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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fanboy2000" data-source="post: 2111243" data-attributes="member: 19998">1. People choose what to be insulted by. I have no control over that choice, so I don't worry to much about a minority of people who chose to be insulted by terminology that dosen't actually say any thing about them. If the term were racial, I'd feel diffrently for reasons that I can't bring up here. I bring it up only to illustrate that I'm not an unfeeling jerk. Ironicly, one of the sugestions you endorsed has the potential to insult animal rights people. Think about this very carefuly, do you realy want to play the game of "I must not offend anyone?" Because it's a game you are sure to loose.I don't have any particular attachment to be to the terms fluff and crunch, I just find it strange and illogical that anyone would find the terms offensive. It seems to me the people who dislike the term the most feel that it use is somehow an attack on a their style of play. What's illogical is that term dosen't describe a style of play, it describes a type of information in an RPG book, it's a classifcation of information. The only one's I can see being offended by the terms use are RPG designers and devlopers, and they've embrased the terms. I know Skip Williams used the term regularly, and <a href="http://www.seankreynolds.com/rpgfiles/gaming/forgottenrumsstory.html" target="_blank">Sean K. Reynolds used the term to defend the fluff heavy book, The Silver Marches and encourage people to buy it.</a> So if the people who write the stuff for a living find the term usefull, why be insulted?</blockquote>

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