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[Nonfiction] [Review] Dangerous Games by Joseph P. Laycock AKA The Satanic Panic or Arguing with Morons
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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Benage" data-source="post: 8608730" data-attributes="member: 93631"><p>I'm never quite sure what to make of "the Satanic Panic." On the one hand, I suppose TSR's self-censorship affected me, though I can't recall ever uttering the words Baatezu or Tanar'ri aloud. On the other hand, that would have been about the only effect on me. I grew up in an evangelical Bible church (what you'd call "fundamentalist"), and in fact a friend I made in church introduced me to the game in 1980 and would remain my best friend until his untimely passing in 2020. My church might have been a little suspicious of rock music (never mind metal), but D&D never came up.</p><p></p><p>I'm grateful to Mike Stackpole and others who advocated on behalf of the hobby and helped ensure it didn't become more of a thing. But I suspect one of the features of moral panics is that the panic afflicts all sides. The stakes are raised until social disapproval from any quarter, no matter how niche, becomes an existential threat. You see the same kind of dynamic in what some consider the current moral panic, wherein certain people are searching every nook and cranny for evidence of racism and colonialism (rather than satanism and witchcraft). Yes, it changes the kind of material that gets published, but otherwise, it's not likely to affect anyone who doesn't want to be affected by it. The best response is probably to allow people their moral causes and concerns and not get too bent out of shape about it.</p><p></p><p>ETA: Not sure why I posted something that's likely to piss off <em>everyone</em>, but there you go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Benage, post: 8608730, member: 93631"] I'm never quite sure what to make of "the Satanic Panic." On the one hand, I suppose TSR's self-censorship affected me, though I can't recall ever uttering the words Baatezu or Tanar'ri aloud. On the other hand, that would have been about the only effect on me. I grew up in an evangelical Bible church (what you'd call "fundamentalist"), and in fact a friend I made in church introduced me to the game in 1980 and would remain my best friend until his untimely passing in 2020. My church might have been a little suspicious of rock music (never mind metal), but D&D never came up. I'm grateful to Mike Stackpole and others who advocated on behalf of the hobby and helped ensure it didn't become more of a thing. But I suspect one of the features of moral panics is that the panic afflicts all sides. The stakes are raised until social disapproval from any quarter, no matter how niche, becomes an existential threat. You see the same kind of dynamic in what some consider the current moral panic, wherein certain people are searching every nook and cranny for evidence of racism and colonialism (rather than satanism and witchcraft). Yes, it changes the kind of material that gets published, but otherwise, it's not likely to affect anyone who doesn't want to be affected by it. The best response is probably to allow people their moral causes and concerns and not get too bent out of shape about it. ETA: Not sure why I posted something that's likely to piss off [I]everyone[/I], but there you go. [/QUOTE]
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