Drunken Father Kills Son, Missing Videogame Blamed

[CrafterMan]

The alcohol and the abusive nature is to blame, nothing else, period.

-Joe

 

[Radelaide]

That's just... I feel sorry for the mother. Her husband was a irresponsible idiot, and her son was only trying to do the right thing.

Stop the world, I want to get off...

 

[Shapsters]

T-Y-P-I-C-A-L

Thats all I can say, I'm sure the guy will go without being sentenced because he blames the video game.

 

[kotorfan04]

I wish we could see more versions of this. "Man shoots son over Bible" That would be awesome, of course the background information would probably be a carbon copy of this just replace video game with bible.

 

[Phenakist]

Here we go, AGAIN.

Now, media c*nts, what is more influential to your state of mind over a single night? Any random video game or a load of alcohol?

Do they try to be stupid or are they all born that way?

 

[Yokai]

GAAAAH. Stupid sensationalist headlines. Stupid right-wing newspapers. Stupid watchdog agendas. Damn them all.
I can see The Onion satirizing this at some point, if they haven't already. Man Kills Wife While Standing Near Halo 3--Games To Be Blamed for World's Problems?

 

[traceur_]

Maybe I'm being a little oversensitive. Maybe if the argument had originally started because nobody could find the TV remote, the headline would scream, "Man Kills Son Because He Couldn't Change the Channel." But I rather doubt it. And as long as stories like this attract follow-up user comments like, "Lends some credence to video games causing violence" - not booze, not socio-economic conditions, not a rampant gun culture, but videogames - which has itself garnered a considerable amount of "thumbs-up" support from fellow commentators, I don't think it's unreasonable to be a bit touchy about it.

Mate, did you actually read the article?

Well, here's a fun fact for those who didn't: THE VIDEO GAME WAS NOT BLAMED, nor did the article hint at it being the cause.

For fucks sake guys, grow up and stop trying to feel victimised. Malygris, the only one distorting the truth here is you. If you really want to ***** about misleading headlines, take a look at this thread's title.

The articles headline was a summary of what happened: A father killed his son during an argument over a video game. The article says NOTHING about the video game being the cause for the violence.

 

[Woem]

It's curious that the videogame is blamed and not the fact that he's drunk... Like Malygris said:

Maybe if the argument had originally started because nobody could find the TV remote, the headline would scream, "Man Kills Son Because He Couldn't Change the Channel." But I rather doubt it.

 

[Deleted]

The son was stupid to try and 'knock the gun away' from a grown man. But overall this is still terrible, its idiots like these that make gamers look bad.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

"Ofelio Antonio Otero had been drinking heavily when he and his wife got into an argument over a missing videogame at around 4:15 this morning."
"Ofelio Antonio Otero had been drinking heavily when he and his wife got into an argument"
"Ofelio Antonio Otero had been DRINKING HEAVILY"

The Houston Chronicle, go fuck yourself. This crime was in no way the fathers fault because he got drunk, NOOOOO it's the VIDEOGAME'S FAULT!

How stupid can some people be?

 

[KaiRai]

Pfft.

Houston complaining about gun culture and games? Now I've seen everything.

 

[Panzer_God]

The gun has little to do with it. If the gun hadn't of existed it would have been a knife. If the knife hadn't existed it would have been a fist.

Abusive people are abusive regardless of what weapons they wield.

Have you ever tried throwing a knife? Seriously, go and get a knife (anything from a fruit knife to a bread knife, it doesn't matter) now, and try to hit a coke can with the blade from a distance of more than ten foot. Now, get pissed and try it again. If it wasn't for the gun, that kid would be alive now.

Well, I'm actually more accurate with a thrown knife then a gun. I can't shoot to save my life. So he'd be safer around me if i had the gun

 

[Panzer_God]

Just a little hint here. Read the actual article. The video game only gets passing mention as the orginal arguing point, the game is in no way accused of causing, contributing to or having any connection at all to the murder. While I agree that the media blames games far too often, you guys are now going out and finding places where games are mentioned in relation to crimes just to get something to ***** and moan about. You guys are turning a murder into a way to have a group therapy session about the media. Have a heart for that poor woman.

How stupid can some people be?

good to know you can answer your own question

 

[Booze Zombie]

I think people dodging around the alcohol abuse and gun culture problems are pretty annoying, too.

Funny how they focus on the most innocuous thing in this incident, a flat plastic disk in a flat plastic case.

 

[Skooterz]

Oh, great. Another incident for self-serving politicians to feed to the general public as evidence that "durr, games r bad." Instead of addressing the real issue at hand.

 

[Sporky111]

"Ofelio Antonio Otero had been drinking heavily when he and his wife got into an argument over a missing videogame at around 4:15 this morning."
"Ofelio Antonio Otero had been drinking heavily when he and his wife got into an argument"
"Ofelio Antonio Otero had been DRINKING HEAVILY"

The Houston Chronicle, go fuck yourself. This crime was in no way the fathers fault because he got drunk, NOOOOO it's the VIDEOGAME'S FAULT!

How stupid can some people be?

Pretty stupid. This is why I don't read newspaper: because the jurnalists want to get paid, and they only get paid if people see the headline, think "what the fuck?", and then buy it. It's stupidity on both sides.

 

[teisjm]

I think video-games are a bit more to blame, than the OP thinks... After carefully re-reading the article, it's clear to me, that the father was under the impression that his son would respawn a few seconds later.

If you ask me, any shooter should have a disclaimer that said something like this:

Dear retarded abusive parents
Please don't try any of this at home
respawning is not an imitation of reality, if you die in real life, you stay dead.
don't shoot people.

maybe even some nifty voice activation, so you couldn't play the game untill you had sayd "i will not try to shoot anyone in real life, real people doesn't respawn" 10 times into your mic

 

[geldonyetich]

It's always dreadfully convenient when the truly dysfunctional cleans up after itself by preventing itself from spawning. Perhaps the trouble is less to do with lack of video restriction and more with excess of alcohol restriction. We should have a government mandate that potent, aggression inducing alcohol is available in every street corner free of charge in order to bring about roundabout eugenics. It should carry a side-effect of impotence.

 

[mrx19869]

i am tired of hearing news articles and politicians blame video games for violence.. there is more to this story and the violence in that house has been a problem before that's kinda obvious.. things don't go from an argument to a shooting that quickly.. its obvious that the dad is just one of those people ...

i got my bad of weed and an extra violent video game.. who wants to go rob a liqueur store with me cause im violent from playing GTA..