Dungeons and Dragons and Death, oh my!

I am truly sorry for your loss, I cannot even imagine what you're going through. I would be devestated if I lost anyone from my family ( I am not old enough to have children). There are some fallacies in the "warning" you left about Dungeons&Dragons however. After knowing your son so well, the books you don't recognize are obviously at fault. How could anyone think any differently? But, don't you think that a book that he reads the most would be the problem; the one(s) he's most interested in? That's what I would think. And just because they're "towards the top" doesn't mean they're anymore significant than the very bottom one. Come one, let's be the least bit reasonable. But then again, I wouldn't be writing this comment if the post you posted was reasonable.
I do not and refuse to believe a computer game killed your son. I know some people get too addicted to the computer, I have a friend who is on 24/7 but she's perfectly fine and absolutley not dead. Maybe something else was going on in your son's life that he didn't tell you, that you didn't know about. Oh, but how could he not tell you every second of his day, every event of his life? How could you not have figured it out? Kids (me being one) can keep secrets when they want to. He could've been depressed, or maybe you didn't listen to him and pay attention to him. You did say that you knew "everything" about Billy, but did you? Did he think you knew "everything" about him? Being a kid can be difficult and maybe you just weren't being empathetic. I think the reason you blamed the game was because you couldn't stand to blame yourself for killing something that you loved so much.
Read these quotes that you wrote and actually listen to what you said. I think the "possible warning signs" really made me angry (I'm only going to go through 1 and 2): 1) "Does your child spend an excessive amount of time with friends inside unsupervised?" You know, some people don't like going outside, or have bad allergies. How could you say that someone has issues with D&D if they spend a lot of time inside? That's absolutley ridiculous! Sometimes I stay inside for a long time instead of going outside, but I don't play that game. I mean seriously! 2) "Does he question the rules and commands you lay down as a parent?" Every child at one time or another don't listen to their parents, it's normal. Sometimes i don't listen to my parents, but I'm still alive. None of this really makes sense, if you really read it. I have to be honest, it sounds stupid. I'm sorry, but it really does.
Then the "counter-arguments to retorts your child may have" (I'm only going to go one): " But Dungeons helps me develop an imagination." Maybe this really is true, but you're just brushing this possibility away like it's nothing. Then you go on to say that excessive amounts of imagination is bad, and it helps to create independent thinking. Are you hearing yourself? Oh no, my child can think for themselves! They think differently and question their friends and sometimes me! Whatever shall I do? How dumb! I think everyone should be an independent thinker, everything would be more interesting. You were probably still despondent when you wrote that, but honestly. This is a big pile of bologna!
I hope you've realized the foolishness of that post, and have seen how Dungeons&Dragons probably wasn't the problem.
Have a nice day!
Aubrea
Here is the website (can't think of the word right now) for that post this comment is for. Please take the time to read it, it's very interesting!
www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.8.1.165438.1158.html