The prosecution argued that the murder was over the game lol That doesn't mean that it really was. I'm guessing it was what triggered him off but I don't believe for one second it's the absolute reason for the shooting. I know I'm profiling him when I say this but he doesn't look or sound like the stereotypical God believer. His parents gave the impression that they were highly religious and perhaps this didn't sit well with him. That is a complete assumption on my behalf and may have nothing to do with the killing at all. I have a gut feeling that taking the violent video game away from him (because of religious morals), triggered a thought about religion in the family that caused the "snap". For example, perhaps it was forced down his throat when he didn't believe. Boy am I going to get flamed for this one, but I'm looking in to it nevertheless.

The media is gonna go to town with this one...

 

 

 

Obviously he had other issues, a mentally healthy seventeen year old doesn't do that over something as trivial as a video game.

 

 

 

Jack Thompson's gonna love this.

 

 

 

He is...but it's just to bad that only him and 4 other people are going to talk about it.

 

 

 

 

 

It gives me slight hope that this particular judge was intelligent enough to deem that the stupid kid wasn't insane.

What a [wagon]... he already had his game back, He should've just played it sneakily... such as take the disk out and leave the case in the box? Seriously, the killing was obviously not just for the game.

There are other articles that say his father put the game in the same box as his gun. That's pretty ironic... NO! you can't play shooting games! So I'm just going to put your shooting game with my GUN! lol :wall:

Obviously he had other issues, a mentally healthy seventeen year old doesn't do that over something as trivial as a video game.

 

 

 

Exactly. Pent up anger can manifest itself with the slightest of triggers.

That's stupid -.- He should get teh death penalty ;)

 

 

 

How does Halo 3 make you want to kill someone?

I love how contradicting the Us constitution is, legally he's not an adult, not old enough to vote or purchase anything limited to adults yet he's being tried as an adult.

 

 

 

You're either an adult or you're not, and the only thing which can call that within court is your countries constitution.

 

 

 

I'd put this guy down under insanity or look further in to his living conditions with parents, my view on this is usual bias against games industry tabloid [cabbage]; Not looking into the background of his family at all or his living conditions, just pointing all blame to the games industry.

Then again if he had a good defense lawyer they would have already investigated these sorts of things to bring before the court lol We need better lawyers! Sure the little [cabbage] needs to be in jail but we still need to fight fair.

That mom should get shot for bad parenting...oh wait...

 

 

 

I don't know who to blame though, the mom for parenting, or the kid for shooting her, or Halo...

 

 

 

Halo should have taught that kid something anyway...don't shoot too many humans, or they'll shoot back at you...

 

 

 

Anyway, in Halo lingo "Damn, that [bleep] got Pwned!"

 

 

 

I don't know...I'm kinda torn between everything...Blame rap instead of videogames...

Blame videogames because the kid clearly has something wrong with him?

 

 

 

Honestly, a sane individual would not kill someone over something so trivial... He may have had another motive. If he is not sane, than it's his mental condition to blame.

 

 

 

But then, what do I know?

Yeah, I mean come on, being addicting to a game, pshhhh... sad bunch. Now! i'm going to tell to every friggen clan I'm in while mining some ore, and playing SWBFII telling other people online over a headset, and play Pong. Gah, stupid teens with their video games, pfft, I resent them.

Blame videogames because the kid clearly has something wrong with him?

 

 

 

Honestly, a sane individual would not kill someone over something so trivial... He may have had another motive. If he is not sane, than it's his mental condition to blame.

 

 

 

But then, what do I know?

 

 

 

Nobody is blaming the video game! The taking away of the game is what pushed him over the edge. People don't just go kill someone because they took their game away.

I love how the media and public focus on the violent video game, not the gun in an easily accessible place.

 

 

 

Gun violence = ftl

 

Video games = ftw :thumbup:

Blame videogames because the kid clearly has something wrong with him?

 

 

 

Honestly, a sane individual would not kill someone over something so trivial... He may have had another motive. If he is not sane, than it's his mental condition to blame.

 

 

 

But then, what do I know?

 

 

 

Nobody is blaming the video game! The taking away of the game is what pushed him over the edge. People don't just go kill someone because they took their game away.

 

I'm almost certain the article was. It even had a little survey asking if the reader was worried about violent video games.

 

If I'm not quoting someone, I'm addressing the topic as a while.

You have to admit, though, the method was fairly epic. "Close your eyes, I have a surprise for you" And he surprise is bullets.

 

Heh, glad I'm not the only one who thought this. It sounds like a line from a movie or something. Kinda makes me wonder what went through the parents' heads, though.

 

 

 

son: I have a surprise for you.

 

dad(thinking): OOO! I hope it's muffins! Golly, I love muffins.

 

*gunshots*

 

dad(thinking): This is a terrible muffin. :(

The media is gonna go to town with this one...

 

 

 

Obviously he had other issues, a mentally healthy seventeen year old doesn't do that over something as trivial as a video game.

 

 

 

Jack Thompson's gonna love this.

 

 

 

Too bad he got disbarred, and can't do anything about it.

 

 

 

I love how gun control isn't even focused on, but how they focus on the game.

Kinda funny how they straight away say "the videogame must have madehim think they wouldn't really die" or something like it. What the hell he's 17...Lol

 

 

 

Looking at the polls 70 odd % think video games are dangerous? :|

 

 

 

That kid was messed up, the video game isn't...

You have to admit, though, the method was fairly epic. "Close your eyes, I have a surprise for you" And he surprise is bullets.

 

Heh, glad I'm not the only one who thought this. It sounds like a line from a movie or something. Kinda makes me wonder what went through the parents' heads, though.

 

 

 

son: I have a surprise for you.

 

dad(thinking): OOO! I hope it's muffins! Golly, I love muffins.

 

*gunshots*

 

dad(thinking): This is a terrible muffin. :(

 

 

 

I really need to start saving some of these quotes :P

Jack Thompson can't do a damn thing because he was disbarred, in fact I think there was a topic about it.

 

 

 

EDIT: Damn, ultimania beat me to it :wall:

He obviously had other issues (mentally, and with his parents).

 

 

 

The game was either a factor that finally pushed him over the edge... or simply the first thing he thought to grab onto as an excuse for what he did.

 

 

 

 

 

I really don't have an opinion on it otherwise... the parents must have been doing something wrong.

Saruman44 Being borderline bi-polar doesn't excuse you from following the same forum rules that everyone else has to.

he wasn't addressing lent with that last line, although it looks like it from the quoting. but it's not like the dude's gonna read this anyway, so he should have left it out regardless. am i the only one seeing his post as that way?

I just re-read it and your guess seems about right.

What.....The....[bleep].

 

 

 

I thought I had issues when i was diagnosed with Depression but Day-Umm, thats not even justified as Insanity, its an act against Humanity itself. Killing the Very people who created you (Scientifically) Over a Freaking Game that could be re-brought on E-Bay for $30 or Burnt. -.-

 

 

 

It does annoy the crap out of me that they blame video games for human violence, i play a TON of violent Games and the most i've done is hit the desk from a Team Member on CoD2 Killing me when i had the flag during a CTF Map. :wall:

What a barbaric act.

 

 

 

But surely, it must go deeper than just a videogame.