A family in new mexico is sueing the makers of grand theft auto for 'training their child to commit murder'.

Excerpts:
The $600 million lawsuit names several companies and Cody Posey, who it alleges played the game "obsessively" for several months before he shot his father, stepmother and stepsister in July 2004. Posey, now 16, was sentenced earlier this year to state custody until he is 21.
Ummmm, wasn't it the parent's responsibility to monitor what the child was playing 'obsessively'?
The game trained him "how to point and shoot a gun in a fashion making him an extraordinarily effective killer without teaching him any of the constraints or responsibilities needed to inhibit such a killing capacity," according to the suit.
Isn't it the parents' responsibility to 'inhibit such a killing capacity'???? I mean, I understand that sometimes parenting is hard, but limiting your child's urge to kill should probably be pretty high on the priorities list....
Posey had told police he shot his family after his father, the ranch foreman, slapped him for not cleaning horse stalls fast enough. Prosecutors described Posey as a ruthless killer, but his lawyers claimed his father had abused him for years.
Do I even need to say anything after this one? He hit his son for not cleaning the horse stables fast enough. On the list of things that will make you kill your parents, I think that scenario ranks a little higher up than 'plays too much GTA'.

Blaming someone else for your mistakes is becoming the new american passtime...

GCD im going to sue you for saying im not responsible

I don't buy into the notion that videogames create a violent individual from somebody who's emotionally stable and not already prone to violence or a little "off," if you know what I mean.

But for somebody who is a borderline nutjob, depressed, etc., videogames and the violence portrayed in them could push them over the edge into committing actual murders because of the disassociation from reality that a videogame brings and graphic images of murder.

That all said, I'm not for banning violent videogames at all. I'm not a "borderline nutjob, depressed, etc.," and I love to kill shit. With killing rampages in GTA:SA and Saints Row being a fucking blast to commit.

I'll risk the chance of a few nutjobs playing games and comitting crimes, no different than the ones that listen to music and get these crazy ideas, but I don't want the killing to end. Killing shit is fun, as long as it's in a virtual world.

GTA also encourages people to contribute to global warming.

Look at all the cars in it. I think that's the real crime here.

GTA also encourages people to contribute to global warming.

Look at all the cars in it. I think that's the real crime here.

Good point. Or prostitution. It's the reason I went to that Asian massage parlor last night. It was GTA's fault. And some here probably think I'm joking. Or am I? :naughty: