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<blockquote data-quote="GrumpyOldMan" data-source="post: 1521827" data-attributes="member: 16469">Dark DungeonI, too was playing AD&amp;D when the Dark Dungeons pamphlet came out. It certainly gave us a lot of bad press at the time and since then I've always been particularly defensive about the hobby. I'd never checked out any of his other publications before, so I'm grateful to you guys for pointing them out. The defence against 'Dark Dungeons' is simple, show almost anyone any of the other pamphlets and it's obvious that we're dealing with a narrow minded bigot.Still, a word of caution to all, if you're ever faced with this sort of thing, be polite, civil, and reasonable. Anything else proves that DnD has turned you into a raving madman. I may not play DnD any more, but I'll defend your right to do it!In my view the most dangerous people are those who solely have an anti-RPG crusade going. Fortunately they seem to be a dying breed, certainly Mrs Pat Pulling is no longer with us (or should that be against us) so I assume that her organisation (if it could be graced with that term) BADD (Bothered About Dungeons &amp; Dragons - for those newbies who don't know) is also defunct. Still, I still read the Pulling Report <a href="http://www.rpvonline.net/pulling_report.html" target="_blank">http://www.rpvonline.net/pulling_report.html</a> occasionally, just to remind myself how easy it is for some people to unjustly demonise a minority.GOM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GrumpyOldMan, post: 1521827, member: 16469"] [b]Dark Dungeon[/b] I, too was playing AD&D when the Dark Dungeons pamphlet came out. It certainly gave us a lot of bad press at the time and since then I've always been particularly defensive about the hobby. I'd never checked out any of his other publications before, so I'm grateful to you guys for pointing them out. The defence against 'Dark Dungeons' is simple, show almost anyone any of the other pamphlets and it's obvious that we're dealing with a narrow minded bigot. Still, a word of caution to all, if you're ever faced with this sort of thing, be polite, civil, and reasonable. Anything else proves that DnD has turned you into a raving madman. I may not play DnD any more, but I'll defend your right to do it! In my view the most dangerous people are those who solely have an anti-RPG crusade going. Fortunately they seem to be a dying breed, certainly Mrs Pat Pulling is no longer with us (or should that be against us) so I assume that her organisation (if it could be graced with that term) BADD (Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons - for those newbies who don't know) is also defunct. Still, I still read the Pulling Report [url]http://www.rpvonline.net/pulling_report.html[/url] occasionally, just to remind myself how easy it is for some people to unjustly demonise a minority. GOM [/QUOTE]

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