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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kahuna Burger" data-source="post: 1207202" data-attributes="member: 8439">To answer this seriously for once instead of engaging in the "poor misunderstood me"-fest, it makes perfect sense. People on this board who play the games and think they are well adjusted will still refer to RPGs as "power fantasies" They will say things like "I play D&D to be someone other than who I am." They talk about escapism. On another board, a call of cuthulu player refered to standing up, knocking over his chair and screaming at the DM as "good roleplaying" and "getting in character".And you are seriously sitting here acting like its a prejudicial or stupid attitude to consider RPGs more highly than scrabble... Power fantasy/escapist behavior may be a normal sideline to being a functioning adult. But if you have demonstrated "non functioning" behaviors already, that indicated desire to escape from who you really are and indulge in fantaies of power ARE going to be relevant to an investigation. Is that so hard to accept? I mean, I'm a back to nature type on occasion, I dream of having a vacation cabin with no power or battery operated equiptment or even running water - but I didn't throw a rod and get all defensive when the Unibomber's similar living habits were investigated and used to tie into his abnormal behavior...I guess I honestly don't see what the big deal is... I have hobbies and habits which, when taken to extremes, could be destructive. Lots of them. If, for whatever reason, I ever went off the deep end, those would be given consideration as either causes, indicators, or possible motivational leads to my behavior. I'm not insulted when this is applied to my interest in collecting knives, I'm not up in arms about the idea that my perscription for anti depressants might be relevant, I'm not even threatened by the idea that in such a case some of my *ehem* former romantic habits might be considered "leads". And I can't really be bothered by the idea that my RPG hobby could draw some attention either. Kahuna Burger</blockquote>

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