Lyndon LaRouche Continues Anti-Video Game Crusade Despite Report Findings
By Shawn on Monday, September 10th, 2007 at 4:19 PM PST In Gamer Life
Despite a Government report absolving video games as the cause of the V-Tech massacre, Lyndon LaRouche and his followers continue to preach against violence in video games, insisting they triggered killer Seung Hui Cho’s rampage.
Six families, whose relatives were killed in the VA Tech massacre in April, have retained a law firm which previously represented the families who lost members in the 1999 Columbine shootings, reported yesterday’s Washington Post…
Both Harris and Klebold were fanatical users of violent video games such as “Doom.”
…The VA Tech report touches on number of issues which could come out in full, in legal proceedings. These include Cho’s mental history, which was not made known to the University, and his addiction to killer video games.
GamePolitics is quick to point out that there is no mention of Cho’s being addicted to killer video games in the V-Tech Report. There is also no mention of video games in the Washington Post article LaRouche references in his tirade. The bizarre part is that LaRouche would reference the Post at all considering he accused the publication of a cover-up on the video game issue. JT isn’t the only … person out there using rhetoric to spread hate, lies and hysteria over video game violence.
via GamePolitics
I also hear Cho was addicted to food too. People said they spotted him eating it once, twice, usually three times a day! That must be part of the cause too!
Lots of people play games but only two come to mind now that have turned into devastating shootings. My utmost respect goes to those who’ve lost family members in this tragedy but blaming video games is like blaming anything else. That’s the problem with people. There doesn’t have to be a scapegoat for everything. Just accept the fact that he was crazy and happened to play video games. It’s a hobby. It’s not going to affect your brain. And in twenty years people are going to laugh at the fact that people actually believed games caused violence just like the whole 50s Communism debacle.
What I don’t get is why these idiot media people have to make it so that it looks like only 5 people represent people who play games with violence. There are multiple millions of people who play violent video games and they make it so only about 5 people or incidents represent ALL of us when, in fact, the major MAJORITY of us who play these games with violence are very sociable, have very stable minds, and are in no way thinking of killing real people. I mean DOCTORS use First Person Shooters to hone their hand-eye coordination before major operations for Christs sake!