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Games Made Me Do It Defense Didn't Work
BuddingMonkey wrote to mention a heartening ruling from a judge who saw beyond the anti-gaming hype. CNN is reporting that Devin Moor has been found guilty of murder, in a well publicized case where the defendant stated that video games caused his behavior. From the article: "Prosecutor Lyn Durham said Tuesday that Moore knew what he was doing when he grabbed a patrolman's gun and killed two officers and a radio dispatcher. 'And he knew it was wrong,' she said."
Video games made me pour Hot Coffee all over my naked girlfriend!
Some people have to stop living in the past, it is way too easy to blame your past for violent action. It is important to realise that one can change if he wants to. However, David Suzuki, host of the TV show "The Nature of Things" presented a documentary about violent behavior. According to this documentary, violent behavior would be developped around the ages of 2 to 6. The key to preventing violent behavior would be in the way you correct children for unsociable behavior. The teenage years would only reflect this early teaching, but since it shows more in this stage of development, video games and movies get too often blamed for this.
Freedom is strength, Ignorance is peace, War is slavery.
...but, the games, if they did not cause this then games might not be dangerous to children but then the government would be wrong in spending millions of tax dollars on needless investigations and... ...it's like, if the gun manufacturers are not to blame for gun crimes but grokster is to blame for p2p crimes and videogame companies are to blame *twitch* not to blame *twitch* to blame for....
ILLOGICAL! ILLOGICAL! THIS DOES NOT COMPUTE!
It's about time our legal system personnel began to smarten up.
was to try to use that defense in Alabama instead of California.
A fine is a tax you pay for doing wrong and a tax is a fine you pay for doing all right.
I'm going to make a game that ends in the player killing themself, hype it up a whole lot, and let the problem solve itself.
There is a chain of grocery stores native to my home state which does this... years ago, in the sue-crazy early 90s, there was a rash of incidents in which folks were going into various grocery stores, pulling items from high shelves down on top of them, and suing for damages. Though the cases almost never went to court, there was usually a hefty settlement involved.
My local chain decided they would have none of this, and vowed to fight any such case brought against them in court. The frivolous lawsuits were curtailed pretty quickly, because the lawyers-for-hire figured out that this was no longer an easy way to make a quick buck.
Most businesses who have a lawsuit brought against them choose to settle because it is cheaper than fighting it out in court. Only the truly smart companies realize that this behavior just invites new lawsuits. Just look at what happened to mp3.com.
And it also sickens me that it has become a trend not to take responsibility for your own actions. Like blaming obesity on McDonalds.
Now I want to file a law suit. Umm, let's see...for mental anguish caused as a result of being subjected to stupidity.
"The victim's families have filed a civil suit against the video game manufacturer and two stores, claiming Moore killed the three after repeatedly playing "Grand Theft Auto III" and "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City." No trial date has been set in the civil lawsuit"
Wow... just wow...
Does anyone else see the terrible, terrible irony here? If they held their logic true, they should be protesting the guilty verdict, since it obviously wasn't his fault, the video games did it. The article mentioned them hugging the prosecutor, so they were obviously pleased.
I hope they don't get one red cent.
I'll stop being cynical when the world allows
"The final straw was last weekend, when I caught a Law and Order Criminal Intent (I think) episode- where a young man was drugging young women and doing things to them. One victim had her..."
I can't believe this sick crap is considerd to be top-rated, good prime-time television, but one second of janet jackson's blurry patially-revealed nipple brings on an enormous fcc fine.
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well i think its time to apply the ESRB rating to the bible. what rating do you think it should get?
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you and i may be, but look around you, do you really want those people to be making decisions
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they found him guilty BECAUSE the video game wasnt to blame, so what are they suing for?
Two reasons. First, money. Second, so they don't have to admit they are lousy parents - it's the game's fault, not theirs.