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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5321322" data-attributes="member: 4937">I don't think you can separate fear of D&amp;D from fear of those things.&nbsp; D&amp;D was being equated with the lifestyles that included drugs, alcohol, risky behavior, suicide, &quot;human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!&quot;&nbsp; Anti-D&amp;D hysteria was part of a whole larger picture, and D&amp;D was seen as - and even at times championed as - being on the other side.If you look at the screen play for ET or the novelization of the story, I think you get a very fair treatment of D&amp;D both as it actually was and as it was percieved as being.&nbsp; The fears of the single mother raising her kids aren't centered around the D&amp;D game itself, but on the snippets of drug references, violence, and so forth she hears coming from her den while her son is playing the game.&nbsp; It's D&amp;D as part of a large adolescent rebellion, and fears of that adolescent rebellion and risk taking were I think largely behind fears of D&amp;D.&nbsp; It's not like the Jack Chick's of the world are really all that common.&nbsp; Before they can stir the larger culture, they have play into some larger set of fears.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5321322, member: 4937"] I don't think you can separate fear of D&D from fear of those things. D&D was being equated with the lifestyles that included drugs, alcohol, risky behavior, suicide, "human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!" Anti-D&D hysteria was part of a whole larger picture, and D&D was seen as - and even at times championed as - being on the other side. If you look at the screen play for ET or the novelization of the story, I think you get a very fair treatment of D&D both as it actually was and as it was percieved as being. The fears of the single mother raising her kids aren't centered around the D&D game itself, but on the snippets of drug references, violence, and so forth she hears coming from her den while her son is playing the game. It's D&D as part of a large adolescent rebellion, and fears of that adolescent rebellion and risk taking were I think largely behind fears of D&D. It's not like the Jack Chick's of the world are really all that common. Before they can stir the larger culture, they have play into some larger set of fears. [/QUOTE]

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