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Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366557]

Thu, 08 January 2009 16:54

AmunRa
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Colonel

http://www.shoutwire.com/comments/full/224875/Parents_Held_Liable_For_Video_Game _Crimes

talk about some bullshit.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366559 is a reply to message #366557]

Thu, 08 January 2009 17:00

mrÃ£Ã§Ä·z
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Permabanned for trying and failing DDoS

Lets Nuke theyr House and eat the rest of theyr Family

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366560 is a reply to message #366557]

Thu, 08 January 2009 17:02

BlueThen
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Jesus Christ. "BLAME THE PARENTS!" Of course. Oh, lets blame their teachers too! They should have taught the children not to do these things, right? And maybe their friends! their friends can influence them, and their friend's parents! In fact, lets just put everyone in jail.

I think this law would only encourage kids to commit crimes. It basically says that anything they do, assuming some kind of video game is related (and a video game can probably be related to every kind of crime there is), they won't get blamed for it.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366563 is a reply to message #366557]

Thu, 08 January 2009 17:09

R315r4z0r
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They are such morons. Violent games PREVENT physical violence, not cause it...

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366566 is a reply to message #366557]

Thu, 08 January 2009 17:11

nikki6ixx
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Hmm, I could've sworn I read this before. Oh wait, I did.

http://www.dotcult.com/2003/02/

And it's by the same dude too.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366593 is a reply to message #366566]

Thu, 08 January 2009 20:03

pawky
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nikki6ixx wrote on Thu, 08 January 2009 18:11

Hmm, I could've sworn I read this before. Oh wait, I did.

http://www.dotcult.com/2003/02/

And it's by the same dude too.

Dude, you are way too freaking awesome. Laughing

[Updated on: Thu, 08 January 2009 20:03]

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366595 is a reply to message #366566]

Thu, 08 January 2009 20:10

u6795
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nikki6ixx wrote on Thu, 08 January 2009 19:11

Hmm, I could've sworn I read this before. Oh wait, I did.

http://www.dotcult.com/2003/02/

And it's by the same dude too.

I lol'd for centuries. You da man.

yeah

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366598 is a reply to message #366557]

Thu, 08 January 2009 20:29

cheesesoda
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Wow, the commenters on Shoutwire are fucking morons.

whoa.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366601 is a reply to message #366598]

Thu, 08 January 2009 21:20

pawky
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How will the police figure out that the crime was motivated by a video game?

Do they look at the crime, look through the kid's game collection, find GTA, and BINGO! DADDY GOES TO JAIL?

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366604 is a reply to message #366557]

Thu, 08 January 2009 22:18

NukeIt15
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Colonel

While mildly entertaining, the article is a satire piece. The information it presents is not factual.

Mind you, that doesn't mean that people aren't fucking morons for blaming everything and everyone except the perpetrator for crimes. That part is true.

*sigh*

"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. Horrid mischief would ensue were (the law-abiding) deprived of the use of them." - Thomas Paine

Remember, kids: illiteracy is cool. If you took the time to read this, you are clearly a loser who will never get laid. You've been warned.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366608 is a reply to message #366557]

Thu, 08 January 2009 23:55

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Viva la Resistance!

Quote:

We're always thinking of creative ways to apply the death penalty and eliminate prison overcrowding.

So, a kid kills someone in Texas and says (or the police find out) it was 'motivated' by a computer game, who get's killed?

The parents or the guy who came up with the idea for the game? Or maybe even the person that sold it to him despite the fact that he/she isn't old enough to play it?

Seriously though, why even shift the blame at all? I mean, if it is the parents fault about how they raised them, then what should happen is you teach the kids that do it that it is wrong to do stuff like that, and the start of doing that is to punish them because that's how kids generally learn that something is wrong.

This is a signature. Reading this is wasting your time.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366609 is a reply to message #366557]

Fri, 09 January 2009 00:07

R315r4z0r
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That isn't even the point. Let's assume for a minute that games did encourage violence. So what if someone gets motivated from a game or outside source? It was still that person's own personal choice to physically commit the crime and therefore the blame is theirs and theirs alone.

This is the same thing as blaming your teacher because you failed a test, regardless of the fact you didn't study.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366621 is a reply to message #366557]

Fri, 09 January 2009 02:27

bisen11
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Colonel

Yah people center on video games way too much. What about the news media which is always portraying disasterous events. Does that not desensitive kids? That and movies and all sorts of things. There are limitless things that can affect someone's personality.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366627 is a reply to message #366557]

Fri, 09 January 2009 04:33

u6795
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I think the picture in the article pretty much summarizes my thoughts toward video game violence.

http://www.dotcult.com/images/video-games-kill.jpg

BIBLES AND KITTENS

yeah

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366730 is a reply to message #366557]

Fri, 09 January 2009 22:38

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Not everything is as it appears
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That is the way is should be. Parents shoulds ALWAYS be accountable for what their childern do/play/watch/act out/ect. If they were there wouldn't need to be a decision like that in the first place.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366731 is a reply to message #366557]

Fri, 09 January 2009 22:39

R315r4z0r
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Until they are 18 years or older... unless they have some sort of mental disorder...

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366871 is a reply to message #366557]

Sat, 10 January 2009 22:31

Canadacdn
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PLECOS MASTER

But some sort of killing inspired by a book or movie is still okay?

What a bunch of garbage.

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366872 is a reply to message #366557]

Sat, 10 January 2009 22:41

R315r4z0r
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What about violence inspired by violence?

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Re: Parents Held Liable For Video Game Crimes [message #366878 is a reply to message #366557]

Sat, 10 January 2009 23:41

GEORGE ZIMMER
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Then the blame surely rests upon the probably already dead criminal who committed the first act of violence. Because it's NEVER the fault of the person who actually did it.

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