For years the "Scar of the Coward"
item has created dispute in the Gaia Community.
The Gaia Staff has explained what the real meaning of the concept "Scar of Coward" is ,
it comes from a Japanese Anime Concept
.
There are quite a few people who watch anime and are familiar with all those concepts but for some the concept is unknown.
There have been quite a few threads addressing this item and interpreting it to be a insult to those that have a history of past suicide attempts and or cutting,
a simple fix to this would prevent any future forums on this subject.
This minor change will only take a couple minutes of your time.
Please,
can you clarify in the description that this item is anime related?
Thanks for the post and the suggestion! While I haven't seen a lot of threads on this issue, I have seen one recently, and as I posted in that thread, the item has nothing to do with self-harm or mocking those that do engage in self-harm. Clearly, self-harming behavior is hurtful, and we wish anyone dealing with this issue to get professional help to stop the hurt.
As for changing the item's name, it is not going to happen because it is one of several similarly named items, and goes with that set. Also, the description of the item doesn't seem to us to in any way be mocking members of Gaia that engage in self-harming behavior.
At any rate, I will pass along your suggestion, and get feedback from other in-office staff to hear their opinion on the issue, but no guarantees that the description will be changed.
Take care!
Suggestion for a New Item Description:
"Cowards run away to fight another day. This doesn't mean they won't stand up for what's right, they'll just do it with trembling knees."
Suggestions for the Name Change:
A) Scars of Life
B) Battle Scars
C) Scars of Bravery
D) Survivor's Scars
E) Fake Scar
F) Scar of a Liar
G) Scar of Remembrance
H) Tattoo Scarring (Forearm)
I) Scarface
J) Scar of shame
K) Scar of war
L) Scar of the weakling