This Murder WASN'T Caused by Exposure to Violent Films - Page 2

Kernel Sanders · 07-23-08, 11:35 PM

It couldn't possibly be that a violent murderer loved to watch violent movies - no it must be that a perfectly peaceable person watched violent movies and turned into a killer.

Voidwar · 07-24-08, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

What if he duplicated a murder from the bible?

And one good question stomps this whole thread.

UtahBill · 07-24-08, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Voidwar

And one good question stomps this whole thread.

Not entirely.
If you are following the teachings of the bible, it is OK....right?

Works for some people.

rivrrat · 07-24-08, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

It's obvious this guy had issues that could have been triggered by a book or a campfire story. What if he duplicated a murder from the bible? What would you say about that? How about that crazy woman that drowned her five kids? What if it was a Sea World brochure that inspired her?

There you go trying to use logic and ****. WTF?

jallman · 07-24-08, 12:51 PM

Could it possibly be that the kid already had psychological issues as evidenced by the fact that he fixated on a movie like Natural Born Killers?

Nah...couldn't be.

Ikari · 07-24-08, 02:38 PM

I can't believe you people can't see the truth sitting right there. Violent games and movies directly cause people to mimic the violence they saw. This is well documented fact. Like a few months ago I was playing Mass Effect and the game made me build a spacecraft so I could fly around to other planets and beat up on whomever I happened to find walking around. And I totally did, couldn't help myself. I saw it and then I had to do it; nothing I could have done to prevent it. Obviously, this movie totally made this dude kill his girlfriend and it had nothing to do with his mental state or any of that. He saw it, he did it; don't you guys get it!? It's not like people have brains and can, on the whole, control their own actions. We are creatures given to immediate desire and those desires are uncontrollable influences of the media we are currently digesting. Not only do we need a 5 year moratorium on violent video games, but we need a 5 year moratorium on human beings until we can figure this mess out!

UtahBill · 07-24-08, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Ikari

I can't believe you people can't see the truth sitting right there. Violent games and movies directly cause people to mimic the violence they saw. This is well documented fact. Like a few months ago I was playing Mass Effect and the game made me build a spacecraft so I could fly around to other planets and beat up on whomever I happened to find walking around. And I totally did, couldn't help myself. I saw it and then I had to do it; nothing I could have done to prevent it. Obviously, this movie totally made this dude kill his girlfriend and it had nothing to do with his mental state or any of that. He saw it, he did it; don't you guys get it!? It's not like people have brains and can, on the whole, control their own actions. We are creatures given to immediate desire and those desires are uncontrollable influences of the media we are currently digesting. Not only do we need a 5 year moratorium on violent video games, but we need a 5 year moratorium on human beings until we can figure this mess out!

I want to be on the village committe that decides who goes, and who stays.....there are way too many idiots in my village, and I want to ship them off to some other village.
Once we get them all in one place.....
Wait, I just saw a major flaw in the plan. We have already done that to some extent, and they have gathered in the village of Washington, D.C., and they are now running the country.
Are there any video games or films that show us how to vote smarter?