Actually, disarming someone who is holding a gun on you is easy, once you've been properly trained and practiced a few thousand times until its a reflex. Oh, and it helps to have the big, round steel balls required to actually attempt it. What the son did was an act of fear and desperation and probably angered Otero enough to pull the trigger, attempting to run away was probably what sealed his fate.Malygris said:
If he had just stood there and talked it out he might have survived, but making a move to disarm his father and then escape escalated the situation and Otero, seeing the source of his anger getting away, decided to fire. What that has to do with video games I'm still trying to figure out. The argument that video games inspired Otero to shoot his son is just weak conjecture. Conjecture that could be applied to countless other incidents as well, so lets hope nobody goes that direction in the investigation or assholes like Jack Thompson will have more ammunition for their little crusade. A missing video game was the initial stressor in this situation, it had nothing to do with the content of the game, anyone's obsession with it, or if even anyone had played it the day of the murder. Why are people this stupid? Does anyone even THINK before they publish a news story anymore?
This is something that I call the 'Marylin Manson Factor' where parents, educators and other authorities have to point the finger at something or someone, and in the case of the Columbine massacre, they pointed that finger at Marylin Manson, citing his music and lyrics as being one of the catalysts that inspired Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris to murder 12 people and take their own lives.
Neither Klebold or Harris listened to any Marylin Manson music. Neither one of them even owned a single Manson CD or casette. It was nothing more than desperate finger pointing by the very people who the finger should be very firmly pressed down upon.
What's this? A father gunned down his son after an argument that in some convoluted way involved a video game? I SMELL A HEADLINE!
First its thinking like that on behalf of the media and asinine comments like those from that idiot who obviously likes to use the word "credence" to sound smart that do nothing to address the real issues. You know, the ones YOU were talking about? I know this has basically been one big paraphrase, but I just wanted you to know that I agree with you about this entire issue, mostly because I have a bit of personal experience in this kind of "reporting".
I had a bike messenger friend get badly hurt because of driver stupidity (I was there and saw everything go down), and when it inevitably made the news all they could say was "...wasn't wearing a helmet" which would have done nothing to prevent the inuries she sustained, and she was not responsible for what was basically an attack. They didn't mention the fact the driver hit her from behind INTENTIONALLY despite the several eyewitness reports including mine, and statements from three lawyers who watched the whole thing.
Nope, a bike messenger getting hit from behind by a dangerous driver with a serious attitute problem and anger issues wasn't the story, the fact that she was hit and wasn't wearing a helmet was. Maybe if we hadn't blocked him from leaving the scene like he tried to and let it turn into a police chase and manhunt it would have been a different (and probably more violent and therefore sensational) story.
So to sum it up folks, don't believe everything you read/hear/see in the news, don't be a FOX news sheep and buy what they're selling. Because that's what they're doing is SELLING YOU A STORY to keep you reading/listening/watching and they don't give a damn about facts, they want a story. The difference between the two is sometimes pretty vast.
