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Officials make another "GTA4-to-real world violence" connection
Post Date: Jul 2, 2008
Category: General
In wake of the non-existent rape scene announcement from a Connecticut Senator, New York officials linked a recent teen crime spree to Grand Theft Auto 4. They based this connection off of an arrested suspect who said the only reason they went on a crime spree was because they "got drunk and thought it would be fun to play out GTA4"

http://www.gamepolitics.c…nnection-teen-crime-spree

First of all, I am furious with that suspect. He just used GTA4 as a cop-out and now Jack Thompson, my mortal enemy, has more ammo for arguments when talking about games. Also, notice how no one goes after the fact that these kids have been DRINKING. Seriously, it's like they don't even care and place all blame solely on video games. It never ends!

Here is the report on the crime spree:

http://www.gamepolitics.c…tements-made-one-suspects
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    ӝNirach

    Worrying is about as effective as chewing gum to solve algebra

    What the hell happened to taking responsibility for your actions? Seriously, who threw that idea away, I want it back.

    This blame shuffling is happening far too often, when people don't have the courage to admit THEY were wrong. Eugh. Idiots.
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    07.03.08 7:12 am
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    ɤSWI

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    After playing that game for a few hours, you go out side (I done this with people) and we look at cars on the road we would like to steal, in game, and laugh about it. We won't really go & steal one nor do this drunk. We only laugh if we see a car we did steal in game which happens to be often.

    To say that I go & steal a car because of the game, well, I stole a car. It don't matter why I said I did it, I stole a car, it's a crime. It's a crime in the game & cops go after you for that.
    I can also hit people with a car in game, don't mean thats a good idea or a cop-out to what I did.

    That guy needs help.
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    07.03.08 9:03 am
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    this is just like when that kid was shooting at cars on a highway and said he thought it would be like Halo.......and the media went crazy sayin shit like our kids are so impressionable... I was like no YOUR kids are just stupid as hell
    07.04.08 3:43 pm
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    I hope that some day humanity will figure out how to be responsible and how to accept the consequences of their actions without dragging other people down! Cuz thats what this guy's doing by blaming it on GTA IV. He's dragging down the entire gaming community. We're already deep enough in a hole and he just goes and pulls the rug out from under us.

    Cuz theres a rug at the bottom of our hole.

    And a chandelier.

    And a kitchen staff.

    Aaaand toilets and internet access.
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    07.06.08 8:53 pm
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