Agreed! D&D is not evil! it's just a flippin' game, peoples! No more or less bad than any other game, in terms of social impact.
On 4/30/15, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > 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" <[email protected]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > 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. >> >> --- >> Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're >> finished, you! really! are! finished! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bryan Peterson" <[email protected]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> 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. >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [email protected]. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >>> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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