Competitive Gamer Arrested For Hitting Ex-Girlfriend

[McKinsey]

Thieves, rapists, pedophiles, cheaters, and Republicans (joking on this) all need to be shot for the betterment of the world. Some actions should disqualify one from life due to the abhorrent actions. Theft, sex crimes, cheating on someone are such actions that should be punished to the fullest extent.

Dude, seriously, stop with the murder talk. I think the guy was perfectly in his right to get angry and throw a couple punches, and a cheater deserves a smack in the face, but that's really all the punishment they should get. You can't go around killing people "for the betterment of the world". Sounds a bit Nazi to me.

It concerns me that there's a fair few posts in this thread against him. Whether or not you agree with violence or the situation, you can't possibly be so lacking in empathy that you can't understand why he reacted as he did. He doesn't need anger management or mental therapy, he's not ill or irrationally angry. This reads like an attempt at slander, and that's never a good thing.

I agree. You'd think some people here can't understand that betrayal is one of the worst things that could happen to a loving person.

 

[Abomination]

The only justified bit of violence in this is the fact he supposedly hit her.

Striking a man for having sex with your girlfriend is unacceptable - he was not the one who was obligated to you in any way. All the violence should have been directed at his girlfriend.

That's a new low for the Escapist. Here we actually have someone advocating for domestic abuse.

Yeah, because attacking a third party is always -so- much better, right?

Realize you got more upset at the idea of him hitting a woman than hitting a male. Gender equality!

 

[irok]

Did she not block? well, maybe she did and he broke it, fighting gamers.
Still, interesting how this might be considered news all we need is a few scandals and some SC2 players on cereal and gaming could be just like real sports.

 

[mad825]

So she got hit because she got in the way? So like domestic abuse -__- serves her right for doing something so stupid.

 

[TekMoney]

The only justified bit of violence in this is the fact he supposedly hit her.

Striking a man for having sex with your girlfriend is unacceptable - he was not the one who was obligated to you in any way. All the violence should have been directed at his girlfriend.

That's a new low for the Escapist. Here we actually have someone advocating for domestic abuse.

Yeah, because attacking a third party is always -so- much better, right?

Realize you got more upset at the idea of him hitting a woman than hitting a male. Gender equality!

Or you could not beat anyone? That's always a good call.

 

[Abomination]

Or you could not beat anyone? That's always a good call.

Of course, he shouldn't have hit anyone. But the person in that situation who should have had the least ire directed at them received the most physical trauma.

 

[TekMoney]

Or you could not beat anyone? That's always a good call.

Of course, he shouldn't have hit anyone. But the person in that situation who should have had the least ire directed at them received the most physical trauma.

No, you're not going to convince me that now you're not in favour of violence. What you said was "All the violence should have been directed at his girlfriend." So clearly you think he should have beat his girlfriend. And that's advocating for domestic violence.

 

[Abomination]

Or you could not beat anyone? That's always a good call.

Of course, he shouldn't have hit anyone. But the person in that situation who should have had the least ire directed at them received the most physical trauma.

No, you're not going to convince me that now you're not in favour of violence. What you said was "All the violence should have been directed at his girlfriend." So clearly you think he should have beat his girlfriend. And that's advocating for domestic violence.

I am not in favour of violence. I think I would know what I am or am not in favour of.

That being said, I am just highlighting how the person who did receive the violence was the least deserving party of any ire in the scenario. So if he was going to hit someone he'd better hit the person who actually wronged him.

 

[AuronFtw]

No, you're not going to convince me that now you're not in favour of violence. What you said was "All the violence should have been directed at his girlfriend." So clearly you think he should have beat his girlfriend. And that's advocating for domestic violence.

He probably meant it was her fault, and so any consequences/fallout should be directed at her. Violence is definitely the wrong word to use, but it's kind of her "job" as a person in a relationship to respect that relationship, and her violation of it is the cause of much anger.

I don't get the feeling that he's seriously advocating domestic abuse, merely that it's her "fault" for banging the guy and anything negative that happens to her is pretty much deserved. Which I don't necessarily agree with, mind you, but that seems much more likely than "the guy should have *only* beat up his girlfriend!"

 

[lacktheknack]

So a guy punches another guy for making with the bumpy bum time with his girlfriend.... and it becomes international news?

You know, I should be more surprised by that...

So should I.

I love how the article title is streeeeeeeetching sooooooo haaaaaaaaaaard to make the article feel relevant to us in any way. Maybe they should just admit a slow news day.

 

[TekMoney]

I am not in favour of violence. I think I would know what I am or am not in favour of.

Again, you said he should have hit his girlfriend. That is being in favour of violence. If you say someone should be beaten, it means you want them to be beaten.

 

[McKinsey]

It?s the law. It doesn?t matter if he was angry that doesn?t give him the right to commit assault.

Nobody cares about the law when something like this happens in your life. He didn't kill or maim anyone. He didn't plan this attack in advance. He reacted like any normal human being would in a situation like this, and there wouldn't even be anything to discuss here had he not accidentally hit his girlfriend in the heat of the fight.

 

[TekMoney]

I am not in favour of violence. I think I would know what I am or am not in favour of.

Again, you said he should have hit his girlfriend. That is being in favour of violence. If you say someone should be beaten, it means you want them to be beaten.

If he was going to hit anyone, he should have hit the girl. Just logically, like, she's the one who broke the trust. But yes, no one should have been assaulted.

As I've had to say a whole bunch of times now, what he said was "All the violence should have been directed as his girlfriend"

 

[TekMoney]

And I know Abomination well enough to know that what he meant was logically he should hit the girl. He just phrased it poorly.

It's a pretty scary sort of person that advocates for beating a woman, then tries to defend it. Logically nobody should have been beaten, and anyone who makes statements like that is going to get the side-eye from me. A flash of anger is no excuse for violence, domestic or otherwise.