Violent games blamed for German school attack

**MIG-31** · Nov 21, 2006, 09:01 AM

Read More/Source: Reuters
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Leading German lawmakers demanded a crackdown on violent computer and simulated war games on Tuesday over concerns that they may have helped inspire a young man to attack his former school with guns and explosives.

The masked 18-year-old man stormed the Scholl secondary school on Monday in the western German town of Emsdetten, wounding as many as 27 people before committing suicide.

The young man, identified only as Bastian B., was known to authorities and due in court on Tuesday for weapons violations, local police said. According to German media reports, he had a fondness for war simulation and computer games.

Dowaco · Nov 21, 2006, 11:21 AM

I think we know how we all would respond on this forum.
\no_respawn

Here is a list of so called non-violent games.
http://www.killology.com/art_trained_nonviolent.htm

But wait:
Sim City has disasters that could kill virtual millions.
Myst is about a blood feud between brothers and the downfall of a thriving civilization.
NASCAR teaches us that we can drive like maniacs and not get a scratch.
Tetris is a game developed by a Russian Communist (not someone the Christian Right would approve of) and pinball causes carpal tunnel syndrome.

Also outlaw Flight Simulator X since it inspires people to crash airplanes without dying.

Another case of finding someone to blame for failure to raise children properly.

SFOSOK · Nov 21, 2006, 02:11 PM

Its Germany, their weird as hell with Vid games because of WW2.

BlueMak · Nov 21, 2006, 04:37 PM

Sure the games made them do it. The fucked up situation in Europe has nothing to do with it, the games are the reason...

Prince_Link · Nov 21, 2006, 06:31 PM

Agreed, this world we live in shoves the blame onto everyone else, but themselves.

i've played plenty of violent games,, do you see me going out blowing the heads off of the people that annoy me,.. sure i might want to.. but the fact i don't indicates that i am a clear minded reasonable person.

Nov 21, 2006, 09:01 AM	#1
MIG-31 DH News MOD Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 42,583 Rep Power: 186 System Specs	Violent games blamed for German school attack Read More/Source: Reuters _______________ BERLIN (Reuters) - Leading German lawmakers demanded a crackdown on violent computer and simulated war games on Tuesday over concerns that they may have helped inspire a young man to attack his former school with guns and explosives. The masked 18-year-old man stormed the Scholl secondary school on Monday in the western German town of Emsdetten, wounding as many as 27 people before committing suicide. The young man, identified only as Bastian B., was known to authorities and due in court on Tuesday for weapons violations, local police said. According to German media reports, he had a fondness for war simulation and computer games. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Nov 21, 2006, 02:11 PM	#3
SFOSOK -Thread Ender- Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Riverside, CA (right next to the f*ckin train) Posts: 6,873 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Its Germany, their weird as hell with Vid games because of WW2. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Nov 21, 2006, 04:37 PM	#4
BlueMak DH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 8,249 Rep Power: 118 System Specs	Sure the games made them do it. The fucked up situation in Europe has nothing to do with it, the games are the reason... __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Nov 21, 2006, 06:31 PM	#5
Prince_Link DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 272 Rep Power: 0	Agreed, this world we live in shoves the blame onto everyone else, but themselves. i've played plenty of violent games,, do you see me going out blowing the heads off of the people that annoy me,.. sure i might want to.. but the fact i don't indicates that i am a clear minded reasonable person. __________________

Nov 21, 2006, 11:21 AM	#2
Dowaco DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: East Coast, USA Posts: 217 Rep Power: 0	I think we know how we all would respond on this forum. \no_respawn Here is a list of so called non-violent games. http://www.killology.com/art_trained_nonviolent.htm But wait: Sim City has disasters that could kill virtual millions. Myst is about a blood feud between brothers and the downfall of a thriving civilization. NASCAR teaches us that we can drive like maniacs and not get a scratch. Tetris is a game developed by a Russian Communist (not someone the Christian Right would approve of) and pinball causes carpal tunnel syndrome. Also outlaw Flight Simulator X since it inspires people to crash airplanes without dying. Another case of finding someone to blame for failure to raise children properly.