GTA Blamed for Columbine-style Massacre Planning

Posted by Zonk on Sunday October 10, 2004 @06:45AM from the mario-blamed-for-senseless-mushroom-death dept.

bippy writes "A Miami attorney claims that a teen accused of plotting a massacre used GTA to prepare for the attack, RedAssedBaboon reports. Attorney Jack Thompson is the same guy who is trying to link the murder of Stefan Pakeerah last year to Manhunt. Pakeerah was beaten to death with a claw hammer by a friend who, Thompson claims, was inspired by Manhunt. The uproar surrounding the case led to the game being pulled from many British store shelves and Prime Minister Tony Blair looking into a link between violence and video games. It looks like Thompson has found himself a niche." Update: 10/10 19:25 GMT by T : Peter Endean writes "It might be worth noting that in fact in the case of the murder linked to Manhunt, it was the victim who owned the game."

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Re:ban sticks by Tyrdium · 2004-10-10 07:02 · Score: 3, Funny

Why stop there? Hell, people can use their hands to choke someone to death! We should chop off everyone's hands! Oh, but wait... Then they could use their arms as bludgeoning weapons... Lop those off, too! Hmmm, but they could still bite people... Off with their heads!
So... by Dark+Lord+Seth · 2004-10-10 07:19 · Score: 5, Funny

If I print out the Patriot Act and beat someone to death with it...

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1. Re:So... by Ty · 2004-10-10 08:00 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Bush will declare that whoever you beat was a terrorist and it was an effective tool for dealing with them.
in other news... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-10-10 10:07 · Score: 5, Funny

Pac-man Blamed for Obesity
Why does it have to be blamed on something? by bernardos70 · 2004-10-10 13:05 · Score: 3, Funny

Chris Rock said it best "What happened to 'crazy?' What, you can't be crazy no more?"