From:	Wildfire Wildfire@*************.com
Subject:	Getting Nasty to Your Players (WAS: Re: The Friggin' Healing Spell)
Date:	Tue, 31 Aug 1999 14:06:56 -0400

Arcady wrote:

> >> I consider it very poor GMing to take action against a character because of
>
> >> a dispute with a player. It's a non forgivable breech of conduct. Likewise
> when
> >> it's one player using their character to go after another player's character
>
> >> because of a real life issue.
> >>
> >> Resolve your real life issues out of game.
> >
> >> I also consider rape to be a taboo subject I will not use nor will I
tolerate
>
> >> a game that uses it 'on screen'. It's just very bad form and very poor taste
>
> >> as it can tread way too close some people's real world issues.
> >
> >....but doesn't this just contradict the above statement?
>
> No. It's saying don't push past people's boundaries.
>
> >Now, this is not the first time that I have seen people that are against
> >rape in a RP context, and while I understand the emotional traumatic
> >impact it may have on some people, Shadowrun is not a happy shining world.
>
> >Rape, murder, organlegging, slavery, it all happens and happens pretty
> >damn often.
>
> But we don't need to get sick and depraved in our entertainment.
>
> >If people choose to play a dark cyberpunk world such as SR, they should be
>
> >aware of that and accept what comes their way.
>
> No. Playing a game in a dark universe does not give the other people one plays
> with the free license to abuse you emotionally.
>
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Didn't we just go through all this and decide to disagree? If I wanted to hear it
again, I could go read the archives...

Wildfire