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roger_mary: I Don't Know why your gasping since I already Said I am -not- against wearing black clothes and make-up.
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You did. But your fear seems to stem mostly from the fact that they look different from you and therefore must be evil incarnate and out to hurt the neighborhood kids.
I applaud you, though, for being willing to go find out more information about them.
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roger_mary: See That Right There is what I don't Like, The Spell Witch Craft Scene. Too many Teens Turn To WitchCraft These Days and I just wonder what May have sparked their interest, but perhaps cards like those.
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If you are referring to Wicca, well, that's just another created religion like Christianity or Buddhism, but peaceful and more about saving the environment and finding inner peace than anything else; even though people call it "witch-craft" it has about NOTHING in common with the stereotypical fear-mongering idea that got people burned at the stake for centuries and has a lot of ideals in common with the early gnostic Christianity; they just think their God takes on multiple forms (some Wiccans believe there are two primary gods, a male power and a female, but most think the male and female are just different manifestations of the same power). It's just younger, a couple centuries instead of a couple millenia.
If you're referring to some mythical "The Craft"-like thing where kids think they can break glass with their mind and curse people by calling on demons, well, that's pretty far fetched. I'm sure there are people like that out there somewhere who are disturbed but they're related to people who play the card game Magic about the same way that David Korresh was related to Christianity -- they use a word that's the same but means something entirely different to each group ("magic" in the first case, "christianity" in the second).
I would be MUCH more concerned if my kids were playing poker or blackjack than Magic. Magic is much more like hearts, where you're looking for specific combinations of cards to win the game, or rummy where you're trying to put more of the right cards on the table than your opponent, and it doesn't involve betting money like "regular" card games. It's a little more involved than that, but that's probably the simplest explanation of the game. And Magic has some very cool art, too (not all of it is good art, but what is good, is VERY good). I've got a few cards that I picked up (even though I prefer the card game NetRunner to Magic) just because I liked the art.
Playing Magic is about as dangerous as watching "Legend", and it's FAR more social. The primary reason I game and play collectible card games is because it's a particularly good way to meet really cool people and make life-long friendships. I even met my absolutely wonderful husband (a physicist and the sweetest man you'll ever meet) that way. We were in a game together and started hanging out other than at game time, got to be friends, and we just passed the ten year anniversary of our first date a couple months ago. If the guy running that game hadn't asked both of us to join his group, we might never have gotten to know each other.
