whats in a name?

I have decided to start a political party…

Why is it that in RPGs there is always a restriction on what classes/jobs are available to certain races? This kind of segregation is reminiscent of the days when women couldn’t vote and… well other stuff involving buses that I’m sure we are all well aware of, and if we aren’t then we should be paying more attention in school.

I believe that any player should be able to make a character of any race and be allowed to have any of the available jobs, regardless of what jobs the specific race may be more or less suited to. If I want to make a 10ft tall 500lb Ogre Thief and attempt to /hide behind rocks, then by jove I should be allowed to! It should be my own problem if I can’t figure out why people seem to always be able to find me.

Not only is it my right, but I think it would add a certain flare to some gameplay if you manage to actually make these kinds of rediculous character combinations work. Imagine the devotion it would require to level up this kind of a character in any of the many RPG worlds? So what if the race isn’t suited to the profession I say!!!

I am still searching for an appropriate name for my association, though a few ideas have been thrown around as follows:

RPG Association for Profession Equality – thrown out when it was pointed out that the acronym is possibly inappropriate

Professional RPG Oversite Society with a Theoretical Interest in Treating Unanimously with Total Equality – thrown out for similar reasons to the above

Association for the Elimination of Professional Segragation in RPGs – a possibility

Society for the Elimination of Xenophobic Job Segregation – another possibility but with similar acronymical problems

Peoples Union for the Prevention of Profession Segregation in RPGs and the Advancement of Equitable Treatment of Formerly Segragated-against Class-Race Combinations – the acronym on this one isn’t quite up to my usual standard… but another possibility given that it is loooooong and that amuses me. Needs to have a better acronym though

Other suggestions will be accepted and duly considered…