Poll: Sad, pathetic human being who plays WOW

[Ironpanda]

this is in now way the most pathetic thing iv ever heard its more around the middle to lower areas

 

[Booze Zombie]

One Gloucester, Massachusetts [http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/BO123132/] man drove all the way to Madison, Wisconsin (a journey of over a thousand miles) to meet an underage boy who he solicited while playing WOW. Apparently upon arrival he claimed to be an officer and wished to speak to the boy but when his mother asked for ID he returned to his car and produced a gun. Luckily he was quickly arrested and no one was hurt but am I the only one who thinks this is the most pathetic thing you have ever heard?
Honestly what did he think was going to happen? He could waltz in do something unspeakable and waltz out?
Is he a sick man in need of medical and psychological care or a cold, dark cage for life?

Are you a Daily Mail reader? This sounds like their type of wording.
Not that I condone this man's actions, but, I would hardly call locking someone in a cold, dark cage for the rest of their life a productive or effective means of returning someone to an "acceptable" mental state, nor cost efficent.

 

[The Lost Big Boss]

You need to make another option: Bullet to the head.

This is also very scary because I play WoW and I live oh lets say 20 minutes or less from said town. If this dude is that committed to drive over a thousand miles away just to basically rape a kid, could you imagine if I talked to him instead? Also I think the thread is poorly stated, it should of been "Pedo meets kid on WoW"

 

[Rigs83]

You need to make another option: Bullet to the head.

This is also very scary because I play WoW and I live oh lets say 20 minutes or less from said town. If this dude is that committed to drive over a thousand miles away just to basically rape a kid, could you imagine if I talked to him instead? Also I think the thread is poorly stated, it should of been "Pedo meets kid on WoW"

I wanted to felt that was too harsh and might get me banned.

 

[Amnestic]

Why would you give someone you met on WoW your address?

To meet them I guess. Why else?

You arrange for a meeting point in broad daylight on a busy day in the middle of a busy area. I'm pretty open about my life on the internet but one of the few things I hold close to my chest is my home address.

Always have a safe place to go back to. Never give your address out on the internet. It's just asking for trouble. It'd be like posting your phone number on 4chan.

 

[Rigs83]

Hold on, let me get this straight, this dude drove to this kid (who he had been harassing on wow) to have sex with him? Or just to play a game? Either way he posses a significant threat to the boys family, those around him, and himself. Dude needs to put where he can't hurt anyone until it's safe to let him out.

On the subject of his disease I have this to say:

"To ere is human, to forgive divine"

Lets not go around killing people just because there's something wrong with them (and I use that term lightly), why don't we instead try helping people like that? Calling them sick and deranged (while it may be true) doesn't help anyone, it only serves to increase the stigma surrounding mentally ill people, which in tern drives them further from society and the help they need.

Also, at the bottom of the article doesn't it say;
"(Copyright (c) 2009 Sunbeam Television Corp. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)"

I agree with you sentiment but I summarized the article based on what I heard from the news report and provided a link to the site so people can see the original report. I am protected by the first amendment since by providing the link I have not claimed that the report was my own work but given proper credit to Sunbeam Television Network nor have I received any compensation for this thread,
if I was an employee of The Escapist or a connected agency and started this thread to garner compensation I would be breaking the law but as a private citizen discussing a news event released over the airwaves some hours ago I believe I am on solid, legal grounds.

 

[Rigs83]

I will not stand for this slander. You should all be ashamed. That man is a true hero, although you may not know it. For too long, mmorpg players have been locked in their basements, shielded from the elements outside their crust-baked pit. This man, this HERO has shown to us that yes, a man may step outside to again be bathed in the light of the day, to touch the fresh air and journey for miles to

oh

never mind

Here's a cookie for trying to see the bright side of this story. Someone who played WOW left the basement for at least a day.

 

[Rigs83]

that has nothing to do with wow he might as well have gotten to him from a chat room

The whole association made by the news report is called a hook, the whole time while listening to the news reportI was crossing my finger and saying to myself "Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW. Don't be WOW." And then they show the WOW Homepage and I am like "Fuck!"

I quit it because my rig couldn't handle Lynch King, I am a poor college student and have to get by on old shit, but I sometimes miss it when I have nothing else to do.

 

[Kriptonite]

And that people, is why I shall never play Wow.

