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A lady by the name of Beatrice sent in a story about her son Billy, and that he hung himself by using a pile of books. In this pile a couple books were D&D. Beatrice didn't know what they were so she assumed that they were related to Billy's death. She claimed that Dungeons and Dragons is a cult and so I wrote a comment about why I disagree.
I wrote this as a comment that theoretically Beatrice would be looking at.
I understand that you are in lots of pain, it is expected seeing as you have just lost your son. In fact if you were not grieving, then I would be worried. As I understand it your son hung himself and the books that were unfamiliar to you, you assumed had to be related to why your son passed on. You accuse either correctly or incorrectly that Dungeons and Dragons is a cult.
If you had paid much attention to your son could he have been able to spend a large portion of his time playing Dungeons and Dragons? Or would he have done something else? If you were so concerned about Dungeons and Dragons, why did you not check in with your son, before his death. Why didn't you see how he spent his time and helped to re-direct him then?
Here are some points that you made suggesting your son was a cultist, he may not have been, read on:
"Does he question the rules and commands you lay down as a parent? Dungeons, at least superficially, promotes independent decision making, though we all know this "free thinking" would be more aptly described as "thinking consistent with the tenets and dictates of the Dungeons movement and ideology"."
For the first statement, does he question your authority? Most people that have graced this earth once in their lifetime have questioned Authority. Here are a couple names that I can think of that have changed the world and haven't been cultists. Ghandi stood up for what he thought was right even if it was against the authority. Martin Luther king junior changed the lives of the African Americans of the united states (he also questioned authority). Rosa Parks refused to sit in the black section of the bus, (she was black, and she was thrown in jail). Elizabeth the 1 of England, questioned authority by being a female ruler that refused to marry.
I do not know of any country that hasn't questioned authority at least once in it's history, do you? For example, the United States, if someone hadn't questioned or rebelled against the British Authority then we would not be where we are.
"Are his grades slipping of late? One of the myriad of sinister consequences of adherence to Dungeons is the sheer amount of squandered time spent convening and practicing its cult teachings. Dungeons is highly addictive and, if left unchecked, can push a child's entire life aside to make room for more Dungeons."
A bad grade. Tsk, tsk tsk. A lot of kids have gotten bad grades at least once in their life time, that doesn't make them cultists. Did you ask him why his grades where slipping? Did you talk to the teacher, or did you just leap to the conclusion that he was a cultist? Does that make all kids who have gotten bad grades cultists?.... hmmm
"At best, Dungeons is directly responsible for the social failures their adherents experience when mixing with jocks and beauty queens."
Billy did not succeed in interacting with Jocks and beauty queens, so you assumed that he belonged to a cult. Was it you or Billy that thought that knowing how to interact with the Popular crowd" was a necessary social skill? Do you condemn all people who do not hang out with jocks and beauty queens to be cultists? Maybe you put too much pressure on Billy about his social life that didn't need to be there? Did you ever talk to him about this? My point lies in your true honest answers to these questions, not verbal answers but the answers that only you would be able to answer. So, maybe knowing how to interact with that particular group is not the issue here, it lies somewhere else.
"Friends made over dungeons aren't friends at all. True friendship can only be forged through community-building activities like softball and linestepping"
Billy played inside and played Dungeons and Dragons, again the fault here is not with his friend activity building activities but in something that you put on Billy. Linestepping and softball,being physical do not condemn someone to belonging to a cult. It would not hurt if today's children were more physically active but yet again that is a minor issue. It appears that you think that community-building activities like linestepping and softball are the correct ways to make friends. Are these your interests or his? Were you expecting a cookie-cutter son that played outside? Did you expect your son to be someone other than who he was? Apparently, that is not what you got, and you were unhappy and ashamed of that. What kind of mother expects her son to fit her every ideals and gripes and complains about it when he isn't what she wanted? Oh right I know the answer to this one .... you Beatrice.
I am not saying whether or not your son was a cultist, but if you are going to claim things like that or say that this alleged game is a cult then I suggest before you will convince me and a certain number of people, that you gather some credible, believable, proofs, or evidence before you start make raving claims that are not proven to be true.
My advice is as follows:
Your son is dead, so instead of slandering his name with claims that he was a cultist, I suggest you research your claims instead of posting them on a website when what you are saying does not fit reality. I know that you are in lots of pain, but please do not make stereotypes that you can not prove and in such a brash way that get yourself in more pain that results in a domino effect.
I suggest you visit a psychiatrist to help you overcome your grief, because I feel that you could direct this grief in a more positive way. So join a linestepping team. Play some softball.Pray. And heaven forbid do not post anything on the internet without reading it twice and waiting a day.
I wish you good luck in overcoming your grief and I hope that you understand that this comment was only typed to help you fix your problems.
