13 year old father attempts murder over a video game

[The Serbian Empire]

And that is exactly the reason you don't give out personal info online!

Exactly why.

[Gauthier]

And that is exactly the reason you don't give out personal info online!

Exactly why.

And yet Facebook continues to grow.

[Insane Kidney Mentality]

Exactly why.

And yet Facebook continues to grow.

Facebook doesn't give out personal information, people do.

[Gauthier]

And yet Facebook continues to grow.

Facebook doesn't give out personal information, people do.

There's some sort of mystic force about Facebook that turns people stupid enough to post personal information online, or we wouldn't have so many stories of people getting fired over Facebook postings.

[Saint Jade IV]

From the viewpoint of a gamer, these are the types of people we love disassociating ourselves from. We aren't like that, the people who genuinely shouldn't be playing these games are. This of course wouldn't have happened had the parents been more responsible and known their son more. I, for one, would not buy my son (If I was a parent of course) Gears Of War 3 if I had any thought that he might do something like this.

I don't think you should be buying children these video games.

[Costa Alegria]

I don't think you should be buying children these video games.

Why? Do you think all children will turn into bloodthirsty murderers if their parents do?

[Saint Jade IV]

I don't think you should be buying children these video games.

Why? Do you think all children will turn into bloodthirsty murderers if their parents do?

I think that these sorts of games are not things that young children should be playing, personally. Just like I don't think parents should be buying pornography for their children.

It's naturally, age-dependent. But 13 and 14 year olds are too young, imho.

[Kavadevo]

And yet Facebook continues to grow.

Facebook doesn't give out personal information, people do.

But Facebook makes it easier to give out personal information. If we ban Facebook, then the rate of giving out personal information will go down. Look at North Korea, they banned all Facebook, and no one has their citizens' personal information.

You don't need Facebook, MySpace is good enough.

[Costa Alegria]

I think that these sorts of games are not things that young children should be playing, personally. Just like I don't think parents should be buying pornography for their children.

It's naturally, age-dependent. But 13 and 14 year olds are too young, imho.

I think it's up to the parents. Most kids by age 13 and 14 are mature enough to understand fact from fiction.

[Saint Jade IV]

And that is exactly the reason you don't give out personal info online!

Exactly why.

Children below a certain age don't always have the reasoning capacity to understand this.

That's why parents should be involved in, and monitor their internet usage.

[Xanixi]

I didn't know we still fried people.

Most of the US doesn't


Blue = Never used electric chair
Green = Used it before but does not now
Yellow = Secondary method only.

Oh, of course Florida is yellow.

God dammit, it's so hard to like my home state.

[The God-Realm]

So reading through this for the past thirty minutes and I see a lot of you stating bad parenting, the reason for bad parenting could be.

Truly there is bad parenting or

the kid is such a snob and jack ass the parents just gave up on that one or

the parents do not beat the child senseless enough after they do stupid shit, this is grounds for the ultimate ass kicking, I would beat my son with in an inch of his life if he pulled some shit like this over a video game, yeah they are fun and you get to blow sht up on the safety and comfort of your sofa but to nearly kill another kid is disgusting, so yeah parents should beat their kids more often.

I hope you and your son enjoy your time together in the institution. I hear family support helps.

Not giving a fuck about your kids under the guise of anti child abuse is fun!

[Saint Jade IV]

I think that these sorts of games are not things that young children should be playing, personally. Just like I don't think parents should be buying pornography for their children.

It's naturally, age-dependent. But 13 and 14 year olds are too young, imho.

I think it's up to the parents. Most kids by age 13 and 14 are mature enough to understand fact from fiction.

It's not necessarily the fact from fiction. I just think it's somewhat unnecessary to expose them to the ultra-realistic violence in these video games so young.

[The God-Realm]

Why? Do you think all children will turn into bloodthirsty murderers if their parents do?

I think that these sorts of games are not things that young children should be playing, personally. Just like I don't think parents should be buying pornography for their children.

It's naturally, age-dependent. But 13 and 14 year olds are too young, imho.

We should coddle our kids until they are 17 and from then on closely watch them so they can be true good christian adults.

Like a vidya game will make all the kids grow up to be my flag right

[Saint Jade IV]

I think that these sorts of games are not things that young children should be playing, personally. Just like I don't think parents should be buying pornography for their children.

It's naturally, age-dependent. But 13 and 14 year olds are too young, imho.

We should coddle our kids until they are 17 and from then on closely watch them so they can be true good christian adults.

