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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.
This is what happens when the liberals get their way and you are no longer allowed to beat your kids.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
Just because it has a humanoid form does not make it human.
That's about as well stated as it could possibly be.
And as far as the libs vs conservatives, there's one problem: it's the libs who allowed him to get this bad this quick.
Do we know that he wouldn't be this bad anyways if he'd been thrown in juvie? No.
However, we CAN say that if not for lib policies that kids crying "abuse" are always telling the truth, parents are all evil abusers, no parent has the right to discipline, kids should be "let off the hook" whenever possible, and such, this kid WOULD have been in Juvie.
And IF he had been in Juvie, then there are handicapped kids who wouldn't have been beat up, shit that wouldn't have been stolen, and a guy named Rex Baum would be alive right now.
So, fuck the libs. It's their policies that stopped society from protecting itself from this kid soon enough.
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.
I call bullshit on you.
I am so tired of this weakminded society you seem to adore. Our crimerates are through the ceiling. We are one of the most dangerous countries in the world to visit due to our high violent crimerate.
And if you look at the time line it was "JUST" like posted above. Hippy parents raising their kids to do their own thing because its okay with no repercussions of their actions. Now those same kids are having kids and the cycle worsens. Now that you have lobbied and passed all these ridiculous laws about child abuse a parent has less say than a stranger with no kids on how to raise their own damn kids.
Pull your head out of your ass because your ideals are stinking up this country.