Australian Police Commissioner Blames Games for Knife Violence

[Akimoto]

I'm sorry, but how is this even news anymore?

damn, ninja'd.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Ah Scipione's up to his old tricks! He's responsible for 2am pub lockouts, and was trying to raise the legal drinking age.

Sounds like the typical 'bored State police commissioner trying to look productive' routine. He needs something like high profile police shooting, an investigation into police corruption or a pissing contest with the bikers to keep him occupied.

 

[Varil]

Politics : Because thinking is for suckers.

 

[Dire Sloth]

I wonder where all the crime back before the 80s came from since they had no games then. HMMM.

 

[Keepitclean]

Too bad the majority of people won't get to hear the rebuttal from people who actually know what they are talking about.

... This, ladies and gentlemen; is why Australia is regarded as the ass of the world. Because all of the shit comes from it!

It's stuff like this which makes me want to move as far away FROM Australia as possible!

Really, this makes you want to leave Australia? You must be really sensitive to the comments of the uninformed.

 

[Lizardon]

So how many of you actually had to read the article?

Let's all do the 'Videogames Cause Violence' Hoedown!

A prominent politician thinks that videogames are bad
When children play them all day long it makes him really mad
There's no scientific theory that could prove him right
But we have to listen because he is old and white!

I played a video game, it was really great
When people say it's wrong, is something I hate
When I had finished, there was no killing spree
I'd rather stay at home, and watch Drew Carey

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Too bad the majority of people won't get to hear the rebuttal from people who actually know what they are talking about.

The majority don't give a shit about what one state police commissioner has to say on anything, so it evens out.

 

[the clockmaker]

... This, ladies and gentlemen; is why Australia is regarded as the ass of the world. Because all of the shit comes from it!

It's stuff like this which makes me want to move as far away FROM Australia as possible!

Do you actually read what you type, or do you find that it hurts your process because, honestly, if I wrote that and then read back over it, the self loathing would literally take away my power to speak ever again.

It pisses me off that someone posts this every time some old mongrel puts forward his opinion.

Australia, 6th in overall quality of life on the planet/ third depending on the source that you use
8th least corrupt
2nd highest standard of living
6th most democratic
5th most economically free

It goes on like this, but there will always be the clueless people who insist that this is a horrible orwellian nightmare because they might not get the video game of their choice or somebody gasp says something mean to them.

You think this is the arsehole of the world, well if you want a completely differant experiance, you don't need to go far, hop on a plane and in a few hours you'll be a guest of our northern neihbor, where I'm sure they'll be fascinated about the horrors that you had to endure growing up in one of the world's most stable, peaceful, prosperous and developed nations. You could write a book about 'the man who escaped' and be recognised as a modern anne frank suffering under the horrid yoke of a mean old man who didn't like the video games you played.

I'm not saying its perfect here, but for fuck's sake mate, perspective.

 

[Guffe]

Here we go again...
As many have said, stop blaming a genre or group for something like this and just blame the individual who did it. I play games and listen to Metal so deoa that make me a twice as evil person?

 

[DeliciousTruffle]

Wouldn't have even paid him any mind if I didn't know in my heart that a lot of people believe that nonsense. Just to give you a bit of perspective, my mother didn't want my brother and I playing Dungeons and Dragons because it was "satanist". It's something we're going to have to put up with for at least another generation...

 

[Strazdas]

Well, hes australian.....

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Probably the best response to Scipione's ridiculous statement was Kotaku Australia's article here [http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/08/take-comfort-in-your-apathy/].

Aussie police commissioner: Shit, crime ticked up a little bit. Quick! Find something to blame it on that old people will agree with!

Interestingly, crime rates themselves haven't risen all that much, the form of crime has just shifted slightly.

 

[Baron_Rouge]

Of course he does. This is Australia, the country that gave the world Michael Atkinson and charges $110 for new releases...

Don't get me wrong, I'm Australian, and I love it here. It's just our attitude towards games seems to be a little backward.

 

[johnnnny guitar]

Well also it could be due to most Aussies at night being drunken racist assholes but if this guy is right it'll be even worse in this glorious country when these games are released

 

[weirdee]

This guy would probably have a heart attack if he knew about "teabagging".

 

[General Twinkletoes]

...
How many games even reward you for raping? More importantly, how many of those are even in australia? This guy needs to get his head on right, something's clearly wrong.

 

[The White Hunter]

Don't worry!
Crocodile Dundee will set those crazy kids right!
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Also, this man deserves the boot for creating non-news.

Probably the best response to Scipione's ridiculous statement was Kotaku Australia's article here [http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/08/take-comfort-in-your-apathy/].

EDIT: Looking at the Kotaku article on the subject, where there is a photo of the gentleman responsible, he does look like a drunken racist arsehole to be fair.

So he's probably contributing to knife crime more than GTA.

 

[creamy5000]

knife crime because here in australia due to gun control if there is going to be an assault it would more than likely have to involve a knife and not a gun.

Nikki191 you're correct and this is why gun control laws are bullshit. People that want to
commit crime will use what ever tools they have available to do so. Like when a small group
of people highjacked a couple of airplanes with BOX CUTTERS and then flew them in to the
World Trade Center. Which by the way killed alot more people than any idiot that has gone
on a shooting spree here in the USA.