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AmazingMOO

By AmazingMOO,
Posted on: 2011-03-15 23:43 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
The problem becomes, not the tragedy then, but some COMPLETELY arbitrary number in a temporal value. At that point, you can argue 100 years or 100 seconds and it's all equally meaningless.

You want to object to it over the issue of the tragedy? Great, fine and wonderful. You want to pull a "too soon"? Find a better reason.
"Too soon" is just an arbitrary time value to you? You *honestly* can't see how "the recovery efforts have literally literally started today and the damage to the nuclear powerplants may still spiral into an additional disaster" might just possibly be "too soon"?

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Had the game been out then? Yeah. Just like you'd have seen a lot of "American Vengeance" type characters too. Ragging on people because it happens to jar YOUR sensibilities is poor form.
I think it's tacky, and nothing anyone has said in this thread has convinced me otherwise. It's good that you think doing the same thing for a tragedy that impacted the US would be okay, because otherwise you'd be a hypocrite.

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You've misunderstood the OP. Both of the characters in that picture are level 50 characters that Moo's had since LONG before any of the events in Japan happened. They're just new costumes on existing characters. Not "I got my powers from the blast in the reactor" characters.
No, I think making a "tribute" in your pretendy funtime game to a disaster that is still happening is just tacky, regardless of whether you use a new or an existing character. Sorry for the confusion.



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Originally Posted by AmazingMOO View Post
Inappropriate? Too tasteless?
Yes. Sorry. Since you asked my opinion, I find the idea trite, empty and trivializing of an ongoing human disaster. This isn't about making you feel like you did something. This is about you doing something that matters to the people who need it the most.

If you want to accomplish something, head to Japan if you can, and help. A very good friend of mine is doing just that through the Red Cross at the end of the month. You could investigate similar avenues, and help in a meaningful way.

Good luck on whatever you decide.

 

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Originally Posted by Silver Gale View Post
"Too soon" is just an arbitrary time value to you?
In short? YES!

"Too soon" for you may or may not be "too soon" for me. And vice versa. At that point, we're arguing over a number and not the incident itself.

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You *honestly* can't see how "the recovery efforts have literally literally started today and the damage to the nuclear powerplants may still spiral into an additional disaster" might just possibly be "too soon"?
Maybe I just have a higher tolerance for black humor than you do.

Some people swear and bluster when things are bad.
Some people curl up in a fetal position and try to shut it out.
Some people try to dive in and "fix" the problem.
Some people try to express themselves in some public "artistic" manner.
Some people make jokes (good or otherwise).

All of them are legitimate avenues of coping.


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I think it's tacky, and nothing anyone has said in this thread has convinced me otherwise.
If you dislike someone else's method of coping with it, the problem is, and remains, yours. Deal with it.

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It's good that you think doing the same thing for a tragedy that impacted the US would be okay, because otherwise you'd be a hypocrite.
How I deal with a situation like this is UP TO ME. That's what you're failing to understand. Whether or not I agree with someone else's choice for coping is irrelevant. I recognize it for what it is, whether it offends me personally or not. And I'm adult enough to make allowances for others.


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Folks,

This thread has gone into the realm of inappropriate.

Locking.

Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios