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Although, ultimately, you will need to make up your own mind about TSR,
I have a number of things to say that you may find useful. If you
disagree with my claim that TSR's cronies will carry the product of its
work into the future, even after TSR itself is long gone, then read no
further. We must face the undeniable fact that TSR, in its infinite
wisdom, has decided to appropriate sacred symbols for infernal,
disgusting purposes. (Actually, there is a certain Burkean prudence that
animates people like me to force it into deserved bankruptcy, but that's
not important now.) Do you ever get the feeling that TSR's
animadversions have no redeeming value? Well, you should, because TSR
will probably respond to this letter just like it responds to all
criticism. It will put me down as "caustic" or "sleazy". That's its
standard answer to everyone who says or writes anything about it except
the most fawning praise. It strikes me as amusing that TSR complains
about people who do nothing but complain. Well, news flash! It does
nothing but complain.
TSR's pals are so ready to exploit the masses that their expositions are
laughable. But let's not lose sight of the larger, more important issue
here: TSR's capricious epithets. It would be bad enough if TSR's
adulators were merely trying to permit jaundiced hostes generis humani
to rise to positions of leadership and authority. But their attempts to
replace our natural soul with an artificial one are just plain
insensitive. Ancient Greek dramatists discerned a peculiar virtue in
being tragic. TSR would do well to realize that they never discerned any
virtue in being warped.
I can easily see TSR performing the following stentorian, hideous acts.
First, it will institutionalize antiheroism through systematic violence,
distorted religion, and dubious science. Then, it will make our lives an
endless treadmill of government interferences while providing few real
benefits to our health and happiness. I do not profess to know how
likely is the eventuality I have outlined, but it is a distinct
possibility to be kept in mind. TSR's ballyhoos are like an enormous
anti-intellectualism-spewing machine. We must begin dismantling that
structure. We must put a monkey wrench in its gears. And we must do
something about the continuing -- make that the escalating -- effort on
TSR's part to increase society's cycle of hostility and violence,
because TSR uses the word "microclimatological" without ever having
taken the time to look it up in the dictionary. Organizations that are
too lazy to get their basic terms right should be ignored, not debated.
Our goal must now be to show TSR how it is as wrong as wrong can be. If
you believe that that's a worthwhile goal, then I can honestly use your
help. Let me hear from you.
Although, ultimately, you will need to make up your own mind about TSR,
I have a number of things to say that you may find useful. If you
disagree with my claim that TSR's cronies will carry the product of its
work into the future, even after TSR itself is long gone, then read no
further. We must face the undeniable fact that TSR, in its infinite
wisdom, has decided to appropriate sacred symbols for infernal,
disgusting purposes. (Actually, there is a certain Burkean prudence that
animates people like me to force it into deserved bankruptcy, but that's
not important now.) Do you ever get the feeling that TSR's
animadversions have no redeeming value? Well, you should, because TSR
will probably respond to this letter just like it responds to all
criticism. It will put me down as "caustic" or "sleazy". That's its
standard answer to everyone who says or writes anything about it except
the most fawning praise. It strikes me as amusing that TSR complains
about people who do nothing but complain. Well, news flash! It does
nothing but complain.
TSR's pals are so ready to exploit the masses that their expositions are
laughable. But let's not lose sight of the larger, more important issue
here: TSR's capricious epithets. It would be bad enough if TSR's
adulators were merely trying to permit jaundiced hostes generis humani
to rise to positions of leadership and authority. But their attempts to
replace our natural soul with an artificial one are just plain
insensitive. Ancient Greek dramatists discerned a peculiar virtue in
being tragic. TSR would do well to realize that they never discerned any
virtue in being warped.
I can easily see TSR performing the following stentorian, hideous acts.
First, it will institutionalize antiheroism through systematic violence,
distorted religion, and dubious science. Then, it will make our lives an
endless treadmill of government interferences while providing few real
benefits to our health and happiness. I do not profess to know how
likely is the eventuality I have outlined, but it is a distinct
possibility to be kept in mind. TSR's ballyhoos are like an enormous
anti-intellectualism-spewing machine. We must begin dismantling that
structure. We must put a monkey wrench in its gears. And we must do
something about the continuing -- make that the escalating -- effort on
TSR's part to increase society's cycle of hostility and violence,
because TSR uses the word "microclimatological" without ever having
taken the time to look it up in the dictionary. Organizations that are
too lazy to get their basic terms right should be ignored, not debated.
Our goal must now be to show TSR how it is as wrong as wrong can be. If
you believe that that's a worthwhile goal, then I can honestly use your
help. Let me hear from you.
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