Well that is all for now,
Janea!!!! :D
A lady by the name of Beatrice sent in a story about her son Billy, and that he hung himself by using a pile of books. In this pile a couple books were D&D. Beatrice didn't know what they were so she assumed that they were related to Billy's death. She claimed that Dungeons and Dragons is a cult and so I wrote a comment about why I disagree.
I wrote this as a comment that theoretically Beatrice would be looking at.
I understand that you are in lots of pain, it is expected seeing as you have just lost your son. In fact if you were not grieving, then I would be worried. As I understand it your son hung himself and the books that were unfamiliar to you, you assumed had to be related to why your son passed on. You accuse either correctly or incorrectly that Dungeons and Dragons is a cult.
If you had paid much attention to your son could he have been able to spend a large portion of his time playing Dungeons and Dragons? Or would he have done something else? If you were so concerned about Dungeons and Dragons, why did you not check in with your son, before his death. Why didn't you see how he spent his time and helped to re-direct him then?
Here are some points that you made suggesting your son was a cultist, he may not have been, read on:
"Does he question the rules and commands you lay down as a parent? Dungeons, at least superficially, promotes independent decision making, though we all know this "free thinking" would be more aptly described as "thinking consistent with the tenets and dictates of the Dungeons movement and ideology"."
For the first statement, does he question your authority? Most people that have graced this earth once in their lifetime have questioned Authority. Here are a couple names that I can think of that have changed the world and haven't been cultists. Ghandi stood up for what he thought was right even if it was against the authority. Martin Luther king junior changed the lives of the African Americans of the united states (he also questioned authority). Rosa Parks refused to sit in the black section of the bus, (she was black, and she was thrown in jail). Elizabeth the 1 of England, questioned authority by being a female ruler that refused to marry.
I do not know of any country that hasn't questioned authority at least once in it's history, do you? For example, the United States, if someone hadn't questioned or rebelled against the British Authority then we would not be where we are.
"Are his grades slipping of late? One of the myriad of sinister consequences of adherence to Dungeons is the sheer amount of squandered time spent convening and practicing its cult teachings. Dungeons is highly addictive and, if left unchecked, can push a child's entire life aside to make room for more Dungeons."
A bad grade. Tsk, tsk tsk. A lot of kids have gotten bad grades at least once in their life time, that doesn't make them cultists. Did you ask him why his grades where slipping? Did you talk to the teacher, or did you just leap to the conclusion that he was a cultist? Does that make all kids who have gotten bad grades cultists?.... hmmm
"At best, Dungeons is directly responsible for the social failures their adherents experience when mixing with jocks and beauty queens."
Billy did not succeed in interacting with Jocks and beauty queens, so you assumed that he belonged to a cult. Was it you or Billy that thought that knowing how to interact with the Popular crowd" was a necessary social skill? Do you condemn all people who do not hang out with jocks and beauty queens to be cultists? Maybe you put too much pressure on Billy about his social life that didn't need to be there? Did you ever talk to him about this? My point lies in your true honest answers to these questions, not verbal answers but the answers that only you would be able to answer. So, maybe knowing how to interact with that particular group is not the issue here, it lies somewhere else.
"Friends made over dungeons aren't friends at all. True friendship can only be forged through community-building activities like softball and linestepping"
Billy played inside and played Dungeons and Dragons, again the fault here is not with his friend activity building activities but in something that you put on Billy. Linestepping and softball,being physical do not condemn someone to belonging to a cult. It would not hurt if today's children were more physically active but yet again that is a minor issue. It appears that you think that community-building activities like linestepping and softball are the correct ways to make friends. Are these your interests or his? Were you expecting a cookie-cutter son that played outside? Did you expect your son to be someone other than who he was? Apparently, that is not what you got, and you were unhappy and ashamed of that. What kind of mother expects her son to fit her every ideals and gripes and complains about it when he isn't what she wanted? Oh right I know the answer to this one .... you Beatrice.
I am not saying whether or not your son was a cultist, but if you are going to claim things like that or say that this alleged game is a cult then I suggest before you will convince me and a certain number of people, that you gather some credible, believable, proofs, or evidence before you start make raving claims that are not proven to be true.
My advice is as follows:
Your son is dead, so instead of slandering his name with claims that he was a cultist, I suggest you research your claims instead of posting them on a website when what you are saying does not fit reality. I know that you are in lots of pain, but please do not make stereotypes that you can not prove and in such a brash way that get yourself in more pain that results in a domino effect.
I suggest you visit a psychiatrist to help you overcome your grief, because I feel that you could direct this grief in a more positive way. So join a linestepping team. Play some softball.Pray. And heaven forbid do not post anything on the internet without reading it twice and waiting a day.
I wish you good luck in overcoming your grief and I hope that you understand that this comment was only typed to help you fix your problems.
Well that is all for now,
Janea!!!! :D
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