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From: Travis Casey <efindel@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:09:04 -0400
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Tuesday, July 01, 2003, 1:54:15 PM, Chris Holko wrote:
> From: "Travis Casey" <efindel@earthlink.net>
>> So the question is: why is it more OK playing, say, Everquest,
>> for me to pretend I'm a *male* elven wizard instead of a female
>> one?
> Because a number of players in MMORPGS are not politically
> correct, let alone tolerant. In other words, they will not
> refrain from exerting peer pressure over your choice, even if that
> includes using derogatory/offensive terms. The methods of which
> usually involves words, parental references, sexual preference and
> suggestions of other deviant behavior.
This seems to be a circular answer -- it's not considered OK because
some people don't consider it OK and are loud and obnoxious about
it? Well, yeah, it's certainly true that such people exist, but why
don't *they* consider it OK?
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Travis Casey
efindel@earthlink.net
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