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Old 07-09-2005, 01:45 AM
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Re: What's so "liberal" about the setting?

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Originally Posted by Michael Hopcroft
In fact, Aldean attitudes towards sexuality in general would be galling to religious conservatives -- not to mention that at least one of the "bad guy" nations is clearly modeled on what America would suppsedly be like if run by Fundmanetalist Christians.
Or fundamentalist Islam. Or the Catholic Church. Or a fundamentalistic version of freakin' Greyhawk. The Hopis used to burn witches and have a what could realistically be called a theocratic state for god's sakes...it need not be "What if ____ was ruled by religious group ___" and that's that. Folks can (and do) see what they want but I can't help but laugh at all the folks who insist it is one specific thing.

All in such a rush to see deliberate swipes taken at this group or that...one wonders if perhaps what people are seeing in the setting is much more internal than external.
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