn't just go after TSR.  They made their greatest headway against the people who were least interested in fighting back.  My Jr High D&D club got shut down the first time a "concerned parent" called to complain.   Not because the teacher that ran the club or even the principal believed there was a problem...but because they just didn't want to deal with the nonesense.   I think that's pretty much what's happening here.</blockquote>