Utah man kills dog... videogames to blame? (article)

[IamQ]

I blame him, he killed the dog.

 

[sam13lfc]

Damn. Lol. Anyway I still stand by what I said because there are many real articles that blame video games for violence. Idiots.

 

[Misaek]

"training people to kill" huh? fuck that! they train to kill in videogame think cause i play cod ima be like I R GO JOIN ARMY NOW SINCE MEEES KNOWZ TO FIGHT LOL! NO!!! i just... ugh hate the media so much sometimes.

 

[Master_of_Oldskool]

Great april fool's joke. I was completely ready to start ranting until I looked at the date and remembered what day it was. Even so, if this was real, there would be some serious shit to yell about. I mean, come on- a history of psychosis and they still blame video games? I would be trying to find these people and NO NOT AN ACT OF VIOLENCE YOU FOOLS, just give them a lecture. Yeesh, that's the stereotype we're trying to dispel, here!

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

It seems you set a link to a story about navals?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28934310/

Yeah, you noticed?
Did you also notice that the article comes just a couple of weeks after the whole dog killing contoversy in WaW?
Also, the article was apparently posted on the 1st of April and isnt reported by any other news source except him.
Hmm, I wonder what all of this means.











(hint: it rimes with cool)

 

[Berithil]

Why does the media always have to blame stuff on video games?

 

[SoulkeeperX]

"It's absolutely ridiculous. We wonder why these things happen, we wonder how people can be driven to be so cruel, and the reason is right there: these games - these violent games - they're training people to kill."

This isn't the first time that videogames have driven a person to violence: almost every public shooting in the past five years has been attributed to the playing of violent games. .

EPIC FAIL

 

[ElephantGuts]

I don't have anything to say here that hasn't been already said. He was crazy! These people are either completely hopelessly stupid or they're stupid, selfish bastards who need a scapegoat for their dog's death that they can fight against, and don't care how many gamers' lives they ruin in the process.

Either way I want them to die now.

 

[Avatar Roku]

poorly executed April fools. I followed the link an typed "John Gregorie" into the msnbc search and got no results.

Actually, looking at the results on this thread, I'd think it was a pretty good April Fools.

I don't have anything to say here that hasn't been already said. He was crazy! These people are either completely hopelessly stupid or they're stupid, selfish bastards who need a scapegoat for their dog's death that they can fight against, and don't care how many gamers' lives they ruin in the process.

Either way I want them to die now.

Dude, click the source article.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

I feel that the owners of the dog was just mad, but I hate it when people blame things on violent stuff. You wanna know what, maybe something does happen to people. But to people who aren't mentally instable, all it is, is a game or a ventilation system.

 

[captain awesome 12]

Considering the massive amount of gamers, plus the loads of people who play casually, if video games were a true cause wouldn't we be seeing dogs being slaughtered all over the place? I mean, I've never considered breaking my dogs neck, or shooting it with a flame thrower, but I play a ton of CoD, so shouldn't I be doing this? If anything, video games have helped take my mind off of other things, and let me vent my anger against things that aren't real. Also, if I'm ever attacked by a Nazi Zombie, I'll know how to kill it.

 

[jad4400]

If this is a joke, Kudos, if not I feel really bad for the dogs owners, that dog did nothing wrong.

However,we gamers have been mature long enough to admit that IF a person has a MASSIVE detachment from reality, and has a HISTORY of MENTAL INSTABILITYS or is a SOCIAL OUTCAST or has a history of ABUSE or has displayed SOCIOPATHIC tendencys, and THEN gets his hands of a semi-violent to violent game, then YES it might provide a CATALYIST for a POTENTIAL VIOLENT OUTBURST. HOWEVER such behaviours should have been NOTICABLE for a LONG period of time and the person should have been reciving HELP!!! VIDEO GAMES JUST DON'T TURN PEOPLE INTO KILLERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ElephantGuts]

Oh God this is a joke? Well it was very well done and believable; such a story could have easily happened. It probably will some time. I still want someone to die. There are still people this stupid out there.

I guess I'm a little relieved though.

