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Farewells, Role Playing and Religion, Political characters
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vasco_pyjama's farewell gathering on Saturday as she about to go to Afghanistan for a year. We like noble people like that. Also met bushwalker and kafechick in real life. Fine conversation, although I don't recommend Touk's for their food, wine or service.
In few days I've started up the design mailing list for the Mimesis RPS, the opening scene for the next chapter of Ten Thousand Islands and a draft Call for Papers for "Immersion: Journal of Role Playing Systems and Simulation Environments". On Sunday ran a few scenes for Outbreak of Heresy, with the intrepid adventurers getting on step towards taking on the Hapsburgs.
On a related note for Sunday....
Role Playing and Religion
Promoting occultism, Satanism and witchcraft, suicide, perversity and violence. Lowering human value and dignity. "The catechism of the New Age". "The chief weapon in .. the spiritual raid on our children".
These are just some of the accusations leveled against players of role playing and simulation games, such as Dungeons and Dragons, by religious fundamentalists. Is there any basis to these claims? Why are such people and organisations so ardent in their denunciation of what appears to be a bookish, even slightly nerdy, hobby? Is there any educational value in role playing games or even the possibility for furthering understanding between those of different religious convictions?
These questions will be discussed at an address on Sunday August 21st at the Melbourne Unitarian Church, 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne at 11 am on the topic "Role Playing and Religion".
Have spent the better part of the day working on the motor company website. I hope to finish this by the end of the week. Have also engaged in some interesting data recovery excerises (with success) for a Borderlands person. CCNA studies continue well; I'll be doing two module tests this week rather than the requisite one.
Vale to David Lange, who showed that you can and should have guts when you're running a small country. Bronwyn Bishop attempts to revive the old tradition of "special friendships" between sailors and young men. Meanwhile, Young Libs show their moral fibre by trashing a campus women's room.
reddragdiva gets a mention in The Guardian. Which reminds me, I do have a couple of hundred articles I should write for Wikipedia...
Excellent link fromfryboy. Terry Pratchett tells J.K. Rowling to get a clue.
vasco_pyjama's farewell gathering on Saturday as she about to go to Afghanistan for a year. We like noble people like that. Also met bushwalker and kafechick in real life. Fine conversation, although I don't recommend Touk's for their food, wine or service. In few days I've started up the design mailing list for the Mimesis RPS, the opening scene for the next chapter of Ten Thousand Islands and a draft Call for Papers for "Immersion: Journal of Role Playing Systems and Simulation Environments". On Sunday ran a few scenes for Outbreak of Heresy, with the intrepid adventurers getting on step towards taking on the Hapsburgs.
On a related note for Sunday....
Role Playing and Religion
Promoting occultism, Satanism and witchcraft, suicide, perversity and violence. Lowering human value and dignity. "The catechism of the New Age". "The chief weapon in .. the spiritual raid on our children".
These are just some of the accusations leveled against players of role playing and simulation games, such as Dungeons and Dragons, by religious fundamentalists. Is there any basis to these claims? Why are such people and organisations so ardent in their denunciation of what appears to be a bookish, even slightly nerdy, hobby? Is there any educational value in role playing games or even the possibility for furthering understanding between those of different religious convictions?
These questions will be discussed at an address on Sunday August 21st at the Melbourne Unitarian Church, 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne at 11 am on the topic "Role Playing and Religion".
Have spent the better part of the day working on the motor company website. I hope to finish this by the end of the week. Have also engaged in some interesting data recovery excerises (with success) for a Borderlands person. CCNA studies continue well; I'll be doing two module tests this week rather than the requisite one.
Vale to David Lange, who showed that you can and should have guts when you're running a small country. Bronwyn Bishop attempts to revive the old tradition of "special friendships" between sailors and young men. Meanwhile, Young Libs show their moral fibre by trashing a campus women's room.
reddragdiva gets a mention in The Guardian. Which reminds me, I do have a couple of hundred articles I should write for Wikipedia...Excellent link from
fryboy. Terry Pratchett tells J.K. Rowling to get a clue.
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Heck, it's Bronwyn Bishop it must be serious.
You can just imagine the news in ten years time
"In a further development, the Liberal Party has lowered the age of employment and conscription to 8, increased the age of consent to 30, and the age of retirement to 90".
"We need to protect our borders, have strong family values and a competitive economy", Fuhuer Bishop said to government-sanctioned media sources.
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Yep. Guess she's planning a comeback.
She has Sophie P. to contend with now...
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That's a very frightening thought.
The revival of "rum, sodomy and the lash" was bad enough, but they idea of an officer class in the Australian military* and waif neophytes commanding troops in battle...
The mind boggles... That sort of approach is usually reserved for military regimes on the brink of defeat...
* I know enough about the Australian military that the idea of an "officer class" is not taken with much respect.