My *opinion* about goblins and those that play them is that they're unhealthy for a game. The player wants the NPCs to focus around them, either with them being an oddity or something to always be looking for. It's snowflake-ish, and I greatly despise when a player tries to pull something like that. It can ruin enjoyment for other players.
I would tentatively agree that ANY one "thing" can be misused and abused by snowflake (or for that matter powergamer) players.
I don't think that is useful as a basis for "should this be in a game system" although if you have snowflakes on board, it's certainly logical to use it for "is this going to exist in MY campaign".
I wouldn't have considered goblins one way or the other (I'm open to most ideas) but Sazza is just too awesome.
For me, she is the Drizzt of Goblins
