From:	Qwerty <qwerty@******.NET>
Subject:	Re: Is Shadowtk too violent?
Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 1998 17:30:22 -0700

No, I dare say it shows only the most organized and social impacting
violence. Think about the number of unreported incidents that happen
on a daily basis. I lived in California for most of my life and it is not
uncommon in even the smaller towns for a person to be accosted
for no more then being in the wrong neighborhood. On some of the
larger freeways it is not uncommon for a car to be shot at from other
cars or from kids near the road, to them it is just fun to watch the
driver react to their window shattering. Where I grew up it was
normal to hear drive-by's almost every night. I have known several
people to be shot in front of their own house, one was even callled to
the door and shot in the face. "Is James home?" bang. this
happened in 1994.


I see the overall decline of society in shadowrun only increasing
the amount of violence. More people carrying guns, more gang
related incedents, and more innocent casualties. More bystandards
are killed in a drive-by then the intended targets.
Look at the amount of info FASA puts out on gangs alone.
Then add in organized crime, shadowrunners, police brutality, and
corp too corp disputes. Now just for a dash of realism how about
joe citizen who feels he needs to protect himself and family from
said violence and you get a nice well rounded, well armed,
trigger happy society that wont think twice about "defending" what's
thiers be it turf, valuables, jobs, or that deal for the corp.

Is Shadowtk too violent? IMHO, no.


Qwerty