Have people given up trying to articulate the division which besets them? Or perhaps they are such great believers in sexual equality (as long as they can retain their fantasies) that they have dismissed all purpose in a conversation that extends to the opposite gender.

To say that people are against women or exclusively homosexually orientated individuals is absurd, and am surprised anyone has fallen for that semantic trap. And this is exclusive homosexuality albeit whose representation in the animal kingdom has yet to discovered- if indeed it is a natural phenomenon. It is interesting that republicans have the dignity to take such nonsense in their stride – rather than declare an equally absurd war on baby girls. They just don’t believe that truth is democratic. 

Yet any discrepancies in conclusion (or vote as the case may be) signifies a real and present information gap. Why on earth have we failed to address this? What is causing people to feel threatened? Is it perhaps that they have failed to identify the basics- and they are trying to solve the inevitable consequences thereof without realising that their mission is impossible? That any human gain in one hand will result in the sacrifice of another? Is it not that in mutual error we have lost trust in the other? That is what happens when you start to tolerate dehumanisation.

It is fair to say that when a nation classifies the objectification of a human being as artistic freedom of expression they have given up on logic entirely.

Here’s my historical perspective. When I entered the work force in the late 70′s, the U.S. had very little class system. Top executives were paid about the same (in inflation-adjusted dollars) as in every previous decade since the 30′s. In smaller companies, the CEO earned maybe 5x the managers and professional workers, and about 10x the blue-collar workers.

Back then, I was a card-carrying Libertarian and Objectivist. I believed that people should be rewarded for higher contributions and hard work. I still believe that, so theoretically should be voting Republican. But…

Since the 70′s, the gap has constantly widened. Rich executives keep getting richer, often while their company is losing money or their line workers are starving. Executive compensation has become absolutely obscene due to the closed loop between top management and company boards. It isn’t a case of Hank Rearden or Dagny Taggart single-handedly creating value for a company and getting justly rewarded. Instead, these executives remind me much more of the government-sanctioned “looters” of Atlas Shrugged. They are fat cats, siphoning off profits and destroying companies and the lives of their workers, for personal gain and greed. Most of them do not seem to be working at all for the benefit of their own companies.

Bain Capital happens to be one of those companies – Mitt Romney made most of his personal fortune by dismantling companies – often ones that were healthy before Bain brought them up – and providing no value to them. By the way, that’s exactly what happened to Sierra – It was acquired by a large corporation that decided it was more profitable to shut everything down than to try to increase sales or improve production costs.

In your opinion, what is wrong with “Obamacare” and what would you put in its place? With the current state of healthcare, I have to spend about the same amount on insurance and copayments as I do on my mortgage, just for basic health care and protection in the case of an emergency. While I would rather see a true national health care plan covering major expenses – as in nearly every First World country – Obamacare seems to be at least an attempt to cover more people. And it’s privatized, which should appeal more to the Right than a government system.

Meanwhile, if you are paying any attention to the “fiscal cliff” situation, you will see that the Republican majority in Congress is completely parroting Romney’s “plan” of reducing entitlements including Medicare and other programs that protect lower and middle-class seniors. Raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans is absolutely taboo, so instead the deficit will be reduced by hurting everyone in the middle. How could I possibly support that platform and call myself a Hero? Obviously I am missing something important here, because the choice seems so clear-cut and obvious, I can’t even conceive why many Republican leaders seem to want to marginalize women, minorities, gays, and so many others who are an important part of America.

I read a wide variety of web sites – liberal, conservative, and libertarian – for news and viewpoints. I am as likely to accept a Fox News report as one from Mother Jones or the HuffPost – which is to say, I recognize all of them as horribly biased.

So please, lead me to intelligent sources that explain why I should be supporting the current Republican agenda. I’m a fiscal conservative, so that should help… but all I’m seeing so far is fiscal idiocy – personal greed by the richest heirs above national stability.

” People who disagree with me are wrong.”

That is how you describe Romney, a politician known for his personal generosity, pragmatism (and lack of ideological passion) and willingness to compromise.

“People should work together in a spirit of compromise, regardless of their beliefs.”

And that is Obama, according to you? Were you not paying attention during the push for Obamacare in 2010?

This blog entry is filled with slanted, loaded language favoring democrats. You don’t even understand conservative positions. It is fine to believe one thing, but you should at least make an effort to understand the other side. You define Republicans in terms of what you believe they are against.

Haha, Republicans are against clean air and water? Don’t think people should be able to love whomever they want? Believe all regulations should be eliminated?

Did a high school freshman write this tripe?

Wow, and you guys are trying to present this description as something objective? Please stick to writing games, because honest political analysis is not your thing. This was pure partisan hackery. You obviously only get your news from places like MSNBC.

These days (WoW, etc.) it’s Paladins that seem to have no sense of a Paladin having any strictures – Most players playing Paladins seem to be power gamers that just want to play the most powerful class.

I’m planning on running your Tower for Tunnels & Trolls one day! I love it!

Check out Tavernmaster Games’ website and also Fiery Dragon and my T&T solo publication ‘Castle of the Dead’

Also enjoyed reading about how Tower changed your life!

All the best – Andy Holmes

That is important for the little guy, but we shouldn’t have such sympathy for the extremely large entities out there.

Of course, when making laws about pollution, it is one size fits all. And these become regulations.

Being green obviously hasn’t caught on as being such a great trait in the free market for a reason. And that reason should be questioned.

Truly, the theme of the Internet and mass media seems to be for people with capital to mine for the best talents out there.

In the original QFG series, the running joke always seemed to be that no one truly acknowledged the hero to be one until the end of the game.

But I see that the message of the Cole duo has taken a paradigm shift, and is current with today’s agenda.

I do await this game to see what can be learned from what the Cole duo perceives about overcoming personal odds in modern society.

I didn’t initially perceive talent recognition as being so important to being a hero.