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Didn't read the whole thing, but from the comments above I  guess he blames video games.

It's kind of a "well duh."

FPS games are probably not the best thing for kids with emotional problems.  It's not a cause, but a likely a symptom.

It's simple...as parents, you just limit the time your kid has on the computer.  The problem really is that too many parents let the computer babysit their teens when they really are feeling the most lost and awkward.

You suck bugs.

slayer199: It's kind of a "well duh."

FPS games are probably not the best thing for kids with emotional problems.  It's not a cause, but a likely a symptom.

Yup. Multitudes of teenagers play violent video games. If they caused violence, wouldn't we see a lot more school shootings than we do? But I'm not sure it's necessarily a symptom. Or, rather, the propensity to play those sorts of games could be a symptom of any number of psychiatric issues. Heck, they can even be helpful for some people.

My brother, in his mid-twenties now, has been playing FPS games since Duke Nukem 3D. He had a long bout with chronic pain as a teen, and video games both helped him to escape thinking about health issues,  and to take out some of his frustrations on pixel enemies. He is one of the least violent people I know.

The writer here does touch on the simulation aspect of first person shooters. They're practice, of sorts, which certain individuals probably shouldn't have. That much makes sense. Other than that, no new insights, really.

Perhaps the article was not published because, rather than explore the issues that caused you to be a potential shooter or the people and events which helped you become a better person, you leapt straight into the "whahhh video games, young people today with the zippity zappity. Go ride bikes..."
Way too many of your own unsubstantiated hypothesises and not enough delving into your own experiences (you know, the things that you could have a unique voice on). There are enough people who blame video games, or the indoors but there are also people who will tell you that being able to take out their frustrations on a first person shooter helped them. There are not many people who can tell you how they went from having a shotgun in their lunchbox to being a teacher.

BarkingUnicorn: Didn't read the whole thing, but from the comments above I  guess he blames video games.

Exactly that. His momma told him that video games are teh evil so he never played and that's why he didn't go postal at school.


 ADHD Librarian: Perhaps the article was not published because, rather than explore the issues that caused you to be a potential shooter or the people and events which helped you become a better person, you leapt straight into the "whahhh video games, young people today with the zippity zappity. Go ride bikes..."having a shotgun in their lunchbox to being a teacher."

That seems to be more eloquent then I could have been.

your blog sucks and your argument is shallow and pedantic. and unsupported.

Also, once you let them know you were a psycho, Huff Po wanted nothing to do with you, you weren't banned because of your video game theory.

I love my gun nut friends. I have a couple guns, and like guns, and hunt and target shoot and all that, but I don't call myself a gun nut. I don't want to F*CK my weapon. I RESPECT my weapon, as I do ALL weapons.

So, when I continue to hear stupid Fox News sh*t regarding guns, and when I see things that imply KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH GUNS, I want to, you know, go on a shooting spree.

puffy999: I love my gun nut friends. I have a couple guns, and like guns, and hunt and target shoot and all that, but I don't call myself a gun nut. I don't want to F*CK my weapon. I RESPECT my weapon, as I do ALL weapons.

So, when I continue to hear stupid Fox News sh*t regarding guns, and when I see things that imply KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH GUNS, I want to, you know, go on a shooting spree.

Small round of applause.

ADHD Librarian: Small round of applause.

Listen, I demand a HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINE of applause You know, for my rights.

I blame Judas Priest.

what_now: I blame Judas Priest.

Whoa, nice.


+1 Internet's for you

And you sux blogs.

what_now: I blame Judas Priest.

Now there's one the world hasn't seen in a while.


Doesn't this make you want to shoot people?

Jeebus.  I own guns, I believe in gun rights, I hunt ... and I think this guy is an asshole.  FFS.

I hate it when my barely coherent maniacal rants maniacal aren't picked up by publishers.


I'm looking at you editors of TheNew York Times. "For the Love of Sock" was my got damned magnum opus!

brap: I hate it when my barely coherent maniacal rants maniacal aren't picked up by publishers.

I'm looking at you editors of TheNew York Times. "For the Love of Sock" was my got damned magnum opus!

Maybe I'm a snob, but whenever I see a "(Some Guy)" source on a link with a headline about "...the TRUTH..." or some such I'm immediately inclined to not contribute to their pageviews.  Thank you, Brap and all others that have made that decision seem like a very good one here.

BarkingUnicorn: Didn't read the whole thing, but from the comments above I  guess he blames video games.

Pretty much. He had teen angst issues. But since he did not play video games, and did not kill anyone, then obviously video games are what causes kids to go on shooting sprees.

Sounds legit to me.

Inquisitive Inquisitor: And then HufPo stopped publishing his pieces, and now it's a conspiracy.

I'm sure our damning comments won't reinforce that fantasy at all, either.  Tee hee!

If mass shootings actually had anything to do with videos games, why don't we see stories of how the shooter was seen 'teabagging' the bodies of the people he just killed?