Scottish Police Blame Throat Slashing on Gears of War
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why don't we blame this game http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/01/31/conception-please-have-my-baby-is-the-real-name-of-a-game-that-actually-exists.aspxAdam Jensen said:
the GIF is from Dragon Heart i believe.Teoes said:AgentLampshade said:See, the Scots understand! This isn't gaming culture or hip-hop culture like @Therumancer was talking about.. it's just some wee rocket from an area of Glasgow where stabbing someone is considered appropriate conflict resolution. He'd be chibbing folk, if he hasn't before already, at the drop of a hat without the X-Box being any kind of tenuous instigator.Ilikemilkshake said:
Argh, what's that gif from? I recognise it but can't remember. Please put me out of my miseryDVS BSTrD said:Please! Do they even have chainsaws in Scotland?
or I'll slash ye.
...But his victim ducked behind cover, held his hand to his throat, and in about thirty seconds was right as rain.
ARGH. It's not the video games, people. Or the movies. Or the television, the rock & roll, the comics, or the jazz. It's not The Catcher in the Rye, Taxi Driver, the Bible, or the Boy Scout Handbook. Some people are broken. And if the people who are part of their lives care and pay attention, there's a chance they get help putting themselves back together before they do something like this.
ARGH. It's not the video games, people. Or the movies. Or the television, the rock & roll, the comics, or the jazz. It's not The Catcher in the Rye, Taxi Driver, the Bible, or the Boy Scout Handbook. Some people are broken. And if the people who are part of their lives care and pay attention, there's a chance they get help putting themselves back together before they do something like this.
Actually, people who are not soldiers, criminals or hitmen often botch throat-slashing attempts. If you pull a person's head backwards to expose the throat, you will actually be protecting the jugulars with the windpipe (assuming a horizontal cut in the anteriormost part of the throat).
Other than that, the blame laid at the game's feet is ridiculous. That kid had no moral compass or empathy. It would have started stabbing people sooner or later.
Other than that, the blame laid at the game's feet is ridiculous. That kid had no moral compass or empathy. It would have started stabbing people sooner or later.
Ironically, his child is based on the bad morals of piracy. You know, unauthorised reproduction....lacktheknack said:
...I feel so dirty.
But seriously, unless the kid is also the fault of video games, I don't think we can really point to this being a case of corrupted morals from an electronic source. Something's already fucked up in this kid's life.
The reason being kids shouldn't be exposed to it, not "kids will turn into murderers because of it."VoidWanderer said:
There are worlds of difference there.
Mel Gibson?DVS BSTrD said:
You know, the prosecuting QC saying that a particular police officer thought that games "may have been a factor" doesn't really translate to "police blame slashing on gears of war". Honestly, your headline in more disingenuous than the one in the Mail, and that's pretty stiff competition you have there.Andy Chalk said:
But this does come from the Daily Mail, the spiteful bile-drenched rag that tries to convince its readers that all social ills would be cured if only Diana were still alive...Callate said:
I feel sorry for the victim, and although we do have laws in this country prohibiting minors from buying mature material the fact that this kid was already a 'parent' (in the loosest possible sense of the term) is a pretty strong indication that the wheels fell off his ride long before video games even had a chance to fuck him up.
I could only roll my eyes when I read this article in the local paper this morning (well, the free one you get on the bus). Especially when it concludes the article by pointing out that one of the kids involved had a child of his own. As of course that's of much less significance when considering the kids background than the fact he was playing an 18-rated game.
I wonder if his parents (maybe just celebrating their 30th birthday themselves) were looking after his child while he was out trying to cut his gaming friends throat.
I wonder if his parents (maybe just celebrating their 30th birthday themselves) were looking after his child while he was out trying to cut his gaming friends throat.
That was Braveheart, though Dragonheart was the sequel, so you were pretty close. We all remember William Wallace got resurrected as a dragon, right?Zachary Amaranth said:
To be fair, I think they aren't actually wrong.
This is a far cry away from "video games did it" but that they MAY, and let me reiterate MAY have been a FACTOR, that is a PART of his conduct. I see nothing that would deem this actually incorrect. If this person has a kid at 13, they're clearly impulsive and they clearly don't think things through.
I love how they sling aligations like that around all willy-nilly without proof. I fully agree that underage kids shouldn't be playing games that are rated Mature, but to say that they inspire violence is the same straw-man argument as saying guns kill people. Well if that's true, then I guess hammers build houses and cars drive people to where they need to go.
The quote should go on to say "And he has absolutely no evidence to back up that opinion."
My diagnosis?Rex Dark said:
Bad
I wonder if he told them where he was going....MarsProbe said:
Don't be ridiculous. William Wallace was Australian.
Someone should inform Scottish Police that throat slashing was around before television and people did it for less reasons I imagine.
Why is it allowed for people to get up on a soap box and say incredible ignorant statements like this without someone also coming up and stating the painfully obvious that there's many factors in this and one of them I imagine may be the person being mentally ill.
How stupid would this person feel if someone pointed out "Hey you know this game sold millions of copies and we're not hearing a lot of slashings so what do you make of that?"
This could be taken out of context then again, not so much that it's the fault of the game but an argument over it, I just find it insane how many times a medium can get blamed for murdering...and the more serious reasons like mentally ill, on heavy meds to keep them level are all ignored. It's just a strange agenda that really needs to get stopped.
Why is it allowed for people to get up on a soap box and say incredible ignorant statements like this without someone also coming up and stating the painfully obvious that there's many factors in this and one of them I imagine may be the person being mentally ill.
How stupid would this person feel if someone pointed out "Hey you know this game sold millions of copies and we're not hearing a lot of slashings so what do you make of that?"
This could be taken out of context then again, not so much that it's the fault of the game but an argument over it, I just find it insane how many times a medium can get blamed for murdering...and the more serious reasons like mentally ill, on heavy meds to keep them level are all ignored. It's just a strange agenda that really needs to get stopped.
You know, you make a lot of sense, but I'm going to rage anyway!AC10 said:
I'm sorry, what evidence would he need to back up the opinion that in his estimation violent video games may have been a factor?RJ 17 said: