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From: speegle@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Charles R. Speegle)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: 700 club vs. D & D
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 15:39:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 15:39:45 1985
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All this discussion about whether D&D can cause you to commit
suicide has reminded me about a little piece of video a friend
of mine recorded.  We named it 'the 700 Club vs. D & D', basically
the 700 Club takes aim at role-playing.  It's kinda funny since
they didn't do much homework.  At the beginning the host refers
to it as 'Demons & Dragons'.  Either way there is a reference
to a suicide in Florida(?) and the parents are shown.  The boy
commits suicide because his father tells him he can't play
D&D anymore.  They(700 Club) tries to blame it on the game.
Either way it's funny, at a local convention I showed it and
the audience treated it like a melodrama(booing and hissing).
If anybody is interested in possessing a copy send me e-mail.
Machine format doesn't matter.  I think he also has a copy
of the show when they attack comic books also, but I haven't
seen it.

                      Charles R. Speegle      (Charlie)
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