Get ready to defend your hobby again...

[Thurbane]

Unfortuantely it's always easier for certain groups to blame a "boogey man" (D&D, heavy metal, violent video games, or whatever else the current crusade is...) than to take a good hard look at things like poor parenting and mental illness...

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

*Scoffs*. Tell self-proclaimed satanist Marilyn Manson that he shouldn't be playing our game.

Which merely proves MArilyn Manson is a dork first, a satanist second.

 

[Gregor]

Man, WotC or GAMA really need to get it in gear and educate Joe Public about RPGs. Eesh.

They have a pretty high level education page here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/playdnd/parents for parents and others, but I agree, additional outreach and education to the general public would do wonders for the hobby.

 

[radferth]

Which merely proves MArilyn Manson is a dork first, a satanist second.

MM's a satanist, I thought he was a publicist.

 

[Jim Hague]

They have a pretty high level education page here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/playdnd/parents for parents and others, but I agree, additional outreach and education to the general public would do wonders for the hobby.

Exactly - the information is there, but the dissemination is in dire need of some effort. Hell, just get Vin Diesel or Elijah Wood to do a short spot -

"My name is Vin Diesel, and I play a kick-ass Fighter in D&D.

Dungeons and Dragons - not in the basement anymore."

 

[gizmo33]

So it was "homicidal geek" with "samurai sword" in the "workplace"? Darn. I had "Wierd Pete" with a "bag of dice" in the "parent's basement". Man, I suck at Clue.

 

[KB9JMQ]

So it was "homicidal geek" with "samurai sword" in the "workplace"? Darn. I had "Wierd Pete" with a "bag of dice" in the "parent's basement". Man, I suck at Clue.

Tell me where to bill you for the keyboard cleaning.

 

[Laman Stahros]

I'm sure that several of the local ministries will seize on this, at least for a few days (one of them still re-publishes old BADD material).

I doubt it. I live in Michigan and I never heard anything about this until now. The news isn't even talking about it now. Anyone in Detroit hear anything about this lately on the news?

 

[Nyaricus]

Which merely proves MArilyn Manson is a dork first, a satanist second.

Not trying to nag here (I thought that was a clever follow-up myself ) but MM isn't a satanist at all. My post on the first page of the thread highlights this.

In any case, apollogies for stepping on the borders of the No Religion rules here. I'm not trying to start anything, just telling the truth and getting rid of peoples general misconception of a very different person. (And, yeah, you could easily say "nerd" instead of MMs name, since, yes, both are misunderstood by-and-large).

cheers,
--N

 

[Ranger REG]

Nerds are misunderstood?

BTW, read the article on ICv2 web site, that the accused's lawyer will be using the "D&D defense" stating his client is a schizophrenic obsessed with D&D. Hopefully the lawyer will emphasize the mental disoder part, not the object of his disorder.