Witch link to missing man?
I hope the Australian police aren't just on a witch hunt. From The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth, Australia:
NEW ENGLAND detectives are investigating a number of leads following last week's public appeal for information on the disappearance of William "Bill" Roach in 1993. Police say Mr Roach may have been cursed by a coven of witches after he had mocked them at a secret ceremony he visited with his practising witch girlfriend. Police say his state of mind may have put him in a risky position where he may have been subject to foul play. Mr Roach's mother Yvonne told a Sunday paper he was going through a "weird time" experimenting with marijuana, witchcraft and dungeons and dragons.For the record, I would never, never, never mock a coven of witches at a secret ceremony (or any place else) and I do not mean to imply they were anyway involved.
posted by Carnacki | 9/26/2005 07:02:00 PM
4 Comments:
That part about linking a "weird time" with Dungeons & Dragons always gets my goat. In college, our D&D crowd was the closest thing to a loving family some of the people had. We got several people off drugs & alcohol (your character tends to die when you're drunk) and had a lot of fun doing it.
I just wish the media wouldn't portray every D&D player as a satanic whatever. Yeah, I know, that's asking a lot for them to actually do some research.
::rolling eyes::
Oh, please. I swear, this just ticks me off worse every time I hear some half-assed "reporting" job which links role-playing games and my religion with self-destructive drug use and/or violence.
::gnashes teeth:: Gah!
farfetched and harmonyfb,
great points... although I'm not sure if I'd characterize marijuana as a self-destructive drug. It's probably less harmful than alcohol and tobacco.
But it's totally inane to compare a game with a religious practice.
She coulda' blamed heavy metal, too; toss in pr0n and video games and she'd've had a clean sweep...
I suppose 'heavy metal' shows my age somewhat, doesn't it? With Marilyn Manson being so passé these days, who are parents blaming these days instead of themselves?
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