Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Israeli Army Frowns on D&D

Slashdot has a story posted that the Israeli Army Frowns on D&D. The point that really hit home for me, as stated in the /. thread is:
"People who role-play might be more inclined to game the system - definitely not a desirable personality trait to have in personnel deployed in sensitive positions."

In other words the oxymoron is somewhat true: Where is the Intelligence in the Intelligence Agencies. They don't really want original thinkers as they could be unpredictable and therefore a danger.

Here is the original Article that was mentioned in the /. post. It looks to me, what the article really mean is enactors; those who make their own armor and weapons so that they can act out their fantasies, as opposed to role players sitting at a table with dice and figurines. But I suppose to them they are just as dangerous, i.e. Free Thinkers.

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