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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 6566285" data-attributes="member: 221"><p>Language disconnect. 4e in this instance is shorthand for WotC which is shorthand for the people who decided to cater to one set of gaming desires and knowingly putting out a product which failed to fulfill the desires of a part of their customer base. Which was completely their right to do. </p><p></p><p>A better analogy than your comic one would be if Coke decided to stop producing soft-drinks with sugar (or syrup) and only produce diet drinks with artificial sweeteners. Coke (a shorthand for the company not the product) would be turning its back on a percentage of their customer base and abandoning them as customers. But it would not be betrayal and it would be their right to do so. I personally think it would be a daft decision, but it would be their decision to make, not mine. </p><p></p><p>Its not a "moral" thing at all, I agree, but the language is not over the top and I don't think it completely misfires like you do. It is possible to turn your back on customers and abandon them without doing them any actual harm, or having any real malice because it is a business decision, not a moral decision about a non-necessary luxury item. </p><p></p><p>As I said, "turn the back on" is not necessarily synonymous with betrayal. Thus it is unfair in debate to assume the former is analogous to the latter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 6566285, member: 221"] Language disconnect. 4e in this instance is shorthand for WotC which is shorthand for the people who decided to cater to one set of gaming desires and knowingly putting out a product which failed to fulfill the desires of a part of their customer base. Which was completely their right to do. A better analogy than your comic one would be if Coke decided to stop producing soft-drinks with sugar (or syrup) and only produce diet drinks with artificial sweeteners. Coke (a shorthand for the company not the product) would be turning its back on a percentage of their customer base and abandoning them as customers. But it would not be betrayal and it would be their right to do so. I personally think it would be a daft decision, but it would be their decision to make, not mine. Its not a "moral" thing at all, I agree, but the language is not over the top and I don't think it completely misfires like you do. It is possible to turn your back on customers and abandon them without doing them any actual harm, or having any real malice because it is a business decision, not a moral decision about a non-necessary luxury item. As I said, "turn the back on" is not necessarily synonymous with betrayal. Thus it is unfair in debate to assume the former is analogous to the latter. [/QUOTE]
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