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Re: [CGG] Re: Violence Revisited...

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 18:24:08 -0000 "Mike Harvey" <gm@...>
writes:
> Opinion:
>
> Violence that is glorified, which is cathartic, or which is feeding
> a lust is not good. These feed the flesh.

<snip a lot of good stuff>

Interestingly, the reasons that you give are *precisely* why I find games
like Unknown Armies to be preferable to hack-and-slash.

Seth Ben-Ezra
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