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:::Well, I agree that the reverse of what I said isn't true (that people who are evil in real life don't get more evil by playing at being good to 'get it out of their system'), but it's not exactly an uncommon notion that everyone has a dark side.  Releasing that 'dark side' within the confines of a game, for some people, may very well act as a sort of 'stress relief', and stop that 'dark side' from being released in real life.  However, perhaps I wasn't very clear, but the point I was making there was that, whilst the section is balanced by having two differing opinions, there are alternative opinions to the two posed, and it is two differing '''opinions''', so should it be in the article at all? [[User:Urushnor|Urushnor]] 23:55, 13 March 2008 (EDT)

:::Well, I agree that the reverse of what I said isn't true (that people who are evil in real life don't get more evil by playing at being good to 'get it out of their system'), but it's not exactly an uncommon notion that everyone has a dark side.  Releasing that 'dark side' within the confines of a game, for some people, may very well act as a sort of 'stress relief', and stop that 'dark side' from being released in real life.  However, perhaps I wasn't very clear, but the point I was making there was that, whilst the section is balanced by having two differing opinions, there are alternative opinions to the two posed, and it is two differing '''opinions''', so should it be in the article at all? [[User:Urushnor|Urushnor]] 23:55, 13 March 2008 (EDT)

::I have a few more paragraphs to finish up. I'm going to explain the basics of game play.  As for these criticisms, I think they are quite valid, but I think I've provided a framework for the debate without offering up every answer.  I wholeheartedly agree that it is never a good idea to confuse one argument with another, so I do think that references to the gun control argument can be left out.  That said, I think the idea that this is a tool/toy needs to be made.  D&D is not inherently good or evil, but it is up to the players to choose to use it for good or evil. 09:20, 14 March 2008 (EDT)

::I have a few more paragraphs to finish up. I'm going to explain the basics of game play.  As for these criticisms, I think they are quite valid, but I think I've provided a framework for the debate without offering up every answer.  I wholeheartedly agree that it is never a good idea to confuse one argument with another, so I do think that references to the gun control argument can be left out.  That said, I think the idea that this is a tool/toy needs to be made.  D&D is not inherently good or evil, but it is up to the players to choose to use it for good or evil. [[User:Everwill|Everwill]] 09:21, 14 March 2008 (EDT)