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February 16, 2010 3:55 PM Subscribe
Laurel J. Sweet of The Boston Herald attempts to draw a connection between Amy Bishop's accused killing spree and her love of the role playing game Dungeons & Dragons in this article.
This post was deleted for the following reason: There's probably a good post to be made about the whole Bishop thing, but this is not such a great way to go about it with half the post being a brief fight-starter of an op-ed. -- cortex
for a topic this complex we can do much better than an op-ed and a msnbc post..
posted by lalochezia at 3:57 PM on February 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by lalochezia at 3:57 PM on February 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
1983 called. It wants its hysterical scare tactic back.
posted by Joey Michaels at 3:59 PM on February 16, 2010
posted by Joey Michaels at 3:59 PM on February 16, 2010
THE WHELK IS CASTING: FLAG.
posted by The Whelk at 3:59 PM on February 16, 2010 [4 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 3:59 PM on February 16, 2010 [4 favorites]
D & D is the work of the devil.
posted by Dick Laurent is Dead at 3:59 PM on February 16, 2010
posted by Dick Laurent is Dead at 3:59 PM on February 16, 2010
I bet she played Scrabble too. It was probably Scrabble's fault.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 3:59 PM on February 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by furiousxgeorge at 3:59 PM on February 16, 2010 [2 favorites]
I don't really think this is something she's "accused" of, this is something she did. There are people who were there who survived. Faux legalese doesn't make the world a better place.
posted by OmieWise at 4:00 PM on February 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by OmieWise at 4:00 PM on February 16, 2010 [1 favorite]
Herald sounds kinda medevil and fantasy-like if you know what I'm saying. Maybe this is just a tactic to distract us from the sinister alliance of Litch and Mind Flayers which even now is working arcane psionics to encompass our doom.
posted by The Whelk at 4:01 PM on February 16, 2010
posted by The Whelk at 4:01 PM on February 16, 2010
You could make a good post about this crime. The New York Times has done some interesting reporting.
posted by Jahaza at 4:01 PM on February 16, 2010
posted by Jahaza at 4:01 PM on February 16, 2010
Congratulations, Laurel J. Sweet! You wrote the stupidest fucking thing I've read all day!
posted by MegoSteve at 4:02 PM on February 16, 2010
posted by MegoSteve at 4:02 PM on February 16, 2010
You could make a good post about this crime. The New York Times has done some interesting reporting.
So has TPM.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 4:02 PM on February 16, 2010
So has TPM.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 4:02 PM on February 16, 2010
While I'm still snarking, I'd like to point out the high correlation between school massacres and bowling aficionados at Columbine High School. A game where one person can "knock down" many "pins." Replace "Knock down" with shoot and "pins" with people and the connection is obvious. Clearly, bowling caused that tragedy.
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:04 PM on February 16, 2010
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:04 PM on February 16, 2010
You could make a good post about this crime. The New York Times has done some interesting reporting.
So has TPM.
Good stuff in The Chronicle of Higher Education as well.
posted by mr_roboto at 4:05 PM on February 16, 2010
So has TPM.
Good stuff in The Chronicle of Higher Education as well.
posted by mr_roboto at 4:05 PM on February 16, 2010
Yeah, a 5 paragraph op-ed is pretty thin for an FPP.
posted by doctor_negative at 4:06 PM on February 16, 2010
posted by doctor_negative at 4:06 PM on February 16, 2010
Oh wait. I think I read about this somewhere before.
posted by louche mustachio at 4:06 PM on February 16, 2010
posted by louche mustachio at 4:06 PM on February 16, 2010
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