Wednesday 20 April 2016

When Dungeons & Dragons Set Off a Moral Panic

When Dungeons & Dragons Set Off a ‘Moral Panic’

Going back at least to the 1690s, when the elders of colonial Salem, Mass., executed 20 women and men for supposedly practicing witchcraft, there have been Americans who find the devil’s hand in all manner of human activity. Satanic messages have been ascribed to the corporate symbols of major companies like Starbucks and Procter & Gamble. Some religious fundamentalists are certain that 666, the number of the beast in the Book of Revelation, lurks in swirls...
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