Dungeons and Nothing Else

It takes a lot to surprise me--mainly because I'm used to thinking of crazy things to begin with, so little can touch me there (but that's a digression for some other day). However, when I read that Dungeons and Dragons was made illegal in prison I was taken aback. I mean, sure this sounds weird from someone who has never played the game--nor even ever picked up a many-sided dice, but I honestly think that every moment an inmate doesn't spend sodomizing or "shiving" a fellow is a good one--and what better way to occupy one's time than with a game that literally takes forever to complete? I mean, look at the picture and tell me how destructive this is:


I mean, yeah it promotes escapism and whatnot--but I think that's exactly what the inmates need, an escape from their daily lives. Don't get me wrong, it's hard to sympathize with a guy who has literally sledgehammered a man to death to earn his life sentence, but come on--make it legal...or at least make it legal for inmates who have earned it on good behavior...like a creepy, creepy relative of parole.

Hell, at least its better than the slow march of time till a lonely death behind bars, right?

"Silence and Valor"
-B