 

[dead_beat_slacker]

It was the early hours of the morning in the rural town of Kamas, Utah, when police were called to the house of Robert and Ingrid Anderson. The couple had just returned home after spending a couple of nights in the neighboring town of Henefer, but their welcome home was far from pleasant: lying on their doorstep was the corpse of Rufus, their eight-year-old Labrador Retriever.

"We went to attend a friend's wedding out of town, so we left Rufus here in the care of a neighbour. We were in Henefer for two days... [and] when we got home this morning, we found Rufus sprawled in front of the door," says 32-year-old Ingrid Anderson, teary-eyed.

The couple confronted the neighbour they had entrusted with Rufus, 27-year-old John Gregorie, and were told that their dog had, "just died of old age." However, closer inspection of the Labrador revealed several deep lacerations, including one on the dog's throat that was later deemed responsible for its death. Despite Gregorie claiming that he was, "just as surprised as [them]," to see the injuries, the Andersons called the police, at which point Gregorie admitted to killing the dog.

Says officer Don Grant, "It's really horrible, hearing about something like this. This family put their trust into a neighbor, and for him to do something like this, it's just unreal."

When asked why he killed the Andersons' dog, Gregorie claimed that he was overwhelmed by, "a desire to hurt things," and that he, "was not himself when he killed Rufus". This prompted authorities to look into the man's medical records, and despite finding a prominent history of mental psychosis and instability, officials searched even further into Gregorie's life to find what could have motivated him to commit such a horrible act of violence and betrayal.

"The one thing that stood out about his life was the investment he put into playing videogames," explains Officer Grant. "From what we've gathered, he spends about twenty hours a week in front of his TV, playing games... and most of them feature violence."

One game in his collection that caught the authorities' attention was "Call of Duty: World at War", a game wherein players are rewarded points for killing dogs. The game even gives players the freedom to kill these virtual animals in a variety of different ways, including by gun, by flamethrower, and by knife.

"It's disgusting," remarks Ingrid. "It's absolutely ridiculous. We wonder why these things happen, we wonder how people can be driven to be so cruel, and the reason is right there: these games - these violent games - they're training people to kill."

This isn't the first time that videogames have driven a person to violence: almost every public shooting in the past five years has been attributed to the playing of violent games. This is just one of several instances in which a man, so engrossed by the alternate world of gaming, has lost his grip on reality. Despite this, all efforts to outlaw violent games have been dismissed by congress.

As they bury the corpse of their beloved dog, Ingrid and Robert Anderson have decided to lobby against the gaming industry, and encourage others to do the same.

John Gregorie is due for trial in May.

(Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28934310/)

What do you guys think of this? I think the owners of the dog are overreacting a bit, but I actually do see where they're coming from.

Video games killed my mother and raped my father,....

 

[Sewer Rat]

Video games are not to blame, this guy is just an incredibly sick bastard. Poor dog, VIGILANTE TIME!

 

[Pumpkin_Eater]

Well this is a gaming forum so of course 99% of the posts will disagree that games played a significant role in what happened. To some degree the argument that games contribute to violent behavior is legitimate, but it's only truthful if you're putting games under the umbrella of violent media, because television, film, etc all contributes in the same way.

Sadly personal and parental responsibility are almost never implicated even though they are certainly the most decisive factors in any case like this.

 

[Citrus]

Now that the day has come to an end, I guess it's worth noting that this was indeed fake.

April Fools!

 

[Vromnir]

It seems you set a link to a story about navals?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28934310/

Yeah, you noticed?
Did you also notice that the article comes just a couple of weeks after the whole dog killing contoversy in WaW?
Also, the article was apparently posted on the 1st of April and isnt reported by any other news source except him.
Hmm, I wonder what all of this means.













(hint: it rimes with cool)

Aren't all the dogs in WaW trying to kill you though?

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

It seems you set a link to a story about navals?http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28934310/

Yeah, you noticed?
Did you also notice that the article comes just a couple of weeks after the whole dog killing contoversy in WaW?
Also, the article was apparently posted on the 1st of April and isnt reported by any other news source except him.
Hmm, I wonder what all of this means.








(hint: it rimes with cool)

Aren't all the dogs in WaW trying to kill you though?

Way to miss the point there Einstein.