Diffusion of Responsibility

Sep 27, 2006 13:32

In the Neverwhere RPG I mad a special item granted to a player called the Silence Knife. Inspired by the case of Kitty Genovese and the crimes of Jack the Ripper, it was a weapon formed by the fears, outrage, and shame of the city. A wickedly sharp blade, those in its circle of influence cannot raise a finger to intervene, and afterwards they're ( Read more... )

rpg, armchair psychiatry

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zephranthes September 27 2006, 22:46:26 UTC
See, this is the type of story that makes it over to, say Japan, causing them to make silly engrish workout tapes that star such lines as "Spare me my life!"

On that note, if I witnessed a car accident I'd skedaddle. Who wants to get caught up in that? We all have lives to live and things to do and people outside my monkeysphere can go die for all I care.

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