01-19-2011, 11:24 AM | #1 |
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B.A.D.D. is coming back!
B.A.D.D. is Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons.
And the Mormons (well, one mormon at the Mormon Times) are prepared to take up the cause. Apparently, Dungeons & Dragons is a "popular video game" and can cause "addictions." I wonder what the symptoms are. And this guy has a craze for alliteration - "magic and divination" vs. "majesty of the divine", "fantasy for faith", "mysticism with the miraculous", "spiritualism with spirituality." We have Mormons here and I have nothing against you. Can't you try to correct this crap? Write to the MT or something?
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01-19-2011, 11:57 AM | #2 |
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Thread moved because it's about an industry issue.
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01-19-2011, 12:22 PM | #3 |
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"Just because something gyrates for attention doesn't mean we should pay attention"
That phrase alone just kacked a biscuit all over his own argument as far as I'm concerned. That kind of [thing] has been going on since our parents were kids. -mind you, for me, it also depends on how much clothing is involved with the gyrating. ;) [rewrite removed.] **won't happen again. TYVM for the moderation :) it's all good.** I respect religion, the people around me and even those who don't wish to respect me. [edit] I guess I'm just tired of defending myself from those kinds of people.
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01-19-2011, 12:44 PM | #4 |
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I'm also not sure he realizes how the audience has changed since the 1980s. Back then, a lot of parents didn't know much about D&D or RPGs in general. These days, many of them have played D&D at least once or known someone who did -- maybe not a majority, but certainly a substantial minority. It's much harder to scare an informed audience.
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01-19-2011, 12:46 PM | #5 | |
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01-19-2011, 01:08 PM | #6 | |
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01-19-2011, 01:10 PM | #7 |
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What the heck is " FUD " ?
By-the-way , most of the Mormons I know play D&D or have played it in the past - including a frequent poster on these forums. - Ed C.
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01-19-2011, 01:15 PM | #8 |
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And they certainly played D&D before that (and they still play Pathfinder between GURPS sessions). *shrug* |
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01-19-2011, 02:11 PM | #10 |
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Let's try to avoid religion-bashing here, please, and stay on the topic. If you can't speak to it without flaming, then you may want to find somewhere else to post your opinions.
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