Drunken Father Kills Son, Missing Videogame Blamed
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Im so sorry, but the first thing that came to mind was this:
Change the channel!
FINISH HIM!
BRUTALITY!
Change the channel!
FINISH HIM!
BRUTALITY!
Give it a few more years, game are becoming more and more mainstream. Hopefully in the future they'll be a more understanding populous. Crazy news articles insiting game hatred will hopefully stop as gaming culture becomes more entwined with people's daily lives.
Hey, it happened with T.V, it can happen to gaming.
Hey, it happened with T.V, it can happen to gaming.
Of course videogames are to blame, because alcohol couldn't possibly make someone do this. Ever. Ever ever. Drinking just makes you say silly things, but five minutes on Cooking Mama and you're a psychotic killing machine (cooking optional).
It's not the weaponry that is to blame, it's the trigger happy idiots using them. And banning them will just mean people buy them illegally instead, sort of like drugs.
A better solution would be to make bullets really expensive (I forget who came up with that). That way you won't want to 'cap someone's ass' unless they REALLY annoyed you because it'll be costing you loads.
A better solution would be to make bullets really expensive (I forget who came up with that). That way you won't want to 'cap someone's ass' unless they REALLY annoyed you because it'll be costing you loads.
Video game makers don't have lobbyist on Capitol Hill, say something bad about alcohol or tobacco and BOOM! there goes millions of dollars in campaign contributions flying out the window.VanityGirl said:Wow, this is just another reason people will blame videogames over the deaths of others. I agree that it's indeed bullshit. Why didn't the headlines just say, "Drunken Father kills son over argument"? The press are always looking for a scapegoat, goodness forbid we blame alcohol and a previous criminal record, let us blame video games instead.
And no, it's not unreasonable to be a bit touchy about it. But remember your source, it's the Houston Chronicle, the people with a writer who thinks Left 4 Dead 2 and Call of Juarez are racist.Malygris said:
Believe it or not with a tiny bit of getting out of the house and taking a self defense course. That lad could have known how to knock the gun away and it is as easy as they make it in movies because alot of the time if they are going for realism they use that bloody tactic.
Anyways the fact videogames are mentioned at all is because were it was, was the argument. It could also have been his dad's booze or the car any other night. Just shows that alchol and guns don't mix.
It's kinda sad though.
Anyways the fact videogames are mentioned at all is because were it was, was the argument. It could also have been his dad's booze or the car any other night. Just shows that alchol and guns don't mix.
It's kinda sad though.
Hopefully the guy is raped and killed in prison. Anyone who is willing to kill their own son deserves to die at the hand of inmates who are willing to do the deed and not worry about all the PC humane death. The dude deserves whatever he gets in prison, which is hopefully the business end of a shank.
I was agreeing with everything you said and they you brought him into it. But its not your fault. Videogames are also to blame for you proving Godwin's law.twistedmic said:
Ever been to a Walmart? It is utterly amazing what is able to breed these days.VincentX3 said:
I've seen things that don't necessarily qualify at first glance as human with 5 kids in toe (each with a coffee or a candy going down their gullet).
I still think the bigger stories are two fold. One being that the guy was drunk and alcohol is one of the largest constituents (think that's the word I'm looking for) in crime across the board in the US. Two being that teen violence has dropped every year in the US since Video Games came to be. Essentially video games continue to get more real and more violent and kids continue to get (overall) less violent.
Keep in mind that violence thing was true about four years ago, I don't know what has happened since then. I just assume the trend has continued...which might be a mistake on my part.
theultimateend said:
No such thing as Walmart in Spain mate. I've had been there when I was a kid though.
There is one thing I don't get.
I think it's backwards, as video games get more violent, kid's (especially the one's that start playing today's games at a young age) will also get more violent. If not how do you explain everyone on the internet that has massive ego'?
Mark my words, if someone is killed within a mile of a videogame in any direction, the media will find a way to make it seem like they reached out with their mind-taking powers and forced poor billy to beat that prostitute to death.
On their behalf, I'd say anonymity. Can say anything (at least once) and no accountability. I know normal rational people in general conversation that will blurt out all sorts of stuff just to draw a reaction online.VincentX3 said:
On your behalf, you're exposed to a greater and more diverse spread of people more often. We don't have comparative data to think of how folks were on the internet in 1970s.