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"Has The Whole GTA3 thing gone too far now?"
, posted Wed 22 Oct 16:10
Ok. I'm sitting here with nothing to do. Waiting for RPG Maker 2 to come out, 6 days and suffering. And I'm still waiting for EB to get the Mega Man X7 strategy guide in for once.
Now, I pose to you all the question. Am I the only one that's getting sick of GTA3 being blamed for all of the random acts of violence that little brats are commiting all of the time?
I'm willing to put money on the fact that they probably said that they were repeating GTA3 to see if they could get some sympathy. Now, I don't condone what they did, nor do I think that GTA3 is a "role model" game. But suing multiple people for a total of $246 million is just insanity. Sue the parents, not the companies. The companies did not force the kids to buy the game.
Anyone agree with me, or am I one of a kind?
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OmegaDog
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"Re(1):Has The Whole GTA3 thing gone too far n"
, posted Wed 22 Oct 16:20:
These sorts of lawsuits and blame games happen enough now that I really don't get too riled up about them. We've seen enough of these cases be thrown out or overturned in court that any parties suing video game manufacturers or developers for supposed influence will (hopefully) eventually get the point.
Save your energy for more important things -- there's not much of a way that getting riled up about these kinds of lawsuits would really affect the situation/cause any.
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[this message was edited by OmegaDog on Wed 22 Oct 16:31]
Ishmael
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"Re(2):Has The Whole GTA3 thing gone too far n"
, posted Wed 22 Oct 17:16
I miss the days when Mortal Kombat was blamed for all of societies ills.
Luisinan
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"Re(3):Has The Whole GTA3 thing gone too far n"
, posted Wed 22 Oct 17:49
quote: I miss the days when Mortal Kombat was blamed for all of societies ills.
Ha, I forgot about MK. But OmegaDog has a point. These cases are utter BS but you should save your energy.
Personally, if I were a billionaire, I would go around, in my spare time, following these nutcase people who sue for stupid things and just call them stupid. I'd ride in a "Stupid-Mobile" with a "Stupid" film crew and make a show called "Stupid." Kinda like how the news reporters visit mega corporations who do bad things and try and force them to talk about the issue. Except, I would do this with stupid people.
, posted Wed 22 Oct 18:22:
First people blame the NFL for car accidents and now this stuff? I think somebody should make a position who oversees this stuff or make lawsuits illegal. Like whatever you do you're responsible for it and that's too bad. If you eat hamburgers too much, it's your fault you get fat and go dance to a Richard Simmons video or something.
These games are labeled for mature audiences and I think disclaimers like that are for the purpose of not claiming any responsibility for whoever buys it and gives an idea of who the target audience is.
I'm sick of video games being blamed in general for the violence. Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Osama Bin Laden have probably never played a video game in their life and yet they are the most violent people in history. So I think it's stupid to blame stuff like DOOM on Columbine and other situations.
[this message was edited by GekigangerV on Wed 22 Oct 20:39]
ONSLAUGHT
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"no"
, posted Wed 22 Oct 18:32
quote: Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Osama Bin Laden have probably never played a video game in their life and yet they are the most violent people in history.
No, they're not.
Gen
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"Re(1):Has The Whole GTA3 thing gone too far n"
, posted Wed 22 Oct 18:58:
Frivilous law suits? Yes. But do stupid people copy harmful things out of movies and video games? Yes. Usually there's something else wrong with the person when they mimic bad behavior from media. Someone's self respect must be so low when they do something bad after seeing a TV show do it. The adage is true, when people do something bad they saw in some movie, they are usually motivated to do so by their own inner flaws.
Now to end on a less heavy note- I knew a guy that looks like a GTA character, the guy on the lower left front of the PS2 box.
[this message was edited by Gen on Wed 22 Oct 19:26]
OYashiroForever
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"Re(1):Has The Whole GTA3 thing gone too far n"
, posted Wed 22 Oct 19:45:
quote:Now, I pose to you all the question. Am I the only one that's getting sick of GTA3 being blamed for all of the random acts of violence that little brats are commiting all of the time?
Is it at all surprising that the parents of a kid who did something that incredibly stupid would also be incredibly stupid and try to sue the companies responsible for GTA? If anything, we should be thanking the makers of GTA for helping us get rid of another stupid/unbalanced human being. Social Darwinism at work... <deep breaths>
$20 says this doesn't even make it past a preliminary hearing. Frivolous lawsuits like these never make it that far. Our legal system is fucktarded (see: McDonald's vs. Stupid Lady who thought Coffee might not be hot if she spilled it on herself), but we haven't quite reached that level of absurdity yet.
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[this message was edited by OYashiroForever on Wed 22 Oct 19:47]
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