Teenager Kills Mother Over Halo 3
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Which game would've made it worthwhile, pray tell?jdnoth said:
(And yes, I know I've already posted a similar response; I'm just tired of letting this crap go unchallenged.)
-- Steve
So someone's going to attempt to make us believe that this game- which he bought, but never actually had a chance to play- transformed this sweet, innocent church-going boy into a hardened killer the moment he laid his hands on it?
I'm sorry, the streets in front of every GameStop and EB Games would be littered with bodies if this were even remotely true.
There was obviously something tremendously wrong with this young man well before he snuck out of his house that night. You do not put a handgun to the heads of your parents and pull the trigger just because they won't let you "get your frag on"; there are no small number of simple human instincts that would normally work to stop this. I wouldn't doubt that further investigation would find that this boy had deep-seated psychological problems... but hey, that doesn't sell nearly as many newspapers as "Video Game Turns Choir Boy Into Murderer".
I'm sorry, the streets in front of every GameStop and EB Games would be littered with bodies if this were even remotely true.
There was obviously something tremendously wrong with this young man well before he snuck out of his house that night. You do not put a handgun to the heads of your parents and pull the trigger just because they won't let you "get your frag on"; there are no small number of simple human instincts that would normally work to stop this. I wouldn't doubt that further investigation would find that this boy had deep-seated psychological problems... but hey, that doesn't sell nearly as many newspapers as "Video Game Turns Choir Boy Into Murderer".
I second this.Anton P. Nym said:
I would also like to say that it probably wasn't just the game that caused him to do this; there were probably many other factors that contributed to him shooting his parents. The video game was merely the straw that broke the camel's back, as it were.
Always sad when things like this happens, and i know its gonna sound really cold hearted, but the saddest thing here is that the gaming industry will take a beating from the media cause of this, and no, im not some over obsessed gamer, im just a normal guy, but the fact is that his behaviour doesnt really have anything to do with gaming, gaming just happened to be the thing that pushed him over the edge, it might as well have been an argument with a friend or some idiot in traffic pissing him off or something, things like this will always happen...sadly, but blaiming the thing that happened to push them over the edge and saying thats the thing thats dangerous is just dumb.
Gaming does not make people violent, thats been prooven over and over again, yet, the mainstream media apparently cant read the reports nor can they research it themselfs.
Gaming does not make people violent, thats been prooven over and over again, yet, the mainstream media apparently cant read the reports nor can they research it themselfs.
My heart goes out to the family for this death, but obviously not to the kid.
The kid had to be psychotic if he killed his mother just because of Halo.
Obviously there's something more to this than just getting pissed off at his parents for taking away Halo. You only do this kind of stuff if you're already mentally psychotic.
I'll say it like I always say it, Video Games do affect you in some way, negative or positive. For all we know, Halo 3 could have been the event that tipped him over the edge to kill his mother (hell, we all get angry at our parents, though usually not enough to kill them (just enough to say you want to kill them)). However, it's yet to be proven that video games are the sole reason for this violent behavior from happening, but I'm not denying that it may have some sortof subconcious effect to it.
The kid had to be psychotic if he killed his mother just because of Halo.
Obviously there's something more to this than just getting pissed off at his parents for taking away Halo. You only do this kind of stuff if you're already mentally psychotic.
I'll say it like I always say it, Video Games do affect you in some way, negative or positive. For all we know, Halo 3 could have been the event that tipped him over the edge to kill his mother (hell, we all get angry at our parents, though usually not enough to kill them (just enough to say you want to kill them)). However, it's yet to be proven that video games are the sole reason for this violent behavior from happening, but I'm not denying that it may have some sortof subconcious effect to it.
OK, that's creepy. I've gotten angry with my parents when they forbid me to buy M-rated games, but seriously, that's horrible.
Although the title for the this news story does not reveal everything, the fact of the matter is that it is accurate. I know that we are all gamers and get a little touchy (as we should) when games are unfairly characterize as the harbinger of every death and laziness on earth, but...
There's no mistaken it, he killed his mother due to the halo incident. Yes, this young man was very troubled and there was so much more going on his life than we can possibly know from a simple court statement, but the fact is that halo 3 was the tipping point.
Think of it this way: If this young man (with the same homicidal tendencies) was denied his computer in the same fashion that he was denied Halo 3 (i.e. they locked it up in some room with a 9mm) and then he subsequently broke into that room, reclaimed his computer, and shot his mother we would have to concede that he did this partly based on his parents taking his computer from him.
It's no different here. Just because he probably had a million other sick thoughts in his mind when he killed his parents, it doesn't discount the fact that "Mommy and Daddy took Halo From Me!" was at the forefront of all of them.
Sad.
There's no mistaken it, he killed his mother due to the halo incident. Yes, this young man was very troubled and there was so much more going on his life than we can possibly know from a simple court statement, but the fact is that halo 3 was the tipping point.
Think of it this way: If this young man (with the same homicidal tendencies) was denied his computer in the same fashion that he was denied Halo 3 (i.e. they locked it up in some room with a 9mm) and then he subsequently broke into that room, reclaimed his computer, and shot his mother we would have to concede that he did this partly based on his parents taking his computer from him.
It's no different here. Just because he probably had a million other sick thoughts in his mind when he killed his parents, it doesn't discount the fact that "Mommy and Daddy took Halo From Me!" was at the forefront of all of them.
Sad.
That's a damn good question my friend... It's like setting up a blank password in windows. It may give you outward sense of security, until someone actually tries to use your computer and realizes, oh, what a retard.Novajam said:
Your point, Novajam, is only amplified by the fact that a loaded gun was also present. Yes, a loaded gun and Halo 3 deserve an equal amount security... NONE.
Sad.
I think it's slightly wrong for the media to be using the name of the game. It's stories like this that create a massive scare, in extreme cases leading to more violence as more parents ban their kids. does it really matter what game it was, so long as you say it was a shooter? Oh, and also agreeing with the fact this kid obviously had some issues to begin with.
