Aug 18, 2011
Vintage hate for automobiles
(via Miss Cellania)
From the Museum of American Heritage…
Much of the rural opposition to automobiles was waged chiefly at touring motorists. Farmers claimed tourists posed a danger to stock, horsedrawn traffic and even crops.Opposition to automobiles ranged from plowing up roads, barbed wiring roads making them impassable to boycotting car-driving businessmen who attempted to conduct business with farmers and even refusing to support politicians who owned automobiles.
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Maybe they forgot that the roads came AFTER the cars.. Think about the defacement of earth when creating roads.
Actually, roads existed for millenia before the invention of automobiles. Ever heard the expression “All roads lead to Rome”? Well, it refers to *Ancient Rome*. Yep.
Really? Are you sure about that? You realize even animals in the jungle will eventually utilize a path so often that it becomes like a road. Are they defacing the Earth?
Roads built and used for millenia by people, their livestock, and non-motorized vehicles are one thing. Cars and the roads built for them now have completely dominated not only the landscape but the whole culture. We serve our cars, and we’ve made communities that aren’t dependent on cars (and fossil fuels) darned near impossible.
cobblestone roads have long existed before any model-t
The first modern paved roads in the US were paved for and at the request of …….CYCLISTS!
The brand cotnus for a lot, though. Paizo’s customers are gamers in the know, while the D&D brand’s customers, regardless of company, are the teeming masses. Teeming masses are nice on a balance sheet.Wouldn’t it be interesting if Hasbro sold the D&D brand out from under WotC to Paizo? Paizo’d be in an interesting bind. Supporting two systems would be tough. Ditching PRPG would enrage their 3.x fans, while cancelling 4e would squander a ready-made customer base. I’m not sure they could pull any option off and remain intact. I have a feeling the weight of the brand would kill most d20 companies, especially with the economy the way it is.Yeah, seeing WotC hoist by their own petard would be lovely schadenfreude, but I’d be concerned that someone with deeper pockets and no interesting in publishing or licensing a pen & paper game would grab the brand for a MMORPG.(Coincidentally reading your post. Ah, tasty schadenfreude.)