I was going to do a long rant on how every new art form EVER (rock and roll being a prominent example) has been accused of making the children psychos, but I'll save it for later.
Games blamed for rape... in JERSEY?!?
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I notice that that news site conviniently does not have a comments section for us to tear them a new hole with. Bet they didn't even check the little bastard's hard drive to see if they could blame hentai too.
I bet my life savings (er, about $50 at the moment) that this game was Modern Warfare 2.wordsmith said:
Well if he was playing a war game "which is probably MW2" than murder with gun would have a better connection to games. But MW2 has no affiliation to rape in the hole game. Also sex crimes are usually about control and/or violent sex drive, so I doth that any games will be made about that(legaly and sold to the genaral public).
OT: no nothing like that has happened around here...so far.
OT: no nothing like that has happened around here...so far.
Before games, it was comic books. Before that, it was film. Before that it was radio. Before that it was theatre. Before that it was novels. Every single endeavor in art and entertainment has been blamed for all the evils in the world. I'm just hoping its only a matter of time before people stop associating games/gamers with the psychopaths.Benjeezy said:I do love how games get blamed for every negative thing that happens
There are no video games that contain a section for acts of rape (well, not really). If he had desire to rape the poor woman then he had intentions that stemmed from beyond video games. The rape is not related to the game. A poor argument can be made that the game made him violent and thus started him on his way but it wasn't responsible for how it played out.
Also, can we be more specific then "war games" here? There are games involving wars that are rated E too you know.
Also, can we be more specific then "war games" here? There are games involving wars that are rated E too you know.
It's another case of crap parenting I'm afraid, who the hell lets their kid out of the house when they have a balaclava and a bloody kitchen knife, screaming "I'm going to mug someone"?
Was it that weird skinny kid that was annoyed over MW2 and was punching a wall over it?
Was it that weird skinny kid that was annoyed over MW2 and was punching a wall over it?
She let her kid walk out of the house...with a knife and a mask....and they blame the video games for this happening? Honestly, the mother is at fault here. There is no need to shift the blame on something that can't defend itself.
Videogames have been known to give violent brainwaves (only violent), but its not anything that impedes your judgement like getting drunk. The violent brainwaves themselves don't do anything, unless you got really far in a level and the idiot designer put the checkpoint really far back making you have to start over if you die. Then the most you will get out of that is probably punching your console out of frustration and that's only if it happens over and over again. It is really illogical to blame the videogames. First of all, the raping indicates that he was probably isolated most of the time. Maybe from parental neglect. There have been many cases in people who do horrible things as that in which thoughts of rape come around the corner when you are alone and doing nothing. If it was just something that started when he saw her then for that to happen, there would have had to be earlier red lights in psychological behavior. The mother was obviously spending alot of time ignoring the son. The healthy mind doesn't all of a sudden make you rape someone when you see a girl. About the newspaper, write to it's editor and tell them to make a formal apology to Jersey's community and to correct the wrong that was done in accepting those words to even go on to the paper. News is suppose to be bi-partisan. It is suppose to only contain fact. This boy had an environment surrounded by games, but the environment doesn't give you the idea. The person inside of him whom HE MADE and INFLUENCED by himself (or maybe by his mother also depending on what she is like)made him do this. The game wasn't cursed by Satan or something to control the user's mind and rape people.
Ban games and a movie will trigger the same responses.
Ban movies and a rock song might do it.
Ban music and it'll be a book they read (seen the amount of smiting in the Bible?)
As Russell Howard quite eloquently put it:
'Don't ban videogames, ban that woman's [vagina] until she can control what falls out of it'.
(edited as I realise the word 'fanny' doesn't travel across the atlantic well )
As an earlier person said, sure I'd love to set fire to a car, just to watch it explode, like in the movies.
However, I understand the risk of injury to me and other people and the personal loss to the owner of the vehicle and the collateral damage to the surrounding area, so I enjoy playing thru the darker fantasies of the human mind in video games instead, just as others before me read books and watched movies or played D&D.
Ban movies and a rock song might do it.
Ban music and it'll be a book they read (seen the amount of smiting in the Bible?)
As Russell Howard quite eloquently put it:
'Don't ban videogames, ban that woman's [vagina] until she can control what falls out of it'.
(edited as I realise the word 'fanny' doesn't travel across the atlantic well
)As an earlier person said, sure I'd love to set fire to a car, just to watch it explode, like in the movies.
However, I understand the risk of injury to me and other people and the personal loss to the owner of the vehicle and the collateral damage to the surrounding area, so I enjoy playing thru the darker fantasies of the human mind in video games instead, just as others before me read books and watched movies or played D&D.
Whats wrong with you all? Are you just picking fights with anyone and everyone now? The paper says nothing to suggest that the game had anything to do with the incident, it simply stated that it was what they were having an argument about.
Well, unfortunately, we're starting to become about 10% as reactionary as the print and TV news media about videogames, but in a defensive way is all.
the police cant think of anything to come up with to convince him so they say: "Video games caused this action" Jury "gasp!" and then so fourth. Video games gte blammed for to much, i play violent video games most MA, and i dont go around with a knife rapping the first women i see...
My point is, its the bad parenting done, not the Video games
I'll Shutup now
My point is, its the bad parenting done, not the Video games
I'll Shutup now
I noticed this thread a while back, and just got around to making an account to post on this.
It's utter bullshit that some lazy ass parents that were too busy making their next kid to care about this one are going to let games take the blow for this. It's so sad that society picks a scape-goat that can't fight back, hell if anything the games were keeping this kid under control until the foolish mother took away the arson's fireplace.
If games are truly such an influence, then because I'm an RTS gamer, Europe better watch out cause Hitler two is on his way to Poland (lets hope they don't use their cavalry this time.)
It's utter bullshit that some lazy ass parents that were too busy making their next kid to care about this one are going to let games take the blow for this. It's so sad that society picks a scape-goat that can't fight back, hell if anything the games were keeping this kid under control until the foolish mother took away the arson's fireplace.
If games are truly such an influence, then because I'm an RTS gamer, Europe better watch out cause Hitler two is on his way to Poland (lets hope they don't use their cavalry this time.)