So I grabbed a link to this page and started reading.. I was cracking up till the last few frames when I noticed that this guy was serious! …
Its important to note that this was written in the 80’s but he “revisited” the topic here in 1996. I bet this guy would have a field day with my past history with fantasy tabletop and video games. Satanic warfare? … umm, its just a game that I had fun playing. It’d be my guess that the author also thinks that reading Harry Potter is a Christian no-no..
Yes, maybe there are people who took D&D over the edge into instant and psychotic behavior but those people had problems before playing a stupid game. This is the same mentality used to say that video games make kids more violent. Will people (*cough*parents*cough*) ever realize that pointing fingers to blame something else just does not work. Ever. They should be pointing at themselves (or everyone in society as a whole, I’ll agree that parenting is only part of the problem and sometimes the problem is totally unrelated to parenting). Arrrgg….
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I remember finding a website a couple of years ago that was similar to what you’re talking about here… they were saying things like “Condoms are only ~50% effective and don’t protect against AIDS” and a couple other things that were just really extremist… but I can’t remember the site now so yeah, I’m so not helpful
And I didn’t post this sooner because I’ve been randomly trying to find it (with no luck).
Tim, you are just too smart for your own good. I do agree with you though. BTW, I think this blog thing that you’re doing is really great. I wanted to do something similar, but I never spent the time to figure out how.
On another note, I will be at Maryland this Friday to play racquetball with Aaron, Terumi, and Aubrey. It would be great if you could stick around and play with us for a while. Haven’t seen you in a bit and time is waning. Let me know.
Yea, Shelly I guess I have not other choice but to explain these people by saying that “Some people are just stupid”. Well they are not necessarily stupid by the fact of their intelligence, but by the fact they are unable to differentiate between their own emotions (or sometimes even only what others have told them to feel) and clear, consistent, open, and unbiased thought. I shouldn’t be so harsh, but it can be so frustrating. Most of the time they are thinking they are up to good too.. but in talking about them negatively I’m falling into the same exact trap (well not exactly, but same idea) so I’ll fall back to my common defense. They really seem stupid to me but I may be wrong and be perceiving the situation incorrectly … :)
Hey chris! I don’t know what you are saying … I just think too much sometimes :). I would finish commenting to you but we’re already talking on IM, so hey. Cya friday!