Quote from: BedrockBrendan;751500I have to admit this mentality is a bit foreign to me. Unless there was much more to it than prohbiting gaming and taking away some books, I don't see the need for an apology. Parents set limits on what entertainment their children can consume and what activiities they can participate in all the time.

Well, I was thinking in part of some of the examples people had raised of shit their parents had done during the Satanic Panic, like taking away their D&D stuff and making them watch whilst they burned it. There's a world of difference between "You're not allowed X" and "I am going to make you watch me destroy something you own".

My parents apologize for nothing.

For my parents, it was not really a satanic panic because as Presbyterians they don't believe in Satan. It was more of an anti-Catholic panic. Concerned that exposure to belief in the power of prayer and blessings and spirits and holy water and icons and corporal resurection was a step backwards to pre-Protestant beliefs. In other words, they fear D&D is a catalyst to historical Christianity.

They were civil for the most part. They made me return my stuff to the bookstore, but I got to keep the store credit. Later on, I feigned interest in a genuinely bizzare Christian parent. They over reacted against that so strongly that they allowed non-D&D gaming.

But why should I want their apology? They're worst nightmare has already come true -- I'm Catholic.

I did know other Christian kids though who would burn their own stuff. Go to Jesus Camp, get all fired up and come home and zealously purge all their mix-tapes, comic books, rock n roll posters, and what not. Then replace it all a few weeks later. I knew one guy who did that a dozen times. At the end he'd just give me all his stuff before he went, and ask for it back later.