Post by: BrianSLA on September 08, 2003, 11:24:40 PM
>> two stepbrothers, 16-year-old William and 14-year-old Joshua Buckner, that escape turned deadly earlier this summer. They told police they were emulating Grand Theft Auto on the night of June 25 when they took shotguns to Interstate 40, near their Newport, Tenn., home, and opened fire on vehicles. ........ The family of a slain motorist has filed suit against the maker of a video game that two teens claim inspired them to shoot at passing cars on a Tennessee highway. <<
GEE you think the family would be pissed off that TWO absolute Freakin' MORONS who would emulate a freakin' video game would be more concerned that said morons got hold of shotguns instead of a video game. If you read the rest of the article the two boys said they were sorry. BooHoo. They both should be executed... get rid of the dummies of the human race.
AND you gotta love the money grubbing scumbag lawyer for the family who says
>> "The industry needs to cough up money so victims and their families can be compensated for their pain," Thompson said. "The shareholders need to know what their games are doing to kids and their families. They need to stop pushing adult rated products to kids. These products are deadly." <<
AGAIN you would think they would blame the SHOTGUNS instead of the video game. But the lawyer wants money.
AND you would think they would blame the irresponsible PARENTS of the two morons who bought the kids a MATURE rated game AND allowed their moron irresponsible kids access to SHOTGUNS.
Post by: Grey Ninja on September 08, 2003, 11:35:33 PM
Post by: PIAC on September 08, 2003, 11:41:23 PM
Post by: The Omen on September 08, 2003, 11:42:48 PM
Post by: oohhboy on September 09, 2003, 02:08:15 AM
Both parties are messed up. Money grabing in its prime form.
Anybody want to take bets when the next nutcase is going to pop-up and what game will be the next scapegoat? Everybody knows where the smart money is going.
Post by: mouse_clicker on September 09, 2003, 03:28:27 AM
And I don't see how money can compensate for pain- that's just being greedy, if you ask me.
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 09, 2003, 04:02:47 AM
"'Good' and 'evil' are inconstant names applied haphazardly by different men to what attracts or repels them. This egotistical psychology makes the life of man in a pre-social state of nature, 'nasty, brutish and short,' a constant war of everyman with everyman."
I do find it funny that whenever a kid is involved with a crime, people look to videogames to blame instead of the parents. Who is raising the damn kid: The videogame or the parent? Just like when people thought the "I am God" that the Washington sniper wrote had something to do with "God Mode" in Doom. It makes me sick...
Post by: Ms.Pikmin on September 09, 2003, 05:52:54 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on September 09, 2003, 06:58:07 AM
Post by: PIAC on September 09, 2003, 10:12:08 AM
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on September 09, 2003, 11:21:47 AM
Post by: mouse_clicker on September 09, 2003, 11:53:53 AM
Post by: Hostile Creation on September 09, 2003, 11:55:36 AM
Nothing to say about the actual topic. . . just a bunch of idiots running around pissing on each other, basically. Boring.
Post by: Bill Aurion on September 09, 2003, 12:49:20 PM
Post by: KnowsNothing on September 09, 2003, 12:56:28 PM
*farts*
Post by: KnowsNothing on September 09, 2003, 12:57:35 PM
*sticks out tongue*
Post by: The Blue Baron on September 09, 2003, 01:24:30 PM
*considers posting three times but then decides the effort of typing would be too great*
this typing makes me hungry i think im going to eat some muffins
MUFFINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: mouse_clicker on September 09, 2003, 01:28:17 PM
Post by: KnowsNothing on September 09, 2003, 01:52:25 PM
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on September 09, 2003, 05:24:54 PM
Post by: Shift Key on September 09, 2003, 10:52:28 PM
QuoteNo, the industry is not at fault. There are warnings on these games, about violence and such. Short of censoring every game that makes you think, the only way parents can ensure games are right for their kids is to sit down and play with them.
The industry needs to cough up money so victims and their families can be compensated for their pain,"
In this time of five-minute workouts and two minute noodles (mmmm), parenting seems to have lost the way, and the slack is only picked up when something goes wrong, and everyone grabs their pitchforks and flaming torches and goes after the nearest witch.
If anyone's at fault, it should be the parents. They are responsible for the actions of the children, after all.
But I guess that's not where the money is, is it?
But I hate lawyers above all this. It's their fault everyone is suing everyone else.
Post by: mouse_clicker on September 10, 2003, 03:30:05 AM
Remember that Alabama Supreme Court judge who placed the Ten Commandments monument in in his court house, and then refused to have it removed when the national Supreme Court orded him to? I'm not here to debate the religious side of this, but he knowingly violated our First Ammendment, which states that the government can make no establishment of religion. Should judges like him be the one protecting the constitution?
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on September 10, 2003, 04:30:51 AM
Post by: Marcus Arillius on September 10, 2003, 08:58:46 AM
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Originally posted by: oohhboy
Anybody want to take bets when the next nutcase is going to pop-up and what game will be the next scapegoat? Everybody knows where the smart money is going.
this just in:
according to cnn.netster someone in scaggsville, new jersey has gone around splashing paint over the entire town. Then he took a squirt gun and went around spraying it "feverishly" at the paint while creatures started coming out of the paint which residents in the town have claimed have magical properties.
When asked why he did it, lawyers for the 10 year old child said he was just emulating Mario Sunshine.
Post by: Marcus Arillius on September 10, 2003, 09:03:30 AM
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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker
Craziness shouldn't be an excuse for not keeping up with world events, Ty.
He's probaly one of the ones who proposed the official name of "French Fries" be changed to "Freedom Fries."
I could run this entire country by myself with all the knowledge in me bum, better than all the people in office at this moment.... ok maybe not all of them.
Post by: mouse_clicker on September 10, 2003, 11:41:04 AM
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on September 10, 2003, 02:20:55 PM
Post by: Marcus Arillius on September 10, 2003, 03:03:21 PM
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Originally posted by: S-U-P-E-R
I get my news somewhere else
yeah, britney spears' news section on her website is great... very informative.
just kidding.
