Fists Of Fiction

 I must admit, Margeraet Weis and Tracy Hickman, who, IMO, created one of the greatest fantasy worlds of all time, suing Wizards of the Coast fills me with a nostalgic sense of pride.  The lawsuit also notes that Weis and Hickman, as they were writing  Dragons of Deceit , had complied with several requests from Wizards that “proposed certain changes in keeping with the modern-day zeitgeist of a more inclusive and diverse story-world,” which Wizards was entitled to do by the terms of their licensing agreement. Weis and Hickman claim in the suit to have complied with all requested rewrites, including one that reportedly took 70 pages to resolve, over issues that included the story’s use of love potions, certain characters’ names having negative connotations, and unspecified matters of inclusivity. That does raise an obvious follow-up question, however. In the version of events presented in Weis and Hickman’s lawsuit, which is the only version we have access to at time of w...

Boxing mirrors real life example #1: In the world of boxing, white people are less privileged than minorities. In the world of American boxing, Asians are less privileged than blacks and Mexicans. This is a culture issue, not a race issue. If a specific race really was privileged, that privilege would carry over everywhere. Since we don't see that happening, such as in areas of boxing, we can conclude that a race is not privileged, but really privilege is determined by culture, which is determined by, for the most part, reality. The sport of boxing came around, which is really a meritocracy, and thus, eventually, blacks and latinos started emerging as the dominant boxers, which in turn, makes people living in the culture of boxing value black and latinos. Same thing with pretty much all sports. The culture of education favors asians. The culture of America favors white people. The culture of Japan favors Japanese people. If you want to break into a culture where you're NOT FAVO...