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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 8438077" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Yes, I totally agree. Now, if people stopped at, "I don't like this new direction, it isn't for me." that would be fine. It's not pretending to be an objective value judgement.</p><p></p><p>Only problem is, it never stops there. [USER=6716779]@Zardnaar[/USER]'s little "joke" about 4e is a prime example. The edition wars were all about people who didn't like the new direction, but, couldn't just leave it there, but, had to "prove" that the new thing is bad. I mean, look at [USER=6716779]@Zardnaar[/USER]'s points about Transformers. That later movies make less money is "proof" that the newer movies are crap. Not that he just doesn't like the newer movies. No, they are "bad" movies. Like the first Transformers movie was a "good" movie. But, notice how canon only matters when someone doesn't like something. The Transformers movie made virtually no reference to the original cartoon canon. Canon didn't matter a whit. But, the later movies don't make as much money, so, NOW canon is important? <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" /></p><p></p><p>Canon is 100% about gatekeeping. Like I said, it's never, EVER the argument - "Oh, I like this change, but, they shouldn't do it because of canon". It is always "I don't like this change. This change is crap. And, the reason that it's crap is because of canon". It's a blunt weapon bad faith argument. See, because, "old and better" are also unrelated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 8438077, member: 22779"] Yes, I totally agree. Now, if people stopped at, "I don't like this new direction, it isn't for me." that would be fine. It's not pretending to be an objective value judgement. Only problem is, it never stops there. [USER=6716779]@Zardnaar[/USER]'s little "joke" about 4e is a prime example. The edition wars were all about people who didn't like the new direction, but, couldn't just leave it there, but, had to "prove" that the new thing is bad. I mean, look at [USER=6716779]@Zardnaar[/USER]'s points about Transformers. That later movies make less money is "proof" that the newer movies are crap. Not that he just doesn't like the newer movies. No, they are "bad" movies. Like the first Transformers movie was a "good" movie. But, notice how canon only matters when someone doesn't like something. The Transformers movie made virtually no reference to the original cartoon canon. Canon didn't matter a whit. But, the later movies don't make as much money, so, NOW canon is important? :erm: Canon is 100% about gatekeeping. Like I said, it's never, EVER the argument - "Oh, I like this change, but, they shouldn't do it because of canon". It is always "I don't like this change. This change is crap. And, the reason that it's crap is because of canon". It's a blunt weapon bad faith argument. See, because, "old and better" are also unrelated. [/QUOTE]
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