To be honest Charlse I do think your being harsh, but not because of what
you say about games, simply because we have no information about these
mythical people who committed suicide over d&D.
Suicide is pretty drastic and a person needs to be in a fairly extreme
position to contemplate it seriously, and the same arguemenet could be made
for murder. If some mythical D&D player did commit suicide or murder, I'd
wager there was rather more going on and a rather more complex reason
involved than just "because of D&D"
That is why I mentioned D&D being a social activity sinse a lot of causes
for that sort of action tend to be about people's interactions.
I'd suggest myself that if a D&D player did! commit suicide, those who
ascribe D&D as a single cause are over simplifying in the extreme, like
those people who blaime all society's problems on alcohol, or comunism, or
tv, or insert favourite bad influence.
Indeed, sinse all of this sounds pretty speculatory anyway I'm not entirely
sure myself if this isn't scare mongering anyway.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
There is always more to know, more to see, more to learn. The world is vast
and wondrous strange and there are more things benieth the stars than even
the archmaesters of the citadel can dream.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <wee1s...@fidnet.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 4:17 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] may sound harsh, but ... JMO - Re: psycho strike,some
observations, and Suggestions
People who commit suicide over a game, unfortunately weren't in the real
world to begin with.
And for those who are against Harry Potter books because they deal with
magic, they know nothing about the books, and their minds are closed.
What the Bible says is that we should never take part in magic or
believing in it. This has nothing to do with reading fictional stories
that deal in it. Besides, magic is merely the method of conveyance of what
the books are really about.
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Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're
finished, you! really! are! finished!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Peterson" <bpeterson2...@cableone.net>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 7:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions
I have a close friend who shares that view. This is ironic because she
loves Harry Potter and Alter Aeon. Her reasoning is because apparently
there have occasionally been instances where people have killed or
committed suicide over the game.
We are the Knights who saaaaay...Ni!
-----Original Message-----
From: dark
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 1:22 AM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] psycho strike, some observations, and Suggestions
@Jody, D&D evil?
I'm a tad confused, sinse the dungeons and dragons I know is a tabletop
rp
game, and how evil it is depends upon your gm, though usually most decent
gms wouldn't really condone a game where you were playing out and out
evil
characters and would smack you with nasty in game penalties if you ever
commited any senseless crimes or whatever, sinse it's their job to create
the realistic world the game happens in.
I have heard some religious zealots say D&D is evil simply because it
involves magic, wizards, dragons and such, the same way some religious
zealots say Harry Potter is evil, but such opinions are based on a
religious
mindset and system of beliefs that (even though I was bought up in the
Christian tradition myself), I find so utterly bizarre I have difficulty
making sense of.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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