Israeli army frowns on D&D (merged)

[Darkness]

Merged. Also, this is about role-playing, so I'll put the combined thread in GD.

 

[Campbell]

Who reads the off-topic forum?

Anyways the discrimination is apparently only regarding live action roleplaying, not tabletop D&D. At least I said I played D&D and I got accepted as an intelligence sargeant (non-officer-commander, what's the english term?), so it apprently didn't hurt MY profile...

In the United States' military services a non-officer commander is usually referred to as an NCO or non-commissioned officer. Of course, not all NCOs or even commissioned officers will be appointed in a command position. For example, fighter pilots in the Air Force will all be commissioned officers although only a fraction of fighter pilots will have a command position.
Sorry for the tangent. Forigve me if my explanation is flawed. While I have family members that are currently enlisted, I have never served in any military service.

 

[Terath Ninir]

I can't post my opinion on this here. I did on Nutkinland, but I can't post it here. I like not being banhammered to much to post it here.

 

[Raloc]

In the United States' military services a non-officer commander is usually referred to as an NCO or non-commissioned officer. Of course, not all NCOs or even commissioned officers will be appointed in a command position. For example, fighter pilots in the Air Force will all be commissioned officers although only a fraction of fighter pilots will have a command position.
Sorry for the tangent. Forigve me if my explanation is flawed. While I have family members that are currently enlisted, I have never served in any military service.

That was an excellent explanation.

Has anyone seen the Critical Miss article that adresses this sort of thing? What to do/say when arrested as a gamer? Let me find it.

Edit: Here it is: http://criticalmiss.com/issue8/legaldefence1.html

 

[Kae'Yoss]

Make Saves Not War!

That just made my signature!

 

[Mr. Lobo]

From the linked article in reference to D&D players:

“They're detached from reality and suscepitble to influence,” the army says.

Emphasis mine.

Funny, I would think that the Israeli military would want reqruits that were susceptible to influence. Especially their influence.

Of course, the above quote may not be a "true" English translation. Especially given the spelling error.

 

[Emperor Valerian]

I wonder how many young Israelis are now going to claim they are a part of the D&D scene?

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I had a couple of comments on this, but I deleted them because they would be political (well, in a way).

 

[RSKennan]

I wonder if it's because roleplayers learn to empathise with vastly different mindsets?

 

[darktalon]

I thought maybe it was because they caught some recruits running an Al-Qadim campaign.

/wipes Coke from monitor