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From: yba@mit-athena.ARPA (Mark H Levine)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: abolish dungeons and dragons
Message-ID: <185@mit-athena.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 1-Jul-84 13:09:44 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  1 13:09:44 1984
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When the game first became popular with my crowd back around 1975
we were all surprised to hear that fundamentalists were trying to have
it banned because it taught about "evil, demons, black magic" and so
on in direct defiance of the bible.  There is some scripture to the
effect that one should not pursue such things.

I wouldn't worry about it.  The same people out to ban D&D would ban
books on most subjects, freedom of thought and inquiry, and mostly anyone
who disagrees with their worldview.  They're no fun to take to dinner
either.

Even the most devout seek to turn in their mundane existence for that of
a flying creature, a winged angel.  A shame that some kids kill themselves,
but I heard that type of thing blamed on Superman comic books 20 years ago.

Let's ban ignorance!  A better fantasy life to all, and to all a good
Knight.

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