Tuesday, January 26, 2010
PRISON OF ELEMENTAL EVIL: A prison ban on all Dungeons & Dragons-related materials has been upheld, and the rationale "that playing the game promoted gang-related activity and was a threat to security" was upheld as reasonable. As someone who has played D&D in the past, as a general rule, D&D players and gang members are mutually exclusive circles in the great Venn Diagram of life.
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TPE and I have been discussing the opinion all day, which is freely accessible on the CA7 website by searching for case 07-3400. Basically, the prisoner had plenty of expert- and inmate-related evidence that there was no gang-related activity with D&D, but had no counter to the warden's averment that a Dungeonmaster *could* have power over his fellow players similar to a gang leader's, thus making this reasonable under Turner v Safley.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah. I'd totally shank a guy if it meant I could re-roll that failed saving throw vs Death Magic...
ReplyDeleteWon't someone think of Black Leaf?
ReplyDeleteWhat other groups are in mutually exlusive circles in the great Venn Diagram of life?
ReplyDeleteI plan to use this awesome phrase again.
Well, there's only one intersection point in the Great Venn Diagram of Life for "people who are breaking my heart" and "people who are shaking my confidence daily."
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