Dude, some people should not play that game. Like for instance, someones house was on fire, and he got yelled at because he went away from keyboard. Some people should not play certain games if they cant leave the game for a period of time, or they cant wait for people patiently. But this is ridiculous, because of a game he let someone die.
Man Let Son Suffocate Because He Was Playing WoW
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I think people are taking out of context what was said in court, especially since it hasn't got to the point for him to make his final statement. He may be utterly wracked with guilt and self-loathing, I know I would. He only explained why he didn't, it doesn't justify it but it's the truth, he didn't take the pillow off because he wanted to get back to WoW. Nowhere does it say "It's really the games fault". He has to provide this information and it's relevant to the case. People on the internet get so irrational.
Back to point, I feel sorrow for the tragically early loss of life that occurred here, and for those close to the child in their time of mourning. This was irresponsible parenting in the extreme, and is indicative of an uneducated and immature approach to parenting. While he showed some forethought in making sure the child was secure, ignoring it's cries and generally not being in sight of the child at all times was callous and reprehensible. However, it sounds as though he will plead guilty to the charges, as he should, so this shouldn't be protracted. He will likely have lost everything important to him now, if that isn't torture he isn't human.
His lies don't make sense, I assume it's fear in face of losing his loved ones. Although to say his inaccurate depiction of his game time is a lie is a stretch, assuming he did find the child before she got home, he wouldn't have spared a moment to turn it off between weeping and having a break down. Or he might have just misjudged. The pillow lie was surely trying to save himself from looking utterly loathsomely negligent.
Edit: The murder theories I've read are quite disturbing, I hope for the sake of humanity it isn't true. Murdering an infant is unimaginably evil.
Back to point, I feel sorrow for the tragically early loss of life that occurred here, and for those close to the child in their time of mourning. This was irresponsible parenting in the extreme, and is indicative of an uneducated and immature approach to parenting. While he showed some forethought in making sure the child was secure, ignoring it's cries and generally not being in sight of the child at all times was callous and reprehensible. However, it sounds as though he will plead guilty to the charges, as he should, so this shouldn't be protracted. He will likely have lost everything important to him now, if that isn't torture he isn't human.
His lies don't make sense, I assume it's fear in face of losing his loved ones. Although to say his inaccurate depiction of his game time is a lie is a stretch, assuming he did find the child before she got home, he wouldn't have spared a moment to turn it off between weeping and having a break down. Or he might have just misjudged. The pillow lie was surely trying to save himself from looking utterly loathsomely negligent.
Edit: The murder theories I've read are quite disturbing, I hope for the sake of humanity it isn't true. Murdering an infant is unimaginably evil.
Great. Another scum of the earth failure that us gamers will have to foot the blame for because he can't accept it himself.
I play WoW. A lot. But I'm not so addicted that I "can't be bothered" to get up and do something else when needed. This guy is just pond scum...It's not WoW's fault.
I play WoW. A lot. But I'm not so addicted that I "can't be bothered" to get up and do something else when needed. This guy is just pond scum...It's not WoW's fault.
his attorney obviously told him to change is story to blame world of warcraft to soften the penalty
Well, that's not a good thing. It's a video game, not real life. No video game should ever dictate, "You have to play it at this time." Video games are an activity of leisure, which means after youre done school and/or work, it's time for games. Not rearranging your whole schedule just to play a game.Nieroshai said:
Which is another reason WoW sucks.
Though don't get me wrong, having Pokemon games dictate that you can only catch certain pokemon at certain times of day isn't fair either.
I personally blame WoW BECAUSE It's WoW, but I do blame the man for total neglect. Hell when im babysitting my Neice, if shes crying or my sister asks me to look after her for a bit I exit whatever game straight away and tend to her.
