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<blockquote data-quote="Uller" data-source="post: 7842265" data-attributes="member: 413"><p>Personally I always thought the changing of names was a mistake. Did changing the names really fix the problem? Or did it just happen to correlate to the tempest in a teapot losing its energy? I think probably the later. Heavy Metal faced the same attacks. It didn't seem to me to change much. It kind if fell out of favor for a bit but the old metal gods are still kicking and the new ones seem pretty happy living in that shadow even if it is a bit diminished.</p><p></p><p>I had people in the 1990s ask me about the Satanism in D&D...they were unaware of any changes to it so I don't really see how it satisfied anyone. And those people would never have played anyway... Maybe the corporate types that handled the b2b distribution saw a difference. I suppose it at least gave TSR a way to plausibly deny some of the basis of the accusations so they could get their products to a wider market.</p><p></p><p>But I think once the 80s kids grew out of the reach of their parents many of them found they could do what they wanted and didn't need their parents' permission. So people that were curious in 1983 found in 1990 they could satisfy that curiousity and oh look! There is a new edition...but like I said...maybe the changes allowed that wider distribution to reach those people so maybe it was a little of a and a little of b...</p><p></p><p>But I don't like when companies give in to moral panics and that is all the Satanic Panic was. It was no different than many of the same panics today (and the ones that came before)...which I will refrain from making direct comparisons out of deference to the mods. But every ideology that has a dogma does it to fire up their base...keep your tribe angry at the other so they don't have time to really think about how terrible or nonsensical their own tribe is and so they can act as tools in the wielding of the will to power. </p><p></p><p>Edit: decided to self censor the last bit as it might be seen as inviting debates over that which is not to be debated...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Uller, post: 7842265, member: 413"] Personally I always thought the changing of names was a mistake. Did changing the names really fix the problem? Or did it just happen to correlate to the tempest in a teapot losing its energy? I think probably the later. Heavy Metal faced the same attacks. It didn't seem to me to change much. It kind if fell out of favor for a bit but the old metal gods are still kicking and the new ones seem pretty happy living in that shadow even if it is a bit diminished. I had people in the 1990s ask me about the Satanism in D&D...they were unaware of any changes to it so I don't really see how it satisfied anyone. And those people would never have played anyway... Maybe the corporate types that handled the b2b distribution saw a difference. I suppose it at least gave TSR a way to plausibly deny some of the basis of the accusations so they could get their products to a wider market. But I think once the 80s kids grew out of the reach of their parents many of them found they could do what they wanted and didn't need their parents' permission. So people that were curious in 1983 found in 1990 they could satisfy that curiousity and oh look! There is a new edition...but like I said...maybe the changes allowed that wider distribution to reach those people so maybe it was a little of a and a little of b... But I don't like when companies give in to moral panics and that is all the Satanic Panic was. It was no different than many of the same panics today (and the ones that came before)...which I will refrain from making direct comparisons out of deference to the mods. But every ideology that has a dogma does it to fire up their base...keep your tribe angry at the other so they don't have time to really think about how terrible or nonsensical their own tribe is and so they can act as tools in the wielding of the will to power. Edit: decided to self censor the last bit as it might be seen as inviting debates over that which is not to be debated... [/QUOTE]
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