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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 4443875" data-attributes="member: 54877">60 Minutes has always used selective editing to strongly imply things that are not true, while technically sticking to the rules of fair journalism.&nbsp; They pretty much were the first to use the practice to such widespread success, though they have certainly been copied a lot since.&nbsp; Keep those videos in mind, anytime a news program talks about a controversial subject where you don't personally know much. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; &nbsp;As for what it did to the game, I'm always surprised that people got flak for playing D&amp;D then (not that I'm doubting you).&nbsp; In the early 80's, I openly played D&amp;D, in the heart of the Bible Belt, and never got a comment.&nbsp; Not one.&nbsp; I even carried the 1st ed. AD&amp;D books to school and worked on adventures during breaks.&nbsp; Heck, at one time, we had playing over 20% of my graduating class--most of them evangelical Christians.&nbsp; A cousin in a neighboring county had the exact same experience.&nbsp; I wonder if small schools and communities had a lot to do with that.&nbsp; It's hard to get all worked up about &quot;satan worshipping gamers&quot; when those exact same people are on the basketball team, in the band, your distant relative, etc. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 4443875, member: 54877"] 60 Minutes has always used selective editing to strongly imply things that are not true, while technically sticking to the rules of fair journalism. They pretty much were the first to use the practice to such widespread success, though they have certainly been copied a lot since. Keep those videos in mind, anytime a news program talks about a controversial subject where you don't personally know much. :) As for what it did to the game, I'm always surprised that people got flak for playing D&D then (not that I'm doubting you). In the early 80's, I openly played D&D, in the heart of the Bible Belt, and never got a comment. Not one. I even carried the 1st ed. AD&D books to school and worked on adventures during breaks. Heck, at one time, we had playing over 20% of my graduating class--most of them evangelical Christians. A cousin in a neighboring county had the exact same experience. I wonder if small schools and communities had a lot to do with that. It's hard to get all worked up about "satan worshipping gamers" when those exact same people are on the basketball team, in the band, your distant relative, etc. :) [/QUOTE]

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