He did check his baby several times that night just like he did every other night. He loved Brendin just as he loved his other three children whom are alive and healthy. He isn't some sort of demon and he has been a total wreck since the loss of Brendin. He wasn't there for one very short period and as a result Brendin is dead, and Andrew has never gotten over that and never will.michael87cn said:
To others here, he isn't using WoW as a scapegoat, that just happened to be what he was doing at the time of death. The media is sensationalizing it and the police/military and investigators have made a monster out of him when he isn't.
I love the amount of serious in this thread. If I still had a soul I'd laugh.
Edit: Shit, this was a serious story assuming the source doesnt have a fake timestamp. I'm a terrible person D: !
Edit: Shit, this was a serious story assuming the source doesnt have a fake timestamp. I'm a terrible person D: !
According to the indictment, Andrew Warner knowingly allowed his child to remain in a position where his breathing was obstructed, causing the infant to suffocate. The child's death was caused by the father's conscious disregard that "constituted a gross deviation from the standard care a reasonable person would exercise,"
Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2010-02-27/story/couple_indicted_in_13_month_olds_death#ixzz1IEmW0mNI
Drew had Brendin on his stomach because he was raised himself that way and it was how he was told to raise his children, this was to prevent choking on spit up and vomit particles. Unknown to him was that this position was changed as it can be a suffocation hazard.
Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2010-02-27/story/couple_indicted_in_13_month_olds_death#ixzz1IEmW0mNI
Drew had Brendin on his stomach because he was raised himself that way and it was how he was told to raise his children, this was to prevent choking on spit up and vomit particles. Unknown to him was that this position was changed as it can be a suffocation hazard.
I think that its a really tragic thing to happen but the basic story is that this man was neglectful of his child. When you are looking after really young children you can't do things that take your time up, you have to be attentive.
There are plenty of instances of this I think sadly, it's just more intresting for the media if they can blame it on the evil computer game.
I feel really bad for the mother, poor woman.
There are plenty of instances of this I think sadly, it's just more intresting for the media if they can blame it on the evil computer game.
I feel really bad for the mother, poor woman.
It's thrilling to know there are so many perfect parents on the Escapist! I certainly had no idea. Being the father of a 44 day old girl I can empathize with the man, at least to the point where I'm not assuming he was some raging loser who was hell bent on ignoring his dying son's cries.
Someone mentioned 'babysitting'. Being a parent is not babysitting, it's running a marathon while trying to carry on life on the side. I have two major scars on my body where my wonderful mother was 'negligent'; I have a vicious V on my right middle finger from when I tried to fish my sock out of the vacuum cleaner, and a long scar down my left leg from a Pepsi bottle that I picked up and dropped in the garage.
We almost had a horrific incident six hours into my daughter's life; she was resting on my wife's chest and suddenly threw her head backward and to the side (her neck has been so strong since day one). I was sitting on the opposite side of the bed and I nearly vaulted over my wife, who barely caught her legs as she headed to the floor.
"Horrible mother rips skin off infant son's hand, only concerned with cleaning house."
"Absent minded new mother allows day old infant to fall five feet head first onto concrete floor."
Someone mentioned 'babysitting'. Being a parent is not babysitting, it's running a marathon while trying to carry on life on the side. I have two major scars on my body where my wonderful mother was 'negligent'; I have a vicious V on my right middle finger from when I tried to fish my sock out of the vacuum cleaner, and a long scar down my left leg from a Pepsi bottle that I picked up and dropped in the garage.
We almost had a horrific incident six hours into my daughter's life; she was resting on my wife's chest and suddenly threw her head backward and to the side (her neck has been so strong since day one). I was sitting on the opposite side of the bed and I nearly vaulted over my wife, who barely caught her legs as she headed to the floor.
"Horrible mother rips skin off infant son's hand, only concerned with cleaning house."
"Absent minded new mother allows day old infant to fall five feet head first onto concrete floor."
Finally, someone with a level head.michael87cn said:
It was a horrible accident and a mistake that anyone could have very easily made. He isn't a bad parent that deserves to be mutilated and killed for this. I can only assume that the death of his son is enough, and the jail time is probably next to meaningless compared to the loss of his child.