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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Harry" data-source="post: 1116646" data-attributes="member: 5468">I would contend that the controversies provided more good publicity than bad publicity in the 1980's because even a cursory examination proved that the charges were not true, and that the charges were so over the top that fewer people even took them seriously.  (Demon worship, enhanced suicidal tendencies, mind control ...)  The controversy generated interest in the primarily teenage, primarily male audience that will adopt anything the freaks out the last generation.  (This is the only explanation I have for the brief popularity of Marilyn Manson.)  Getting teenagers to "rebel" in an uttery harmless way was actually a massive public service Gary Gygax and TSR provided, when you come to think of it ...The difference here is the WotC is the entity taking the risk to damaging the public image of D&D, which they own.  I do not think it is ethical to risk doing harm to someone else's property to make a buck yourself.The difference is primarily because western culture views sex as a private activity, and violence as a public activity.  Consider the threads discussing what is the proper/LG/*G/*E/whatever way to approach violence in games.  This is not considered surprising due to the "social" nature of violence.  The same threads discussing sexual situations in games, I contend, would be much more problematic.And regarding the "war on terror":It is not reasonable to compare anyone invovled in these debates with terrorists.It is not reasonable to compare anyone invovled in these debates with the Ashcroft "Justice" department.It is, however, an excellent way to get this thread closed and flount ENWorld's rules to discuss how to flount WotC's.Harry</blockquote>

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