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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Confoundo" data-source="post: 156811" data-attributes="member: 129">Sure. Johnny Wilson, the Group Publisher of Dragon wrote in his editorial about a situation that happened about 20 years ago. (Remember, this was the height of the anti-D&amp;D movement... Christian fundamentalists saw gaming as Satan's biggest influence on America's youth, far worse than drugs or alcohol.)My brother, who was either in high school or just graduated, was teaching a D&amp;D class for the Redondo Beach Parks and Recreation Dept., showing 10-12 yr old kids how to play. Some of the anti-D&amp;D camp found out about this, and decided to raise holy heck about it. The anti-D&amp;Ders brought dozens of people to testify against D&amp;D at the Parks and Rec. Commission meeting, and later, the City Council meeting, where the merits of D&amp;D were debated. As my other brother just mentioned to me, many of the Christians went off in detail, describing how they had been heroin addicts, or prostitutes, and how their Christian beliefs had saved them from Satan's influence... All of which has bupkis to do with D&amp;D. Their arguments were, as they often are, deeply flawed and not compelling.The much smaller pro-D&amp;D camp, on the other hand (including my brother and Johnny Wilson), spoke eloquently about the hobby, discussing it's merits as a game, as well as a teaching tool. (IIRC, even my mother got into the act, telling how she was happy her sons were playing the game.) Eventually, our side was victorious, and the fundamentalists went off to find some other people to pick on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dr. Confoundo, post: 156811, member: 129"] Sure. Johnny Wilson, the Group Publisher of Dragon wrote in his editorial about a situation that happened about 20 years ago. (Remember, this was the height of the anti-D&D movement... Christian fundamentalists saw gaming as Satan's biggest influence on America's youth, far worse than drugs or alcohol.) My brother, who was either in high school or just graduated, was teaching a D&D class for the Redondo Beach Parks and Recreation Dept., showing 10-12 yr old kids how to play. Some of the anti-D&D camp found out about this, and decided to raise holy heck about it. The anti-D&Ders brought dozens of people to testify against D&D at the Parks and Rec. Commission meeting, and later, the City Council meeting, where the merits of D&D were debated. As my other brother just mentioned to me, many of the Christians went off in detail, describing how they had been heroin addicts, or prostitutes, and how their Christian beliefs had saved them from Satan's influence... All of which has bupkis to do with D&D. Their arguments were, as they often are, deeply flawed and not compelling. The much smaller pro-D&D camp, on the other hand (including my brother and Johnny Wilson), spoke eloquently about the hobby, discussing it's merits as a game, as well as a teaching tool. (IIRC, even my mother got into the act, telling how she was happy her sons were playing the game.) Eventually, our side was victorious, and the fundamentalists went off to find some other people to pick on. [/QUOTE]

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