Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.235.154.24-20130913002452/@comment-11687-20131031014903

173.60.95.163 wrote:

I enjoy this discussion, actually. But to each his own, I say.

Hear hear!

ImposterParrotGrass wrote: Dear Lord, this escalated fast. As much as I enjoy intelligent discussion, and prefer it to some of the...other stuff... we've gotten on this topic, but I think we should try and simplify our arguments. If you have something to say, trying to limit it to a page or so. I'm not trying to shut you down, but the more casual, less intellectual people may feel alienated, and I think we all would like this place to be as inclusive as possible.

On a technical note, it's difficult to know how much text here constitutes a page (presumably a "page" is meant to be as much as can be displayed on the screen at a time and not, say, a page in Microsoft Word), as there's no easy way of measuring that.

I respectfully disagree, however, that a length, in-depth discussion is alienating - at least as an inherent quality to the discussion itself. While we've had at least one person express exasperation with the manner in which the debate has progressed (and, to be fair, there have been a few other statements with such sentiments), I don't think that such a debate necessarily discourages people from participating or enjoying following it, at least not any more than any other particular discussion which may or may not tickle an individual reader's fancy.

People have different topics they enjoy or dislike, and different styles and methods of approaching them. I'm of the opinion that inclusivity is best served by allowing for all manner of different modes of discussion, allowing individuals to participate or not as they see fit (notwithstanding, of course, when things devolve to insults or other forms of harassment).

ImposterParrotGrass wrote:

Also, given the tone of RWBY, I don't think they would go into topic as much as teen pregnancy, STDs, or anything relating to sex, at least not for a while.

As I mentioned previously, I don't think they will either. The purpose of the discussion (as I understand it) isn't to speculate what the show itself will deal with (or influence the staff in hopes that they'll speak to these issues). It's just to discuss and debate how such issues would likely be dealt within the contextual framework of the series.