Ex-soldier puts his girlfriends 8 year old kid into coma for accidently deleting his GTA save file.

[fgdfgdgd]

The phrase "In human act of violence" Never made sense to me, all humans are capable of said violence, when you hear or read about it, it's always a human that has committed said violence, I figure it's just a small reflex that people use to convince themselves that they'd never do something similar, but that's not true; Humans are capable of horrible thing, great and horrible things alike, denying one no more makes it less a part of us than the absence of a letter makes an envelope non-existent.

OT: It'll probably get sensationalised and then used against gaming as a whole.

 

[King of Wei]

You'd think an ex-soldier would have more discipline than that. How in the hell do you do that to a kid!? Definitely some abuse going on in that household. Only reason why the girlfriend would still cover for him after that, aside for insanity at least.

 

[rokkolpo]

Well that's awful.

(must not make 'falcon punch' joke)

 

[loc978]

You'd think an ex-soldier would have more discipline than that. How in the hell do you do that to a kid!? Definitely some abuse going on in that household. Only reason why the girlfriend would still cover for him after that, aside for insanity at least.

...you have no idea.
The army doesn't necessarily instill self-discipline in a person. It tries to, but in essence, the discipline of a soldier stems from fear and respect for his or her superiors. If that soldier breaks down while still in, there are controls in place (namely, other combat-trained individuals ready to restrain them at a moment's notice) to keep them from doing much damage. When it happens after their service is over, suddenly you have a trained individual having a combat reaction to a non-combat situation with nothing in place that can control them... and things like this happen.

 

[Kingsnake661]

Anyone else find it a tad ironic that people are quick to defend videogame steriotyping, (GTA turns people into mass murders.) WITH the sterioying that the millatry creates mass murders. Trying to disprove one by using the other?

The guy had issues. Hell, if he is unballanced, who's to say his violent outburst isn't a result of ALL his negitive life expearince, causing an unbalanced person to unhing? Millitary service AND violent videogames each could have played a part, ontop of who knows what else. Or, neither one had anything to do with it. You simply don't know.

it's obvious we want to defend gaming, but, do it right. Don't sink to the level of the people who demonize it, but demonizing something else with no real proof one way or another.

At the end of the day, the only thing that really mattered to me about the story is the poor kid, and i really hope he pulls through this without any lasting damage. (ok, scratch that... just noted the poor kids going to need a feeding tube for the rest of this life....)

 

[TerribleAssassin]

Immediately after seeing "Daily Mail" I'm a little sceptical.
But I'm a poncy Guardian reader, what do I know about this kind of thing?

This does seem like quite a Daily Mail shit-stirring story. Mainly because it is.

I doubt he actually did it, surely if the kid was in a coma, his memory would have been blurred.

And of course, I blame Niko Belic, not the sight of having your best buddy shot, blown up or something...

 

[farmerboy219]

bloody hell thats tragic. dont get me wrong 75 years in jail is what he deserves but surely he could of refrained

 

[Rancid0ffspring]

I blame the videogame, not the traumatic and life altering events that can come with being a soldier.

I'm sorry but I'm not sure if i'm either over thinking your post or underthinking it. I also want you to know I'm not trying to be argumentative...

Would you mind just expanding on this though. I don't see how a game save could warrant this kind of reaction.

 

[loc978]

bloody hell thats tragic. dont get me wrong 75 years in jail is what he deserves but surely he could of refrained

Have you ever had an angry reaction to something? Just a moment of rage where you maybe curl your fist and think something along the lines of "You asshole! Why I oughtta..."

...that's probably how this happened, and that's probably as long as it took to happen. This guy just has different conditioned responses to stimuli... which is why soldiers have to find an outlet for their emotions before they build up too much. One three-second emotional outburst from someone trained for combat can easily end like this.

 

[WOPR]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1358742/Ex-soldier-Rocky-Donadio-punched-boy-8-coma-Xbox-game.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

First of all I am sure that it wasn't Grand Theft Auto that encouraged this inhumane act of violence. This guy is obviously some coward dick head who couldn't refrain from beating up his girlfriends kid. Now dont get me wrong, I would be pretty pissed off if my GTA save file was deleted, as i'm sure you guys would, but to put an 8 year old in a coma? This guy should be shot, repeatedly.

