Norwegian stores takes away violent games from shops shelfes after massacre.

[patronscorn_v1legacy]

After the shooting massacre who claimed over 80 lives last week, some Norwegian stores takes away violent and shooting based games and other devices connected to gaming if they represent a weapon.

It was known that the shooter used Modern Warfare 2 as a training tool and was a subscriber for World of Warcraft for a year.

The stores say they do this to respect the victims of the shooting.

Discuss your opinions.

 

[Redingold]

You got any sources for this? Do you know what games were taken down?

Taking down these games, whatever they are, is stupid.

 

[Pappeska]

And here I was, happy that on the radio the professor of violence they interviewed said that the games had next to nothing to do with this. He (Breivik) did NOT lose his sense of reality by playing too much World of Warcraft.

How about hunting, and shooting ranges?

I don't see how this is respectful at all.

 

[Erana]

The entire reason he committed those heinous actions was to gain attention for his madman's anti-multicultural rhetoric.

He said that he used video games as a training tool simply for even more publicity.

Therefore, this is those Norwegian stores helping that sick bastard.
Even if video games did make people more violent, doing anything to assist the insane and hateful cause of that ************ is wrong, and only does to prove that the general public can't take a bit of time to read the news.

 

[mireko]

Which stores? What city? Do you have a source?

I'm not calling you a liar, just don't lie to me it's just that I haven't heard anything about this.

 

[Woodsey]

He didn't use MW2 to "train", can we stamp this shit out? I know he said it but... think about the words you're saying when you say that. Actually think about how stupid it is.

The guy had access to guns. It think its quite clear what he trained with for fuck's sake.

 

[Jordi]

I hear he also wrote a 1500 page manifesto. I suggest all stores remove all writing.

And gun stores should remove all guns. And Norway should remove its army, because it trained Breivik far better than MW2 ever could.

 

[MrJKapowey]

He didn't use MW2 to "train", can we stamp this shit out? I know he said it but... think about the words you're saying when you say that. Actually think about how stupid it is.

The guy had access to guns. It think its quite clear what he trained with for fuck's sake.

Yeah, he obviously trained on Halo Reach...

OT: That's just stupid - I bet no hunting shops closed down.

 

[mireko]

Of course! A guy who played a "violent" video game at some point commuted a massacre. So it only makes sense to ban violent video games! And he was a Christian too. So ban Christianity! No, wait, make it safer, ban ALL religions! And he liked food! TAKE THAT FOOD AWAY SO NO SICK BA***RD CAN FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS. Just to be on the safe side, lets confiscate all air, in case he breathed any.

While I like hyperbole as much as the next guy, nobody is talking about banning anything. If stores pull games from their shelves, it's the policy of a private company. They're only sabotaging themselves, as customers will take their business elsewhere.

Capitalism, ho!

 

[Littaly]

Understandable. After an event like that, I can see why you wouldn't want to go too heavy on selling violence as entertainment, partially out of respect, but also from a business standpoint. Maybe it's not entirely rational, or even necessary, but like I said, I don't blame them.

 

[therandombear]

Since when? Stores around here still having MW2 and WoW on shelves =/

 

[pbteyeofharmony]

If the stores are doing it out of respect for the victims, there's really nothing wrong with that. That is, if they're doing it voluntarily and as a gesture of respect. If they're adopting a policy in the hopes of preventing future massacres, then it doesn't make sense. People who want to commit mass-murder will not be discouraged by the lack of Modern Warfare. But taking the murderer's training tool of the shelves for a while is a perfectly fine gesture.

 

[spacewalker]

it was two store chains who removed their violent games, "coop" and "platekompaniet" (trans: the record company). they are fairly widespread, but not the only stors selling games.
Personally i'm indifferent, as i have not bought disks from my local stores for some time, mainly using Steam.

 

[Terriblechesire]

These people are looking for something to blame as the cause for the horrible events he caused. They're an extremely open and peace lovin' country, and were flabbergasted to discover that something this violent could happen in their land. Video games are relatively knew and have a lot of bad rep for causing violence in their players, even if there aren't any actual studies proving that. While I think it is immature of these stores to try to gain publicity by proving their loyalty to the families by "sympathizing" with them by banning video games, and is probably going to send the entire industry back a few years over there at least, it is understandable as to their reasoning. (I'd also like to see the original articles stating this, if it turns out not to be true.)

 

[BRex21]

I actually CAN'T find any english sources for this. So throw this in google translate or something:
http://www.itavisen.no/874728/disse-spillene-fjernes-fra-hyllene

If you do you get something like this:

VIOLENT: Anders Behring Breivik supposedly played the computer game "World of Warcraft"

Coop Norge and Platekompaniet have removed violent video games from store shelves after the terror attacks in Oslo and on Utøya last week.

- We have made our evaluations in each department, and removed various games around, confirms product manager, André Holt, to NTB.

Anders Behring Breivik writes in his so-called Manifesto that he played World of Warcraft for one year.

Of consideration for the Friday's, Coop Norway indefinitely revoked violent video games and weapons-like products, says Geir Inge Stokke to rogalandsavis.no.

- This is a temporary grip we do out of respect and in respect for those affected, said Stokke.

The electronics retailer Spaceworld has not removed any products from their shelves.

- We can not see any connection between the tragedy and the fact that we sell games. We have never seen any research on that games alone lead to such incidents, says marketing manager Carl Haakon Klafstad to NTB.

The games removed are:

-Call of Duty: Black Ops
-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
-Call of Duty: World at War Platinum
-Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Classic
-Sniper Ghost Warrior
-Counter-Strike Source
-World of Warcraft
-Homefront

I really wish some people would grow up and realize that operating a gun in Modern Warfare or *shudder* World of Warcraft, is about as far removed from operating an ACTUAL gun as you can get. Either that or doing detailed editing in MS paint is BETTER than most shooters because it requires steadier hands and more precision or you end up screwing it up as opposed to say, just wounding your target.
I really have a lot i could say on this topic, but really, i think everyone here knows that just because a killer played a videogame does not make said videogame responsible.

 

[manaman]

It was known that the shooter used Modern Warfare 2 as a training tool...

Not to belittle a nation in mourning, but that kind of statement shows a fundamental misunderstanding of how firearms and firearms training works (not to mention disregard of the kind of twisted logic employed that allowed the shooter to operate unopposed for so long) that borders on silly.

 

[KeyMaster45]

We all agreed last week that the guy was batshit insane right? I mean ffs he wrote a 1500 page rambling madman manifesto. Yeah I'm sure it would make a good read to sit there and snicker to yourself the whole time going "holy shit this guy was out of his mind", that's kinda what madman manifestos are for.

People aren't really going to start taking his bullshit seriously, right? Guys....uh..guys?