eftda wrote:I was very objective when he started to his rampage but now I see that he has no point but to ruin video games. There is more information in books on how to kill people than in Video Games. Jack Thompson was a blundering idiot on cnn when he tried to explain how this guys video game play BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL (4 years ago) prepared him for VT. FBI (or whoever) raided the kids room and found ZERO Video Games. How does Jack Thompsons point look now?
I hate it when people try to make excuses for pyschopaths like this. He's completely insane and deserved to lose his life. I have no problem saying that. This guy did not kill 32 people because of video games. It's because he's completely disturbed.
And I have no problem defending this statement.
I have a little more empathy for the mentally unstable. I'd rather try to help them than allow them greater potential to kill so many, including themselves. Unfortunately it seems in this case he was either denied help or those attempting to get him help were denied. I'm not fully read up on that part though.
From what I understand he did receive some counselling and it was probably more the responsibility of the 2 women who were stalked by him to charge him with these crimes to possibly get him even further help. I will not sympathize with someone who was capable of such a thing however. If he hadn't killed himself, I would be ready and willing to flip the switch myself.
Again, I haven't read up as well as I'd like before commenting, but I do recall a school teacher/official/counselor repeatedly trying to get this kid help from higher ups and repeatedly being denied. I'm guessing your flip switch potential comes from Catholicism?
PlayingWithFire wrote:Counter Strike isn't even realistic violence. I was just playing it. The graphic blows, the physics is questionable, it doesn't feel "real" at all.
I totally agree. The concept of trying to kill someone and do it in such a strategic, methodical and accurate manner is what censorists will focus on though.
Counter strikes isn't even about doing the maximum damage with the best strategy, it's about achieving a goal for the team. Even if your role is the first guy to charge and face certain death.
Spoken like a pro
Do you think he realized this though? or that was his only glorified violent video game/ TV / movie etc influence?
PlayingWithFire wrote:Counter Strike isn't even realistic violence. I was just playing it. The graphic blows, the physics is questionable, it doesn't feel "real" at all.
I totally agree. The concept of trying to kill someone and do it in such a strategic, methodical and accurate manner is what censorists will focus on though.
Counter strikes isn't even about doing the maximum damage with the best strategy, it's about achieving a goal for the team. Even if your role is the first guy to charge and face certain death.
Spoken like a pro
Do you think he realized this though? or that was his only glorified violent video game/ TV / movie etc influence?
What do I think? I think he's just a wacko, and his problems trace way before any video game influences. I'd like to hear more about his family. If a 23 years old goes out there and kill a bunch of people, the first guy I'd question is the parents.
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PlayingWithFire wrote:Counter Strike isn't even realistic violence. I was just playing it. The graphic blows, the physics is questionable, it doesn't feel "real" at all.
I totally agree. The concept of trying to kill someone and do it in such a strategic, methodical and accurate manner is what censorists will focus on though.
eftda wrote:My point about video games still stands. This dude did not have a video game in his room before his insane attack.
That's not very important though. I'm sure I don't have to make a comparison showing that X doesn't have to be present in someone's home to effect Y action. Again, I want the anti-censorship argument to be as strong as possible, but this line of thinking won't cut it if you want to win a political/legal battle.
PlayingWithFire wrote:Counter Strike isn't even realistic violence. I was just playing it. The graphic blows, the physics is questionable, it doesn't feel "real" at all.
I totally agree. The concept of trying to kill someone and do it in such a strategic, methodical and accurate manner is what censorists will focus on though.
Counter strikes isn't even about doing the maximum damage with the best strategy, it's about achieving a goal for the team. Even if your role is the first guy to charge and face certain death.
Spoken like a pro
Do you think he realized this though? or that was his only glorified violent video game/ TV / movie etc influence?
What do I think? I think he's just a wacko, and his problems trace way before any video game influences. I'd like to hear more about his family. If a 23 years old goes out there and kill a bunch of people, the first guy I'd question is the parents.
Exactly, I'm not near enough or do I know enough information about him. I am close to those in the metal health field and will find out more, eventually. If it's something you guys haven't already figured it out by then(likely), I'll share.
I guess one could make a Bonds comparison to counterstrike in the context you mention it. Counterstirke would be the whipping boy for an overrated and not fully understood problem. I guess if religion is ok, so is Bonds. I understand if this portion of my post disappears.
What makes me sick is them actually releasing the video. That's obviously what he wanted so why give him the light. What if some other troubled soul sees how much attention this guy (I refuse to use his name for this same reason) is getting and feels he/she could be the one in the spotlight.
I am very sick of the media. The school has sent out more than one email to all students discussing unauthorized media members gaining access to or following students into dorms. Go away already.
What makes me sick is them actually releasing the video. That's obviously what he wanted so why give him the light. What if some other troubled soul sees how much attention this guy (I refuse to use his name for this same reason) is getting and feels he/she could be the one in the spotlight.
I am very sick of the media. The school has sent out more than one email to all students discussing unauthorized media members gaining access to or following students into dorms. Go away already.
He's a wacko and he doesn't make sense to me at all, but maybe that's because I'm a science person and he's a literature person. The thing that needs to be fixed here is that somehow we need to restrict issuing guns to person with mental illnesses. That's the only thing I see that is fairly easily fixable. I'd rather we as a whole go to tougher gun control, but clearly that's not possible.
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What makes me sick is them actually releasing the video. That's obviously what he wanted so why give him the light. What if some other troubled soul sees how much attention this guy (I refuse to use his name for this same reason) is getting and feels he/she could be the one in the spotlight.
I am very sick of the media. The school has sent out more than one email to all students discussing unauthorized media members gaining access to or following students into dorms. Go away already.
This is what bothers me the most at the moment. I don't live on campus and haven't been there much this week other than to go to the memorial and the vigil, and it still bothers me that all of the media is still here. At this point, they are just getting ratings out of us. There is no more news to report, as they have beaten it to death. I've had random reporters IM me and send me messages on facebook, and it is very annoying. I didn't realize they were stalking people on campus as well. I was talking about it with one of my friends because I had decided I was going to go on razor strike and not shave until the media left, and my friend told me that Columbine didn't get off the news for like 3 weeks. Now that the college has decided to hand out posthomous degrees, I'm sure the media will make themselves comfortable until May 11, which is ridiculous.
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