 

[Amnestic]

And that people, is why I shall never play Wow.

I seriously hope you're not drawing the conclusion that playing WoW gets you attacked by paedophiles. I don't want to have to write you off as a complete moron after only reading a single post.

Please tell me I'm mistaken.

 

[Lonan]

Considering "underage" in the U.S. could mean 17, I would really like more details on this story. But alas, it's just "underage" and that's it. He himself may not be much older. He may have had horrible tihngs happen to him when he was young, but according to 24% of the people here, he needs to be locked in a cage. Why not try the non-violent approach FIRST?! And I do consider throwing him in a cage violent because it's effectively a very primal, "get rid of different DNA" approach. It just repulses me.

 

[nate30030]

I'm tired and this is the last post for tonight for me so I'm not reading through 3 pages of quotes but I think that if someone came to their house to meet with them and brought a gun i would question if it was just a threat for entry or was it to actually try to kill him over a dispute over WoW? (and PLEEAASE don't prenounce it how it's spelt, just telling you it annoys me and I think other WoW memebers, even though I just used to be one)

 

[mshcherbatskaya]

This sort of thing has been happening on the Internet in various forms for over a decade. What has WoW really got to do with this?

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

So basically, kill paedophiles who act, but leave the ones who are just thinking it? They're cool right?
Mental illness is mental illness. You don't put a bullet through the brain of a necrophiliac or zoophiliacs, you get them help. Same thing for paedos. Counselling and rehabilitation is what they need, not death, otherwhise they'll all just go to thailand and have a field day.

Yes. Paedophiles who don't act on it are cool. And do you know why? Because they don't act on it. Some people just have weird urges, and that they can't help. And I don't have a problem with strange urges, as long as they don't act out on them, in a way that hurts others. As for mental illness, I don't believe in it. People are just different, they aren't sick, just different. And I don't believe you can counsel that difference out of them. You might force them to repress some of their urges, but that'll only get you so far, it'll still be there. So remove the people who act on their weird and harmful urges, and let the rest be.

Well if you're telling me that counselling or professional help can't help, that just means paedophiles who don't act on their urges are just ticking time bombs who will act on it given time. After all, repressing urges can only get you so far, right?

If you're telling me that the paedophiles who don't act upon their urges can stay like that for the rest of their life, then I don't see why this can't work on offenders.

Professional help and counselling should have been scrapped an awful long time ago if no one is mentally ill, or everyone who is different is beyond help and needs a bullet/cage. Maybe we should cage the ones with bipolar disorder and shown examples of extreme rage rather than just help them; after all, they're just different, not ill.

He needs a bullet to the brain, all pedophiles (who act upon their urges. I mean, if you are a pedophile but decide to NEVER look at CP or molest children or "take care of business" to children, it's still quite weird that you get horny over them, but still, it's better then acting upon your urges) are sick monsters.

You can't help people like that. Cage him! People will think what they will, and feel the urges that they feel. That cannot be helped. But people who act upon it are the sick ones. If a person is attracted to kids, that's not their fault, but those who act on it, and molest the children, they are monsters. The cage! I say again.

So basically, kill paedophiles who act, but leave the ones who are just thinking it? They're cool right?
Mental illness is mental illness. You don't put a bullet through the brain of a necrophiliac or zoophiliacs, you get them help. Same thing for paedos. Counselling and rehabilitation is what they need, not death, otherwhise they'll all just go to thailand and have a field day.

Yes, that's EXACTLY what I'm saying. I don't care if you get a boner over kids, there's nothing illegal about that, it's not harming a kid, it's not illegal and it's not gonna mentally fuck them.
Let's say you DO act on your boner. There IS something wrong with that. It's illegal, you hurt the kid and mentally screw them up.
I don't think scum that would do that deserve a fair trial, do you?
So YOU can go get your liberal rights and rehabilitation when someone molests your kid, I'll be grabbing my shotgun.

Good for you. What if it was consensual? What if this boy was 17 years old? That hardly makes him an innocent little lamb does it, considering the guy was 21? "Mentally screw them up" is dependent on a number of factors. For example I live 2 doors away from a 16 year old who is having an active sex life with a 26 year old.

 

[annoyinglizardvoice]

So the guys is a paedo, a WOW player, a gun-nut and a moron. He really is the dregs of humanity. (note: I'm not saying WOW encourages the other things, I'm just not too fond of WOW )
Personally I think any paedo is automatically criminally insane and as such should be looked away from the public until cured. Fast-track any who volentarily accept castration for review for release.

