Re: [BNW] BNW intersects with reality...

[Wiels Fabrice <sherinford@chez.com>]

Wonderful post.
I completely agree.

FW

> De : Mark Kilfoil <kilfoilm@nbnet.nb.ca>
> Répondre à : bnw@gamerz.net
> Date : Sun, 16 Sep 2001 14:48:40 -0300
> À : bnw@gamerz.net
> Objet : [BNW] BNW intersects with reality...
> 
> At 07:11 AM 16/09/01 -0700, you wrote:
>> The editorial was written by a Canadian for Canadians.
>> Remeber that before you start bashing American and
>> Americans for it.
> 
> I know I haven't posted for a while, and I hate it to be this which brings
> me back to the list, but...
> 
> A little clarification is in order:  this article was written in 1973
> (Gordon Sinclair died in 1984, I believe).
> 
> The world was a much different place back then, and thus the article should
> be taken with buckets of salt;  so much has changed in the intervening 30
> years that much of what was written no longer holds true.
> 
> Now, I do not wish this to be an attack on Americans, or American ideals,
> or American culture;  America is a very powerful, very influential, very
> forward nation that has a lot for which to commend itself.  What happened
> in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania was a tragedy, in every sense of
> that word.
> 
> America must not simply be self-congratulatory and feel itself to be a
> totally innocent victim on the same level that the individuals who perished
> were;  America is not perfect, and has not treated the rest of the world
> with the respect that they expect for themselves.
> 
> But, many parts of the world and religious/military organization have not
> earned that right of respect.  I only hope that a large brush will not be
> used to paint all of the world in broader, darker strokes than is
> justified, when the final battles are fought, and retaliation is complete.
> 
> To turn this (briefly) to a game-setting angle:  imagine what the Defiance
> feels every time Delta Prime casts them all as "terrorists", when many of
> them are fighting for freedom from oppression and an oppressive
> society;  then, imagine what both the Defiance and Delta Primers feel when
> some unstable or militant individual or small group does something terrible
> and almost unspeakable such as what happened at the WTC.  Neither side
> feels happy, and each side is blamed.
> 
> I've always felt a deep resonance with the Brave New World setting, because
> it brings so many of these fearful issues into a nearly tangible game
> universe, with themes such as oppression, terrorism, a "civil" war, fear,
> and uncertainty, as well as mixed with the potential to be a real Hero --
> or a nightmarish Monster.
> 
> I mean, imagine living in a world where some individuals are themselves a
> Bomb?  This idea alone serves to be a frightening prospect for the
> setting.  Now, add in the fact that they do not die themselves when they
> explode, but regenerate to do it again...  This is truly disturbing.
> 
> As it should be.  It is by facing these issues and playing through them
> that roleplayers might expand their mentalities and moralities, and become
> more considerate of others' points of view.
> 
> If only roleplaying were universal...
> 
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