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Re: Terms and Conditions Question
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Date: 
Wed, 12 May 1999 00:10:50 GMT
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Jeff Stembel <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote:
My (extended) family in Indiana think I am really disturbed for playing AD&D.
One of my Aunts got mad at me when I ran a solo adventure with her son.  She
claimed a family friend's son killed himself over it.  I really hate it when
people blame the media (TV, games, etc.) for murders/suicides.  They just don't
want to face the fact that they may have made a mistake or missed some sort of
warning sign.

The pastor at my wife's parents' church used to be an avid AD&D
player.  He still likes the game but says he bowed to silent pressure
from his congregation years ago and stopped hosting sessions and
playing.

He did come to my defense, though, during a family "argument" over my
RPG interests.  He also laughingly pointed out to my sister-in-law
that her favorite online RPG was essentially the same type of game she
was condemning others for playing with pen and paper.

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(...) Several of the early news articles cited White Wolf's Vampire RPG as a cause, because the two guys played it. I'm too lazy right now to hunt down any URL's and my sources all came hard copy, but I saw 3 articles that all either outright blamed (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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