Pokemon is the agent of the Devil?

[Sunstone]

I think the police should be sent around with tasers to subdue evil children who play with the evil pokemon cards. Of course, that's just my opinion.

 

[Solon]

Ouch, The USA is out of control. where will it all end, Harry Potter as President lol lol.

Solon

 

[Aqualung]

I think D&D is the occult.

 

[Jaymes]

I think D&D is the occult.

They encourage people to worship at the temple of Dice, Dark Rooms, and Character Sheets. :bonk:

 

[nutshell]

When I was little we had an old D&D game in the game closet. As soon as I discovered it my mom threw it out. I bet it was one of the original games and would be worth so much now!!! Mom!!!

 

[Aqualung]

They encourage people to worship at the temple of Dice, Dark Rooms, and Character Sheets. :bonk:

:biglaugh: Yeah they do!

 

[Darkdale]

people fear what they don't understand. As people understand less, they fear more.

 

[Malus 12:9]

Ouch, The USA is out of control. where will it all end, Harry Potter as President lol lol.

Dude, that's scary...

But D&D is merely a game. And it's not pokemon that traumatizes kids, it's things like
Harry Potter.

 

[Bennettresearch]

Hi Jensa, in a way you proved my point.

The schools try to take counter measures against student bullying but go to far with it. I don't think that it is right to pick on someone who is homosexual, but you can't counter it with teaching the validity of homosexuality, which has become the case in many schools. And so, my statement was based upon what is appropriate for schools to teach and what is not. That was my only intention.

What is really funny about this thread is that by creating such a movement against poor Harry and D&D and Pokemon, these people are actually encouraging kids to play these games and watch these shows.

This brings up a common complaint of mine, that is being reduced to the lowest common denominator. If someone else is too impressionable, or can't walk out the door without getting hurt, then everyone has to submit to rules that "protect" them. I rode a bicycle all over my region when I was a kid without a helmut! Just because someone else can't do this, I have the police on my butt! It is the same with these games. Just because someone can't separate fantasy from reality, then no one gets to play the games. Save me from the nanny state!!!

 

[Bastet]

This brings up a common complaint of mine, that is being reduced to the lowest common denominator. If someone else is too impressionable, or can't walk out the door without getting hurt, then everyone has to submit to rules that "protect" them. I rode a bicycle all over my region when I was a kid without a helmut! Just because someone else can't do this, I have the police on my butt! It is the same with these games. Just because someone can't separate fantasy from reality, then no one gets to play the games. Save me from the nanny state!!!

Helmet laws weren't made because "people can't stay on their bicycles" - it's the nuff nuff's running into them with cars that are the cause. Once it became pretty obvious that car+bicycle=head+road=severe brain damage or death, helmets seemed a logical way to go. But if you want to go helmetless on the off chance that some idiot in a car won't hit you and turn your head into the equivalent of a busted watermelon, break all the laws you want. Fine by me.

But you can't compare helmet laws to people ranting about Pokemon, D&D, Harry Potter and the like - because none of these things directly cause brain damage or death, or other physical harm to the people playing/watching/reading them, or the people around them.

 

[Kowalski]

Helmet laws weren't made because "people can't stay on their bicycles" - it's the nuff nuff's running into them with cars that are the cause. Once it became pretty obvious that car+bicycle=head+road=severe brain damage or death, helmets seemed a logical way to go. But if you want to go helmetless on the off chance that some idiot in a car won't hit you and turn your head into the equivalent of a busted watermelon, break all the laws you want. Fine by me.

But you can't compare helmet laws to people ranting about Pokemon, D&D, Harry Potter and the like - because none of these things directly cause brain damage or death, or other physical harm to the people playing/watching/reading them, or the people around them.

I don't know about that, Harry Potter is garbage and reading that stuff can surely damage a persons brain.

Cheers

K

 

[turk179]

I remember when I was a child(hard to believe, I know ) there was a big stir about a kid killing another kid with a sword or axe and said he was acting out a D&D game. Parents from all over the place were saying that D&D was evil because of this. People have been saying that different things like movies and video games are evil because unbalanced people end up doing unbalanced things and use whatever might be controversial at the time as an excuse. I personally feel that it is not the games or movies or music that is the problem it is the unbalanced people that can't differentiate from fiction and reality that are the problem.

 

[The Black Whirlwind]

i'm glad to see that pokemon is starting to be rejected (it isn't evil per se... oh what am i saying, it IS evil!), it has corrupted enough kids (including myself awhile back). i remember when they sold a sparkly charizard card fro $350, and the fact that a junky piece of tagboard could be worth so much is weird. It is a purely capitalist venture, preying on people to dish out hundreds on movies, cards, video games, kind of like beanie babies, but worse.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I will never see how people can connect pokemon to the Occult. I can see how some one who is severly misguided can think Harry Potter, D&D, and Magic The Gathering are related to the Occult, but those people obviously have no idea what the Occult really is.
The sad thing is, theres actually people who believe the spells in Harry Potter work in real life. Thinking that just saying some jiberish line and waving a wand produces results is idiotic. The stupidity of some people will never cease to amaze me. Sorry if I offend anyone by saying that, but its almost as bad as someone asking "How many pieces of chicken come in the four pack?"

 

[turk179]

i'm glad to see that pokemon is starting to be rejected (it isn't evil per se... oh what am i saying, it IS evil!), it has corrupted enough kids (including myself awhile back). i remember when they sold a sparkly charizard card fro $350, and the fact that a junky piece of tagboard could be worth so much is weird. It is a purely capitalist venture, preying on people to dish out hundreds on movies, cards, video games, kind of like beanie babies, but worse.

Yes, I can see your point but do you feel that pokemon is the agent of the devil? It sounds like your issue is with capitalism and not with the cartoon. If anything is going to be evil I feel that it should be that dang purple dinosaur.:biglaugh:

 

[The Black Whirlwind]

the devil, i dont think, exists, but that doesn't change the fact that pokemon is evil. Its just plain weird, stupid, and corrupting.

 

[Neo-Logic]

Whatever gets them reading ...

Pokemon and Magic the Gathering beats the crap out of Hooked on Phonixs reading crap. Kids actually want to play these card games and some, like Magic the Gathering, are crammed full of text, promoting literacy and improving the kid's vocabulary.

Harmless fun, the way I see it.

 

[Malus 12:9]

some, like Magic the Gathering, are crammed full of text, promoting literacy and improving the kid's vocabulary.

Exactly, Not to mention Magic requires good number skills, order and applying/demonstrating knowledge of things like rules and turn orders.

And anyone who plays green can learn about the forest and stuff, lol