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From: bobh@pedsgd.UUCP (Bob Halloran)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Violence and the arts
Message-ID: <244@pedsgd.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 09:12:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 09:12:55 1985
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In article <790@water.UUCP> abgamble@water.UUCP (abgamble) writes:
>
>   I noticed on CNN last night a report (from S. Carolina I think) about
>a youngster who had committed suicide. Aparently he played D&D at  
>school quite a bit, so of course everyone has decided that D&D is to
>blame for his death. A group of parents is now trying to have D&D banned
>from the school. Unfortunately, I don't think this kind of reactionism
>is all that uncommon. Give the principal of the school credit though,
>as he has been supporting the game all the way. 
>-- 

I hate to admit it, since I live in this state, but the incident
in question was in New Jersey, up here in the 'liberal' Northeast.
It was reported in the NYTimes earlier in the week.  At the school
board meeting of the week, some fundamentalist minister dumped on the
game.  A local bookstore owner brought up the fact that millions of
D&D sets have been sold, and that we gamers are not rushing out to
kill ourselves or anyone else en masse.  The Times was also good
enough to print the fact that the boy in question had been in trouble
with drugs earlier, and several of his acquaintances were quoted as
saying "No, it wasn't D & D, he was a druggie."

						Bob Halloran
						Sr MTS, Perkin-Elmer DSG
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