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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8456484" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>The same people who hate of D&D are often parts of obscure sects or the more extreme groups.</p><p></p><p>I know a few kids 6 years ago who kept their gaming stuff at school, since if their parents found it, they't get beaten. (OCS had anopen investigation already.) I've seen parents get upset about kids having access to Monopoly, Risk, Sorry, and Stratego during indoor recess. As of 6 years ago, Pokémon and MTG were both officially banned in the entire Anchorage School District... but most middle and high schools didn't enforce it. RPGs, however, weren't. </p><p></p><p>I've several friends raised in the Jehova's Witness... and they keep their gaming somewhat hidden from their still actively JW families. Not so much a "Don't let them know" as "don't shove it in their face." One cluster is openly pagan (Asatru, to be more accurate), and the other is still nominally Christian.</p><p></p><p>I've been told by OSU and UAA students that the various small towns they are from still consider burning D&D books stolen from gamers a public service. Those are, consistently, small-town parts of Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, & Alabama... and those towns are pretty retrogressive in many other ways, too. </p><p></p><p></p><p>So, yes, there is current ongoing persecution. It's not much in cities, especially not ones with Universities... and it's low key.</p><p></p><p>There are still Christian Sects teaching that all games are sinful. And some muslim sects. I had to deal with one such as a teacher... the parent demanded that games not be present in the classroom. Principal said he could have his son removed and sent to a school where math games aren't part of the curriculum... and recommended a Catholic school. (And Mr. K was wrong ... I knew the math teacher; math games were used there, too.)</p><p></p><p>Some Christian and Muslim fundamentalists and/or literalists who don't see games as a problem do see RPGs as one; these groups also tend to see acting as a sin, as it's, in there eyes, violating the commandment "Thou shalt not lie". RPGs are acting, and thus...</p><p></p><p>The most recent book-burning I've heard of targeting D&D was in 2012... by an "Independent Baptist" (one not affiliated with any formal association of Baptist Churches.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8456484, member: 6779310"] The same people who hate of D&D are often parts of obscure sects or the more extreme groups. I know a few kids 6 years ago who kept their gaming stuff at school, since if their parents found it, they't get beaten. (OCS had anopen investigation already.) I've seen parents get upset about kids having access to Monopoly, Risk, Sorry, and Stratego during indoor recess. As of 6 years ago, Pokémon and MTG were both officially banned in the entire Anchorage School District... but most middle and high schools didn't enforce it. RPGs, however, weren't. I've several friends raised in the Jehova's Witness... and they keep their gaming somewhat hidden from their still actively JW families. Not so much a "Don't let them know" as "don't shove it in their face." One cluster is openly pagan (Asatru, to be more accurate), and the other is still nominally Christian. I've been told by OSU and UAA students that the various small towns they are from still consider burning D&D books stolen from gamers a public service. Those are, consistently, small-town parts of Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, & Alabama... and those towns are pretty retrogressive in many other ways, too. So, yes, there is current ongoing persecution. It's not much in cities, especially not ones with Universities... and it's low key. There are still Christian Sects teaching that all games are sinful. And some muslim sects. I had to deal with one such as a teacher... the parent demanded that games not be present in the classroom. Principal said he could have his son removed and sent to a school where math games aren't part of the curriculum... and recommended a Catholic school. (And Mr. K was wrong ... I knew the math teacher; math games were used there, too.) Some Christian and Muslim fundamentalists and/or literalists who don't see games as a problem do see RPGs as one; these groups also tend to see acting as a sin, as it's, in there eyes, violating the commandment "Thou shalt not lie". RPGs are acting, and thus... The most recent book-burning I've heard of targeting D&D was in 2012... by an "Independent Baptist" (one not affiliated with any formal association of Baptist Churches.) [/QUOTE]
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