Letters

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Dangerous Gaming

I do not believe that Internet fantasy games like EverQuest can ever be harmless family fun [TECHNOLOGY, May 27]. My husband invests so much of his time in his fantasy character that if it were his real-life character, he would have five graduate degrees by now. He gets so involved in games like EverQuest that he ignores his responsibilities. At least when someone is watching too much TV, you can just unplug the set. That's not so easy with online computer games. I consider myself a computer widow. My husband tells me these games are fun, but he does a lot of cursing at the computer screen. It doesn't look like fun to me. It looks like a violent, addictive game. EverCrack is a better name for it.
VALERIE TIMMONS
Bensalem, Pa.

Correction

Our report about the killing frenzy between Muslims and Hindus in Gujarat, India [WORLD, March 11], referred incorrectly to events in Ahmadabad involving Ahsan Jafri, who died in the violence. We said that he "fired his revolver, injuring a few attackers," and that a schoolboy saw Jafri's "daughters being stripped and raped." Jafri did not own a revolver, and it's questionable if he fired any shots. Also, Jafri had only one daughter; she was in the U.S. when the violence occurred and was not raped.