The panic always seemed like a bunch of smug people looking down on others about how "they could lose touch with reality while playing D&D." It was a condescending moral high ground they stood on where they didn't think other people could handle themselves and should be denied the opportunity to do things on their own.
You see the same attitude in a lot of "think of the children" restrictions on whatever. Even in discussions about what should be allowed on facebook, some people apparently shouldn't be allowed to be wrong on facebook.
I would like to also point out:
* We haven't caught all those satanists who were holding ritual sacrifices in the 80's
* Apparently now, repressed memories of trauma are staying repressed and we aren't uncovering them as well anymore
* We haven't caught those damn clowns in the forest who were stealing children
* Vaping apparently hasn't killed everyone who touched one
* The prius's out there seem to have stopped accelerating unintentionally
You see the same attitude in a lot of "think of the children" restrictions on whatever. Even in discussions about what should be allowed on facebook, some people apparently shouldn't be allowed to be wrong on facebook.
I would like to also point out:
* We haven't caught all those satanists who were holding ritual sacrifices in the 80's
* Apparently now, repressed memories of trauma are staying repressed and we aren't uncovering them as well anymore
* We haven't caught those damn clowns in the forest who were stealing children
* Vaping apparently hasn't killed everyone who touched one
* The prius's out there seem to have stopped accelerating unintentionally