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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Firebeetle" data-source="post: 5445250" data-attributes="member: 34506">I agree that Singer's actions earned him his place in jail and, no matter what happened to his sister, he had no right to take the law in his own hands like that. Having said that, I feel that the role of prisons needs to be rehabilitation, not punishment. Punishment doesn't work, and the lack of rehabilitation means that any prisoner going in comes out worse, and not better. Even in the case of life inmates, they can still make contributions to society from jail if rehabilitated and if not they contribute to the no-escape-from-crime culture that exists there.Playing a game that involves taking turns, being social, having patience, reading, expanded vocabulary, math (including probabilities), actions with consequences, heroic actions, and thinking about actions before taking them is a good thing for prisoners. It certainly isn't "gang activity", it's almost the opposite. I'd like emphasize again, as I did on my <a href="http://worldsmostdangerousdm.blogspot.com/2011/01/seventh-court-of-appeal-fail.html" target="_blank">blog</a>,  THIS AFFECTS US. A federal court decision that says D&D is a cause of criminal activity, no matter how ridiculous we know that do be, is a problem for every player. Here's a few possible consequences off the top of my head, all of which are more possible with a federal court finding that we have:1.) A group of middle school students are forbidden from playing D&D at school and have their books confiscated, perhaps even sent to a counselor or given disciplinary action.2.) A teacher is told to quit the game or lose his job, and is passed over for important roles in his district.3.) A pastor is asked to leave his congregation because he plays.4.) A businessman is overlooked for promotion, when he files  grievance, the court case is cited as a reason.5.) A local politician has "gang-related activities" used against him in a local campaign. 6.) A manager of a fast food chain is suddenly moved to a store with less prominence or chance of promotion because his employees told a regional manager that he play, and the regional manager caught word in an article that D&D causes gang activity.This affects us and we should be concerned. I'm not sure what the next step is though. Any suggestions?</blockquote>

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