GTA: teen killed someone to recreate a scene from the game.. should we ban it?

DigitalPhr34k

http://www.theage.com.au/news/articles/gta-pulled-from-shelves-in-thailand/2008/08/05/1217702012187.html

What are your thoughts on this? Should the game be banned? should there be heavy penalties for selling these games to minors? or do you still think it's a harmless game?

..or is there another solution you can think of?

B0b

Lets ban all kitchen knifes because people get stabbed.

B0b

clearly that teen said that to try and get off the charge...these games do not cause crime...he would have done that or something like it sooner or later, with or without that game, or a film..there is something wrong with these peoples judgement...dont let the odd few weirdos spoil it for us...I enjoy GTA, Battlefield, Warhawk etc..they are just games..if you arent old enough...or cant distinguish reality from fantasy...go read a book instead...oh wait...maybe we should ban them too?....

Cecil L

The game or any game is not the problem. A damaged being will find a way to express that damage, regardless of influences. Perhaps we should look a little deeper and ask. What is it about our society and culture that produces so many damaged beings?

Cedric A

should have got a wii

B0b

i think video games are way out of control...but as long as people buy them...then people will make them...just putting a rating on the video games dont stop kids from buying them..besides where are the parents here...

Cecil L

Games dont cause the crime, they're inanimate objects, the person that commits the crime should be held fully responsible, anybody that copies violent scenes is obviously very violent and disturbed, and that is the dangerous thing. The solution is, just keeping an eye out on your kids, if their behaving oddly, which he must have been, it needs checking out, but he was 18, an adult, so it was his responsibility to get checked, not the parents

Dhruv

People cause harm....To blame tools is a cop out.

DigiTaLizeD

No just throw him in a pit.

DigiTaLizeD

Ban that teenager - send them for reprogramming. Seriously, I have been playing shoot-em-up games since my teens (from Wolfenstein to Half-Life 2), I am now in my late 30s. I do not have the slightest inclination to hurt anyone at all.