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(04-23-2015, 04:57 PM)Bryn Wrote:(04-23-2015, 04:32 PM)Black Hat Wrote:(04-23-2015, 04:23 PM)Bryn Wrote: We have the right to play as we wish and we have the right to judge.
We have the right to judge, but there is no obligation on the part of others to heed or respect our judgements.
That is an excellent point, thank you! I counter with this. If there is no obligation, does one have a right to play as one wishes if they are expected not to judge.
I know it sounds cyclical and it will be cyclical, just bear with me.
Remember:
rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.
It's not a cyclical argument if you don't insist on begging the question.
1. We have a right to play as we wish.
2. We have the right to judge others for how they play.
3. It is not incumbent upon those who are judged to give a shit about the judgement.
4. That's it.
Given that RP is a creative pastime with no governing body, If anyone says, "You have no right to judge my RP!", don't panic; they are not literally seeking your censorship. What they are essentially saying is, "Your take on the entirely subjective matter of what is appropriate in the role-play of this setting does not trump my own."
And they're right.
I know it can be frustrating when people muddy semantics. But as a philosophy major, take it from me; if you go through life insisting that regular people converse only in terms of crisp, concise philosophical method, you're gonna have a bad time.
Tis the murkiest of subjects and I thought an engaging row in crisp, concise method might be interesting, something different from the general opinions. Nudge the mind to think in different terms and maybe something new would spring up.
What a colossal waste of time and energy.