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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dualazi" data-source="post: 7124036" data-attributes="member: 6855537">you say that like it isn't a thing that happens. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-censorship" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-censorship</a> So, yeah, they might be. That's the rub though, we don't know what the intent of this change was because it wasn't broadcast, it was simply there in one edition of print and absent the next. If this is due to wizards desiring to re-invent corellon's mythos, then I have no issue. If it was done to cater to the sensibilities of the outside influences, then I do oppose it. I suspect it'll remain a hypothetical though, as I doubt wizards is going to drop an official statement on the matter.As long as this is something they want and not something they are being compelled to do.See my above post. I potentially object to changes based on the reasoning for the change. If they're capitulating to outside forces (real or imagined) in designing their product then artistic integrity has already been compromised, and opposing that change doesn't put me on the same front as the initial pressuring group.While you are correct that my perception isn't of any real importance at large, you yourself can follow the link above and see that self-censorship need not result from a specific individual or cause to still be censorship. As I have to repeat a dozen times it seems, if this is this genuine artistic vision and this is how they prefer their product, then it's a non-issue. If their vision has been compromised due to their belief that it will be perceived in a negative light, then their vision has been infringed upon and they made changes they otherwise would not have. At the end of the day, this debate for me is centered mostly on intent, which is obviously hard to determine short of an official statement.This isn't true in the slightest, though. Maybe I've been woefully inarticulate in describing my position, but it just comes down to intent. If wizards likes this version better and thinks it's where they want to take the franchise, then no problem. If not, then I object to their work being imposed upon.Also, care to clarify what you mean by my objections being pretext? I genuinely oppose censorship of any sort and if you're implying that I only do so due to political orientation then let me say that nothing is further from the truth. I didn't care when it was included and I'm not troubled by it exclusion, predicated on the assumption that said changes were deliberate and unaffected by outside pressures.</blockquote>

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