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Letters to the editor: Aug. 3

A different sort of DeflateGate of the media soul

In case you haven’t noticed, the mainstream media seems to obsess over the “DeflateGate” scandal involving New England quarterback Tom Brady. Meanwhile, they report very little, or in some cases nothing, about Planned Parenthood selling body parts from aborted babies. I wonder if it’s because their souls are as empty as an underinflated football?

Jim Lehe

West Lafayette

Refuse to let GenCon steer discussion on gay rights

I am appalled at GenCon. I was a gamer for 35 years, went to the original GenCon when it was in Lake Geneva. In all that time, GenCon and the gamers were never political. It is offensive that they would take my money for tickets and then champion gay rights without telling the public first. In effect the gay mafia has made me a gay rights activist against my will.

How dare you people threaten my governor with the location of the conference in Indianapolis. Normal channels were not good enough for you. Take your perverted convention out of my state, and don’t come back. I have returned my tickets and burned my rule books. Dungeons and Dragons is a bad influence upon children and should be restricted. Let’s take “The Book of Vile Darkness” rule book for example, which gives role-playing instructions on such topics as: necrophilia, sodomy and cannibalism. Clearly unfit materiel for children. And the people who play those games have grown up social misfits, lacking the social skills necessary for civil society.

In short, Dungeons & Dragons and GenCon are attacking our Christian values.

Floyd P. Zollars

Lafayette

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