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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Salamandyr" data-source="post: 6203393" data-attributes="member: 40233">Morrus, I think we're getting a bit far afield.  To an extent I think we basically agree, except you're more generous to the intent of the original poster than I am.  I do think she's talking about stopping people from playing games that offend her.I agree with you that elementary politeness should rule.  I wouldn't drop a rape scene into a pick up D&D game for instance.  But I might include one in a campaign with adults I knew did not mind dark material.  As to child pornography...I recall a great issue of Daredevil that involved him and his girlfriend breaking up a child pornography ring.   So it's a fair subject for fictional treatment, but I would agree that glorification of it is objectionable.  Keep in mind that the OP's objection was to rape depicted even in a negative context.I've met people who can get offended by someone announcing their political preferences.  So I prefer something more akin to a "reasonable person" standard on offensiveness, than letting the most easily offended person decide the bounds of discourse.But I would never force someone to play in a game with material they found objectionable.  If it was a game I was running, I would do my best to find some way to accommodate their feelings.  But I would not feel bound by their preferences when I was playing games without them.</blockquote>