Alabama University Shooter Played Dungeons & Dragons

[Naheal]

Correlation does not equal causation

 

[TipsyPeaches]

oh no, quick, I play D&D, someone better lock me up before I go on a rampage.

and here was me thinking it was just the British media who constantly blow things out of proportion. thank god I rethought my career path and am not going to get tarred with the same brush as these thick morons!

I think it's more like this woman's psychosis is to blame, not her RPG-loving side.

 

[TechNoFear]

Has nothing to do with the fact that any nut, even one that has previously shot a family member to death with one, can buy a gun at the supermarket?

But has everything to do with a game they played years ago that does not include guns?

Sounds reasonable...

 

[keillord]

Just because he played games does not mean that it is why he killed them (unless they screwed up one of his games). I mean what if he loved to eat chocolate, does that mean chocolate causes people to kill others?

 

[hyperdrachen]

Hey maybe she shot them because she was disgruntled about being denied tenure and in effect she was going to lose her job do to budget cuts...perhaps they had done other thing to exasperate the issue. No that's stupid that wouldn't make anyone desperate and homicidal, must be a tabletop game about wizards she used to play

 

[hyperdrachen]

Just because he played games does not mean that it is why he killed them (unless they screwed up one of his games). I mean what if he loved to eat chocolate, does that mean chocolate causes people to kill others?

Oh shit it just hit me. Everyone who has ever killed anyone ever... on a regular basis....breathed oxygen...it makes you crazy, the free radicals can fly into your brain and hit the homicide switch (standard issue in all us americans). We're all infected, the only sure way to save ourselves is to murder everyone else, the truth is out there!

Oh in case an incredibly dense federal agent is reading this, I'm being sarcastic get it? It's a joke? Besides I played a pen and pad rpg that my friends and I made up, you do not want any of this, mountains above those D&D lightweights.

 

[Sennz0r]

We in psychology learn this little thing called correlation. And first of all, causation is not correlation. And second of all, researcher bias can push people to find a correlation where there is none. You could research every year trying to prove storks bring babies and many years there will be an increase in storks where there is an increase in babies - it does not mean that what you're trying to prove is true.

That's what I've been saying! With an example about smoking and lung capacity instead of the storks but the point still stands. I got told about the stork thing too, though

>.> Just thought it was a funny coincidence.

 

[Lucifron]

For crying the fuck out loud...
Can the escapist stop posting news about rampantly stupid people? My brain is going to hemorrhage if it doesn't stop.

 

[IcarusPherae]

It's kinda like alcohol, not everyone participating is crazed, manic depressive, or incredibly violent, both just kind of lure that sort of person.

 

[brunothepig]

Obvious connection, isn't there?
I'm quite sure that she drank water. In fact, every murderer in the world drank water. Obvious connection, isn't there?

Oh my god you're right!!! They also breathed air... There must be chemicals that make us violent. Of course. And only some are susceptible. All intentional murderers walk/ed. We must force children to never progress beyond a crawl! I'm sure, together, we can reduce crime. I would add substance to this post, but it would probably only be a despairing wail. You know that weird painting of the disproportionate head screaming? Yeah.

 

[Pyro Paul]

Wow they must have be good killing 3 members of staff requires rolling an 18+ on a D20.

i believe as she was arrested she yelled 'Natural 20s bitches!'

 

[MoganFreeman]

I heard the shooter also regularly drank tap water! In fact, MANY criminals and murders did the VERY SAME THING prior to committing THEIR heinous crimes! Friends, we must not allow this vile and demonic substance to hold our communities in its violent grasp!

War on tap water!

 

[JEBWrench]

Oh my god you're right!!! They also breathed air... There must be chemicals that make us violent. Of course. And only some are susceptible. All intentional murderers walk/ed. We must force children to never progress beyond a crawl! I'm sure, together, we can reduce crime. I would add substance to this post, but it would probably only be a despairing wail. You know that weird painting of the disproportionate head screaming? Yeah.

What about this guy?

http://www.lvrj.com/news/58450807.html

BAN MOBILITY!

 

[Hobo Joe]

Once again a stupid meaningless link between gaming and violence; when will this idiocy end and people learn that problems go deeper than just what some person does in their free time.

 

[HollywoodH17]

So does that mean DnD is inherently evil? No.

Did the shooter ever watch TV? Probably. Did he watch Fox News or CNN? Probably. Does that mean that everyone who watches Fox or CNN is a murderer? No.

Did the shooter eat a cheeseburger that day? Maybe. Are cheeseburger eaters murderers? No.

Correlation does not imply causation. Just because he played DnD doesn't mean that was his influence or impetus for going hog wild with a gun in a public place. Hell, DnD doesn't even HAVE guns for the most part!

This kind of news - poor journalism about rampant stupid people - makes me lose more and more faith in humanity every day.

 

[valnac]

For the record, it was University of Alabama at Huntsville ( http://www.uah.edu ), not Alabama.

 

[Dublin Solo]

Wow. I play D&D on a regular basis. I guess I should stop being around people, because I'm a walking bomb waiting to explode. GUUUUURHH.....

 

[Kushan101]

I'm quite sure that she drank water. In fact, every murderer in the world drank water. Obvious connection, isn't there?

Oddly enough, that made me spray water out my nose when I read it.

Obvious connection.

How did you happen to have water in your nose to begin with?

Well, I wanted to drink the water, but that would have made me a murderer - so I inhaled it through my nose instead.

Funniest thing I've read all day, very random but extremely funny.

I can't believe D and D has got the amount of abuse it gets. Its a pen and paper role playing game, I'm not sure what else I have to say to defend it.
Strangest thing I read were people accusing it of encouraging demon worship and spirit summoning. Why's that a problem? people who try to summon these things will be very disappointed.
Its so rediculous I can't believe anyone takes this seriously.

 

[Postman667]

I'm quite sure that she drank water. In fact, every murderer in the world drank water. Obvious connection, isn't there?

Oddly enough, that made me spray water out my nose when I read it.

Obvious connection.

How did you happen to have water in your nose to begin with?

Well, I wanted to drink the water, but that would have made me a murderer - so I inhaled it through my nose instead.

Funniest thing I've read all day, very random but extremely funny.

I can't believe D and D has got the amount of abuse it gets. Its a pen and paper role playing game, I'm not sure what else I have to say to defend it.
Strangest thing I read were people accusing it of encouraging demon worship and spirit summoning. Why's that a problem? people who try to summon these things will be very disappointed.
Its so rediculous I can't believe anyone takes this seriously.

Agreed, D&D has taken more abuse than should be deemed legal. I remember watching the old News reports on how "D&D is corrupting your kids". They were a bunch of fear mongers and ignorant people who never played the game. This is true for anything in our society.