 

[Gaderael]

You can't help people like that. Cage him! People will think what they will, and feel the urges that they feel. That cannot be helped. But people who act upon it are the sick ones. If a person is attracted to kids, that's not their fault, but those who act on it, and molest the children, they are monsters. The cage! I say again.

Basically this. This is basically what I think. Of course, I replace "caged" with "execution" but, I've always had quite radical opinions.

But how do you kill that which has no life?

 

[The Great JT]

Dude needs help. Seriously.

Plus, did no one tell that kid to stay out of the Deeprun Tram and Goldshire? They're magnets for creeps.

 

[Scarecrow38]

Interesting that the author of the thread made sure to insert WOW into the thread title.

You got my attention at any rate. I must say he has nothing on the much more diabolical and plotting child abusers out there. Which is very lucky for the child.

 

[barryween]

He needs a bullet to the brain, all pedophiles (who act upon their urges. I mean, if you are a pedophile but decide to NEVER look at CP or molest children or "take care of business" to children, it's still quite weird that you get horny over them, but still, it's better then acting upon your urges) are sick monsters.

You can't help people like that. Cage him! People will think what they will, and feel the urges that they feel. That cannot be helped. But people who act upon it are the sick ones. If a person is attracted to kids, that's not their fault, but those who act on it, and molest the children, they are monsters. The cage! I say again.

So basically, kill paedophiles who act, but leave the ones who are just thinking it? They're cool right?
Mental illness is mental illness. You don't put a bullet through the brain of a necrophiliac or zoophiliacs, you get them help. Same thing for paedos. Counselling and rehabilitation is what they need, not death, otherwhise they'll all just go to thailand and have a field day.

Yes, that's EXACTLY what I'm saying. I don't care if you get a boner over kids, there's nothing illegal about that, it's not harming a kid, it's not illegal and it's not gonna mentally fuck them.
Let's say you DO act on your boner. There IS something wrong with that. It's illegal, you hurt the kid and mentally screw them up.
I don't think scum that would do that deserve a fair trial, do you?
So YOU can go get your liberal rights and rehabilitation when someone molests your kid, I'll be grabbing my shotgun.

the problem is not rehab. pedos know what they're doing is wrong, sitting in a circle with other pedos who know it's wrong isn't going to improve their situation.
BUT, let's not confuse rape with statitory rape. telling someone online to bring condoms and lube to your house while your parents are out of town is a far cry from being lured into a van with the promise of candy and puppies. Kids aren't stupid, By age 12 I was internet proficient enough to figure out what goes where and you'd have to be mental to think perverts are all tracking wizards and kids are helpless victims

Did he TELL the kid that?
Or did he tell the kid "I'll come to your house and we can play some WOW! It will be awesome!"?

from a criminalistic standpoint it doesn't make sence. that would mean that from the time he left his house to the time he showed up he forgot his alibi. on top of that he could have said upon ariving that he was there to play wow instead of being a cop, and after being arrested wouldn't have admitted to trying to have sex. if he was clever in the beginning he'd be clever to the end besides the obvious flaw of meeting someone on a game and then asking to meet them in real life to play a game together that you're already playing...together

OH yes, because those idiots who meet up with random "kids" from the internet are ALL geniuses.

if your being sarcastic I don't understand why. unless it was already known he was there for sex then they did some brilliant interrogating to figure it out. no, my guess is both parties knew what was going on and didn't plan on mom being home. That would explain the panic leading to gunplay

SARCASM.
what kind of idiot just blindly goes to a random house to get "SOME CHILLINS!" ???
and also, why did he have a gun with him in the first place???

nobody said anything about blindly choosing random houses, but his intent couldn't be determined unless there was prior indication. he probably had a gun because he's crazy and american, they're always excersizing the right to bear arms. but we're getting off base here.
It seems a little to strange for a guy dedicated enough to travel so far only to have a plan fall apart

There's just too many variables in this one. I just think he's an idiot if he's gonna travel THAT far JUST to get one boy when there's probably about 80 in his general area.
And saying that all Americans carry guns is like saying all British men are noodled arm nancy boys who watch Dr. Who and ruin their teeth all day.
It's rude and a stereotype.