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<blockquote data-quote="Lady Dragon" data-source="post: 278360" data-attributes="member: 3453">Anything which is not totally &quot;mainstream&quot; (a niche consumer product) could and will be blamed when tragedy happens, It's an after effect of the &quot;not my responsibility&quot; attitude that is so prevelent in this world. My son committed suicide or committed a crime,well I was a perfect parent and somebody has to be a fault so lets blame that odd hobby of his.Its easier that admitting any personal fault in either yourself or your loved one. All most everyday I turn on the news and listen to reporters interveiwing the relatives of murder suspects and they all say the same thing. &quot;He's innocent, he could never do that. I know him too well so I know that he's being framed.&quot;The when a good convenient excuse comes up like D&amp;D,Teenage music(whatever the latest is),violent videogames etc. Various crusader groups believe it and latch on to a new cause.Once something becomes &quot;mainstream&quot; however and enough people participate eventually the accusations disappear since an active participant knows better.A good example is rock music, you don't hear that its evil any more now that everyone under the age of 65 grew up listening to it.I believe this is slow happening to D&amp;D as well the longer it exist the more it will be accepted.I think the next generation will not have any problem with it,After all they play RPG videogames and Pokemon (Both the card game and the videogame) which are both primitive versions of D&amp;D.They read Harry Potter and many of them spend their allowences on collectable cards and miniatures games.This is a generation that will except Pen and Paper RPG's as just another hobby like stamp collecting or fishing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lady Dragon, post: 278360, member: 3453"] Anything which is not totally "mainstream" (a niche consumer product) could and will be blamed when tragedy happens, It's an after effect of the "not my responsibility" attitude that is so prevelent in this world. My son committed suicide or committed a crime,well I was a perfect parent and somebody has to be a fault so lets blame that odd hobby of his. Its easier that admitting any personal fault in either yourself or your loved one. All most everyday I turn on the news and listen to reporters interveiwing the relatives of murder suspects and they all say the same thing. "He's innocent, he could never do that. I know him too well so I know that he's being framed." The when a good convenient excuse comes up like D&D,Teenage music(whatever the latest is),violent videogames etc. Various crusader groups believe it and latch on to a new cause. Once something becomes "mainstream" however and enough people participate eventually the accusations disappear since an active participant knows better.A good example is rock music, you don't hear that its evil any more now that everyone under the age of 65 grew up listening to it. I believe this is slow happening to D&D as well the longer it exist the more it will be accepted.I think the next generation will not have any problem with it,After all they play RPG videogames and Pokemon (Both the card game and the videogame) which are both primitive versions of D&D.They read Harry Potter and many of them spend their allowences on collectable cards and miniatures games.This is a generation that will except Pen and Paper RPG's as just another hobby like stamp collecting or fishing. [/QUOTE]

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