Lawyer Blames Videogames For Synagogue Bombings

[The Pinray]

Wasn't this exact defense used in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit?

 

[Relaver]

Hmm. Refresh my memory... what Xbox game featured bombing synagogues? Must've been DLC.

um...Bomberman?

 

[aashell13]

I don't recall seeing a game where you burn down synagogues...

 

[kasperbbs]

I don't see how games could make a person hate jews. I gess he simply couldn't afford a decent lawyer and the guy he got was just grasping at straws, to be fair i wouldn't have an excuse for his behavior either.

 

[spartandude]

Yeah, like video games assumed direct control of his body,

what you did there

Spoiler: i see it

 

[Otaku World Order]

*sigh* Remember when we all thought that this crap was over with once Jack Thompson was gone?

 

[Fox242]

Those darn arson simulators, aren't they a hoot?

 

[him over there]

I assumed we made it past this. In a way at least they're progressing from "games make you crazy" to "In this particular instance an extremely violent and interactive medium may have been the catalyst that sent someone already mentally ill over the edge." Not really great but the lawyer may be trying for a sort of "This man is unstable so keep these away from him because they might make him in particular violent." Of course he should still seriously be convicted and if they're going for the insanity plea then mentioning vidoegames at all is kind of strange since he says that he was already ill in the head. So I'm on thee fence between small form of progress and underhanded attempt at petty scapegoating.

 

[Robert Ewing]

Looks like absolute desperation.

When in doubt, use a scapegoat. Just unfortunate that gaming was chosen I guess. I do hope that the bombers family aren't paying that defense lawyer much...

 

[Iron Lightning]

Ok can anyone name a game that promotes active violence against the Jewish?

If not that whole argument is dead in the water.

I'll name three: [a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_Cleansing_%28video_game%29]Ethnic Cleansing[/a], White Law, and ZOG's Nightmare although it should be noted that these area all computer games and the accused arsonist here seems to have been an XboX gamer.

Ok can anyone name a game that promotes active violence against the Jewish?

If not that whole argument is dead in the water.

I dont know its name, but extra credits once mentioned a neo nazi game.

See above

 

[Rayne870]

him and the lawyer should be put to death for the crime of stupidity.

So you want to show you dislike on the scapegoat issue "video games cause violence," by inciting violence.

That makes PERFECT sense......

yes! the best way to win an argument is to eliminate the opposition

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

It appears that my time machine worked. I'm in 2007.

The next president is black.

minor detail, but the next president would be Biracial, not black. It's like saying Vin Diesel is black.

 

[lacktheknack]

Ok can anyone name a game that promotes active violence against the Jewish?

If not that whole argument is dead in the water.

Zog's Nightmare.

Think Nazi Germany, except more insane.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

I don't recall seeing a game where you burn down synagogues...

Spoiler: you sure about that?

 

[Rad Party God]

Ok can anyone name a game that promotes active violence against the Jewish?

If not that whole argument is dead in the water.

On consoles, specifically the Xbox, ninguno, nein, zilch, zero, none. At least not directly, only if you're playing online and someone is trolling, wich I think is 95% of the time.

OT: Heh, failed lawyer is failed, I'm glad that prick got just what he deserved.

 

[dubious_wolf]

Videogames should be monitored as a potential symptom not a cause. It just never ends...

 

[aashell13]

I don't recall seeing a game where you burn down synagogues...

Spoiler: you sure about that?

doom mods hacked together by bored teenagers in germany don't count.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

I don't recall seeing a game where you burn down synagogues...

Spoiler: you sure about that?

doom mods hacked together by bored teenagers in germany don't count.

moving the goalpost doesn't make you right.

 

[Xenowolf]

Ok can anyone name a game that promotes active violence against the Jewish?

If not that whole argument is dead in the water.

I dont know its name, but extra credits once mentioned a neo nazi game.

There's this... thing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KZ_Manager], but it's far too old to have been released on 360.

 

[DayDark]

"lots of meanness,"

Games now have meanness, when did that happen ?

It's from the movies, lots of meanness there. I hear reality can be pretty mean too, maybe we should limit our kids interaction with reality.