Man Let Son Suffocate Because He Was Playing WoW

[HeartAttackBob]

It is interesting that a lot of voices seem to condemn Warner for being irresponsible or a bad parent. Realistically people, having the physical capacity to produce an offspring does not magically endow you with the wisdom and patience necessary to successfully raise the kid. From what I can tell, this was just a normal guy who made a poor choice one evening and happened to be unlucky enough that it resulted in his kid dying.

Should this guy spend 10 years in prison for an unintentional mistake? Personally, I think that's excessive.
If the situation that caused his child's death was only slightly different, for example, if he had been driving and rolled his car, I submit that our conclusions about his culpability would be vastly different.

 

[Bags159]

Frankly, I'm tired of hearing news like this...
Makes me want to take a hammer to the heads of such idiot-parents and an EMP to WoW and FB for providing such distractions.
Seriously, agreeing with Super-Skrull, there's too much trash in the universe...

Sorry for such a post...

So because a bad parent is playing a video game and lets his son die, no one else should be allowed to play said video game?

Did you even think before you made this post? The video game is not to blame here, the parent is.

 

[Jamous]

WHAT!? He actually did that? Not only is he a heartless thoughtless dick; we really do not need this sort of publicity. Ugh. Groups like FOX are going to be ALL over this. >_<

Coming up next, Cooking Mama; innocent cooking family fun or RAPE DEATH ANGER MURDER SIMULATOR!! Followed by a hecklinginterview of Gabe Newell on the nebulous birthdate of Half-Life 3 and a weather report; its a special BAAAAAAAAAWstorm exclusive!

Tempting as it is to pin the blame on WoW and use it as an example of how it eats souls for breakfast this guy is 100% to blame. He could have saved his kid if he took a moment to turn it onto its back; he should be done for negligent homicide instead of more anti-gamer propaganda from the right-wing fanatics that seem to be America's voice.

*le gasp* A RAPE DEATH ANGER MURDER SIMULATOR!?!? YOU EVIL EVIL DEVELOPERS.

 

[Dastardly]

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In an objective sense, that man's pain is deserved in that he brought it upon himself. The repercussions are obviously disproportionate to the offense, but those are the risks associated with being the caretaker for a tiny, helpless, delicate organism. He is rightfully going to stand trial for that and receive whatever the justice system deems an appropriate punishment.

Subjectively, however, I feel awful for this man and his family. How many things have we put aside for just a moment because we were caught up in a game? I'd think it more likely that this man didn't leave the child unattended because he thought the child wasn't a huge deal, but rather because he thought the game was no big deal--surely the world's not going to end if I play a few more minutes, right?

Is this man really that much more selfish and evil than any of us can sometimes be? Look at another situation (for those without kids)--how many of us have done something horribly distracting while driving, yet not accidentally hit a pedestrian? Does it mean we're better than those that did, or just that we got lucky?

The man screwed up, but his screw-up was negligence, coupled with horrible misfortune, not malice. He'll receive his punishment, beyond what he's received already, and that's fine. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't extend him the same compassion we'd want for ourselves...

 

[-Fishbulb-]

Yup, this is going to be blow up to terrible heights and I can see some people saying WoW needs to be banned and blah blah blah. Where WoW was not the problem it was it was the moron who obviously thought his bodily function was more important than his son.

 

[Shadie777]

Stupid bastard. This has made me a little depressed.
The fact that this has actually happened makes me scared of doing something wrong whenever I look after my cousins.

 

[Teimuraz]

This guy is F*cking idiot. If he loves WoW so much, why the hell did he even bothered having a wife? A child? Now his wife is mentally cripled(I think she is) and his son is dead. No more MMORPGs for him.

 

[LorienvArden]

His life is over anyway... having do deal with his childs death is propably punishment enough.

If you can't manage your games and your life - giving up on your games is the easier choice.

 

[YouBecame]

*Checks date*

Oh OK, fancy that!

 

[The Night Shade]

I call bullshit on this,the man said that he was playing WOW because he needed and excuse nothing else

 

[SteewpidZombie]

CURSE YOU FINAL PIECE OF MY EPIC GEAR!...ALWAYS JUST OUT OF MY REA...I mean...Awh damn, my kid died...


*Really though, he couldn't have been bothered to stand up and walk across the room to remove a pillow from his baby's head...that guy is officially nominated for the 'Biggest Douche Parent of the Year!' award*

 

[samwise970]

Hey I know that the headlines are important, but by calling this article "WoW Player on Trial", you are really doing as much damage to the gaming community as this guy has (obviously I understand that the damage this guy did to us isn't even close to comparable to the damage to his son).

This asshole wasn't a 'WoW player' who killed his son. He was a neglectant father who happened to be playing WoW at the time that he killed his child.

If The Escapist, an intelligent and very pro-game publication, labels this man as a gamer first and foremost, how do we expect the mainstream media to handle this? You should be the example for others to follow.

 

[Desert Tiger]

What an absolute joke. I hate WoW with a passion, but they deserve no negative connotations from this whatsoever. If he heard his child crying then he can take use the sense he was born with and take three seconds to check on him. What a horrible, stupid individual.

 

[Desert Tiger]

*Checks date*

Oh OK, fancy that!

If you honestly think they'd make an April Fool's joke out of this, you've got a very interesting sense of humour.