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From: ekblaw@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Suicide and D&D (Re: Violence a
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Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 14:35:00 EDT
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Nf-From: uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA!ekblaw    Aug 26 13:35:00 1985



Here, here, Hutch!  I agree!

My high school created an 'alternate reality' club (mostly composed of D&D
players and readers of science-fiction, of which I am both).  Some parents
started screeaming that we were learning how to escape reeality, and that
this knowledge would lead us to believe that drugs were not bad and we would
start taking them (how they arrived at THAT 'pearl of wisdom' I've never
figured out).  Our advisor, however, was quick to our rescue and gave a
most convincing case in favor of D&D and science-fiction while still showing
his disgust of drug-users.  He won the argument.

His main point was that D&D helps students learn strategies and how to cope
effctively in difficult situations without panicking or giving up.  Drugs,
on the other hand, was a form of surrendering to the pressures of life
and admitting weakness in the face of adversity.  I don't see how anybody
can claim that drugs and D&D accomplish similar goals.

Robert A. Ekblaw, ekblaw@uiucdcs.

"I don't need to smoke, drink, or snort.  I'm addicted to life and living
free of pain."

     - Curtis Strange.