>From: Eric Christian Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Faustus von Goethe wrote:
>
> > Do you think there is some "shadowy organization of gamers" that we
>haven't
> > heard about that is creating this so that WotC doesn't have control?
>
>No more unlikely than the shadow organization of WotC employees that you
>seem to feel are masterminding the OGL. Let's dispense with the invalid
>intellectual shortcut of equating individuals with the organizations
Lets dispense with the rambling pseudointellectualist diatribes shall we.
We are having a discussion. Mr. Dancy is acting as an agent of his
corporation and has made this very clear on every occasion. He professes a
passionate interest in gaming as we all do, and I respect that.
But there is no question that what he is doing here is part of his job.
>Ryan Dancy ....
>his baby. However, I find it highly unlikely that he will allow WotC or
>Hasbro corporate to run the organization through him. That isn't his
>intent and I am more prone to believe him
Have you read something I haven't - or are you somehow capable of reading
his mind? It is highly unlikely Mr. Dancy is even the registered owner of
the OGF.
>than dismiss what he's said in
>favor of my own paranoid mistrust of large corporations.
What has he said? Did I miss something? Please quote.
And where did I dismiss *anything* he has said. Mr. Dancy is acting as an
agent of his corporation. He has made it clear on numerous occasions that
there is without a doubt a profit motive here. Despite what you seem to
think, He is not starting the OGF out of his basement. But you don't need
to trust me. I am sure if I am wrong he will contradict me.
>Not to be a pain in the ass or anything, but this sort of thinking isn't
>realism. In fact, it is rather pointedly not realistic because it has a
>tendency to discard evidence that disputes its preconceptions. It is the
>sort of thinking that racism and other forms of discrimination are based
Did you just try to equate my point of view that WotC has a profit motive
with racism?
Could we please try to stick to the point and keep the discussion above a
third grade level. This is an open newsgroup.
Faust
>Eric Christian Berg
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