Reply To: I am still wearing blinders (Origins Online)

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I honestly fail to see how the industry as a whole must respond to political events, when they do not do so in the case of refugees of the multiple North African and Middle Eastern ongoing conflicts, arguably a more pressing matter, that has been a human catastrophe for the past 9 years.

I respect the views of everyone involved and firmly believe, as I always have, that ALL lives matter, but I don’t go around demanding everyone and their pet make statements about it. We change by making change happen, instead of demanding political statements from people who are, quite frankly, not in the business of making them and that are currently navigating extremely dangerous waters. This atmosphere of “with us or against us” is quite reminiscent of the Comittee of Public Safety that was implemented during the French Revolution and not at all conducive to anything other than more extreme views on either side, I think.

Finally, I fail to see how Origins going away will benefit the gaming community as a whole or advance the current political agenda in the least.