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<blockquote data-quote="Aitch Eye" data-source="post: 150243" data-attributes="member: 385"><p>Which side was it that brought up the issue of gaming? It would help to know if the prosecutor's were trying to make him look bad, or the defense was trying to make him look crazy, or whatever else it was that they might have been trying to do. I think people might react to assumptions about what was going on, and it's not clear from the description here.</p><p></p><p>And really, if the guy is insane, then his gaming may play a part in reconstructing what was going on in his head or led to the sequence of events. Not that gaming was responsible, but insane people can latch on, react to, and interpret things in ways that aren't entirely, you know, reasonable. That's probably a large part of the definition of insanity.</p><p></p><p>Most guys who're attracted to Jodi Foster don't try to kill the president (and I'm sure she wouldn't be that impressed by a guy who did). If someone thinks "Helter Skelter" is an incitement to race war, or draws a <em>Star Trek</em> insignia and a swastika on his vest and shoots preschool children, or is inspired by the story of Abraham and Isaac to become a serial killer, then they obviously don't have a subtle and informed grasp of their source material. But if you're going to find out whether, in what way, and how much someone's insane, you do have to bring it up. The lawyers in this case may be going beyond that, and maybe we should be worried, but I can't tell from what I've seen here.</p><p></p><p>Of course, in the examples above, it's easy for the general public and news commentators to draw a distinction between the insanity and the objects of fixation. With D&D, they just might prefer not to. If they don't know much about it and have no personal stake in it, there may not be much emotional satisfaction in knowing they were fair to it. I'm a little more worried about things on that end, but as I hadn't heard about this case and Court TV's ratings aren't tremendous, I'm can't guess how much impact it will have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aitch Eye, post: 150243, member: 385"] Which side was it that brought up the issue of gaming? It would help to know if the prosecutor's were trying to make him look bad, or the defense was trying to make him look crazy, or whatever else it was that they might have been trying to do. I think people might react to assumptions about what was going on, and it's not clear from the description here. And really, if the guy is insane, then his gaming may play a part in reconstructing what was going on in his head or led to the sequence of events. Not that gaming was responsible, but insane people can latch on, react to, and interpret things in ways that aren't entirely, you know, reasonable. That's probably a large part of the definition of insanity. Most guys who're attracted to Jodi Foster don't try to kill the president (and I'm sure she wouldn't be that impressed by a guy who did). If someone thinks "Helter Skelter" is an incitement to race war, or draws a [i]Star Trek[/i] insignia and a swastika on his vest and shoots preschool children, or is inspired by the story of Abraham and Isaac to become a serial killer, then they obviously don't have a subtle and informed grasp of their source material. But if you're going to find out whether, in what way, and how much someone's insane, you do have to bring it up. The lawyers in this case may be going beyond that, and maybe we should be worried, but I can't tell from what I've seen here. Of course, in the examples above, it's easy for the general public and news commentators to draw a distinction between the insanity and the objects of fixation. With D&D, they just might prefer not to. If they don't know much about it and have no personal stake in it, there may not be much emotional satisfaction in knowing they were fair to it. I'm a little more worried about things on that end, but as I hadn't heard about this case and Court TV's ratings aren't tremendous, I'm can't guess how much impact it will have. [/QUOTE]
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