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SaberDance
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 Posted: 15-Oct-2004 18:38 Post subject: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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I am vindicated as an RPGer. http://www.nationalreview.com/miller/miller200410151029.asp
John Miller of National Review has an article today in honor of D&D's 30th aniversary.
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 18-Oct-2004 07:04 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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And I've played it for 27 of 30 years.... 
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DarkAdder
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| Posted: 18-Oct-2004 14:27 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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Some things just never go out of style, though they may need a facelift or two. Just look at actresses and supermodels. 
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Ronin
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| Posted: 19-Oct-2004 10:13 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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Funny... that same day I was at a library book sale, and I found a copy of "Like Lambs to Slaughter" which rants about how D&D, Star Wars, He-Man, etc etc are evil and leading the nation's youth straight to hell. The book came out in 1983.... hmmm, I wonder who wins the longevity contest.
Oh, and yes, I bought the book so that other people who didn't know better wouldn't buy it and use it to stir up another grand witch hunt.
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StarRaven
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| Posted: 19-Oct-2004 12:16 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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He-Man is a danger to youth? Since when? And Star Wars? Weird.
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Nightmare
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| Posted: 19-Oct-2004 12:33 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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Ever since people started thinking it's wrong for you to have fun. Having fun is a sign of not being a proper citizen. Besides, if they're not having fun then others shouldn't have fun either. 
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Ronin
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| Posted: 19-Oct-2004 17:22 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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Anything that refers to a power other than God... He-Man "I have the Power!", Star Wars has the Force, etc etc.
Gee, I watched He-Man as a child, and I'm ok (judging by the fact that I am an active member of my church). I love Star Wars movies like crazy; in fact, I usually use it to explain certain parts of church doctrine... need I go on?
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 20-Oct-2004 06:57 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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StarRaven, back in the day, the right wing constabulary didn't want any pretending done by the youth of America..... It might make them more creative, self-assured or, should I even say it, Smarter...
And we wouldn't want that.....
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mud
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| Posted: 22-Nov-2004 15:17 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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you use Star Wars to describe church doctrine: heresy!!
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Ronin
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| Posted: 23-Nov-2004 11:43 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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On 2004-11-22 15:17, mud wrote:
you use Star Wars to describe church doctrine: heresy!!
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Maybe I'm good at Jedi Mind Tricks, because they haven't burned me at the stake yet
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Sir Henry
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| Posted: 24-Nov-2004 06:50 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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Yet, being the operative word....
There is a fine line between heresy and hearsay....
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DarkAdder
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| Posted: 25-Nov-2004 10:54 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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I can see the guys from Monty Python and the Holy Grail coming after Ronin.
"We have found a wich, may we burn him?"
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SaberDance
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| Posted: 27-Nov-2004 14:12 Post subject: RE: Happy Birthday, D&D |
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I'll do you one better: Using Monty Python's Life of Bryan to demonstrate church doctrine.
And I'm a right-wing fundamentalist, born-again, dyed-in-the-wool, buckle-of-the-bible-belt, evangelical baptist. Talk about taking your life in your hands.
On a more serious note, the people who object so strenuously to most fantasy (think Harry Potter most recently) are social reactionaries, not social conservatives, and certainly not religious conservatives. They don't want to preserve a society they view as good, they want to prevent change. There's a difference. Social conservative want to preserve what they view as good about their society and culture, religous conservatives want to return their church and (hopefully) world back to orthodoxy (lowercase because I am not refering to the Greek Orthodox church). Islamic fudamentalists: reactionaries. Orthodox Jews: conservatives.
Catholics: run the gammot.
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