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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 8492887" data-attributes="member: 4534">It's difficult because none of us belong to a monolithic group.  We all have our own experiences and opinions and might find something innocuous while another person in the same group finds it offensive.  For the life of me, I can't imagine many Scotsman are going to be upset that they're rat men in Flintloque, a game where the English are Orcs and the Finns are Trolls, but I'm sure some of them would be unhappy.  Likewise, I'm floored that anyone would consider it offensive to portray the Finns as halflings, but it's not my place to tell people what they should or shouldn't find offensive.  But I don't always care that someone finds something offensive.  Starting in 2007, each year for Banned Books Week here in the United States, I select a book from their lists of banned or challenged books and the first one I selected was How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell.  I selected it for two reasons:  The first was because it was the first book I can remember reading for pleasure back when I was in fourth grade.  And the second reason was because it had been adapted to a motion picture in 2006.  As I read the book, I had a very difficult time trying to figure out how anyone could find it offensive as I thought it was completely innocuous but it was one of the more frequently challenged books.  Many parents felt as though the story encouraged anti-social behavior (eating worms) and promoted gambling.  The plot did revolve around a bet to eat a certain amount of worms and the prize was $50.  These days I wonder if it might be challenged for fat shaming.  The main character did express a desire to drop his winter fat as the school year ended and summer began.  I might start adding challenged RPG products to my reading list in 2022.  You can bet that this September when Banned Books Week comes back I'm going to think about GAZ10 and I might even purchase it.</blockquote>

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