Lawsuit against Rockstar Games

[dougkinzinger]

Check this out:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/983565.asp

Nice.

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  ?There is no credible evidence that violent games lead to violent behavior,? he said. ?While video games may provide a simple excuse for the teenagers involved in this incident, responsibility for violent acts belongs to those who commit them.?

That says it all.

[noir]

They should sue the parents for being morons.

What about all other people who've played GTA without killing anyone? Just these ****tards left a gun so the kids could easily swipe it.

[dougkinzinger]

right.

[dougkinzinger]

I love it--they've even named Wal-Mart as a defendant---for selling the game. Jeez people, might as well blame the company that poured the pavement at the Wal-Mart parking lot for letting people enter the store!! :angry:

[KC]

Same as always, People suing because they are bad parents

[-=SD=-]

I love it--they've even named Wal-Mart as a defendant---for selling the game. Jeez people, might as well blame the company that poured the pavement at the Wal-Mart parking lot for letting people enter the store!! :angry:

lol, if they knew who did that, I am sure they would have sued them too ;)

[Julia's_Phate]

If you can't see the line between reality and your video game you don't deserve to have press coverage. :hmmm:

[shihchiun]

Not again... I find it rather pathetic that someone can actually believe a video game caused this.

Edited October 22, 2003 by MrDennis89

[Tim Dorr Veteran]

Thompson has made similar claims in the past and lost, notably a $33 million lawsuit against video game makers stemming from the 1997 school shooting near Paducah, Ky., by a 14-year-old boy.

So, he lost and is now trying to sue again over an even larger ammount! Good lord! Does he even percieve the concepts of precedence? :s

[M$ Agent #2]

Maybe the people that got shot or the families of the victims should sue the people who did the shootings or provided access to the gun.... and thats about as far as one could go with any legal action.

[johngalt]

Sounds like candidates for the Darwin Awards.

Wish they had removed themselves from the gene pool.

[snocked]

After I got done playing GTA once, I punched my sister in the face and then threw her down some stairs.

[johngalt]

Was it *BECAUSE* you were playing GTA that you did this, though?

[kryptonik]

Can you say retarded? :crazy:

[johngalt]

*I* can - but I bet those kids can't :blink:

[snocked]

That was the first time I ever hit anyone seriously and not in a joking manner. Yes, it was because of the game; there's always going to be some people that respond to entertainment like this, just like some do to certain music. This game has also made me fantasize about running up and attacking my professors.

[kryptonik]

*I* can - but I bet those kids can't :blink:

Those kids are dumbasses. They probably are troublemakers to begin with and have parents that don't give a rat's ass about their kids. Kids go out and do something stupid, and they say it was the games...when in fact is was their own damn fault.

When will the world realize that you can't make money off of everything? :angry:

[johngalt]

Hrm - must be why I like to listen to hard rock, heavy metal, and industrial so much :devil:

[johngalt]

Those kids are dumbasses. They probably are troublemakers to begin with and have parents that don't give a rat's ass about their kids. Kids go out and do something stupid, and they say it was the games...when in fact is was their own damn fault.

When will the world realize that you can't make money off of everything? :angry:

When the world stops *getting* money for bogus lawsuits.

If the legal system were to crack down on these bogus lawsuits, then ppl would stop trying to get money from them.

Simple as that.

[Fredde87]

ohh come on... There is ten times more people coping murders in movies then in video games.. A lot of murders get there inspiration from violent movies, shouldnt we sue all movie companys that have made violent movies? This is getting out of hand, there are maniacs that copys anything.. You cant avoid it, lets ban all games, movies and music to save two peoples life....

[cesardrgn]

this is jut plain stupid if you ask me...

[Phil Gates]

LMFAO! how stupid can you be? f them man. money won't bring their stupid loved ones back. i give no respect to them because they're just money hungry a-holes. i hope those kids get sentenced to death so i can **** on their graves. i'll just say i got the idea from postal 2 :rolleyes:

[CoLdFuSi0n]

lmfao

[.....]

That was the first time I ever hit anyone seriously and not in a joking manner. Yes, it was because of the game; there's always going to be some people that respond to entertainment like this, just like some do to certain music. This game has also made me fantasize about running up and attacking my professors.

:blink: You should seek help... seriously...