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Originally Posted by GregWeld
"why are these killer games okay"?
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Just sharing my thoughts on this GW, not agreeing or dis-agreeing.
Definately some games are all about gore, death, shooting mindlessly. They actually check IDs to buy these games, but 8-10 year old kids are still playing them because their parents
allow it. P-A-R-E-N-T-S. Kids are spending more hours in front of the video babysitter (at home, in front of their parents) than they are in school. It's the game's fault? We need to outlaw the GAME?
The school shooter was old enough to purchase whatever video game he wanted and was old enough to decide how much time to spend in front of it. The last time I checked, there are no video games about assaults on schools. There are no FPS (first person shooters) games that I have seen against non-combatants period. In fact, the few that I've played myself would fail, deduct, penalize, whatever if you involved a non-combatant. The shooter targeted innocent children specifically. He wanted the least resistance with the most emotional damage. This was not learned from any game.
Lots of blame for inanimate objects. A particular game, a certain gun, not enough rules, laws. This evil was done by a man (a f'ing nutjob), not because he was autistic, not provoked by a video game or made easier by a particular weapon. There is no answer for it, there is no reason for it. Demanding something be done just out of frustration and fear is not the path.
Jeff-