Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site looking.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Statistics regarding suicide and D& Message-ID: <421@looking.UUCP> Date: Sat, 21-Sep-85 03:01:55 EDT Article-I.D.: looking.421 Posted: Sat Sep 21 03:01:55 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Sep-85 06:27:37 EDT References: <9300053@uiucdcs> Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 17 Summary: Here are some statistics I would like to see: 1) What is the suicide rate for teens? 2) What is the suicide rate for D&D playing teens? I would hazard a guess that D&D players go suicidal less so than non-players. Of course, that doesn't mean there is a connection, just a coorelation. But this wouldn't be any worse than the stats put out by the opponents of D&D What TSR should do is get an independent group to gather statistics like this. It would shut a few up. Personally, I wouldn't care either way. I'm tired of people who always want to shut us off from what they consider "dangerous" thoughts. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473