In Wake of Rampage, New Bedford Mayor Wants Violent Games Rounded Up

[gamepolitics]

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[synabetic]

I hear that many serial killers, child molesters and mass murderers breathe oxygen as well.
Perhaps the world will be a safer place for everyone without oxygen...

(actually, it probably would be... what? :P)

[chenry]

i fell down the stairs, i blame violent video games.

[ianc14]

My train was late due to signal failure.
Damn video games

Good Job

[wedgetalon]

Good job on finally finding the single website that remotely links that wacko's hate crimes to video games. With how Jacko was preaching in the other thread, you'd think it would've been more obvious. Anyway, excellent journalism sleuthing it out!

-Wedge

Re: Good Job

[gamepolitics]

Not really, but thx. I simply saw on the news crawl here that Kotaku had it.

Re: Good Job

[wedgetalon]

Still, I didn't see anyone else find it... Of course I didn't read every single message on the four pages, but still. :)

Re: Good Job

[gamepolitics]

Well, hey... I'm paying for that news crawl, so, yeah. In a way, we sniffed it out...

;-)

Either way, glad to get the word out.

-GP

Sad

[ex_bluewolf7896]

not saying Myspace made him do it but if they had any true admins or respect they wouldn't allow crap like that on the users profile. Don't have the facts but its a shame his pals didn't stop him from doing this since he went into the bar alone.

As for the mayor he has his own agenda and this just helps push it. Instead of illegal gun control which he cant control we use Video Games and Movies and TV and Music.

This just in Tetris is to blame for people color coordinating and matching pillows with walls!

Re: Sad

[gamepolitics]

I wouldn't be too hard on the mayor. His statement was all over the place. I just think he didn't know what to say, so threw in every thing but the kitchen sink.

If Robida was a gamer, we'll hear about it.

Re: Sad

[suigin_kou]

It'd be nice if we had elected officials who left their homes now and then, wouldn't it?

I suppose I can't be too angry- The mayor's spin doctors will doubtlessely send his commentary sprialing off into limbo soon enough, and he didn't really say video games were to blame.

Still. Do our elected officials live on the same physical plane as the rest of us? There is no evidence of it...

[antitype]

Fucking Juggalos.

OK, that's not fair of me. I dislike Juggalos and their "lifestyle" (consisting of awful music, clown makeup, and Faygo), but I'm sure they're not all lunatic racists, homophobes, and murderers. They don't deserve my disdain. Not even ICP or any of those fools can be called scapegoats, here. I mean, at least not for anything this piece of shit did.

You catch my drift.

[sephirothgal]

That's the first tihng I noticed too, lollllll

I actually know a few Juggalos irl, and they're, for the most part, damn good people. Mind you, they've also grown out of that phase in recent years... For the most part.

[jakethejuggalo]

no, no, they are 99% terrible, terrible people. take it from me. not so much racists homophobes and murderes, but more so just really dumb. i've had this sn for something like 7 years and they still IM me writing crap iN aLtErNaTiNg CaPs and calling me "dawg" or "homie".

i remember a vh1 interview with ICP a bunch of years back where they were commenting on if their music causes kids to be violent, and one of them looks at the camera and says something to the extent of "we go out on stage with CLOWN MAKEUP on our face. CLOWN MAKEUP. there is NOBODY who should take us seriously." they're entertainers that cater to their audience.

[traiklin]

I remember that interview.

Both of them were saying how stupid people were to actually belive the stuff they sang about since they were dressed up as clowns.

But they are just like Kiss, when they have the makeup on they are different people, when they have it off they just don't look the same.

[megalanzero]

Ant-Man fans rejoice, Scott Lang is alive and well.

[mcfly0612]

Ant-Man is good and all, but I want HawkEye back.