Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc,alt.conspiracy,rec.games.frp.misc,talk.politics.misc From: [d--ie--x] at [wetware.com] (drieux, just drieux) Subject: Dangers Of Dungeons and Dragons Playing Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1993 23:45:58 GMT There is a CLEAR and COMPELLING set of Reasons Why D&D is BAD and MUST BE STOPPED AT ALL COST! 1. I have been a board wargamer since the sixties, and have watched as the Standard Traditional wholesome Family Values Oriented series of Board Wargames have begun to take second place to things like D&D, FantasyRolePlaying and SpaceWarStuff!!!! 2. This is a DIRECT THREAT to NATIONAL SECURITY!!!!! We are Raising up a Generation of Children who can concieve of rolling dice to save from Magik but have NO NOTIONS about how to Engage A Soviet Tank Battalion with Combined Arms Assault Tactics!!! We could Well Wake up Some Morning with the GodLess Red Hordes Knocking On Our DOOR and People will be picking up sticks and waving WANDS!!!!! 3. On Top of this CLEAR THREAT to the FREE WORLD, I have been TOTALLY APPAULED at the COMPLETE LACK of any tactical skills, or UNDERSTANDING about the appropriate utilization of Lance, Pick, Halbread, Bastard Sword and Other WholeSome and Traditional FAMILY VALUED weapons when it comes to actually engaging the BeastCreatureFromThePitOfHell in these Role playing GAMES!!!! { I was even OPPOSED by one DM when I put forward that the USE of Greek Fire was Acceptable as the Opponent was Clearly NOT a Christian and HENCE had to be a GodLessHeathen Who would BURN for an ETERNITY in the SULFUROUS PITS of the Lowest Level of HELL anyway! But this namby pamby victim of Modern Secular Humanism mistakenly presumed that the Knowledge of Greek Fire would NOT have Been Available in the time frame of his DUngeon, EVEN THOUGH I could show Clear Historical Proof that the God Fearing FOllowers of the One TRUE HOLY CROSS did CLEARLY know about Greek Fire and how to use it against the HEATHEN!!!!!} 4. It has been TIME and TIME and TIME again shown that Dungeon Masters are Clearly on the SIDE of MODERN SECULAR HUMANISM!!! And that they are USING D&D as a means to Destroy not ONLY our Tactical Awareness Amongst the Children of this country!!! But also that they are NOT willing to Enforce Clear BIBLICAL LAWS about BURNING HERETICS and DEVIL WORSHIPPERS!!!! What this Country REALLY Needs are Role Playing Games that are Constructive and USEFUL! Rather than DESTRUCTUVE and Perverted!!!! Children NEED to Learn how to Effectively Set up and "L" Ambush, as well as How to Deploy AntiTank MINES, and co_ordinate Interlocking Fields of FIRE for a Combined ARMED ASSAULT against the FORCES OF DARKNESS AND COMMUNISM!!!!! We Need Fantasy Role Playing Games that Teach The Youth of America How to Ferret OUT UnstableElements and Subversive AntiState Terrorists and their Bleeding Heart Wimp Liberal Stooge Agitators!!!! Children Need GUIDANCE and instruction, Discipline and Leadership not FRIVILOUS Fantasies!!!!!! They Need to Know How Much Electricity a EuroNarcoTerrorist might be able to survive in an interrogation session! And when to call in the Doctors so that the Suspect will Not DIE before Revealing the names of His CO_Conspirators!!!! Clearly We MUST OUTLAW D&D as it is a Distraction From FAR MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES that are Pressing upon the Hearts and Minds of GodFearing Patriotic Upright Vigillant Americans Who are Ever Watchful for the THREAT of Communism to Rear Up its Ugly Head!!!!! ciao drieux ps: What we NEED are Patriotic American Training AIDS!!!! In article [REDACTED] at [pcmail.usafa.af.mil], PAQUETTEJF%[D--C] at [pcmail.usafa.af.mil] (Joseph F. Paquette) writes: >In article <[1993 Jun 9 143436 245252] at [ns1.cc.lehigh.edu]> >[l m k 3] at [ns1.cc.lehigh.edu] (LINDA M` KREITZ) writes: > >>I have heard many negative things about Dungeons and Dragons and I know >>nothing about the game. > >>I would gladly welcome and information about the game (negative or positive). > >>My son plays this game with his friends at college, but I am concerned about >>any negative influences it may have on him. I have only heard bad things >>about Dungeons and Dragons. > >>Can someone please enlighten me? > >I've heard a lot of the same stories, but as a former D&D player, I can tell >you that it's a lot of garbage. D&D DOES NOT promote devil worship, magic, >etc. It's just a game combined with a form of acting. I don't doubt that in >a few isolated cases it's set off a few people, but these people were >seriously unbalanced to begin with. If D&D didn't set them off, something >else would. > >I personally think that D&D and other role playing games are good because >they make you think a lot more than many other games. If the game is run >well, you come across a lot of puzzles and tough situations that you must >think your way out of. > >I admit that D&D also has a lot of violence (fighting monsters, etc) but as >long as a player can separate the game from reality, there's no problem. > >Joe -- Modern Problems: "The peasants are revolting." is a tautology