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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 7623737" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I grew up in a very, very religious community. I think delusional is a strong word but I do think Celebrim is hitting on something that is real. There does seem to be a religious like impulse in the chasing of perfection here. And there is an ultimate evil that we are trying to purge (even when, as you yourself point out, it isn't fully evil itself, it is just imperfect---referring to your Tolkien example). And it does seem like the moment people disagree they start getting viewed as if they are the evil itself as well. I think people taking your position are trying to improve the hobby. I just think it is a misguided way to do so. And I think it gets into repressive territory that ultimately will make things worse in the long run. And when I say repressive what I mean is you are advocating for people to repress ideas that are not even consciously bad. But ones that you must interrogate to find the problem. That makes the natural free flow of creativity fairly difficult. And having grown up in a repressive religious environment, it isn't something I want to placate in my hobby.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 7623737, member: 85555"] I grew up in a very, very religious community. I think delusional is a strong word but I do think Celebrim is hitting on something that is real. There does seem to be a religious like impulse in the chasing of perfection here. And there is an ultimate evil that we are trying to purge (even when, as you yourself point out, it isn't fully evil itself, it is just imperfect---referring to your Tolkien example). And it does seem like the moment people disagree they start getting viewed as if they are the evil itself as well. I think people taking your position are trying to improve the hobby. I just think it is a misguided way to do so. And I think it gets into repressive territory that ultimately will make things worse in the long run. And when I say repressive what I mean is you are advocating for people to repress ideas that are not even consciously bad. But ones that you must interrogate to find the problem. That makes the natural free flow of creativity fairly difficult. And having grown up in a repressive religious environment, it isn't something I want to placate in my hobby. [/QUOTE]

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