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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2134835" data-attributes="member: 151">Read Dr. Awkward's post above.&nbsp; That's a serious issue.&nbsp; Let me quote one of the best lines of a great post:[Emphasis Mine].I can tell with absolute certianty that there are people who take this as proof of the 'dangerous' nature of the game.&nbsp; I've met some of them.&nbsp; Hell, I'm related to several by marriage.&nbsp; Are they an extreme?&nbsp; Certainly.&nbsp; But the average person has a de-facto impression of D&amp;D, in part formulated and reinforced by this kind of media treatment.&nbsp; The casual viewer takes this a proof after the fact; &quot;Oh, he knifed a girl?&nbsp; How Terrible.&nbsp; He played D&amp;D?&nbsp; Well, there you go.&quot;Now, you might say: &quot;But Dru, it IS a game about killing monsters and taking their stuff!&quot;&nbsp; That's a valid point.&nbsp; However, I don't hear anyone say this about sport hunters or fishermen, for example...and these are folks who actually DO kill things and take their stuff for a hobby.&nbsp; With real weapons, no less.&nbsp; (And to be clear, I think that's swell.&nbsp; I enjoy the annual vennison sausage I get from hunter relatives, used to fish myself and married someone who used to hunt...and throw HATCHETS).&nbsp; By the same token, we don't hear about civil or revolutionary war recreationists, who are in essence role-players themselves, painted in this fashion.&nbsp; That, IMHO, is the real root issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 2134835, member: 151"] Read Dr. Awkward's post above. That's a serious issue. Let me quote one of the best lines of a great post: [Emphasis Mine]. I can tell with absolute certianty that there are people who take this as proof of the 'dangerous' nature of the game. I've met some of them. Hell, I'm related to several by marriage. Are they an extreme? Certainly. But the average person has a de-facto impression of D&D, in part formulated and reinforced by this kind of media treatment. The casual viewer takes this a proof after the fact; "[i]Oh, he knifed a girl? How Terrible. He played D&D? Well, there you go.[/i]" Now, you might say: "But Dru, it [i][b]IS[/b][/i] a game about killing monsters and taking their stuff!" That's a valid point. However, I don't hear anyone say this about sport hunters or fishermen, for example...and these are folks who actually DO kill things and take their stuff for a hobby. With real weapons, no less. ([i]And to be clear, I think that's swell. I enjoy the annual vennison sausage I get from hunter relatives, used to fish myself and married someone who used to hunt...and throw HATCHETS[/i]). By the same token, we don't hear about civil or revolutionary war recreationists, who are in essence role-players themselves, painted in this fashion. That, IMHO, is the real root issue. [/QUOTE]

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