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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CuRoi" data-source="post: 5444075" data-attributes="member: 98032">My humor was specifically to point out the absurdity of the ruling. However, I seriously do not see this spilling over into the mainstream. Prisoners can't do lot's of things people outside of prison can do...cause well, they're in prison. They aren't allowed cell phones, in some cases there's a long list of books they can't read (pornography included), they aren't entitled to minimum wage, they get all their mail screened, I'm sure the classic game "Twister" is banned, etc. etc. etc. I mean the "if prisoner's can't do it, should we let our kids" argument falls a bit flat.  The guy killed someone with a sledgehammer, I mean seriously, I'm not planning on sending him notes of condolence about the loss of his hobby. I'd also recommend against sending him your home address without getting all the facts in the case (which I do not have). Do I find the ruling inane? Sure. Do I think maybe some sledgehammer wielding murderer might try to form a prison cult based on the challenge rating system? You know, possibly.  Do I think the kid down the street is going to form a street gang based on DnD? Ummm no, and I seriously doubt the ruling even implies that. If you want to prove how lame this ruling is, go ahead and form a DnD street gang and take it to the "wrong side" of whatever town you are on. Spray paint some polyhedrals over the local MS-13 graffitti and start a timer to see how long the gang of dice rollers..errr rolls. While one side is tossing little bags shouting "Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt" the other will be pointing an assault rifle your direction. That will shut down any argument that DnD "Gang Violence" is a threat to society. I'm as geeky as the next DnD player, but I don't think activism is warranted. If anything, the next headline will read "DnD Players Unite with Sledgehammer Murderer" - let's see what that does for the hobby.</blockquote>

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