Grand Theft Auto (house, effect, goth, 2005)

07-10-2005, 08:51 AM

Righto, so shanda can't make threads and I'm making this for her... ENJOY!!!

Can a violent videogame called Grand Theft Auto be responsible for an 18-year-old murdering three people? That's what the families of the victims are saying in a lawsuit

EDIT: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in678261.shtml

shandapanda · 07-10-2005, 09:16 AM

thanks again pastor...

i don't think video games and such are NOT responsible for the violent behaviour of the youth. i think people always have choices when it comes to taking a gun to school and all that. music can and does influence emotions but it doesn't hinder our ability to make choices. same with games, yes okay so you might be actually doing the action, but i don't think it's more than playing with barney and using your imagination. the players should be told that these things aren't real and a teenager should be aware that games and such are just games and not always to be taken seriously.....he was 18 years old.....

and the link is wrong.....sorry..it's this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in678261.shtml

FunkyFish · 07-11-2005, 08:11 AM

I don't really think it can be said to be the games fault.

We are living in a world of war and children are growing up seeing things on tv that are real life like lately the London Bombings that no child should have to see. And also all the murder cases on the news or whatever they see that which could make them think they could get away with murdering someone. The game could have had an effect but i think they'd need to be not right in the head to do something like that.

Its also the same when Marilyn Manson always gets the blame if one of his fans or a goth kills someone as the case in Scotland where i don't think he's to blame. I love his music and i don't want to kill someone. I play Grand Theft Auto and as far as i can tell i haven't murdered anyone.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 07-11-2005, 08:15 AM

^Mm hmm. I was about to say its nice to see they're expanding their horizons now, so its not always Marilyn Manson.

FunkyFish · 07-11-2005, 08:27 AM

Ye it seems he always gets the blame

anticipation · 07-11-2005, 08:50 AM

yo man, if your dumb enough to have a loaded rifle in your house just laying around, with a teenage kid, then you shouldve been the one with the cap in you head. kids will always be violent, no matter what music they listen to or what games they play and what they watch on television. and if guns are simple enough for anyone to use, then maybe we shouldnt have them laying around in public residences.

FunkyFish · 07-11-2005, 08:52 AM

That is very true

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 07-11-2005, 08:57 AM

If someone is so easily swayed that they would murder because of a video game, then you know theres something wrong with them. Its not as if one day they were perfect kids, they saw a murder on a game and thought "HELL YEAH LETS BURN THE TOWN!! KILL EM ALL, BITCHES!!" The idea woulda been in their head before.

07-11-2005, 09:01 AM

yes.... but the thing is whether prolonged use of such a game contributed to the point until the person actually did it..... each of us has some element but whether or not it is strong enough to come to the fore is another matter.....

anticipation · 07-11-2005, 09:02 AM

word, i could kill the mailman who is at my mailbox right now, but i dont. do you know why? its called "self control"

07-10-2005, 08:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
pastor of muppets Guest Posts: n/a	Grand Theft Auto Righto, so shanda can't make threads and I'm making this for her... ENJOY!!! Can a violent videogame called Grand Theft Auto be responsible for an 18-year-old murdering three people? That's what the families of the victims are saying in a lawsuit EDIT: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in678261.shtml

07-10-2005, 09:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
shandapanda Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: bababbabababaaa Posts: 354	thanks again pastor... i don't think video games and such are NOT responsible for the violent behaviour of the youth. i think people always have choices when it comes to taking a gun to school and all that. music can and does influence emotions but it doesn't hinder our ability to make choices. same with games, yes okay so you might be actually doing the action, but i don't think it's more than playing with barney and using your imagination. the players should be told that these things aren't real and a teenager should be aware that games and such are just games and not always to be taken seriously.....he was 18 years old..... and the link is wrong.....sorry..it's this: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/...in678261.shtml __________________ The Law of Awesome states: Those who are more awesome will cast down those less awesome than themselves, thus climbing the Hierarchy of Awesome and maintaining a balance in the world of Awesome Me poo you

07-11-2005, 08:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
ArtistInTheAmbulance enchanted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cornwailles, angleterre. Posts: 2,537	^Mm hmm. I was about to say its nice to see they're expanding their horizons now, so its not always Marilyn Manson. __________________ shake your wings like theyre laced with sound!

07-11-2005, 08:57 AM	#8 (permalink)
ArtistInTheAmbulance enchanted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cornwailles, angleterre. Posts: 2,537	If someone is so easily swayed that they would murder because of a video game, then you know theres something wrong with them. Its not as if one day they were perfect kids, they saw a murder on a game and thought "HELL YEAH LETS BURN THE TOWN!! KILL EM ALL, BITCHES!!" The idea woulda been in their head before. __________________ shake your wings like theyre laced with sound!

07-11-2005, 08:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
FunkyFish Rock chic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 130	I don't really think it can be said to be the games fault. We are living in a world of war and children are growing up seeing things on tv that are real life like lately the London Bombings that no child should have to see. And also all the murder cases on the news or whatever they see that which could make them think they could get away with murdering someone. The game could have had an effect but i think they'd need to be not right in the head to do something like that. Its also the same when Marilyn Manson always gets the blame if one of his fans or a goth kills someone as the case in Scotland where i don't think he's to blame. I love his music and i don't want to kill someone. I play Grand Theft Auto and as far as i can tell i haven't murdered anyone.

07-11-2005, 08:27 AM	#5 (permalink)
FunkyFish Rock chic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 130	Ye it seems he always gets the blame

07-11-2005, 08:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	yo man, if your dumb enough to have a loaded rifle in your house just laying around, with a teenage kid, then you shouldve been the one with the cap in you head. kids will always be violent, no matter what music they listen to or what games they play and what they watch on television. and if guns are simple enough for anyone to use, then maybe we shouldnt have them laying around in public residences.

07-11-2005, 08:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
FunkyFish Rock chic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bonnie Scotland Posts: 130	That is very true

07-11-2005, 09:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
pastor of muppets Guest Posts: n/a	yes.... but the thing is whether prolonged use of such a game contributed to the point until the person actually did it..... each of us has some element but whether or not it is strong enough to come to the fore is another matter.....

07-11-2005, 09:02 AM	#10 (permalink)
anticipation Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 3,565	word, i could kill the mailman who is at my mailbox right now, but i dont. do you know why? its called "self control"