Dad of Teen who was stabbed to death blames violent computer games for killing
Posted by: kPod in News about GamingI saw this, and I had to post it. I was just looking around for stuff to submit to Kotaku, and I found this. I seriously thought this stuff was over and done with. Obviously I was wrong. From the Daily Mail (Seriously; why do I bother reading the paper anymore?):
“Amro Elbadawi died from a knife wound to the throat after a fight with another teenager last week.
Internet photographs of him published soon after his death show Amro posing with a group of sinisterly masked youths.
But his father Sabri Elbadawi, 60, a mechanical engineer, last night claimed his son was a star student who had nothing to do with gangs but instead loved maths and science and had ambitions to become a doctor.
He said violent computer games and aggressive music were leaving teenagers with no respect for life.”
I have to ask myself what possesses someone to blame such a broad spectrum of entertainment, to the point of essentially saying that whoever put the knife to this teen’s throat is no longer responsible for his actions, because he played Gears of War, or enjoyed Resident Evil.
I’m going to be highly controversial here, so skip if you’re going to make drama: What the hell is an obviously immigrant family blaming one of our industries for the death of his son, when it’s quite obvious that he is one of the many people that costs the state despite holding down a job?! The kid was in pictures, hanging around in gangs! Take your rose-tinted glasses off, Sabri, and see the world for what it is. Your son was in a gang, and he got the bad end of it. I’m not saying it’s right, but don’t even consider flipping this onto violent video games and aggressive music, when your son put his own life in danger and suffered the consequences.
Tags: videogame violence, aggressive music, scapegoating, i call bullshit, daily mail