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Mom dials 911 on son over Grand Theft Auto [video game]
Crispy Gamer ^ | 12/22/09 | James Fudge

Posted on 12/22/2009 12:04:17 PM PST by freespirited

Are you lame if you call the police on your teenager for playing video games at 2:30 am on a Saturday night? I’m not sure but we can always ask a Roxbury, Massachusetts mother that dialed 911 because her son was playing Grand Theft Auto on his “PlayStation.” We’re not sure which version of the game he was playing, but it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things..

According to a story in the Boston Herald, 49 year old single mother Angela Mejia who had had enough of her son lying about being in bed at 2:30 AM on a Saturday night, instead spending the early morning hours play Rockstar’s popular and often vilified and demonized third-person action game. According to the report the last straw for Mrs. Mejia was an argument with her son after she unplugged his “PlayStation.” She then dialed 911. The police, expecting something far more dramatic than an unruly 14 year old, managed to talk the boy into shutting off the game and going to sleep.

“They (the police) were just like, ‘Chill out. Go to bed,’” the boy told the Boston Herald.

Mejia told the paper that she approves of some “videos” like athletic-themed games, but not ones like “Grand Theft Auto.”

Gasp.

“I would never buy that kind of video. No way. I called (police) because if you don’t respect your mother, what are you going to do in your life?”

While i’m all for respecting your parents and following the rules, should 911 really be who you call when your kids don’t listen? When your son or daughter is stabbing you in the face, smoking crack in your basement or taking money out of your purse, then maybe it’s time to dial that emergency number.

 
 


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KEYWORDS: 911; grandtheftauto; idiotparent; videoaddiction
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To: TigersEye

“Yikes! You need the National Guard.”

Yeah, I agree.

Hey, the kid should have called 911 back on her. She was disrupting his gaming. Very unkool.


41 posted on 12/22/2009 1:11:28 PM PST by Arthur Wildfire! March (Ayers unimportant? What about Robert KKK Byrd or FALN pardons? DNC -- the terrorism party.)
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To: TigersEye; Arthur Wildfire! March
My coffee is cold. Call 911!!!

"One re-heat, one Ranger."

42 posted on 12/22/2009 1:18:39 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: donna
A “father” would work, too.

Your hate speech and IP 34.28.166.63 have been recorded. Reprograming officers are on the way to your 2BR apartment.

43 posted on 12/22/2009 1:22:44 PM PST by montag813
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To: freespirited
Little kids are little problems, but by the time boys testosterone kicks in, there better be a man in the house. And not just a boyfriend....It takes dads to teach boys to be men and kick their ass when needed..

My first 4 kids were boys, sweet little guys, but they become teens, cars, worry about drinking, drugs etc. Dad is necessary. also for a daughter...He is the one that lets her know she is great and worth loving..

One of the feminazi's biggest lie is that dad is really not that necessary...A BIG HIGH 5 FOR ALL DADS OUT THERE..

Dads are more than just a wallet......

44 posted on 12/22/2009 1:29:40 PM PST by goat granny
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To: TigersEye

I just hit the breaker box & the whole house goes black. Makes them mad but oh well.


45 posted on 12/22/2009 2:16:36 PM PST by pandoraou812 (time to dump tar & feathers on DC)
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To: pandoraou812

LOL


46 posted on 12/22/2009 2:26:00 PM PST by TigersEye (Tar & feathers! Pitchforks and torches! ... Get some while supplies last.)
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To: montag813

Hey, how did you know I have 2BR?


47 posted on 12/22/2009 2:32:28 PM PST by donna ( I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth. - Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: freespirited

Not a hammer in the house, eh?


48 posted on 12/22/2009 2:34:37 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: org.whodat; dighton; martin_fierro
And who was the sperm donor for this fruit cake??

Yet another good reason to hate fruit cake.

49 posted on 12/22/2009 2:36:42 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Hey, the kid should have called 911 back on her. She was disrupting his gaming. Very unkool.

LOL Call DHS! She's disrupting the homeland.

50 posted on 12/22/2009 2:46:52 PM PST by TigersEye (Tar & feathers! Pitchforks and torches! ... Get some while supplies last.)
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To: Larry Lucido; Squantos; Eaker; humblegunner

I firmly believe in this game! It teaches my 7, 10 and 13 year old kids urban warfare tactics if they are ever in need of E&E SOPs... :P


51 posted on 12/22/2009 2:56:01 PM PST by sit-rep
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To: donna
Hey, how did you know I have 2BR?

Dear , Donna ##### SSN ###-##-##56

Part of my job as the new White House technology czar is to assist you in making the best choices for your life and family. Therefore it is helpful for us to know about your life so we may better assist you. Thankfully, your choice of a 2BR given your current income is suitable. For the time being.

H. Smith

52 posted on 12/22/2009 3:05:38 PM PST by montag813
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To: sit-rep

Halo 1 & 2 and ALL the Quake series are nice, too.

My eldest son Michael cut his teeth on these games
and he is now in Army OCS in Germany. Go figure.


53 posted on 12/22/2009 3:14:22 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner

Congrats!! You are no doubt quite the proud Dad ;-)


54 posted on 12/22/2009 4:33:22 PM PST by Neets
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To: freespirited

This is why children need a dad.


55 posted on 12/22/2009 4:37:48 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Neets
He's still a little goof!

(Yeah, pretty proud after all!)

56 posted on 12/22/2009 4:44:11 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: Pontiac

i’ve played videogames since i was young playing sega genesis and super nintendo and i’m fine...its good for your hand eye coordination...it won’t hurt anyone...as with everything too much of anything is bad for you but a good balance of friends,sports,and videogames never hurt anybody


57 posted on 12/22/2009 4:54:41 PM PST by chevydude26
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To: humblegunner

Goof is good, but so is OCS. Has he decided on what his branch is going to be?


58 posted on 12/22/2009 5:01:20 PM PST by Neets
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To: rwfromkansas
"She said she wouldn’t buy the game but he has it? Why doesn’t she take the game away???? I played the game and like it for its openness...can virtually do anything if you just ignore the little mini-missions in the game. But, it obviously has some violent elements. I wouldn’t let kids play it. At the same time, it is a Saturday night. Relax...I stayed up until 2:30 or 3 all the time in high school on a Friday night (not a wild child or anything, just watching movies etc.) She seems a bit crazy to demand he go to bed. It isn’t like he is 10."

Because if she did that, he'd beat the ever-living crap out of her for "disrespectin" his &hit. The fact that it is her house and her rules is probably quite inconsequential to him.

59 posted on 12/22/2009 5:16:40 PM PST by Seamus Mc Gillicuddy (Say Nope To The Hope Dope in '12!!!!!)
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To: Neets

Not yet.

He HAS bought a goofy little European car, though.

And we still get to play games together online.


60 posted on 12/22/2009 5:18:38 PM PST by humblegunner
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