Was it really bad that when you said "River" I initially thought of "River Song"? But River Tam is just as cute and deadly, in a different way - and has cool mind powers.
You are conflating using the actual name of a tribe with a potentially derogatory word. Calling a team "The Miami Spics" or the "New York Wops" or "Minnesotan Whiteys" are a completely different thing.
I must admit, as a non-American, I keep being surprised how bent out of shape you guys get about racism (along with all the myriad other dumb things that blow your minds).
Maybe if we could replace Piers Morgan with a married lesbian black female gun-control supporter from Kenya you'll all go 'pop'! :)
Iraq, anyone else you invaded or forced unequal trade treaties on, the health of the whole world with your abuse of the environment and economic bullying...
Erm, he obviously has, as he's exactly describing what does happen. He may not have expressed it perfectly, but that's what he was saying he felt like - how the four hobbits would have felt on returning to the wrecked Shire.
Actually, there is unlikely to be any legal trouble here as this model has been operating for 13 years now with the blessings of the original companies, as it has been found that, just as it is legal to reverse-engineer a garage-opening device, it is legal to reverse-engineer a game system. All that the people have to steer clear of is actual intellectual property (so names, etc.). You can't copyright ideas or (roleplaying) processes!
Believe me, if this weren't legal, Hasbro would have banhammered these game copies out of existence ages ago. Instead, it's making their property more valuable, and they are even able to re-release old products for sale as they are suddenly 'relevant' again.
Legal 'copying' and open-source gaming have saved and revitalised the roleplaying industry, a lesson other creative industries should learn.
The RIAA and MPAA and other assorted companies are also the ones who insist on a ridiculous standard of 'obviousness' that leads to companies suing over videos they didn't know they had made available themselves. They also tend to push for the larger end of already ridiculous 'damages'. When a single hard drive can contain more 'damages' than the a good chunk of the entire US natioal debt...
So no, it's not unfair to hold them to at least as high a standard as they expect of others, if not more. After all, we expect lawmakers to be better than the average joe at following the law.
It does sadly make you want to recommend that Brazilians are better off not visiting the UK.
Maybe the Brazilian authorities can get some 'revenge' on UK-ers at the World Cup? Now, if they could indefinitely detain some Millwall/England supporters... ;)
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I must admit, as a non-American, I keep being surprised how bent out of shape you guys get about racism (along with all the myriad other dumb things that blow your minds).
Maybe if we could replace Piers Morgan with a married lesbian black female gun-control supporter from Kenya you'll all go 'pop'! :)
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Besides, remind me how well your 'targeted assassinations' helped your war efforts?
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Believe me, if this weren't legal, Hasbro would have banhammered these game copies out of existence ages ago. Instead, it's making their property more valuable, and they are even able to re-release old products for sale as they are suddenly 'relevant' again.
Legal 'copying' and open-source gaming have saved and revitalised the roleplaying industry, a lesson other creative industries should learn.
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So no, it's not unfair to hold them to at least as high a standard as they expect of others, if not more. After all, we expect lawmakers to be better than the average joe at following the law.
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Hmm, lots of us buying explosives today, expressly to celebrate an attempt to 'influence' the government (into its constituent atoms)...
Maybe they'd better ban fireworks!
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Maybe the Brazilian authorities can get some 'revenge' on UK-ers at the World Cup? Now, if they could indefinitely detain some Millwall/England supporters... ;)
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