I am most appalled by the strange reactions to this MSN story from the general public (meaning, more exactly, the commentary.)
Here's one from a woman writing in a perplexing cockney accent:
"kids today are glued to computer games and ave addictions to these consoles i refuse to let my boy play these as i believe it stop his imagination, a friends little boy i no whos just gone 4 plays these consoles and throws right strops if his mum says no where as my boy whos the same age is upstairs playing wiv his cars and dinosaurs and aving a right good old time. these console games can lead a child to think its ok to be violent no wonder the lad put a knife in his brother and killed him now hes got live wiv that fact 4 the rest of his life. parents are also to blame in most cases as they cant be bothered wiv there kids or want some quiet that the consoles are a good enuf baby sitter 4 them its wrong"
- liliana2009
And here's another post by a fellow that, upon realizing that you can't yell on the internet, decided to type entirely in boldface:
"When I see the kids, and not only kids glued to the computer screen in the cafes, I want to puke!
Nightmare, a complete gloom scenario.
One of the worst addictions of our time."
- Bull....