This is hilarious, absolutely hilarious. The best part of it isn’t the silly gang related aspect of the original complaint; the idea that three guys might form a gang because they were playing D&D. That’s just silly. When they start finding multiple murderers with tatoos of Gary Gygax, I might listen. The court said, “After all, punishment is a fundamental aspect of imprisonment, and prisons may choose to punish inmates by preventing them from participating in some of their favourite recreations.” In other words, it’s supposed to suck.
Yep, if this guy won his suit, all the bizarro criminals would promptly file to have their “recreations” satisfied.
Also, I don’t think a 1st degree murderer ought to be trusted with a d4 :)
The court’s reasoning about preventing inmates from engaging in their favorite pastimes as part of punishment would be far more compelling were it not routine to provide basketballs and basketball courts as part of yard exercise in prisons, particularly given the cultural composition of the American prison population.
Except hip hoppers learn all sorts of tricks of the trade and braggin' rights while behind bars.
It isn't the escapism aspect, it is that it is out of the norm.
Clearly all of the other gangs operate. They guys were opting out of that system and challenging the power structure of the guards AND the jailer approved thugs in chief.
I find it amusing that a permanent resident of a real dungeon wants to play "Dungeons & Dragons" ... perhaps if we could find some sort of real dragon to accompany him in his real dungeon, he wouldn't need the escapist fantasy.
Hmmmmm ....
Here be dragons ...