Quote Originally Posted by Lyonheart View Post
The reason it is an issue for us is we already experience a lot of hate. His "thoughts" on the matter will be interpreted by those said haters..and maybe a lot of people who are on the fence about it, to hate more. They will think hes "on their side" even if thats not his intentions. This falls under that popular bit of wisdom " with great power comes great responsibility! " He has the attention of the WoW community and has fanned the flames of hatred, maybe without knowing it.
Being called names in a video game is not "hate" - it's a trivial annoyance that you can deal with by reporting (if it's worthy) and ignoring. Caring what the WoW "community" thinks is, to me, a ridiculous notion. I've had people see that I'm streaming and intentionally seek me out in-game to try and grief me, and all that has happened is I either go run dungeons instead (and ignore their whispers when they switch to the same faction) or find new and fun ways to get them killed if I'm in the mood for that. They're just a non-issue.

However, getting worked up about it and worried about "oh noes, what will happen if they come at us with pitchforks and torches" and that kind of crap is *exactly* what the people who dislike boxers want to happen. They want people to get worried or to get upset, or whatever. Why give them that when they are literally irrelevant?

Boxing will not be banned until and unless Blizzard has real reason to believe that changing their policy will get them more money. Period. Whiners on a forum or a CM saying he doesn't like it will not change that, and so people getting upset here about it serves no purpose but to give the drooling morons with nothing better to do a chance to clutch themselves in glee that they got a rise out of you.