# If you were arrested for a high-profile crime, what about you would the media have a field day with? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050 "2012-07-22T16:32:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/61 "2012-07-23T15:01:17Z")
Definitely the quiet, keep-to-myself type…I go out of my way to be friendly to the neighbors sometimes, just so at least someone will remember I said hi to them. I also have guns (.22s, but we have a couple of thousand rounds for them) and I play LOTS of video games. One of them is even Call of Duty, but mostly RPGs. Being with my SO and not being married probably wouldn’t help. > [@Intergalactic Gladiator](#): > > Plus I am a former US Army Paratrooper, so you know that just makes me some kind of highly trained combat expert. This pretty much goes for all the ex-soldiers out there, and forget it if you were actually something a cut above the average. SCARY!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/62 "2012-07-23T15:17:50Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > and I play LOTS of video games. One of them is even Call of Duty, but mostly RPGs. You misspelled “murder simulators.” And it’s a shame they make mice in the exact shape of a pistol. Evidently, there are _at least_ 6.5 million sleeper agents across the US and UK. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/63 "2012-07-23T15:18:30Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > I’m that nice, quiet guy who lives next door and never causes any trouble This, and my drinking, and the violent fiction I’ve written. And the fact that I listen to metal. And my Magic: The Gathering habit. And my porn collection. And my collection of edged weapons. And the fact that I play Card Against Humanity. And my SDMB posting history. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/64 "2012-07-23T16:12:20Z")
Where to begin? Writing things that glorify criminals - aka, comics. Mental illness, possibly. Lives alone. Regularly goes to a BDSM dungeon. And then there’s my porn collection… ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/65 "2012-07-23T16:31:56Z")
Was a loner in high school. Still is. Dressed up as a terrorist for Halloween on more than one occasion. Wrote a comic about a terrorist and has a collection of books on criminals, sociopaths, drug cartels, psychotic mass murdering dictators, and of course terrorists. Went to see a movie about a terrorist group once. Has a lot of explosive chemicals in her house, which actually once alarmed a police officer. (But hey, I swear, I’m just an artist, not a terrorist. Really!) Likes fluffy bunnies, kitties, and cute widdle boidies. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/66 "2012-07-23T16:37:51Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > You misspelled “murder simulators.” And it’s a shame they make mice in the exact shape of a pistol. Evidently, there are _at least_ 6.5 million sleeper agents across the US and UK. Oh I forgot! I have one of the shooter movie games for the Wii with a real (plastic) gun… ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/67 "2012-07-23T17:15:09Z")
There are several aspects of my life that the press would have a field day with : 1. I have a collection of medieval-type weapons – swords, maces, spears, axes. 2. I have a fairly large comic book collection – about 70 long boxes worth. The collection has its own room. 3. I have a large number of books related to the paranormal and the occult. Magazines, as well, like the Fortean Times, Fate, etc. 4. I have a “Deviant Art” webpage : [http://gytalf2000.deviantart.com/](http://gytalf2000.deviantart.com/) (Not safe for work) It is devoted to my sleepy fetish / paraphilia. I like drawing pics of extremely scantily-clad superheroines getting knocked out by various means (punches, blows to the head, chloroform, energy blasts). It isn’t presented in a realistic style – my heroines never have bruises or cuts, etc. – but most people are still going to see it as a bit creepy. … In other words, I am quite deranged, and it is only a matter of time before I snap and go on a violent rampage. It is a wonder that I haven’t done so, already… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/68 "2012-07-23T17:56:39Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh I forgot! I have one of the shooter movie games for the Wii with a real (plastic) gun… Movie? I meant zombie! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/69 "2012-07-23T18:42:31Z")
Instead of the neighbors saying “He was such a quiet guy, we never would have guessed”, they’d say “I knew that guy was nuts! I was waiting for something like this to happen!” ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/70 "2012-07-23T19:06:56Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oh I forgot! I have one of the shooter movie games for the Wii with a real (plastic) gun… Is it one of those were the Wiimote goes at the end of the barrel, and the nunchuck where the trigger housing should be? And you fire the gun by pulling the trigger _at the very end of the barrel_. Yeah, those are very realistic, and can train you into an Al-Qaeda operative in like, ten minutes playing Link’s Crossbow Training. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/71 "2012-07-23T19:38:15Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > That I served as an SDMB moderator for 3+ years. > > Guess I will have finally snapped. I thought having snapped was a requirement to be a mod. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/72 "2012-07-23T19:53:35Z")
Oh, I forgot to add that I have some books by “Mr. Crowley” and I listen to both punk and metal, which we know are signs of trouble, and I take antidepressants. Also I once went to church and we know that investigations into violent people show that many of them spent time in churches. So watch out, as soon as I feed my pets, water the begonias, and dust the end tables, I might get busy with my chainsaw. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/73 "2012-07-23T19:57:54Z")
I forgot to add… Both my parents are dead. I am a disturbed orphan. I suppose they would exhume the bodies to find out how disturbed I am. And if they ever read my posts here… I am on the short bus to “Old Sparky.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/74 "2012-07-23T20:14:36Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Is it one of those were the Wiimote goes at the end of the barrel, and the nunchuck where the trigger housing should be? And you fire the gun by pulling the trigger _at the very end of the barrel_. Yeah, those are very realistic, and can train you into an Al-Qaeda operative in like, ten minutes playing Link’s Crossbow Training. No nunchuk, but yes, the controller goes right in! It looks kind of like [this](http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl=en&biw=1016&bih=585&tbm=isch&tbnid=v2RIYVhxdJfa4M:&imgrefurl=http://www.wii-gun.com/&docid=Jn-OuXbSPCLjNM&imgurl=http://www.wii-gun.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/perfect-shot-wii-gun.jpg&w=200&h=200&ei=gLANUMCNIsLb0QHb7cmRBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=294&vpy=276&dur=2447&hovh=160&hovw=160&tx=71&ty=107&sig=105709463523998506125&page=1&tbnh=117&tbnw=149&start=0&ndsp=10&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:148). I mean, you can’t even tell the difference from a real gun! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/75 "2012-07-23T21:22:07Z")
Oh, the one I saw was a [del]rifle[/del] assault weapon. It was awkward as hell to shoot with your off hand. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/76 "2012-07-23T21:31:22Z")
For about four years I worked for a theatre company that produced only murder mystery plays. Call it research. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/77 "2012-07-24T00:24:01Z")
There is a photo of me shooting a semi automatic weapon on Facebook. Of course, the fact that I do not own the weapon, have only shot it once for about five minutes, and it’s been several years since the picture was taken would not be considered relevant facts by the news media. They would have a field day with that picture. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/78 "2012-07-24T04:09:31Z")
Probably mental illness, along with my “white knighting” tendencies. Never mind that my illness makes it much less likely I’d ever do anything, even if I wanted to. I’ll have snapped because there is “too much evil in the world.” ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/79 "2012-07-24T04:18:44Z")
Liberal, registered Democrat that voted for Obama, and will again. I own more guns (and ammo) than most teabaggers. I have a very eclectic book collection, and if they ever scored my search engine / browser history I’d be immediately convicted by the media. I have a driven and random curiosity that frequently crosses over into the morbid. I just like to _know_ stuff. Even the gnarly bits. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-arrested-for-a-high-profile-crime-what-about-you-would-the-media-have-a-field-day-with/629050/80 "2012-07-24T04:30:18Z")
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