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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 159801" data-attributes="member: 151">First off, here's Michael Stackpole's excellent article about Pat Pulling's organization, BADD (Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons).  While not specifically about the Egbert case, it does show how one woman's advocacy helped foster the general opinion the public and some law enforcement agencies held or may hold.<a href="http://www.rpg.net/252/quellen/stackpole/pulling_report.html" target="_blank">http://www.rpg.net/252/quellen/stackpole/pulling_report.html</a>There are several write-ups about Egbert, but most of the negative myths from the case are primarily based on people making money off of sensationalizing it, and the media misrepresenting it.  This isn't much different from a variety of topics and situations where this happens, really.   Here's just one link, for a start.  A quick search of google will reveal tons of 'em:Part 1:  <a href="http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Role-Playing/About%20Gaming/Role-Playing%20Defense/Dallas%20Egbert%20Part%201" target="_blank">http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Role-Playing/About Gaming/Role-Playing Defense/Dallas Egbert Part 1</a>Part 2:  <a href="http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Role-Playing/About%20Gaming/Role-Playing%20Defense/Dallas%20Egbert%20Part%202" target="_blank">http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Role-Playing/About Gaming/Role-Playing Defense/Dallas Egbert Part 2</a>If you want to see one counter viewpoint about why some don't like D&D, those are even easier to find.  Take this one, for example:<a href="http://logosresourcepages.org/dnd-bv.html" target="_blank">http://logosresourcepages.org/dnd-bv.html</a>It's great, as it starts out reasonable, takes lengths to distance itself from some of the old canards that are easily shot down, and then sways into looney-ville by the end.  It should be pointed out that many Christians have no problem with D&D, and fully grasp what it is.  Only fanatics and the small-minded have a problem with it.  My mother certainly was a devout Roman-Catholic, and while she wanted to examine the game in some detail, she never stopped me from playing.  Probably was glad it kept me out of trouble, and improved my reading and history skills. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> However, D&D contains many 'hot-button' topics and content, which will set certain people off, no matter how they are treated.  Some people can't handle the information presented, regardless of the context.  The same group finds Harry Potter and Pokemon equally as objectionable.  But D&D isn't as much in the public eye as it was in 1980, so it doesn't get as much negative press these days. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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