From:	Mark Fender markf@******.com
Subject:	OT: We live in a world of SIN!! REPENT! REPENT!!
Date:	Wed, 8 Sep 1999 15:44:55 -0500

> Come on... People say that RPG will lead u to Devil, that Heavy Metal is
> Satan's music and that lead people to commite suicide and several
> similar shit and u call me narrow-minded?
>
This reminds me of the Vampire killers case a few years ago. I had the
pleasure (?) of living in Murray, Kentucky at the time and was right in the
midst of the hoopla. Apparently, a couple misguided teenagers killed another
one's parents. Of course, this was immediately blamed on Vampire: The
Masquerade. There was never a mention of perhaps blaming Disney, as several
Disney movies were discovered in their car (although no mention of any
Vampire books). Blame it on the genie!!

> When we had a Satanists case in Greece, one of them told them that he
> was playing AD&D. The next day several people with priests gathered out
> of the main RPG store in Athens and demanded that it must be closed
> immediately.
> These things are silly. They show that there are some people that don't
> think. I am not attacking religion itself, the philosophy and the
> beliefs. Everyone has the right to beleive whatever he likes, be it the
> God, Alah or the spirits of nature. I am attacking the Church, every
> church in the world. The way they handle the power of religion, the way
> they exploit people's beleifs to make money, the way they are trying to
> keep people under their own "holy" guidance. The Pope of Rome still
> beleives that the Catholics should have sex only after marriage and
> without a condom. If u beleive that this is open-minded then I am proud
> to be a narrow-minded person.
>
Here's a thought: Maybe RPGs are evil and demonic and should rightly be
banned. Maybe since you're knee-deep into them, however, you can't see that.
Maybe the Religious Right is correct on this.

There are two sides to every story, CT. Even though you might not agree with
them, neither one of you have proof to either side of your argument. If that
makes either one of you stupid, then, there you go.