EPTCNN blames Starcraft for Connecticut shooting. - Page 2
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
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davidohx
United States114 Posts
 thats kinda messed up | ||
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CarniX
Sweden83 Posts
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ZeratuLsc2
Canada426 Posts
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Emnjay808
United States10662 Posts
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SnipedSoul
Canada2158 Posts
On December 19 2012 05:47 Excludos wrote: Its true. Just look at all the school shootings and mass murders in South Korea. Don't forget that riot police are called to watch over every LAN event in history. | ||
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corpuscle
United States1967 Posts
On December 19 2012 05:47 Ahelvin wrote: This is true guys. This is why South Korea is the most violent country in the world, with the highest number of shootings in scho... Woops. EDIT: How dare you ninja'ing me ! Technically, the second worst spree killing of all time was in South Korea, but it was in 1982. | ||
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ArmyOfPlatypi
United States188 Posts
On December 19 2012 05:49 Hellfury wrote: lol, starcraft is a "violent videogame" Can't deny that it's about war and guns are involved. | ||
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Rokevo
Finland1033 Posts
But seriously, mainstream media is so ignorant it makes me sad | ||
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
That old man made a very vague point about media violence, saying nothing specific about Starcraft or even video games, for the most part. What seems funny to me is that RTS games seemed to be one of elements of sanity and sociability for this guy. His friends would come over to play RTS at his house. He was a member of a tech club at school (likely due to a love of interactive media). It's really fucked up how the media just ride the fuck out of "the blame game" for days on end, while never actually accomplishing very much (which I guess is a bit of a good thing, since knee-jerk responses to current events are never appropriate). | ||
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
On December 19 2012 05:51 Rokevo wrote: Well, look at the marine you guys, what kind of example is that giving to the user. They take drugs and then fucking kill everything, they might be onto something here... But seriously, mainstream media is so ignorant it makes me sad Look at the baneling: Suicide Bomber that takes down as many enemies as he can with his dying act. | ||
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Boiler Bandsman
United States391 Posts
"You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here's why. It's because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he'll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody. CNN's article says that if the body count "holds up", this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer's face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer's identity? None that I've seen yet. Because they don't sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you've just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next. You can help by forgetting you ever read this man's name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news." So no, CNN, Starcraft is not the problem...YOU are. | ||
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32743 Posts
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Rokevo
Finland1033 Posts
On December 19 2012 05:52 dUTtrOACh wrote: Look at the baneling: Suicide Bomber that takes down as many enemies as he can with his dying act. Yeah! Starcraft is also the cause of terrorism! it all makes sense now | ||
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
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GunSec
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Kurr
Canada2338 Posts
On December 19 2012 05:50 SnipedSoul wrote: Don't forget that riot police are called to watch over every LAN event in history. Next week on CNN : LAN parties : gatherings of potential mass murderers | ||
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Shusaku
United States24 Posts
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HorsemasterK
United States606 Posts
On December 19 2012 05:54 Kurr wrote: Next week on CNN : LAN parties : gatherings of potential mass murderers Next week on CNN: Does football make people violent and suicidal? LOLOLOL who am I kidding? | ||
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Ettick
United States2434 Posts
And seriously, blaming SC2? Are you fucking kidding me? What a load of fucking shit. | ||
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