VT Massacre: Gaming related?

admin(Adam) · VT Massacre: Gaming related?

So, if you live in the United States I have no doubt that you have heard of the recent Virginia Tech Massacre, the biggest school shooting in modern history. Although it has been said that the shooter was mentally unstable, it was also found out that he was an avid Counter Strike player. What do you think about this? Polititions will DEFINATELY use this information as ammo for their anti-videogame campaign, and what are your views on violent video games?

Genja

So, there's the grandfather and aunt who hated Mr. Seung Hui, the classmates who made fun of him, the school officials and police officers who didn't inform the students there was a shooter, the students who never tried to stop him, the politicians and gun lobbyists who let him be armed, the politicians and anti-gun activists who didn't let the students and faculty be armed, and now Valve. Sometimes it seems like it's everyone's fault but the crook.

It doesn't surprise me at all that the Jack Thompsons of the world would be among those exploiting this tragedy.

nigee707

Anyone who blames videogames for crimes can go to hell cuz they are retarded. and Genjas right when somthin goes down they blame everyone but the crook

The Raisin

My question is this, dont you have to be interviewed for specialty schools? I heard that the school board wouldn't adhere to a teacher's complaints about his mental stability. It truly is a shame what happened in Virginia, and I'm not surprised he enjoyed playing counter strike, a kid who wants to kill, is going to wanna do it in games. But I'm sure he had other activities he was interested in, should we blame those too?

Its amazing how no matter how much facts, logic and reasoning can't defeat a politician's argument of, "Its bad because I said so"

Specter

For once i agree with nigee anyone who blames video games should rot in solitude :crazy: :lich:

Genja

admin(Adam)

Genja

If you need help, remember you can always just join Garrison Keillor's Partnership of English Majors.

Specter

Genja whats that?

Genja

The link is to a clip from Garrison Keillor's "A Prarie Home Companion," a modern day old-fashioned radio show. He often runs fake commercials--it's public radio--for a fictional organization called the "Partnership of English Majors." The commericals for POEM generally poke fun at the array of job opportunities availible to English majors, or lack thereof.

BTW, my brother is also an English major.

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Oh, and Fallacy, it turns out that Cho Seung-Hui also owned a copy of "The Best of H.P. Lovecraft," a collection of horror stories. I looked at the table of contents at Amazon.com, and found only two stories in it that I haven't read yet. :suprised:

admin(Adam)

Ha, I think I'll start reading Lovecraft and play Counter-Strike and see where my life ends up

The Raisin

[quote="Genja]
Have you ever seen the acts of violence portrayed in literature? The Color Purple anyone? Or how about Divine Comedy? It's no wonder how his mind got so twisted. Clearly, this useless field of study is a threat to our safety--nay, our very civilization--and must be purged from the curricula of our institutions of higher education![/quote]

Exactly! Malarchy like Romeo and Juliet could lead people to suicidal tendencies. Finally, someonelse thinks the way I do!

But on some real, people just dont think people are crazy any more, they blame it on everythingelse...

Genja

admin(Adam)

Meh, I didn't think that Romeo & Juliet had a lot of the whole "mass suicide" thing down. Lots of killing and death though.

Genja

Well, looking at Shakespeare in general, we've got Romeo, Juliet, Lady Macbeth, Ophelia...and those are just the suicides from the ones I've read. And Hamlet would have offed himself if he wasn't afraid that the afterlife would be even worse. No real mass suicides if your're excluding R&J, but there wasn't at VA Tech either, so I'm not sure where you're getting that from.

Suicidal characters in Lovecraft's work, of course, are too numerous to count.

Genja

On a related note:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/show...=newstop&tag=newstop;title;14

There was a guy in an algebra 2 class of mine back in high school that was trying to make a Counterstrike map of Vaca High. He eventually gave up because he couldn't get the scripting on the doors right. He wasn't dangerous or unbalanced or anything--he just liked making Counterstrike maps.

Also, I personally own a set of replica swords.

admin(Adam)

Counterstrike map of Vaca High? That would have been awesome, he should have found help for it.

I go to Vaca High XD

The Raisin

Genja

Don't we all?

(Coincidentally, that's a stress relief method I picked up in ol' VHS. Physical Science teacher used it on a student that burned a hole in his desk with molten copper and dented his truck with a water rocket. Ahhh, memories.).