Manhunt Makes children kill...ow get over it

danke

There was some news report on some site, I'm too lazy to dig up my irc logs but it mentioned parents "dropping off" (more like ditching) their children at "overnight gaming centers" (they can't even call em by the correct name), where the kids as young as 12 play violent video games. Of course they brought up the murder this topic is about.

This proves it. It's completely bad parenting, or the person who wrote the article is a complete dumbass. You can't say parents are the ones responsible for their kids playing the games, then say the game's responsible for what the kids do.

Games don't kill people, bad parenting does.

The discussions in the media about violent games in relation to murder cases become more and more ridiculous, they just need something to write and people believe it.

Quote from User Err0r

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Taking the games off store shelves would only hurt the developers publishers whoever (the people your $50 go to). If you really really want a game, but can't find it, are you just going to give up? No, you're going to download it. You still have the game that'll make you kill people at your school, and the people who would be getting your $50 don't get a single cent, (that is until they find out that the person didnt legally own the software, so they search the computer for more pirated games and then sue the parents of the suicidal murderer).

"This thread has not yet been rated."

It has Urban in it, that degrades it to a D, but then upgrades it back to an A

i guess i'll just say the obvious here:

the people who want to blame video games for that kid's murder, for columbine, etc aren't really interested in "saving the children" or doing good for society. the lawyers who are trying to "destroy Rockstar Games" aren't trying to make society better. all those people are in it for their own greed (especially the lawyers). see, what we all know but don't say is that those people are simply looking for an "out"...it's easier to blame video games and demonize developers/publishers/esrb than to swallow the fact that some people are just screwed up. some people get physically, sexually, mentally, and emotionally abused as children, and that screws them up for life. in a rare instance, those abuse victims go crazy and go on killing sprees in places like Littleton, Colorado or they stab a kid at school in England. it totally sucks and no one wins. but because western legal systems tend to award lots of money for loss and pain and suffering caused by such events, greedy, sleazy people try to take advantage. like that laywer trying to take down RockStar over this killing in England. Only someone who has been an abulance chaser all his life would say he's going to "destroy Rockstar games"...plz.

it says something about western culture (mainly capitalistic culture)...the cost of the wonderful freedom (more or less) we enjoy in western societies (as opposed to living under a dictator, a fascist or extremist regime, or Communism) is that members of such free societies are free to try to exploit any angle they can find to make money. i'm not saying it is frivolous to sue rockstar necc, but it reminds me of people who commit insurance fraud or pretend to slip on something in the supermarket and then sue everyone about it. it's like these people sit around and wait for a reason to sue just so they don't have to take responsibility for their lack of success or happiness.

so back to the topic, wanting to ban video games and destroy rockstar and etc all comes from people with deep seeded issues that keep themselves from being happy and successful. rather than take responsibility for their lives they simply blame anything they think they have a chance at profiting from. it's one of the nasty sides of capitalism and western culture, particularly american culture, that we have to live with to enjoy the otherwise great freedom we have.

Very true Izuno.