Norwegian Retailers Get Rid Of Games After Attacks

[Cid Silverwing]

I'm Norwegian. And I'm offended. Big time. I thought we were immune to the American levels of stupid.

This just proved me wrong.

 

[Use_Imagination_here]

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[Lt. Vinciti]

Sounds like the first thing Norway needs is a nice big fat BANHAMMER on Video Games and Religion!

Thats the best way to fix this in the end

BANHAMMER

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Norway is casting aside all of its war-based video games?

[HEADING=2]Their defenses are broken! Let the slaughter begin![/HEADING]

MWA HA HA HA HAAA!! Without their precious training programs, we will swoop in and take over!

(Obvious satire.)

Oh how i do love that Megatron quote of yours it made my nostalgia sense tingle.

 

[Samurai Silhouette]

This hasn't affected me in any way shape or form. However, I'm not so ignorant to say that I don't care about it happening elsewhere because the movement may gain momentum and happen here.

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I agree with the temporary take down of the games due to sympathy... as long as it's temporary.

 

[Zelda_Lover26]

Those retailers are morons. And that's just putting it mildly.

I don't know if I agree with that. the gamestop retailers near where I currently live know me by name, and from my point of few they seem pretty smart...

But I will admit to the idiocy (hope I spelled that right...) on this one. I mean, World of Warcraft... Really? I've never even played that game, and them removing it from the shelves doesn't even make sense to me. I can understand the FPS's like Counter Strike, or Modern Warfare, but WoW.... Really? I mean, I'm sure it can get violent at times, but... really?

 

[Swifteye]

This doesn't seem very cool but it happens I believe catcher in the rye was removed when it was involved in its own controversy. If you want it but don't have it just wait awhile. It will come around and will probably not cost much at all to buy when it does.

 

[dyre]

And nothing of value was lost.

Oh come on, Counterstrike Source is a classic!

 

[TehKnifeh]

personally I hate this kind of knee jerk reaction, it just stinks of hypocrisy. Also pulling a few games "out of respect" just gives them a negative image. This in no means is suppose to trample the feelings of those who disagree, I just find it really silly that these games get pulled when the media gets its panties in a twist.

 

[Baresark]

LoL, extremist commits mass murder, and in turn extreme actions are taken just because he had limited interaction with a particular medium. Somehow, it doesn't actually make any sense.

 

[Raggedstar]

Norway, you do know you're well known for your notorious link to black metal...right? Several musicians involved with murders and church burnings in the name of Satan? Maybe I'm just prodding at nothing or I don't have my facts straight, but it just seems weird.

 

[Charli]

World...of...Warcraft.


...Oh sod off really? Every other game involves guns and semi serious subject matter. But the colourful, cartoony, nonsensical, puntastic, culture referance packed WoW?

Get out out of here you morons.

 

[Ruedyn]

There are only 2 games in that list that are worth two shits not directly to the face. I'm not quite sure why they would get rid of WoW though, besides the fact it is WAAAAY to addicting for its' own good.

 

[lacktheknack]

Those retailers are morons. And that's just putting it mildly.

How dare they show basic respect to the families of the victims.

If he had claimed that he read a book before killing your child, it doesn't matter how accurate the statement is, you'd be glad and comforted that the local bookstores pulled the book from shelves, even if only temporarily.

I don't give a damn how "calm and reasoned" you think you are (as evident in "the retailers are morons"), if you lost your child, you'd feel damn good about the killer's manifesto being thwarted in some way.

That's some god awful flawed logic right there. By your line of reasoning if a bunch of people got run over by a nutjob with a car then should they temporarily stop selling cars as a sign of respect for the people killed?

No. This would be the killer saying "THIS CAR MADE ME DO IT", which absolutely no one would buy.

However, of the families of the victims, some believe that the games were a part of the motive - and they were. The killer has said so. Thus, it's respectful to temporarily stop selling the games.

Grieving has little to do with logic. Perfectly logical people don't grieve.

 

[lacktheknack]

Those retailers are morons. And that's just putting it mildly.

How dare they show basic respect to the families of the victims.

If he had claimed that he read a book before killing your child, it doesn't matter how accurate the statement is, you'd be glad and comforted that the local bookstores pulled the book from shelves, even if only temporarily.

I don't give a damn how "calm and reasoned" you think you are (as evident in "the retailers are morons"), if you lost your child, you'd feel damn good about the killer's manifesto being thwarted in some way.

