*sighs in relief* So that means playing RPG's and Zelda titles will not make me break into other people houses and destroy stuff? YES! I can game again!
I can trust the courts (somewhat) but you can't trust the media not to not resort to sensationalist misrepresentation.ph0b0s123 said:Not quite how his gaming habits were reported below.
"The revelation came as Breivik described how he became a deadly marksman by honing his gun skills by playing the violent Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare computer game."
From: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2132002/Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-Norwegian-mass-killer-played-violent-video-game-Call-Duty-16-hours-day.html
"Norway killer sharpened aim on computer games" (AP)
http://news.google.co.uk/news/story?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=R6c&rls=org.mozilla:en-GBfficial&q=breivik+game&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=dbj7rP54nTTRWEMoA1Rme-kfvtgyM&ei=Q2GQT6q3HOmf0QWR_sSFAg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQqgIwAA
As per usual alarmist and clueless reporting. Just so disappointed how many respected publications (i.e not the mail above) are reporting as fact that you can improve your skills with a real gun from playing COD. Rather than reporting what he said and calling him out for being an idiot as what he is a saying would not work. You don't need great aim when unfortunately your victims don't have much of a chance to escape or fire back. And when you have two hours to walk around an island picking them off. All you need as a requirement for that, is serious mental issues....
From what I read of his manifesto awhile back (yes, I love to read crazy bullshit, I have the Unabomber's manifesto on my bookshelf. To be honest Breivik's manifesto is terrible in contrast, he repeats everything over and over again while the Unabomber actually had some rationalization for his actions) he's probably arguing that on some kind of cultural grounds, i.e. the 'Christian' culture of Norway is being destroyed by multiculturalism allowed by 'liberal' leaders. Thus he's defending himself and his culture from some kind of invaders.Wierdguy said:Yes... because shooting 60-ish unarmed teenagers and blowing up a building is totaly self-defence... seriously who the fuck does he think will possibly fall for that?
Because the problem is that people like this don't fit into any clear mental illness that would be required for them to be considered insane, as well as (and I'm not sure if this applies to Norway) you generally have to prove that you were not aware what you were doing was legally wrong (morals aren't considered) - he's already admitted that he was fully aware he was breaking the law. Not helped by the fact that numerous douchebags with absolutely nothing wrong with them but greed or selfishness have tried to claim insanity before, and it creates a climate where claiming insanity is seen as a cop-out to avoid prison (having seen what mental instituions can do to people, it really isn't btw).Treblaine said:I'm still curious, if some expert in mental illness and criminal law in Norway can explain how this guy is not insane. He is clearly deranged to describe cold blooded murder of almost 80 unarmed people as self-defence, or is it just that he is "not insane enough". Is the only type of insanity they would have accepted was if he genuinely was so deranged he thought he was shooting at nothing but balloons and didn't know what he was doing. Is that it?
Apparently that's why the prosecution is going for the insanity thing - if the jury agrees then they can lock him up "for as long as he's still a danger to society", which will hopefully mean forever...LadyDeadly said:he played COD to home his shooting skills?! yes, i played cooking mama to help me in the kitchen, THIS GUY IS AN ARSE.
its a fucking shame that the maximum sentence is 22 years. last thing we need are murders release back into society. damn it.
22 years before parole hearings, not 22 years before auto-release.kenu12345 said:I have been reading on this and i hate that the max prison sentence he can serve is 22 years.
Btw he says he is not guilty because he was "protecting" the nation from other religions.
I hate this monster.
LOL! That's what I was thinking... maybe he developed a bionic arm that can snap to ADS and onto a target in a fraction of a second...weirdguy said:Wait, his irl gun sight autotargets? That's pretty snazzy.
The opinions are mixed. Two psychologists, one says he's sane the other insane. so It's up to the judge to decide.Treblaine said:you can't trust the media not to not resort to sensationalist misrepresentation.
I'm still curious, if some expert in mental illness and criminal law in Norway can explain how this guy is not insane. He is clearly deranged to describe cold blooded murder of almost 80 unarmed people as self-defence, or is it just that he is "not insane enough". Is the only type of insanity they would have accepted was if he genuinely was so deranged he thought he was shooting at nothing but balloons and didn't know what he was doing. Is that it?
I know it's weird isn't it? I read what he said about playing WoW and thought maybe he really is sane. Then he claimed to have trained using CoD and realized he's not just insane, he's schizophrenic.Buretsu said:Anyone else thinks it sad that it's the unrepentant mass murderer who's speaking more logic than the media?
Oooohhh, I read that sentence totally wrong, and I thought "What? How does he know and why does he feel like mentioning it?".Saviordd1 said:He's also a huge dick, just saying.
Makes sense to me...Anders Breivik recently refuted claims from a prosecutor that he was a financially bankrupt loser who spent years playing video games while living in his mother's home.
Breivik said he moved back in with his mother in late 2006 to save money after an investment setback. He then spent the next year playing World of Warcraft, sometimes for up to 16 hours a day.
On it's most expensive payment plan (monthly) World of Warcraft will set you back Three Euro a week. No matter how financially destitute you are, you can afford it.Scrustle said:If he had to move in with his mother because of financial hardship how did he have money to spend on a years worth of WoW subscriptions?
I guess it's useless to question the logic of this man given his actions.
(Oh yeah, 1000 posts. Go me!)
To me that that's the max time he can is beyond obscene... guy's like him are the reason for the death penalty or the very least life in prison.kenu12345 said:I have been reading on this and i hate that the max prison sentence he can serve is 22 years.
Btw he says he is not guilty because he was "protecting" the nation from other religions.
I hate this monster.