Re: [HoE] Help! [OT]

[Doctor X <doctorx@aa.net>]

I would also recommend the section of George Carlin's "Braindroppings"
book entitled "Blame It On The Bossanova."  (Can't seem to locate my
copy, so can't give page number.)

In that chapter, Carlin talks about the tendency to blame entertainment
for violent acts.  One can clearly see the "philosophy masquerading as
comedy" that has attracted me to his work:  "Maybe if we tone down the
pretend violence, the real violence will go away.  Or not seem so bad."

I can only speak from personal experience, but I've been gaming for
fifteen years without killing anyone.  (Least of all myself, as
evidenced by my typing this message.)  I've also watched Looney Tunes
for most of my life and, to date, have never dropped an anvil on
anyone.  (I won't say that the thought's never crossed my mind, but
that's about it.)

I see that someone else has mentioned the "Dark Dungeons" tract.  Just
think, all these years of running games and I never knew I was turning
people on to witchcraft.  You'd think that the Satanic Conspiracy that I
report to would tell me these things.  (Do I even need to include a
smiley here?  Good, cause I hate those things.)



Eric Tolliver wrote:

> Just keep it positive or we'll have to sacrifive you to our evil gods
> :)
>
>      -----Original Message-----
>      From: owner-hoe@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-hoe@gamerz.net]On
>      Behalf Of Steve Davidson, RN
>      Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 10:56 PM
>      To: hoe@gamerz.net
>      Subject: Re: [HoE] Help! [OT]
>      Michael wrote:
>
>     > I am writing about the positive side: and the media's
>     > false depiction of the RPGs... Dallas Egbert's
>     > disappearance (D&D blamed), Irving Pulling's Suicide
>     > ("he didn't want to roleplay an ingame curse to kill
>     > other players, so he bravly sacrificed himself", I
>     > read that somewhere... don't believe it, but read
>     > it)... and I think we mostly all know how Gamers (and
>     > goths) were treated after Columbine (blames there:
>     > games/gamers, gothic, music, movies...)
>     >
>     > --- Eric Tolliver <e.tolliver@home.com> wrote:
>     > > I have never seen one of there papers show a
>     > > positive side. The negatives
>     > > make better reading.
>     >
>     > =====
>     > The perpetually backlogged Michael Shindler, ICQ #13820058
>     >
>     > "Ok, so a priest, a huckster, and a kid walk into a
>     > saloon..."
>     > http://members.xoom.com/martin_etc/links.htm
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>      try the following:
>
>       dark dungons
>       attacks
>       D&D the game
>
>      good luck
>      steve
>
>      (ps I usually surf with java and javascript off so I am
>      unsure if there are scripts or applets on those pages.)
>
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