The tragedy in Colorado is truly heartbreaking. Many innocent people were either injured or lost their lives. As the nation,more specifically the News, tries to make heads or tails of the situation, the media is always quick to find a scapegoat for the problems we are facing… namely video games.
James Holmes [24] brutally opened fire on movie goers in a theater in Aurora, Colorado. Many were injured and many lives were taken. No one really knows, yet, why this young man acted out so violently, but criminal profiler Pat Brown seems to.
During a interview with CNN, Pat Brown spoke out on what James Holmes’ motive was.
“This has been something he has really been into. And now we’re going to find, probably on facebook or anybody who knows him will say, ‘Yeah, he did have a lot of interest in that. He was always playing the video games. And I’m not saying video games make you a killer. But if you’re a psychopath, video games help you get in the mode to do the killing. So it is a problem in our society with teenaged psychopaths, that they do get inspired by this and want to make it real. So it is a danger but it doesn’t make you a psycho.”
“Teenaged psychopaths”? That is a pretty broad statement, in my opinion. In her defense, she was only making a guess… but when a community is emotionally distraught by a recent tragedy…your first guess, Pat Brown, is to blame video games? On a live television program no less. Almost forgot about when the now scared and offended Americans call for bans.
And banning video games will solve the problem how? That’s almost in line with burning books. I know, let’s ban Fifty Shades of Grey to stop our youth from having sex. A worse offender - Twilight.
The media has always looked for a way to make connections to topical subject matter. If you look back only thirteen years ago, another Colorado tragedy occurred at Columbine High School. Among the confusion and despair, the media pointed to the popular video games DOOM and Quake.
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I heard about this.People are so stupid espcially the media some physco kills some people at a batman premeire (saw it the same day this happened I wasn't impressed.) and they blame it on video games. Now when he goes off to court he can get away with it by saying GTA made me do it and get away with the insanity plee. Because some idiots decided video games make you a killer. >:(
I know right?!
What really got my goat is she sighted RPG'S as the most problematic genre of games it pissed me off its like okay i can behead a frost-troll or stalk a hunter and stab him in the back but for god sake that never translates into real-life, I have played all types of games rpg's are my fort-ay violent as some may be that's not why i play them i play them for a sense of adventure and sometimes yes i can get lost in a character but that is not the same as losing myslef or my mind too a game,