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<blockquote data-quote="Trainz" data-source="post: 1197175" data-attributes="member: 2122">RingXero,&nbsp;I agree that many of the aspects of BoED address issues that a minimum of maturity is required to grasp and understand.&nbsp;HOWEVER...&nbsp;Let's take Orwell's 1984. You do need a lot of maturity to grasp it to a satisfactory level. However it is not labeled &quot;mature&quot;.&nbsp;Why ?&nbsp;When a product is labeled &quot;mature&quot;, it is to warn against:&nbsp;1) Sex,2) violence, or3) profanity.&nbsp;BoED doesn't contain more of these than other non-mature-labeled WotC products.&nbsp;Thus, Marketing.&nbsp;And to enhance my point, the label on the cover doesn't say:&quot;Some of the contents of this book are beyhond the grasp of children and some teenagers&quot;, no, it says:&nbsp;WARNING !Content isintendedfor matureaudiences only.&nbsp;So... quite a tease, wouldn't you say ?&nbsp;All that said, BoED is my favourite non-core book. Quite a little gem. I'm sure the teaser WARNING! wasn't a Wyatt idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trainz, post: 1197175, member: 2122"] RingXero, I agree that many of the aspects of BoED address issues that a minimum of maturity is required to grasp and understand. HOWEVER... Let's take Orwell's 1984. You do need a lot of maturity to grasp it to a satisfactory level. However it is not labeled "mature". Why ? When a product is labeled "mature", it is to warn against: 1) Sex, 2) violence, or 3) profanity. BoED doesn't contain more of these than other non-mature-labeled WotC products. Thus, Marketing. And to enhance my point, the label on the cover doesn't say:"Some of the contents of this book are beyhond the grasp of children and some teenagers", no, it says: [font=Arial Black][size=4]WARNING ![/size][/font] [font=Arial Black][i]Content is[/i][/font] [font=Arial Black][i]intended[/i][/font] [font=Arial Black][i]for mature[/i][/font] [font=Arial Black][i]audiences only.[/i][/font] So... quite a tease, wouldn't you say ? All that said, BoED is my favourite non-core book. Quite a little gem. I'm sure the teaser [font=Arial Black][size=4]WARNING![/size][/font] wasn't a Wyatt idea. [/QUOTE]

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