Sniper spree stirs video-game violence debate

USA Today ^ | 10/22/02 | Marc Saltzman

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

The release of a sharp-shooting video game has again put a spotlight on a billion-dollar industry and its alleged lax stance on violence and gore. While officials in the Washington, D.C. area hunt a sniper who is shooting people at random, Internet buzz is drawing parallels to the content of Konami's Silent Scope 3 for Sony's PlayStation 2. The game puts the player in the shoes of a government-hired sniper who is commissioned to kill.

[ThinkDifferent]

Yet another attempt to blame inanimate objects for evil acts.

[sit-rep]

I think the situation has closer similarities to Grand Theft Auto III. JMHO

SR

[bassmaner]

And another attempt to divert attention from the ugly truth -- this is Middle Eastern, Arab, MUSLIM-inspired terrorism.

The leftist lamestream media wants soooooo much to believe otherwise: that it's just another crazy white guy who read the Turner Diaries, plays video games, and never gets laid. Once again, they'd prefer to let POLITICAL CORRECTNESS rule the day, just like they did in the aftermath of 9/11 (i.e. "Islam is a religion of peace" and other such p.c. platitudes). If we don't start identifying and destroying the enemy within, i.e. Middle Eastern fanatics who've come to this country with no intention of becoming Americans and every intention of destroying our way of life, we'll never have the stomach to finish the job abroad, either.

[Dog Gone]

Blaming this on video or computer games is not particularly useful or even reasonable. If it were, this wouldn't be the first or only instance of a sniper engaged in serial murder. Not only that, but the evidence "I am God" linking it to the god mode of some games is tenous, at best.

This is an example of shifting the blame from the person responsible to someone or something else. I reject that.

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Take a religious focus and relate it to Satan. The links then become infinite; "In God We Trust"/our monetary system, religious education/vouchers, the Bible/religion, obviously the games...

[Dog Gone]

At least the media has dropped their salivating over the NRA sticker on the bumper of the illegal alien arrested yesterday.

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

In one major respect the media coverage of this is an asset, it is depriving the Leftists of campaign attention.

[archy]

The leftist lamestream media wants soooooo much to believe otherwise: that it's just another crazy white guy who read the Turner Diaries...

Wait until they read The Hunter by the same author...

[Dog Gone]

Absolutely, although I'm waiting for Paul Begala or James Carville to suggest on national television that the sniper is part of the GOP campaign to change the subject from "kitchen table issues."

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Lieberman joined Bush (in a spin manner) in his tax reduction efforts, I look for more of this.

[DETAILER]

You want to see a completely hard core gory senselessly violent game?

Anybody still have or remember the computer game "Postal" that was removed from store shelves?

I like action/shooter type games, but that one was really rough.