Re: mechanics of surprise

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Neelakantan Krishnaswami wrote:
> You just compared me to a racist.

No.  I compared your argument to an argument used by racists.  Not the 
same thing.

This seems like a good example of the inability to seperate criticism of 
an arguments with criticism of the person making it.

> I'd like an apology, and a promise that'll you'll stay within the
> bounds of civilized discourse in the future.

If I had called you a racist or even implied you were a racist, you'd get 
an apology.  I didn't.  In fact, I was counting on the fact that you 
weren't a racist.

It's not as if a few of us didn't try more subtle and direct arguments to 
explain ourselves, but you seem more interesting in Forge talking points 
and digging yourself deeper into your own interpretation than in 
understanding or addressing the original point about player expectations. 
And I'm sorry if you don't like the implications of the comparison, but 
would you really accept your own argument about what it means to apply the

same rules to two groups if we were talking about two ethnic groups 
instead of PCs and NPCs and laws instead of rules?  Somehow, I doubt it.

John Morrow