Now, news articles like this put a bad reputation on gamers, and the developers of such games. Forever in a day this 'media vs gamers/publishers' argument will be discussed.

What are your thought's on this, guys?

He should be shot repetedly

I mean dude, it's JUST A GAME CALM THE F*** DOWN

 

[Kyuubi Fanatic]

I hope the bandwagon doesn't pick up on this one...

We won't be that lucky

 

[Fearzone]

Look, shit happens, we don't need to read about it every time shit happens. Is the suggestion of the title he did this because he's an ex-soldier, or that he plays GTA?

Who cares! We pray the little boy recovers okay, hope the law throws his ass in jail for a good long time, and move on.

EDIT: alright well I read the story. Sounds like justice was served, hopefully the guy dies in jail. No more GTA there, eh? Thank goodness the boy survived to report what really happened. Hopefully ongoing medical treatment can restore him to some semblance of normality.

 

[Tyrant T100]

First of all I am sure that it wasn't Grand Theft Auto that encouraged this inhumane act of violence. This guy is obviously some coward dick head who couldn't refrain from beating up his girlfriends kid.

Pretty unfair to blame the soldier, you should be blaming the government/healthcare system for not dealing with post traumatic stress disorder and such that's the cause for all these problems.

 

[Fearzone]

Pretty unfair to blame the soldier, you should be blaming the government/healthcare system for not dealing with post traumatic stress disorder and such that's the cause for all these problems.

Wrong. We have a VA health system that is fully capable of treating PTSD and free for soldiers and veterans.

 

[Kadoodle]

I'd honestly kill that guy if I was the kid. I don't think I could stand living without a stomach and being fed through a tube for all of my life...I'd kill him and then myself.

Does that make me craaaazeeehhh?
Does that make me Craaaazeeeehhhh?
Does that make me Crazzyyyyyeh?
Probableeeeeeeeeeueeee...

 

[fundayz]

This says a lot more about the soldier support services available(or the lack of) than the video games.

I'm sure legitimate media(not Fox News and the like) won't have trouble recognizing the real problem.

As far as the guy, he's a f*cking lunatic and should be locked up for life lest he hurts others.

 

[loc978]

Pretty unfair to blame the soldier, you should be blaming the government/healthcare system for not dealing with post traumatic stress disorder and such that's the cause for all these problems.

Wrong. We have a VA health system that is fully capable of treating PTSD and free for soldiers.

...and has a longer waiting list than most Canadian healthcare institutions...

I once got an appointment at a VA hospital. Took nine months.

 

[Fearzone]

Pretty unfair to blame the soldier, you should be blaming the government/healthcare system for not dealing with post traumatic stress disorder and such that's the cause for all these problems.

Wrong. We have a VA health system that is fully capable of treating PTSD and free for soldiers.

...and has a longer waiting list than most Canadian healthcare institutions...

I once got an appointment at a VA hospital. Took nine months.

Alright I'll qualify it a little. If you were stationed in Hawaii for a year and want treatment for your hemorrhoids 20 years later, and have a good job, you'll have a significant co-pay. But if you need emergency services, and the ailment has anything to do with combat, you'll be seen quickly. I cannot speak for how things are in Oklahoma, but I can say from what I have seen, those who need urgent PTSD treatment would be set up in less than a month. One just has to be motivated to accept what services are available, which includes medications, individual therapy, and group therapy.

 

[Amy Sorel]

PTSD?

Didn't read the article but that's the impression I get from the "ex-soldier" part.

Maybe...


...or maybe some people join the army because they have violent urges to begin with, and like to play tough guy. I mean, look at those pictures. He looks like your averige bulky Billy-Bob with an attitude to me.

 

[Defense]

I know it's horrible and all, but I'm just wondering.

He now faces 75 years in jail.

Don't murderers get less time than that?