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6-Year-Old Says Grand Theft Auto Taught Him To Drive

Posted by timothy on from the buck-beats-scapegoat dept.

nandemoari writes "A six-year-old who recently stole his parents' car and drove it into a utility pole has passed the buck onto a familiar scapegoat: the video game, Grand Theft Auto. Rockstar Games' controversial Grand Theft Auto video game has been criticized by parent groups and crusaders (or in the eyes of gamers, nincompoops) like former lawyer Jack Thompson for years (Thompson once tried to link the Virginia Tech slayings to late-night Counterstrike sessions. He's since been disbarred). However, not as of yet has anyone under the age of, oh, ten, blamed the game for a car theft."

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  1. Dear Mods: by thenewguy001 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Would you please not post pictures of his ugly mug on the front page? I'd rather see a picture of goatse than that douche. As if we don't already have enough reasons to hate idle.

  2. Re:Prosecute the parents by TGoddard · · Score: 0, Troll

    We can accept that things that we need or use can have a dangerous side. A car is dangerous, as is a gun intended for hunting. What I really find unbelievable is that people living in a modern country would keep guns expressly for the purpose of using against other people. It isn't OK to have a gun for "defense". An implement of death increases the chance of everybody in its vicinity dying, regardless of who holds it.