Body Found Near Barrie May Be Missing Gamer - UPDATED
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Great, not only is it sad enough that this kid is possibly dead, but now the news is going to use this as a way to bash gaming. I'm not saying gaming is more important than a kid's death,(far from it, in fact) but I think the news just needs to back off on the gaming part on this one.
Truly tragic. I'm just ashamed that the blame will rest firmly on the shoulders of gamers and nothing will be done about the tragedy other than make it a 'test case'.
We'll update the article in and when the identification is confirmed. In the meantime, police are saying that at this point, foul play is not suspected.
I don't know if any of you are actually familiar with the Oro-Medonte area, but it's not the sort of place you want to get lost in, particularly at this time of year. The Oro Lines are described as "streets," but the reality is that they're widely-spaced, low-traffic roads in a very rural and forested area. He may have misjudged the temperature drop at night and been unable to find adequate shelter, or he might have simply come to grief in accident. Whatever the case, this is almost certainly nothing more than the tragic culmination of an all-too-common blow-up between parents and a teenager.
I don't know if any of you are actually familiar with the Oro-Medonte area, but it's not the sort of place you want to get lost in, particularly at this time of year. The Oro Lines are described as "streets," but the reality is that they're widely-spaced, low-traffic roads in a very rural and forested area. He may have misjudged the temperature drop at night and been unable to find adequate shelter, or he might have simply come to grief in accident. Whatever the case, this is almost certainly nothing more than the tragic culmination of an all-too-common blow-up between parents and a teenager.
actually they are mostly paved roads, not the greatestMalygris said:
however there is a few things at play here
1. it was rather cold
2. it snowed a few days after he left
3. doubt he knew how to survive those conditions
4. there are bears around that area
5. it's hunting season
at the worst i think his dad killed him and stashed the body, they never ruled out foul play, they just said they're waiting till the pathology report which means he couldn't be identified. one hopes it was just nature that did it but i have a feeling something worse has happened
i think it's quite possible, mostly because of what the police are saying, they tend to pick their words carefully and dance around subjects rather well. exposure and/or animal attack makes sense but usually they say more when stuff like that happens and they just said "we won't say anything until the report"fish food carl said:
But the parents did set boundaries, which is what so many of us always complain about. Usually if your child is misbehaving, you take away something they really like, like TV time or their iPod. Who knows? Maybe their kid is a "TV-ohol" or a "iHolic" or something, but it's common sense for parents and it's like rule #12 in the Parenting Handbook.PedroSteckecilo said:
We don't know if the kid was "obsessed" with Video Games, so as far as i'm concerned, the parents did what they could to set boundaries as parents.
As for the death itself, this really is tragic but I do hope it's not the kid. That being said, any death is tragic, and my condolences go out to the relatives of the deceased.
Sad... theres nothing you can say really. It's completly without class to say "well they should've (...)". Their son is dead. Back Seat parenting isn't going to bring him back.
In the end there's nothing anyone could've done... an all too common immature reaction that unfortunatly didn't have a warm and happy life affirming ending where everyone admits they were wrong and that they love each other.
I'll say a prayer for them in their grief.
In the end there's nothing anyone could've done... an all too common immature reaction that unfortunatly didn't have a warm and happy life affirming ending where everyone admits they were wrong and that they love each other.
I'll say a prayer for them in their grief.
That's sad the loss of a child is always hard to hear about no matter what the circumstances are.
I suppose I was right. God damn it! God fucking damn it! I really wished I was wrong here.
He didn't deserve this, poor kid.
And the parents didn't deserve it either.
He didn't deserve this, poor kid.
And the parents didn't deserve it either.