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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 2486717" data-attributes="member: 16989">The biggest problem here is.....He's just trying to make a buck.  He's going with that confrontational type of nasty sarcastic journalism that was all the rage many years ago.  I think it began with Geraldo (who would later admit being embarressed a what his style of journalism grew into).He's just a Howard Stern type wanna-be who writes nasty, evil columns to get a rise out of people.  He measures his popularity by the number of nasty 'I hate you' e-mails he recieves.  You see a lot of his kind on talk radio.  I mean, come on, is this the best he can do?  I mean, when the papers tell you "I'm sorry, but you're just not as good a journalist as Mancow, but we do need a tech advice column." You should realize journalism ain't for you.The real shame in all of this is that he had a chance to really do some good.  And he blew it.  Big time.  He could have told about the dangers of addicitive personalities, but he'd rather just trash people he has no clue about than do anything remotely beneficial to society.Look at gambling, drinking, Everquest, video games, pornography, heck, even Fanatasy Football & Baseball.  Most people do these things occasionally, or as a hobby, but their life doesn't revolve around it.  For other people, not so much.  More than one couple has wound up in front of divorce court over the hubby's fantasy baseball team.  The issue that needed to be addressed was wether the kid was developing an obsession over Everquest, not how 'That D&D card game is only played by losers who have no life'.  He had a chance to give helpful advice and blew it.  (Willingly I'd say, he'd rather just trash everything he can think of than do anything helpful, his columns are about style, not substance).Does his column even appear in the Advice section, or is it in the Opinion section?  If it's in the Advice section, I'd definatly complain to your local paper.  Show them all the errors in his 'advice'.  From D&D's not a card game, to WoTC research on who games & how much they make, to Sony's knowledge of who all plays Everquest.  If he's mouthing off his opinions, that's fine; but if the paper is putting him in the Advice section & he's incapable of doing research or getting his facts straight he needs to be yanked.If he's an opinionist, submit a rebuttal letter.  Tell him where he's wrong & point out how he completly missed the chance to help this kid & his family.If he's an Advice columist, write a letter to the paper asking how they can allow a person incapable of getting his facts straight write an advice column.  It'd be like letting Dear Abby get away with "All men who watch sports are lousy idiots who don't have jobs, bathe, and crap themselves."People who write advice columns are supposed to HELP people.  People who write opinion columns are supposed to TICK people off.  If he's an advice columnist, he's a lousy one.  If he's an opinion columnist he's a lousy one, as D&D players are such a small group to tick off.  The real monies are in insulting gays, women, liberals, conservatives, environmentalists, senior citizens, industrialists, etc.  I mean this guy is small time.</blockquote>

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