A Taste of Honey is Not OKay

[AevumNova]

They can try to rehab this if they want, but they introduced us to the concept of when someone couldnt fufill their job as a bonded citizen that they were thrown out the window. The servitude being coerced in exchange for food and housing doesn't make it any less slavery.

Additionally, this is away from the main point of the thread. The point is that it is MANDATORY for a player to do this.

[TheMightyMollusk]

They can try to rehab this if they want, but they introduced us to the concept of when someone couldnt fufill their job as a bonded citizen that they were thrown out the window.

Continue with the story a bit, meet the guy who actually ordered that to happen.

He's one of the main villains of Shadowbringers. And that's not even close to the worst thing he'll do.

Suffice it to say, he's not representative of everyone else up there.

The servitude being coerced in exchange for food and housing doesn't make it any less slavery.

Let me tell you about this thing called "capitalism"......

[AevumNova]

Continue with the story a bit, meet the guy who actually ordered that to happen.

He's one of the main villains of Shadowbringers. And that's not even close to the worst thing he'll do.

Suffice it to say, he's not representative of everyone else up there.



Let me tell you about this thing called "capitalism"......

The story recognizing it is bad is not really relevant. the writers have forced us to comply. Im not arguing that its bad that this happens to people in the story, Im arguing its wrong that the PLAYER should be forced to do this to their character.

That's a whole other argument, but I think we can agree that in this instance it is slavery as they are not working for wages, they are given basic living in exchange for being property of an owner.

[Renalt]

That's a whole other argument, but I think we can agree that in this instance it is slavery as they are not working for wages, they are given basic living in exchange for being property of an owner.

Yes. Slavery bad. So is murder...and rape...and conspiracy for murder...and robbery.

So let's just delete the ENTIRE GAME because bad situations are bad.

[AevumNova]

Yes. Slavery bad. So is murder...and rape...and conspiracy for murder...and robbery.

So let's just delete the ENTIRE GAME because bad situations are bad.

Complete deflection of the issue at hand. As I mentioned before, its okay that slavery is present in the game. It is not okay that we are forced to make our character dance for the amusement of a pervert for very loose story reasons.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Complete deflection of the issue at hand. As I mentioned before, its okay that slavery is present in the game. It is not okay that we are forced to make our character dance for the amusement of a pervert for very loose story reasons.

So...

Unsettling things are OK as long as they don't aren't perverted dancing? Seems like a very arbitrary line to stand on.

[AevumNova]

So...

Unsettling things are OK as long as they don't aren't perverted dancing? Seems like a very arbitrary line to stand on.

I recommend you read more closely. I was pointing out the difference between there being pole dancers slaves and us being forced to walk up to a pole and pole dance in order continue to MSQ.

[Misplaced_Marbles]

So...

Unsettling things are OK as long as they don't aren't perverted dancing? Seems like a very arbitrary line to stand on.

What they're saying is that it's OK to have slaves dancing for perverts as long as "our" character doesn't need to jig for them. Funnily enough, people are always comfortable with murdering innocent animals and slaughtering legions of enemy soldiers for laugh and/or personal benefit (even though the average Garlean fighting the WoL is like a human with a pointy stick fighting Superman) but this kind of stuff is too much.

If the perv was a woman, i'm sure this thread wouldn't exist.

[Saraide]

The story recognizing it is bad is not really relevant.

It absolutely is. What are you talking about??

[Equitable_Remedy]

The servitude being coerced in exchange for food and housing doesn't make it any less slavery.

Let me tell you about this thing called "capitalism"......

I believe that this is what the kids call "based."