Posted by Justin on 04/17/07 22:31

Doug Jacobs wrote on [Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:10:33 -0000]:
> In alt.video.dvd WMercier <W_Mercier@att.net> wrote:
>> A lot of this comes from having to be politically correct and from people
>> wanting to cover their butts. They have to have ratings, however ridiculous
>> they are, so that nobody can use the games as an excuse to sue them.
>
> That doesn't matter. How many times has Rockstar been sued now because
> their hit series 'Grand Theft Auto' "made" someone go out and commit a
> crime? In the last one, the idiot criminal was shown to have not even
> PLAYED video games, much less that one.
>
> And now with yesterday's tragedy at VA Tech, both Jack Thompson and "Dr."
> Phil have placed the blame on video games even though the police hadn't
> even released any information on the shooter yet, much less if he was a
> gamer...

Eh, had it been 1987 instead of 2007, they would have blamed Judas
Priest

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