[Deptheads] Re: GM complaint

[Mike James]

Also, offensive is kind of subjective. Some people tend to go out of their way to be offended by stuff. The fact that it is political may have a greater effect on it. It would be a lot easier to know what was going on if we knew what "offensive" actually meant. 

Mike




On Sep 5, 2012, at 2:06 PM, tracy fryer <fabric_goddess at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Registration tends to hear about most of the issues both good and bad throughout the con. We heard nothing about offensive shirts being worn.
> 
> Tracy
> 
> --- On Wed, 9/5/12, Shane Sauby <ssshanucon at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Shane Sauby <ssshanucon at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Deptheads] Re: GM complaint
> To: "Strategicon Department Heads" <deptheads at strategicon.net>
> Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2012, 1:58 PM
> 
> Hey everyone,
>  
>     I am forwarding this to see if anyone else saw or heard anything.  I would really like to know how his shirts were offensive.  I didn't even notice.  Did anyone else see or hear anything?
>  
> Shane
>  
> From: Ryan S. Davis <ryansdavis at yahoo.com>
> To: Shane Sauby <ssshanucon at yahoo.com>; Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 4:29 PM
> Subject: GM complaint
> 
> Hi guys!
> Thanks for a good convention!  I had fun.  I do have a concern, not about you guys though.
> Roderick Lee was wearing antagonistic political shirts all weekend, while also running games as a GM.  That's pretty not cool in my book and I don't think it should have been allowed.
> I'm not saying people can't wear those shirts to a convention--I'm saying that a GM should not be allowed to antagonize potential players who are just trying to play games.
> Thoughts?  Agree, or am I overreacting because I'm one of the people that was antagonized by his shirts?
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