Well put. I completely understand your perspective. And I was actually hoping that a vegetarian would see my entry and respond to my burger stand analogy. I think it helps to demonstrate that many of us have our personal causes and beliefs that are of particular importance to us. It’s not always about having an impact on the outside world, so much as it is about making decisions that we feel are consistent with our beliefs. You are a vegetarian, but don’t boycott chain restaurants that serve meat, though given the choice, you’d support another restaurant. I think that’s pretty similar to my perspective on Shadow Complex. I’m not about to go buy any of Card’s books, but I decided that buying and playing Shadow Complex doesn’t violate my personal code of ethics with regard to where I stand on marriage equality. If someone else decides that it does violate that code for them, however, I can respect that.

Thanks for writing about this issue.