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<blockquote data-quote="BryonD" data-source="post: 1114315" data-attributes="member: 957">Is there any chance we can quit with the knee-jerk extreme over reactions with regard to freedom of speech?We are talking about requirements for a license.&nbsp; Doesn't the very defintion of the word &quot;license&quot; trump any connection to &quot;free&quot; speech?&nbsp; Obviously it does.I agree that to some extent WotC has been pushed into this.&nbsp; But I agree more that this particular reaction is ill-conceived, overblown and ultimately counter-productive.&nbsp; So in no way am I defending WotC's choice of action.But freedom of speech is vastly more important to me than anything to do with gaming.&nbsp; When people start trying to lump ideas under free speech that simply do not belong there, all they do is provide leverage to the real opponents of true free speech.&nbsp; (And no, I don't think a thread at ENworld is going to lead to anything.&nbsp; But it is a very sesitive issue to me.)Anyway, the comics authority code told Swamp Thing they would not give them there stamp.&nbsp; The writers didn't scream censorship.&nbsp; They just published without the stamp.&nbsp; Exactly the same option applies here.WotC saying you can not put THEIR logo on your product for whatever reason they dream up, regardless of how smart or dumb (and this is dumb) is totally their perogative.&nbsp; It is not censorship.&nbsp; It is less censorship than it will be whenever this thread gets locked.&nbsp; And that still won't be slightly an encroachment against freedom of speech.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BryonD, post: 1114315, member: 957"] Is there any chance we can quit with the knee-jerk extreme over reactions with regard to freedom of speech? We are talking about requirements for a license. Doesn't the very defintion of the word "license" trump any connection to "free" speech? Obviously it does. I agree that to some extent WotC has been pushed into this. But I agree more that this particular reaction is ill-conceived, overblown and ultimately counter-productive. So in no way am I defending WotC's choice of action. But freedom of speech is vastly more important to me than anything to do with gaming. When people start trying to lump ideas under free speech that simply do not belong there, all they do is provide leverage to the real opponents of true free speech. (And no, I don't think a thread at ENworld is going to lead to anything. But it is a very sesitive issue to me.) Anyway, the comics authority code told Swamp Thing they would not give them there stamp. The writers didn't scream censorship. They just published without the stamp. Exactly the same option applies here. WotC saying you can not put THEIR logo on your product for whatever reason they dream up, regardless of how smart or dumb (and this is dumb) is totally their perogative. It is not censorship. It is less censorship than it will be whenever this thread gets locked. And that still won't be slightly an encroachment against freedom of speech. [/QUOTE]

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