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D&D Blamed For Stabbing Deaths
Grymalkin writes "A man is in custody for allegedly stabbing 3 people to death in King of Prussia, PA last week. Now it appears that the district attorney believes there may be a link between the murders and the Dungeons and Dragons RPG. From the article: 'I mean, you have many, many stab wounds and those 'Dungeons and Dragons' fantasy games involve swords and knives and daggers and things of that nature. There may be a connection but I can't say for sure.'" Wow. There are a lot more D&D players than I thought there were, what with all the stabbings and all.
If they prove his bad morals are because of D&D, then maybe they can link bad teeth or eyesight to some other source and my insurance will have to pay for corrective actions, after suing the appropriate game maker?
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No im not ;) , Im living in germany and im from Scotland . In Germany we just have dodgy political decisions on baning the posesions of WW2 memorbelia , yet allowing Neo-Nazi scum to march .
Idiot lawyers though are a world problem , however we have far better safe gaurds against them in civils case's at least.
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Once again, Logic Saves:
...therefore...
If
"Violent crime is inspired by media violence" is true;
Games are a form of media
Books are a form of media
The Bible is an inspiration for violence as it contains violence.
Lets see them get out of that. Oh wait - let me guess - there is some law being passed to exempt the Bible for being blamed for anything.
I guess I'm a sucker for trolls, but here it goes...
Religion doesn't cause erratic or neurotic behavior. In the first case, that person had something wrong with him in the first place. He let his emotions of sympathy get the best of his rationality.
Punishment for sex is usually an islamic practice from what I have read and seen, and it is typically associated with religious justification, but people created those extreme interpretations of religious texts. People tend to carry things too far in the name of religion, and it gives religion a bad wrap. I mean really, most religion is all about worship, not ritualistic killings and forking out punishments. People are the problems in your extreme examples.
And "conservative or religious nutcases" aren't the only ones behind this sort of irrational thought. These people are misinformed, or they're being reported to get a rise out of you. Inform the masses if you're so pissed, don't blame it on a subset of people who aren't wholly responsible. Liberals have emotions too.
Really? I've heard that feelings of spirituality are a NORMAL thing, something that occurs naturally in the brain. The difference is whether you get the feeling from staring at the stars and getting that feeling of insignificance from being so small, or if you get it from looking at a cross and thinking about a guy suffering for your happiness, or if you think about being born 30 more times before reaching everlasting happiness.
Ironically back then, Jesus was viewed by many of the Roman populace as being an evil man and a bad influence for the people. He was killed, many rejoiced, and many still do.
I for one could care less, if God was my dad and he let me die, that would be the end of our long talks.
And as for violence being glorified, try the news, one minute, "Your Army Needs You!", next minute, boom! There goes some new recruits!
Video games if any put a comedic spin on violence, making it family fun. Jesus would get more of a kick out of video games than he would out of that Mel Gibson movie.
How can you say Jesus wouldn't enjoy the 5 star cops rating in GTA?
I think you don't know Jesus!
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I read a very good article about violence and computer games. It mentioned that throughout the last centuary there has always been somethat that is corrupting tht youth. First cinema in 1920s, then comic books in the 1950s, etc..
New words have even been created--see the descriptive words in Dragon "crunch" and "fluff". The conotation is that crunch (rules, feats, numbers, etc.) is something meaningful, solid, and intrinsically value-full, whereas "fluff" (story, background, images [paintings or description]) is meaningless, ephemeral and worthless.
In fact, the opposite could not be more true. With the new business emphasis of the D&D empire new rules revisions have been coming out consistently, along with new $40 core rule books that you have to buy. These books (3.5 phb, 3.5 dmg, 3.5 mm) contain nothing more than revisions to the rules (which could be revised ad infinitum and never be perfect); there is no new meaningful material.
While 3rd edition can be fun to play, there is no compelling reason to play it over 2nd edition, especially considering the lack of history/background published for it. Sure, settings are published but they are either not followed up with additional material, or consist mostly of prestige classes and new feats. The glory of exotic worlds is gone; the creative masterpieces of Dark Sun, Spell Jammer, Mazitca, etc are gone. Sure, d20 allows other companies to publish, but those products generally are inferior due to limitations of money, time and artistic talent.
It's tragic the direction D&D is going in, and it will take a long time for the game to recover from this experiment in Business Ethics.
And that's why I have to stab you to death!