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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    And to advocate for pre-emptive changes to the text; to avoid such an outcome. Textbook censorship. Not part of the debate perhaps, but...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    "Perpetuating tropes" is the main accusation fueling this thread. "Does it generate outrage" seems to be quite the fickle beast, there...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    Certainly; .. my confusion is: I don't think these issues are actually solvable. Like khz's offered solution above, Duke is no longer...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    Ah, right; you said "disarms any potential issues", which I thought to mean there'd be no potential for the uproar. But no, you meant...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    "Any" ..? One guy saying the N-word is enough for cancellation; one character being oversexualized gets the criticism; why would one...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    I wouldn't expect that to be sufficient to appease that specific crowd; if you have an Indian running a crooked casino, you match to the...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    I can't really see a lawsuit happening, TFP do live in the country and they're not likely to publish something that obviously...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    Well, I included a potential positive outcome, which you are omitting. If you'd include that, you'd end up with a positive "risk" :) I...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    Since the .. thing .. is posted as a "warning", I'll give my risk assessment. I'm a complete layman but well versed in gamer...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    Three lines of dialog, establishing he was "crooked" .. as "rigging the game" isn't a claim of anything past having a zero on a roulette...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    Where is it defined that Duke is an organized crime lord, and not just a leader of a tribe? You're defending "organized crime as an...
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    theFlu replied to the thread How To Get The Sham Secret Recipe.
    Grats :)
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    My sources are obvious gospel, yours are obviously machinations of a hate group ... This'd be hilarious if it wasn't so predictably...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    I think he's mainly verifying your stance; it could be rephrased as: unless you already subscribe to the ideology, the evidence is...
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    theFlu replied to the thread Story Mode Controversy --REDUX.
    That sounds roughly accurate to me; as far as what he's saying. "Can be considered X", where X is already a known motte-and-bailey...
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