Well I am one also that is tired of people not being personally accountatble for their own actions.
For someone that has some predisposition to violence (whether it be their upbrigning, etc...) anything and I mean anything can set them off. I mean they could be stirring a bowl of alpha bits 1 morning and see a message in the bowl go out and kill 20 people. Could they claim the ceral made them do it, and then in turn sue Post for their demonic cerial? I think not but they are claiming that about games.
Yes granted some of them are very violent and dipict things that a bowl of cerial can't, but come on since when has a video game acutally forced anyone to do anything. Its not like if for everyday you don't play 100 innocent kittens will be slaughtered because you failed to play, in the same respect the game isn't telling you to go out and kill people. So if the person shows they are mentally unfit(in general) then their behvaiour should be monitored by their guardians/peers/doctors/etc... if they find that a video game is making that individual violent then have that INDIVIDUAL stop playing the game.
I for one have played many games in my life I grew up playing them and will continue to play but guess what I see them as what they are games, a source to relieve stress, have fun and do things I could never do nor would probably want to do in real life. Video games are all about fantasy. That thing you can't do, or that person you aren't, or living in a time, place, that you aren't but then again a book can do that to. Heck someone that is telling a story can do that to, guess that means anyone that reads a fairytale to their child so they can sleep is guilty too.
I know I m starting to get off topic, but it seems that the case that is being brought up is off topic as well. The real case is not how GTA made the boy kill his parents even if it helped trigger violent tendancies (which I doubt it did, like I mentioned anything to someone that is of an unbalanced mind could be a trigger, cloud shapes, their cerial, etc...) but how and why the violent tendancies were there in the first place. Blame who put the tendancies there, if there is no one to blame then guess what the blame is fully on that individual and rightfully so.
I want to first of agree the idea of anyone farming for gold and selling it for real life $ is just dumb. I have been an avid MMORPG player since there was only BBS games, but enough of my history. I find that the $ farmers ruin the experience for others but from a legal stand point I am not sure if the selling of the $ is illegal for the person to do in the game, because as someone has already stated they can say they aren't selling the $ they are giving the $ to the purchaser but they purchased their time to get that $.
hmm... I wonder would that work if a Hooker and a John are caught by the police? Couldn't she just say she wasn't selling sex but a very expensive condom with a free demonstration?
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Well I am one also that is tired of people not being personally accountatble for their own actions. For someone that has some predisposition to violence (whether it be their upbrigning, etc...) anything and I mean anything can set them off. I mean they could be stirring a bowl of alpha bits 1 morning and see a message in the bowl go out and kill 20 people. Could they claim the ceral made them do it, and then in turn sue Post for their demonic cerial? I think not but they are claiming that about games. Yes granted some of them are very violent and dipict things that a bowl of cerial can't, but come on since when has a video game acutally forced anyone to do anything. Its not like if for everyday you don't play 100 innocent kittens will be slaughtered because you failed to play, in the same respect the game isn't telling you to go out and kill people. So if the person shows they are mentally unfit(in general) then their behvaiour should be monitored by their guardians/peers/doctors/etc... if they find that a video game is making that individual violent then have that INDIVIDUAL stop playing the game. I for one have played many games in my life I grew up playing them and will continue to play but guess what I see them as what they are games, a source to relieve stress, have fun and do things I could never do nor would probably want to do in real life. Video games are all about fantasy. That thing you can't do, or that person you aren't, or living in a time, place, that you aren't but then again a book can do that to. Heck someone that is telling a story can do that to, guess that means anyone that reads a fairytale to their child so they can sleep is guilty too. I know I m starting to get off topic, but it seems that the case that is being brought up is off topic as well. The real case is not how GTA made the boy kill his parents even if it helped trigger violent tendancies (which I doubt it did, like I mentioned anything to someone that is of an unbalanced mind could be a trigger, cloud shapes, their cerial, etc...) but how and why the violent tendancies were there in the first place. Blame who put the tendancies there, if there is no one to blame then guess what the blame is fully on that individual and rightfully so.
I want to first of agree the idea of anyone farming for gold and selling it for real life $ is just dumb. I have been an avid MMORPG player since there was only BBS games, but enough of my history. I find that the $ farmers ruin the experience for others but from a legal stand point I am not sure if the selling of the $ is illegal for the person to do in the game, because as someone has already stated they can say they aren't selling the $ they are giving the $ to the purchaser but they purchased their time to get that $. hmm... I wonder would that work if a Hooker and a John are caught by the police? Couldn't she just say she wasn't selling sex but a very expensive condom with a free demonstration?