We haven't seen any English language coverage of this yet, but always-reliable European reader Soldat Louis has forwarded us this report of an incident which apparently occurred yesterday in the small French village of Uckange:

 

 

 

A 5-year-old boy stabbed his 10-year-old sister because she didn't want to give him her Nintendo DS. Her mother, who has sole custody of the children, was sleeping at the time and was alerted by her daughter's screams.

 

 

 

The girl is still at the hospital, but she's not in mortal danger. The boy is aware of what he's done. He said to the police that his sister didn't want to give hime her Nintendo DS, and that he thought the knife was a toy. I've also read that he apparently likes the game "Power Rangers", in which the characters (alledgely) throw knives.

 

 

 

The mother of the 2 children has been raising them since the father abandoned them and fled to Albania. According to her, he was violent to the point of hitting her. She works at night to raise her children, and while she's at work, her brother and her niece babysit them.

 

Hmmm. All I can say is wtf at this point. :wall:

 

A 5-year-old boy + a knife + the game "Power Rangers" = certain doom. #-o

Damn punk. I grew up watching Power Rangers and I didn't try knifing people to get my way.

 

 

 

Honestly, I think that kid needs to get taught the dinstinction between fantasy and reality.

 

 

 

[hide=Something I had to add]Now, let me get back on my dragon and fly to the distant world to save some people. Yeah, its not that funny, but I didn't want the entire post to be serious.[/hide]

The father fled to Albania. Like Voldemort.

 

 

 

I have nothing else to say.

The father fled to Albania. Like Voldemort.

 

 

 

I have nothing else to say.

 

 

 

So we're looking for a guy who looks like a snake and hates a kid with a scar on his forehead, just to tell him to go and raise his damn kid?

It's always the games fault.

You let a game like Madworld on the Wii, stuff like this happens

He's just five years old, he doesn't know what he did; doesn't fully understand, that is. I'm sure he'll be a violent adolescent.

Yeah guys, it's all Power Rangers' fault.

 

 

 

/SARCASM. -.-

Oh noes! Power Rangers needs to be totally diminished now from reality!

 

 

 

Seriously, people need to stop wanting to get attention through the sacrifice of producing bad rep for video games. Get over yourselves.

If I remember correctly, about a year ago there was a topic in OT about an 8 year old shooting his little sister in the face over a bag of chips. Not exactly something new.

If I remember correctly, about a year ago there was a topic in OT about an 8 year old shooting his little sister in the face over a bag of chips. Not exactly something new.

 

 

 

Over a bag of chips? #-o

I've also read that he apparently likes the game "Power Rangers", in which the characters (alledgely) throw knives.

 

They always try to link it to a game or show :roll:

 

 

 

I think it's just a 5 year old who is too stupid to know better.

Article makes it seem like the video game was the only reason the kid did that. He already must have had a history of physical/verbal violence to suddenly do that act.

It isn't the violent games that make society violent, it is the violent society that makes the games violent. When will the media pull their heads our of their [wagon] and realize that?

You're really going to go over to a 5 year old with power rangers, a DS and a knife arent you silly girl?

Article makes it seem like the video game was the only reason the kid did that. He already must have had a history of physical/verbal violence to suddenly do that act.

 

Agreed. Video games aren't as bad as politicians/news reporters/parents/whoever makes them out to be, although the impact might be a bit bigger on a 5 year old boy.

Angry kid+abandonment issues usually lead to something of this nature. Even though I would like to blame the parent, I can't. I came from a similar household, no siblings, but a mother who worked nights and a father who walked out on me. I do not condone what he did, but sometimes people, no matter what age, snap. And when they do snap, anything can happen.

I recall 2 grown men having a knife fight over a pizza pop, and one man getting stabbed...

I wonder if the boy thought that if he throws the knife at his sister, she would explode into sparks?

Videogames are always the scapegoats for the modern day media. I really should start a petition against that...

I wonder if the boy thought that if he throws the knife at his sister, she would explode into sparks?

 

Or that some evil master would come and sprinkle something over her and make her grow 5 times her normal size...

 

 

 

Wasn''t there something like this where a guy stabbed for errr some pop thingy?

 

And the faceshootingforabagofchips thread?

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Ok on a more serious note, really...Im mean really!? Did this kid have some mental issues? But really..Come on!

 

 

 

But this means one thing...

 

POWER RANGERS IS THE CAUSE OF CHILD VIOLANCE! NOT VIDEO GAMES!

It isn't the violent games that make society violent, it is the violent society that makes the games violent. When will the media pull their heads our of their [wagon] and realize that?

 

...When people pull their heads out of their own [wagon] and realize it's often BS?

 

:lol:

 

The one thing I can advocate is parents being responsible. Unfortunately, that doesn't sell or I'd be a millionaire. You can blame the game, but having knives withing reach of a 5 year old is a big no-no.

Thank God the kid didn't play Gears of War...

Thank God the kid didn't play Gears of War...

 

 

 

:lol:

 

Woulda taught her much more of a lesson if she tried to touch him when hes doing srs bsns. :lol:

 

 

 

I dont get it though. If you hear of a child doing something bad, its because "they're recreating a TV show or a video game."... and when this happens, all those housewife mums who have nothing better to do than have a weekly meeting with other housewife mums about whats bad on tv and games .. HAVE A CRY and go on local news shows complaining about this stuff.

 

 

 

Like, wtf?