Common Sense

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main678261.shtml

I must say, this is one of the more insane stories I've read lately. We all have good intentions, to keep kids from killing people, but these people are way off base. They actually think that Grand Theft Auto (GTA) compelled this kid to gun down three cops? Let me tell you, games cannot give the will to kill, only human behavior can do that. Let's look a little deeper shall we? As I watched this story unfold, I noticed that the kid came from a broken family, that should've set off alarms right away, but the reporters merely rattled it off in a string of facts about Moore. So basically he has no dad at home, am I the only one seeing the problem here? He also bounces around between his mother's home and foster homes. Come on! Anyone in their right mind cannot believe that GTA gave this kid the will to kill. It may have showed him HOW to kill, but you can do that by watching basic cable. (or if you watch CBS, the station that showed this story, they have some pretty gruesome accounts of murder also, CSI and all its spinoffs) It's natural to blame the game because a kid murdered some cops, but is it the core of the problem? No, I believe the real problem lies in the question, where's the kid's dad? Would this have happened if he had had a role model besides 50 cent in his life? I believe it would not have. If you're going to go after video games, how about music? Plenty of rap music advocates violence, and movies! Lots of violent movies out there! Better call the thought police.