Tag: school shootings
Look At How Violent We Are
by andres on Apr.20, 2008, under Headline News
I knew this would happen. Violence and games have been pretty much debunked time and time again, but here’s a professional report. There you have it. Now stop pointing fingers.
You’ve been blaming violence and social order on DOOM since the Columbine shootings. Just get over yourself. Crazy people go ape all the time.
I’m sure nobody blamed Jack the Ripper on anything other than Jack the Ripper. It’s the individual’s fault when the individual behaves against the norm. Not anyone else’s. They’re the ones who should recieve the reprocussions. I understand you want to fix the problem, but I think the Columbine shooters had a great deal more problems than video game addictions. They should have been treated psychologically for WHO THEY WERE, not how many games they played.
Thank you, and goodnight.
The Voice of the Dead
by andres on Mar.16, 2008, under Headline News
Nothing about games today.
Instead, I regretfully report the news that popped onto my newsfeeds this morning that, whatever your stance on homosexuality, is just upsetting. Click here for the details.
To summarize, there was a school shooting on Febuary 12 that nobody seemed to hear about. Lawrence King, a 15-year-old high school student, was shot and murdered by his 14-year-old classmate, Brian McInerney. It was confirmed this murder seemed to have no direct connection to disturbed individuals or heavy metal or video games this time; rather, it was confirmed to be a hate crime against Lawrence King who was openly homosexual.
I don’t know what your personal stance is on homosexuality. You can hate it, you can accept it. You can be against it, you can be for it. But there’s nothing that excuses you from murdering someone for it. You can justify it to yourself any way you want–to most of the rest of the world, you’re likely to be seen as heinous, disturbed, criminal and morbid.
A PSA was issued on March 10 by GLSEN on LOGOOnline.com to commemorate his unjust murder.
May he rest in peace.
Report put forth by GayGamer.