And they're at it again: Gang Rape, the RPG.

RPGPundit · December 21, 2009, 09:28:44 AM

Quote from: Diavilo;350236If you don't call this kind of trash out every time it surfaces, it gets a chance to gain purchase among exactly the kind of intellectually challenged dunderheads who have been trying to defend it.

"dunderhead" - Glaswegian for stunningly stupid and self-absorbed

Well, yes... and your point is?

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Kyle Aaron · December 21, 2009, 04:59:23 PM

My point is that like We All Had Names, this is not a game, and so is off-topic for therpgsite. I suppose it could go to Pundit's subforum, but it certainly doesn't belong in the Roleplaying Games subforum.

RPGPundit · December 21, 2009, 11:48:09 PM

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;350620My point is that like We All Had Names, this is not a game, and so is off-topic for therpgsite. I suppose it could go to Pundit's subforum, but it certainly doesn't belong in the Roleplaying Games subforum.

We're discussing neither the fine points of the game itself, nor of "game theory", but of the effect of this game on the hobby as a whole, therefore its fine here.

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Kyle Aaron · December 22, 2009, 12:06:16 AM

An unpublished game can have no effect on the hobby as a whole.

pawsplay · December 22, 2009, 12:32:53 AM

Quote from: ticopelp;350245When did personal invitations become a prerequisite for criticism?

If you are going to protest that someone else's activity is offensive, I think first you have to demonstrate the presence of an audience to be offended.

StormBringer · December 22, 2009, 12:56:37 AM

Quote from: pawsplay;350716If you are going to protest that someone else's activity is offensive, I think first you have to demonstrate the presence of an audience to be offended.

Incorrect. In this case, the 'audience' is pretty much anyone that would get wind of it, hence the authour's desire to keep the communications secretive.

Diavilo · December 22, 2009, 04:51:28 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;350534Well, yes... and your point is?

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That apologists like holocaust deniers, gang rapists and animal torturers have to be called out every time, because ignorance spreads fast and apologists don't have to go to the trouble of putting their 'ideas' to the test.

Diavilo · December 22, 2009, 04:57:11 AM

Quote from: GnomeWorks;350321Nope! It's because you're a pretentious douchebag who couldn't possibly comprehend the possibility that someone honestly didn't see a question in your weirdly-worded post, who then feels it necessary to shit all over individuals who don't think exactly like you.

But thanks for playing!

That'd be the sound of a rattle leaving the pram then

As for pretentious, that applies to people like yourself who claim to understand philosophy, or whatever, when they haven't learned to use a dictionary properly. I do know what I'm talking about in this instance so pretentious doesn't apply.

Reckall · December 22, 2009, 06:30:08 AM

Quote from: Diavilo;350734That apologists like holocaust deniers, gang rapists and animal torturers have to be called out every time, because ignorance spreads fast and apologists don't have to go to the trouble of putting their 'ideas' to the test.

As amazing as it seems, freedom of thought and speech is still a constitutionally protected right in the USA and in many other countries, as it is the right to privacy. A crime is committed when the laws and regulations of the land are violated, not when simply practicing "whatever". This is why cops and departments find themselves in dire straits every time some "Satanists" are arrested just "because".

GnomeWorks · December 22, 2009, 06:57:18 AM

Quote from: Diavilo;350735As for pretentious, that applies to people like yourself who claim to understand philosophy, or whatever, when they haven't learned to use a dictionary properly. I do know what I'm talking about in this instance so pretentious doesn't apply.

No, you are pretentious, because you are making claims about me and what I do or do not know, when you know fuck-all about me.

And last I checked, I didn't make any such claim. Being a student of a thing sure as hell doesn't mean that I know everything about it or possibly related to it.

Diavilo · December 22, 2009, 07:37:48 PM

Quote from: GnomeWorks;350750No, you are pretentious, because you are making claims about me and what I do or do not know, when you know fuck-all about me.

And last I checked, I didn't make any such claim. Being a student of a thing sure as hell doesn't mean that I know everything about it or possibly related to it.

I'll have to pass. Started Christmas holidays and the season of goodwill is short enough as it is. Have a good one

Merry Christmas

StormBringer · December 22, 2009, 07:55:30 PM

Quote from: Reckall;350744As amazing as it seems, freedom of thought and speech is still a constitutionally protected right in the USA and in many other countries, as it is the right to privacy. A crime is committed when the laws and regulations of the land are violated, not when simply practicing "whatever". This is why cops and departments find themselves in dire straits every time some "Satanists" are arrested just "because".

And yet, you can't yell 'Fire' in a crowded theatre. There is an aspect of free speech that isn't protected, and that involves inciting criminal acts.

So, let's not invoke 'freedom of speech' as though it trumps all other concerns.

One Horse Town · December 22, 2009, 08:07:01 PM

Quote from: StormBringer;350959So, let's not invoke 'freedom of speech' as though it trumps all other concerns.

It's a favourite of those who want to quash criticism.

StormBringer · December 22, 2009, 10:21:27 PM

Quote from: One Horse Town;350961It's a favourite of those who want to quash criticism.

That is why I wanted to nip it in the bud, if at all possible. Another of those internets beliefs that I can't seem to stomach anymore.

shalvayez · December 23, 2009, 02:58:28 AM

The existence of this game does not surprise me. The fact that you asshats are giving it so much time, does.