more bad press...

[alsih2o]

hit list from d+d player....read it yourself

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/01/25/state1545EST0059.DTL

this time the player dragged it into the story

 

[Eternalknight]

I suppose D&D players are all going to be labelled terrorists now....

 

[Buttercup]

Huh. I never knew D&D was a board game.

But seriously, I don't think we need to worry. The kid is obviously disturbed. He would be disturbed even if he weren't a gamer. The only people who won't be able to see that aren't worth our time and attention anyway.

I hope the poor kid gets the help he needs.

 

[Mark]

Huh. I never knew D&D was a board game.

But seriously, I don't think we need to worry. The kid is obviously disturbed. He would be disturbed even if he weren't a gamer. The only people who won't be able to see that aren't worth our time and attention anyway.

I hope the poor kid gets the help he needs.

Yup. Board game. Lack of research on the part of the investigators. Never fails to cloud a case when people jump to conclusions and move on assumptions.

I'm sure you are right about his having problems despite the game. It's a shame that we feel so powerless as a society that we need to find the quick-fix-blame factor in everything, instead of recognizing the complexity of our humanity and dealing with such incidents on their individual circumstances and merits. *shrug*

 

[Hellcat]

Very well put Mark, I agree.