Video Games and Stupid People
Yesterday, a cabbie was killed in Toronto because of two males who were street racing. One of the street racers smashed into the cabbie and killed him instantly. During the course of the investigation, police found a copy of Need for Speed in the front seat of one of the cars.
I'm sure you all know what happened next.
Yes, video games are the reason these two boys (they are 18 and are in university, but they are boys by my standards) were street racing. Granted, police say there are other factors, but the video game is the main reason why.
It pisses me off to no end when the media does this. Teen does something and someone else is killed because of it, video games must be involved somehow. It's not the parents fault. It's not the teen's fault. Evil video games drove the teen to do it. Poor teen.
Bullshit. I have played some pretty violent games and I have never, ever even considered enacting what was in the video game. Why? My parents instilled values and morals and ethics in me. Oh, I can also see the difference between real life and video games.
If these two 18-year-old boys blurred the line between reality and fantasy, then they were having problems long before this tradegy happened. My guess is that no one (parents, friends, teachers, etc) didn't see or didn't care. I actually remember a time when I was but a boy reading a fantasy novel and my Mom made sure I knew that it was fantasy. I responded that I did know that and look- I'm a well-adjusted member of society.
Don't get me wrong - this is a horrible tradegy. The fact that someone died is even worse. All I'm saying is that this is not entirely the fault of video games. A lot of factors come into play and each factor had a hand in this accident. I just think video games is near the end of that list.
I'm sure you all know what happened next.
Yes, video games are the reason these two boys (they are 18 and are in university, but they are boys by my standards) were street racing. Granted, police say there are other factors, but the video game is the main reason why.
It pisses me off to no end when the media does this. Teen does something and someone else is killed because of it, video games must be involved somehow. It's not the parents fault. It's not the teen's fault. Evil video games drove the teen to do it. Poor teen.
Bullshit. I have played some pretty violent games and I have never, ever even considered enacting what was in the video game. Why? My parents instilled values and morals and ethics in me. Oh, I can also see the difference between real life and video games.
If these two 18-year-old boys blurred the line between reality and fantasy, then they were having problems long before this tradegy happened. My guess is that no one (parents, friends, teachers, etc) didn't see or didn't care. I actually remember a time when I was but a boy reading a fantasy novel and my Mom made sure I knew that it was fantasy. I responded that I did know that and look- I'm a well-adjusted member of society.
Don't get me wrong - this is a horrible tradegy. The fact that someone died is even worse. All I'm saying is that this is not entirely the fault of video games. A lot of factors come into play and each factor had a hand in this accident. I just think video games is near the end of that list.
posted by Deathstroke at 1:19 p.m.
1 Comments:
Hardy har har...well-adjusted like Zelia...
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