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Meet Heikki Holmås, Norway's new minister of International
Development. He's a former "D&D champ" (he won a tournament in 1989)
and convention organizer, who has recently "leveled up" to his new
position. And as you can imagine, he has a lot of positive things to
say about the roleplaying hobby:

"RPGs can be extremely relevant in putting people in situations
they're unfamiliar with. Save the Children have their refugee games. I
have friends in Bergen who've run human rights-RPGs. But you have to
be professional. You create real emotions when you play role playing
games, real emotions that stick, he says."

Holmås also thinks that LARP could help resolve some long-standing
conflicts:

"...there's no doubt that you can put Israelis into the situation
of the Palestinians and vice versa in a way that fosters understanding
and builds bridges. Those things are an important aspect of role
playing games which makes it possible to use them politically to
create change."

Sadly, however, he doesn't seem to be aware of the Israeli Defense
Force's attitude towards RPGs. (http://www.theescapist.com/
updates2005.htm#031105)

Still, it's people like Holmås who will lead to positive change, if
anyone can. You can read the English interview at Imagonem.org (http://
imagonem.org/2012/03/27/larps-can-change-the-world/) - and if you
happen to be able to read Norwegian, you can read the full interview
here (http://imagonem.org/2012/03/27/laiv-kan-forandre-verden/)

(Special thanks to Lee Williams and boingboing.net for the link)

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