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Counter-Strike Tied to Virginia Tech Shooter |
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Written by alex
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Thursday, 19 April 2007 |
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Next up in the unfounded case against videogames causing violence, the Washington Post has an article that details the life of the "eccentric loner" that carried out yesterday's shooting at Virgina Tech. Most notable is how they casually mention how he played Counter-Strike. Note: It seems as though, immediately after this quote was taken from the article, the Washington Post decided to remove this paragraph and others. However, this article will remain.
Several Korean youths who knew Cho Seung Hui from his high school days said he was a fan of violent video games, particularly Counterstrike[sic], a hugely popular online game, in which players join terrorism or counterterrorism[sic] groups and try to shoot each other using all types of guns.
Now, the article doesn't outright blame Cho Seung Hui's heinous acts on games or game violence, but don't you find it a little odd? Especially with persons like Jack Thompson and Dr. Phil so quick to jump on he blame train, hours before any information was even known about the killer. Though, to be fair, Dr. Phil is being a bit more reasonable than Thompson is.
How about we go back to what the real issue is here? Bad parenting, bad up bringing, and flat out psychotic tendencies. There's a novel idea! It sort of makes you wonder what people blamed murders on before the advent of games, television, movies, or books. But hey, at least Rush Limbaugh hasn't taken a dip in the moron pool.
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