I think it's funny that you're telling someone that they can't say how they'll react if their child ever dies, but then go back around to TELL them how they'll react in such an event. Isn't it hilarious?! No, not really. Maybe because I'm an avid gamer and also an avid literature-reader, I could safely realize that, in the event of my child ever getting killed, the killer listing a book or a game - either of which you're saying are supplied by a major retailer - is nothing but a bunch of bullshit. Call of Duty does NOT help you with weapons training. A controller is the exact opposite from a real damn fire-arm that requires real training to be used in an accurate manner. And I doubt any book supplied by a major retailer is going to have such a great psychological effect on someone that they'd turn around and murder someone - and in the event that did happen, I'd see straight through that bull to realize that that person is just completely effing insane and is using something as a scapegoat.

In the event of my child being murdered, the only thing that would give me any gratification would be the killer being put behind bars to slowly rot - not a game or book from a clearly bullshit manifesto, written by someone who is addled in the head, being taken off of retail. Because I realize that games and books and movies do not work that way on people who are not psychotic.

Welcome to grief. Grief has very little to do with what you know logically.

 

[AngelOfBlueRoses]

Those retailers are morons. And that's just putting it mildly.

How dare they show basic respect to the families of the victims.

If he had claimed that he read a book before killing your child, it doesn't matter how accurate the statement is, you'd be glad and comforted that the local bookstores pulled the book from shelves, even if only temporarily.

I don't give a damn how "calm and reasoned" you think you are (as evident in "the retailers are morons"), if you lost your child, you'd feel damn good about the killer's manifesto being thwarted in some way.

I think it's funny that you're telling someone that they can't say how they'll react if their child ever dies, but then go back around to TELL them how they'll react in such an event. Isn't it hilarious?! No, not really. Maybe because I'm an avid gamer and also an avid literature-reader, I could safely realize that, in the event of my child ever getting killed, the killer listing a book or a game - either of which you're saying are supplied by a major retailer - is nothing but a bunch of bullshit. Call of Duty does NOT help you with weapons training. A controller is the exact opposite from a real damn fire-arm that requires real training to be used in an accurate manner. And I doubt any book supplied by a major retailer is going to have such a great psychological effect on someone that they'd turn around and murder someone - and in the event that did happen, I'd see straight through that bull to realize that that person is just completely effing insane and is using something as a scapegoat.

In the event of my child being murdered, the only thing that would give me any gratification would be the killer being put behind bars to slowly rot - not a game or book from a clearly bullshit manifesto, written by someone who is addled in the head, being taken off of retail. Because I realize that games and books and movies do not work that way on people who are not psychotic.

Welcome to grief. Grief has very little to do with what you know logically.

I guess I'm just able to grief with rational thought and put blame where it is actually due, then. Shame.

Those retailers are morons. And that's just putting it mildly.

How dare they show basic respect to the families of the victims.

If he had claimed that he read a book before killing your child, it doesn't matter how accurate the statement is, you'd be glad and comforted that the local bookstores pulled the book from shelves, even if only temporarily.

I don't give a damn how "calm and reasoned" you think you are (as evident in "the retailers are morons"), if you lost your child, you'd feel damn good about the killer's manifesto being thwarted in some way.

That's some god awful flawed logic right there. By your line of reasoning if a bunch of people got run over by a nutjob with a car then should they temporarily stop selling cars as a sign of respect for the people killed?

No. This would be the killer saying "THIS CAR MADE ME DO IT", which absolutely no one would buy.

However, of the families of the victims, some believe that the games were a part of the motive - and they were. The killer has said so. Thus, it's respectful to temporarily stop selling the games.

Grieving has little to do with logic. Perfectly logical people don't grieve.

I don't think you know what that word means!

-clears throat-

Motive - the goal or object of a person's actions: Her motive was revenge.

Well, if you had read, games were never the motive. At best, you can say that the killer called them the tool, which, let's face it, we all know is clearly bullshit. His real motive was "a call for a Christian war to defend Europe against Muslims" a la Christian Crusader.

 

[airrazor7]

Fellas, this was obviously part of his plan... The man might be a psychopath but he isn't stupid, he knows how to mess with people.

Exactly.

This guy has already proven to be very methodical so I wouldn't be surprised that claiming he used videos games was apart of his plans. The stores can claim they're pulling the games from shelves as an act of respect and that's fine. However, if the games he cited continue to be the main focus afterwards, it will only show how much people have given this psycho power over their decision making.