cinderboy

http://gamepolitics.com/2007/04/17/d...tech-massacre/

Dr. Phil Blames Video Games for Virginia Tech Massacre



In the wake of yesterday’s horrific shootings at Virginia Tech, gadfly attorney Jack Thompson was not the only one who was quick to place blame on violent video games.

Noted T.V. shrink Dr. Phil McGraw appeared on CNN’s Larry King Live last night to discuss the rampage. During the course of the program, the following exchange took place:

LARRY KING: Why, though - OK, you want to kill someone, you’re crazed, you’re a little nuts, girlfriend drops you, why do you kill innocent people?… Dr. McGraw, are they treatable?

DR. PHIL: Well, Larry, every situation is different… The question really is can we spot them. And the problem is we are programming these people as a society. You cannot tell me - common sense tells you that if these kids are playing video games, where they’re on a mass killing spree in a video game, it’s glamorized on the big screen, it’s become part of the fiber of our society. You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath or someone suffering from mental illness and add in a dose of rage, the suggestibility is too high.

And we’re going to have to start dealing with that. We’re going to have to start addressing those issues and recognizing that the mass murders of tomorrow are the children of today that are being programmed with this massive violence overdose.

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Rodenty

Well i think this man is a moron

The man could of been mentaly ill or something ..games arent the cause for everything

Trisomy

Idoits like Dr. Phil cant fucking admit that phyciatrists like them are doing a shitty job thats why they blame someone that they know the mass media will twist. Fucking morons will belive him because a physciatrist who cant control a normal student yet he blames video games.

GRADE "A" MORON.

Hes blaming videogames because he cant admit that phyciatrists cant solve everything especially not on T.V.

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cinderboy

Drug addiction, teen pregnancy, abortions, skipping classes, getting bad grades, lack of communication between family members etc etc ... soon all these will be blamed on video games

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Uskae

I honestly can't say I really disagree with Dr.Phil on all levels. In my belief, violence really is a part of our society, we glamorize it, but conversely say "That's not acceptable to do".

The problem with this backwards way of teaching is that not everyone has the mental facilities required to grasp that concept. A cousin of mine who was unfortunately born a little slow and extremely violent grew up playing racing games. When he was about 16, Grand Theft Auto 3 came out and lets face it, when that game dropped you were hard pressed to find anyone who wanted to leave the house. So with nothing better to do, he played the shit out of the game like everyone else. Couple months later, my cousin was a certified carjacker. He'd get arrested, get out, then steal another car. Sounds a lot like GTA, don't it?

If whoever read that article actually tried to figure out where Dr.Phil was coming from rather then jump the gun and get defensive about his precious video games, he'd realize just how (surprisingly) wise Dr. Phil's words are on this issue.

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cinderboy

Anyone know of any report saying that the killer was under the influence of a game, or did he played any game before the shooting ?

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Uskae

Obviously no one can find out that information as he's dead now (and currently unidentifiable). I think he killed himself, can't recall.

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Smiley

f*ck mr.phil , this man doesn't earn a doctoral grade.
This mothabitch just needs more spectators , so he says things about virginia tech , and then everybody listens to him.

A student is mature enough to stay normal when playing games.
And Jack Thompson blames everything on video games.

''The war in Iraq was caused by Iraqi gamers that killed American soldiers in
the game America's Army'' - Jack Thompson

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Trisomy

Well if Dr phil is so wise how come there is no mention of violent movies in there. Last time i checked i have seen movies that are more violent than GTA 3.

I'll tell you why its because the T.V. industry is bigger and more respected than the VG industry as a result we see morons like him preaching about small issues that he think he can pick on.

To be honest i dont care if he bitches about videogames. I still wouldnt trust him about anything. Good old common sense solves most things.

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cinderboy

Couldnt agree more~

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