This is the exact opposite of an unintentional mistake. He noticed the dangerous situation and ignored it. He noticed a second warning sign and ignored it.HeartAttackBob said: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.
If the guy rolled his car because he was going 150 on an icy road, he would be pretty damn culpable.
Okay, but that only suggests WoW is more addictive than Tetris or Metal Gear. The next thing would be to show it is more addictive than shopping or chocolate or masturbation.Shirokurou said:I'm not saying WoW is 'teh root of all evil', just saying that I don't hear a lot of "he was playing Tetris and let someone die" or clinics to cure Metal Gear Solid addiction.Bags159 said: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.
I mean of course I understand that they are just the Sun and it's Icarus' fault for flying so close.
But everytime I hear someone die cause of it, I just get these EMP+WoW thoughts.