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A Unique Perspective on a 'Game-Related' Tragedy
Megnatron writes "Penny Arcade has a letter from the stepmother of one of the kids who was recently charged with killing a homeless man. Her article is an extremely sobering tale of the problems dealing with troubled teen. She explains how, in this situation, the parents did everything they possibly could. And, in a refreshing twist, she absolves the games industry of any blame for the tragedy these kids perpetrated. From her missive: 'Video games DID NOT make this kid who he was, and it's unfortunate that the correlation is there. The thing that really gets me with this whole thing is that the kid knows full well that by equating what he's done to a video game, that he will generate controversy and media coverage. It makes me sick that the media is jumping all over this, because that is exactly the result that he wants. The only good thing (if there is such a thing) that has come out of this whole ordeal is that the kid is behind bars. That is exactly where he needs to be.'" Her letter is a passionate, troubling story, but well worth reading.
I mean, with comments like this...
A potential wasted teenager vs. a potential wasted old bum.
You know what? I don't think so.
And you're misstating what I said. Lib policies are always too soft on criminals. It's more about "understanding" them than safeguarding the rest of society.
I don't think all libs want OBL for president. I know plenty who really just hate the fuck out of America, but know goddamn well that if they went elsewhere in the world, they'd be killed for protesting. They want to have their cake and eat it too.
The worst problem with libs is that they only half-think things, then announce they've reached the "solution." They come up with bullshit policies in schools and that let criminals off easy, then congratulate themselves on lowering the prison population while at the same time wondering why the criminals are getting bolder.
What comes out of a prison is worse than what went in because of fucked up prisons in which criminals are given way too much freedom. Most prisons have 1 guard to about 200 inmates, so the inmates run the fucking asylum: no wonder it's the way it is, half their gang buddies or whatever else are right in there with them.
Between that and the just serious nutballs who are wastes of oxygen, yeah, prisons are fucked up. But it's the libs who don't want society to protect itself from fuckers like this.