Dungeons & Dragons: Lessons from a Media Panic | Retro Report
Great stuff about the silly attacks on the game, back in the late '70s and early '80s, as well as some fantastic stuff by Junot Diaz, at the end.
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But that was what made it so much fun. (Unless your character died... Sometimes the dice rolls just don't go your way. However, you often managed to be resurrected. It's no fun being excluded from the game. However, one had damned well either have lots of gold, or many devoted friends. Just my recommendation if one ever gets into a Monty Hall D&D game.)
... where do you see the parallels to today? (I'd love to see if I'm missing some!)
Seconded by 'everything' that is threatening Christianity and God, pick a subject - Homosexuals (Much love 4 u peeps!), Marriage, Obama, porn and even the Internet itself.
If you ask me, the real reason is that people are moving on from archaic thinking because of technology, knowledge and information. On that note, I think it is very likely that the Internet is to blame for 'Killing Religion' - as an Atheist, sounds good to me.
Scapegoats! They never get old!
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The other thing that is really big right now is politicians scapegoating a subject, missing the real problems. I know that's a big vague, however, relevant. Climate Change, law enforcement, etc.