Like a vidya game will make all the kids grow up to be my flag right

Yes. That's exactly what I said.

[The God-Realm]

We should coddle our kids until they are 17 and from then on closely watch them so they can be true good christian adults.

Like a vidya game will make all the kids grow up to be my flag right

Yes. That's exactly what I said.

No, not really, but your suggestion is so fucking ridiculous.

There is no proof that video games make kids act it out. Just a few isolated retarded kids.

[Saint Jade IV]

Yes. That's exactly what I said.

No, not really, but your suggestion is so fucking ridiculous.

There is no proof that video games make kids act it out. Just a few isolated retarded kids.

At what point did I suggest that exposure to violent video games will make kids violent? At what point did I suggest that video games were at fault?

Why is it ridiculous for parents to be aware of, and place reasonable limits on, the media their children are consuming?

There is a world of options between a free-for-all, buy them whatever movies and games they demand, and cutting them off from the modern world.

[Strykla]

And I thought I raged hard.

[Hathradic States]

Jesus Christ, I thought I raged something horrible.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Why? Do you think all children will turn into bloodthirsty murderers if their parents do?

I think that these sorts of games are not things that young children should be playing, personally. Just like I don't think parents should be buying pornography for their children.

It's naturally, age-dependent. But 13 and 14 year olds are too young, imho.

I was playing Mortal Kombat when I was 6-7

I didn't turn into a homicidal maniac who cracked people's skulls open out in the street.

Can we move on from this now?

[Esparmuran]

You know, I was playing MW3 a while back, and there was this kid. He was screaming constantly whenever he got killed, I tell ya, he was a pissed off motherfucker. Like, there was this other guy, sounded around 20 or so, he was kindly telling the kid stuff like "dude, it's only a game, calm down." and stuff like that. The kid started screaming even more and started threatening the guy he was gonna come over to his house and kill him. After a while he ragequited (I dislike using that term).

I think I know who that kid was now.

[Saint Jade IV]

I think that these sorts of games are not things that young children should be playing, personally. Just like I don't think parents should be buying pornography for their children.

It's naturally, age-dependent. But 13 and 14 year olds are too young, imho.

I was playing Mortal Kombat when I was 6-7

I didn't turn into a homicidal maniac who cracked people's skulls open out in the street.

Can we move on from this now?

Because becoming a homicidal maniac is the only possible negative outcome from allowing small children to play video games like COD. And of course, the violence and context of Mortal Combat is as entirely realistic as some of these games.

I don't personally think there is anything wrong with a parent preventing their children from interacting with realistic violence at the ages of the boys in this article.

[The Corparation]

You know, I was playing MW3 a while back, and there was this kid. He was screaming constantly whenever he got killed, I tell ya, he was a pissed off motherfucker. Like, there was this other guy, sounded around 20 or so, he was kindly telling the kid stuff like "dude, it's only a game, calm down." and stuff like that. The kid started screaming even more and started threatening the guy he was gonna come over to his house and kill him. After a while he ragequited (I dislike using that term).

I think I know who that kid was.

Most 13-14 year old kids playing CoD games online are that way. The majority of them lack the balls/knowelegde to actually follow through on any of their threats.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

I was playing Mortal Kombat when I was 6-7

I didn't turn into a homicidal maniac who cracked people's skulls open out in the street.

Can we move on from this now?

Because becoming a homicidal maniac is the only possible negative outcome from allowing small children to play video games like COD. And of course, the violence and context of Mortal Combat is as entirely realistic as some of these games.

I don't personally think there is anything wrong with a parent preventing their children from interacting with realistic violence at the ages of the boys in this article.

Of course, because I have some sort of negative outcome, never mind the fact my dad actually bought them and I played them without any negative outcomes and I grew up as a happy kid.

Come on, your arguments have some validity for gamers who turned out to have negative outcomes, but you fail to neglect the vast population that didn't turn out bad.

[United Kingdom of Muffins]

I was playing Mortal Kombat when I was 6-7

I didn't turn into a homicidal maniac who cracked people's skulls open out in the street.

Can we move on from this now?

Because becoming a homicidal maniac is the only possible negative outcome from allowing small children to play video games like COD. And of course, the violence and context of Mortal Combat is as entirely realistic as some of these games.

I don't personally think there is anything wrong with a parent preventing their children from interacting with realistic violence at the ages of the boys in this article.

I kinda agree with the Roman view of violence, which is get it out of your system so you really don't kill people. This is why they had gladitator games/public executions.