Yu-gi-oh Cards: Spawn of Satan?
“It’s time to duel!”
If this statement conjures up two guys standing back to back with pistols raised, then you obviously don’t have boys under the age of 12. If you did, you would know that this is the signature line of Yu-gi-oh! A card game that spawned an animated feature – or was it the opposite – and is the latest fad to infiltrate our society from Japan. Yes, Japan lost the war (or so they want us to think…) but the Japanese are slowly taking over our society with their addictive fads – and Yu-gi-oh! is the latest to drive parents insane with overpriced merchandise ($30 for a single “Egyptian God card”? Are you f$^&ing nuts?)
I collected baseball cards: my kid collects Yu-gi-oh! He carries his deck with him wherever he goes, and discusses the cards with just about any kid near his age.
He met one of his friends yesterday at the pool. They began talking excitedly about the cards when the kid’s mother interrupted. “Peter! You know that those cards are the devil’s work and you are forbidden to talk about them.” The kid looked crestfallen, mine looked puzzled.
It turns out that the kid’s mom has evidently swung to the fundie side of things. She’s pulling her kid out of public school to homeschool him – against the kid’s wishes judging by what my kid reports. And she obviously isn’t keen on Yu-gi-oh! (Neither are other fundies judging by this link.)
Now I’m not pleased with our kids’ school (see the previous post), and last night I had to explain to my kid why the woman thought the way she did without telling him “Son, contrary to what you believe now – but will believe soon – some adults are screaming nutcases.”
I am still amazed at how fragile some people’s faith is as to be threatened by something as innocuous as trading cards. I’d hate to see what Dungeons and Dragons would do to this woman’s faith. Probably have her frothing at the mouth and barking…
Of course hearing this, I wanted to run out and shower the kid with $4 packs of the damned things.