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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 5412216" data-attributes="member: 893">Ok... gonna try and tread lightly here.First:  This is not the first time Auschwitz has been detailed.  It got a similar treatment in Shadows of Europe back in 2003 or 2004.  There was no outcry there.Again you'll see the reference to ghosts, but it also refers you to the section of Magic in the Shadows (the 3rd ed magic supplement) where 'ghosts' are explicitly defined as spirits who have latched on to a particular area.Second:  The freelancer who wrote the section is pretty obviously one of the new guys brought in to replace the writers who left.  When he posted on the official Shadowrun site because of the controversy his piece was causing it was his very first post.  Chances are he had a very brief overview of what exactly Shadowrun was and then was told he was supposed to write something about Poland.  Then he read the Poland entry in SoE and ran with it.  He probably knew enough to know that Shadowrun is supposed to be 'edgy' and full of 'gray morality' so he took it in that direction.Third:  In keeping with the 'black hat' theme this led to a situation where a plot hook was tossed out suggesting the existence of an amoral individual who wants to either A: profit off the discovery of stuff found in the ruins. or B: Profit off equipping runners with phony ghostbusting gear and sending them into the camp to get chewed up.</blockquote>