Alex, I have the feeling you are not absolutely aware of what 'good' arguments are. I will try to explain you and I hope that it helps you to understand and formulate arguments in future by yourself.
- It's not confusing, everyone knows what it is.
After renaming the Molotov-cocktail, everyone would know what a "White bottle" or a "Gynk-fire" would be as well, since there is a description.
Moreover people have never stated that the current term is confusing in terms of its function.
Lastly, people play a game in which they already have to learn what "green bottlse" and ancient words are, for example. Consequently, it should not be difficult to "learn" another term.
- People are used to the name.
The argument is very similar to the argument before. Perhaps it highlights more the intention: Keep it as it is. This argument can be used anytime against any change.
The sheer fact that there are plenty people who already have stated they are not happy with the current term "molotoc cocktail", proves that they are not happy to use the term.
- The name sounds like it could fit in medieval times.
Actually, both terms were not in use to medieval times. In particular the word "cocktail" hardly was known to that time. Well, perhaps it might have been in use somewhere in anglo-saxion parts of the world. Though, in all other parts of the world it was not. English terms spread over the world just in recent centrury. Thus, in Germany in particular the term is not well chosen.
However, the argument: The term
could fit into a time/country/culture/whatever is sheer assumption and thus not an argument at all.
- Changing it would take effort. Let laziness prevail.
We already have seen that the keep-it-as-it-is-argument is a bad argument. The time to make the change is so little that it cannot be used as an argument. It is an argument like: "Nay, I do not want to open my mouth to eat something, cause I am too lazy."
- I like the name molotov cocktail.
Your personal opinion alone does not count. Nevertheless, you speak for a group of people who do not see the problem with the current term. However, there still is another group who obviously is not happy with the term. The questions now are:
Do you like the current term that much that there is not the chance to have another one? Are the proposals for other terms already made really that bad? Do you want to try to understand the opinion of other members of your community to let benefit the whole community?
- It doesn't disturb my rp, and if it disturbs yours, call it something else yourself.
Once again you state your personal opinion. This is not an argument.
However, if you say that people who are not happy with the term should name it the way they like to become happy, then you surely will not have any problem to keep on calling the "Gynk-Fire" a Molotov Cocktail after it has been changed.
Hope now you got an idea of what arguments are, Alex.
If clear and impartial arguments of the community do count in the development of Illarion, then the name has to be changed!
? And if it does not disturb you, than Gynk fire shouldn't disturb you, too.
