Re: [DL] From Pinkertons to the Agency

[Bryce <SandChigg@rocketmail.com>]

--- Dan Davenport <danield@flash.net> wrote:
> No doubt this was covered during my absence from the list, but could
> someone tell me why the decision was made to change the Pinkertons to
> the Agency? I'm talking about the marketing rationale here; I know
> there's a reason for it within the context of the setting.
> 
> I ask because a friend of mine who gave me the scoop on the change
> suggested that it was done because some macho-minded,
> historically-illiterate silly people complained that "Pinkerton" is a
> sissified name. 
> 
> Please, PLEASE tell me that's not the reason. \:-)

Ok, that's not the reason.

Oh, the real reason?  Well, the Pinkerton's are an actual, extant
private entity who could legally sue PEGinc into smithereens.  So they
changed it to cover their nether-regions.

-Bryce "Mr. Answer Man" Perry

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