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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6662278" data-attributes="member: 6669384"><p>I believe it is a misread or misinterpretation of Deuteronomy 18:11.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the suicides attributed to D&D: I can't imagine any actual mental health professional saying that a suicide, any suicide, can be attributed to a single cause in a young person's life. The very idea is laughable.</p><p></p><p>Yet the tales were told by distraught parents, again and again, about how their child was perfect and happy, how their life was perfect and happy, about how the child told them everything, and then one day killed themselves. Afterwards the family found D&D books, so they just *KNOW* that D&D was responsible. </p><p></p><p>I'm actually paraphrasing what was said by families to members of Congress in the 1980s, on the subject of D&D. </p><p></p><p>There were also tales spread about a college student who went missing from school, and was believed to be living out a D&D fantasy in the steam tunnels under the school. He later committed suicide.</p><p></p><p>That story is actually true. Sort of. Technically. In a way. Kinda.</p><p></p><p>There was a student in Michigan who disappeared from school. And yes, it was *believed* that he was playing out a D&D fantasy under the school. And yes, he later committed suicide. </p><p></p><p>The reality was that he had left school, and was found in jail somewhere down south, Florida or Louisiana. He was a "Child prodigy", entering college years ahead of his friends. No friends there his own age, you know the story. And yes, he did later commit suicide. It had nothing to do with D&D, but rather was because of pressure and loneliness.</p><p></p><p>The news reported his disappearance, and the speculation on the cause, on the front page.</p><p></p><p>The reality, being far less juicy, was someplace back of page 17 when it finally came out, and everybody just remembers the headlines.</p><p></p><p>But these are the half truths from which great lies are forged.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 6662278, member: 6669384"] I believe it is a misread or misinterpretation of Deuteronomy 18:11. Regarding the suicides attributed to D&D: I can't imagine any actual mental health professional saying that a suicide, any suicide, can be attributed to a single cause in a young person's life. The very idea is laughable. Yet the tales were told by distraught parents, again and again, about how their child was perfect and happy, how their life was perfect and happy, about how the child told them everything, and then one day killed themselves. Afterwards the family found D&D books, so they just *KNOW* that D&D was responsible. I'm actually paraphrasing what was said by families to members of Congress in the 1980s, on the subject of D&D. There were also tales spread about a college student who went missing from school, and was believed to be living out a D&D fantasy in the steam tunnels under the school. He later committed suicide. That story is actually true. Sort of. Technically. In a way. Kinda. There was a student in Michigan who disappeared from school. And yes, it was *believed* that he was playing out a D&D fantasy under the school. And yes, he later committed suicide. The reality was that he had left school, and was found in jail somewhere down south, Florida or Louisiana. He was a "Child prodigy", entering college years ahead of his friends. No friends there his own age, you know the story. And yes, he did later commit suicide. It had nothing to do with D&D, but rather was because of pressure and loneliness. The news reported his disappearance, and the speculation on the cause, on the front page. The reality, being far less juicy, was someplace back of page 17 when it finally came out, and everybody just remembers the headlines. But these are the half truths from which great lies are forged. [/QUOTE]
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