Nine-Year-Old Dies Imitating Wrestling Videogame

[Lord Sprinkles]

Darwin strikes again!

I don't care if i get banned for that.

 

[Istickell]

What did they think was going to happen? They live in a THIRTEEN story app. building! Its unlucky enough standing in that building!

 

[curlycrouton]

My sincerest condolences to the friends and family of this child. This is a tragic occurence, although sadly it will inevitably serve as more ammunition for the anti-video game lobbyists.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

Because when a kid jumps off of his roof with a parachute, then he is obviously imitating a video game...

 

[Computer-Noob]

Umm, smackdown versus raw is a rated teen game. Why is this kid playing it? Thats the first problem. Second problem is the sister who clearly wasnt paying attention.

Its horrible what happened, but...seriously.


Jack Thompson is going to be all over this, the asshole he is.

 

[Arionis]

Wait, I know its wrong to insult a dead person, but how on earth could ANYONE think jumping off a 13 story building is in any way safe...

As stated in the article, the child should never have owned the game in the first place too.

I agree with you on the whole "insulting the dead" thing,

that said,

at least someone that dumb doesn't get a chance to reproduce. 8/

 

[Boxinatorizore]

... the facts on this story make no sense!

 

[PersianLlama]

Okay, I admit I'm not a WWE fan and so may not be terribly current on the rules... but aren't parachutes considered foreign objects, and thus are barred from the ring? This isn't immitating a video game. Kids have been jumping off roofs with makeshift parachutes for far longer than video games have been around. This is a lame attempt to shift blame unto the current scapegoat.

Note that I'm not assigning blame in this, as it's far too early and with far too few facts to do so even assuming it'd be justified or even useful. I'm just saying that if you're looking for culprits, don't pick games just because it's fashionable to do so.

-- Steve

Also, since when did wrestling rings include apartment buildings?

 

[Blow_Pop]

Where the hell was the sister when he decided to scale the roof?

I concour.

But where was the family in teaching him fantasy vs reality? or in this case video games vs reality?

Edit:
At least when I babysat I knew where the kids were at all times. I was reminiscing yesterday with a guy I babysat when I was 16 he is now 20 I think......or somewhere around there. I use to turn on the N64 and we'd play video games or he would and I would read a book and be there watching him. By the way he turned out decent.

 

[Internet Kraken]

Natural selection in action.

 

[Hedberger]

doesn't jumping off something look exactly the same everywere?

They could just as easy claim that he was a friend that jumped off something. Why does he necessarily need to be imitating anything???

 

[Doc Theta Sigma]

This is why stupid people shouldn't breed

 

[Blow_Pop]

doesn't jumping off something look exactly the same everywere?

They could just as easy claim that he was a friend that jumped off something. Why does he necessarily need to be imitating anything???

because since his favorite video game had a character jumping off something, its automatic that he is imitating it. Because video games are the cause of everything wrong with kids nowadays. Never mind bad parenting.

 

[Spyalt]

Anyone else waiting for the media to blame all games for this?

 

[Spyalt]

Natural selection: It works!

A tad harsh perhaps.

 

[Deef]

Let's do I swan dive, but not onto another wrestler, off a roof!
Honestly, I don't even think this is realted to video games, the authorities are taking the word of a 9-year old kid who wasn't even there as a cause.
/sigh

 

[Thalosvipav]

Where the hell was the sister when he decided to scale the roof?

my thoughts exactly

 

[DigitalSushi]

My heart goes out to his family.

all those knee jerk reactions comments, pull your legs back in, a child died.

 

[gjkdioepppp]

if the kid thought it was a particularly good idea to jump off the fucking roof surely he got his comupence