Yes, a tool, a damaged tool. Most of the time the people partaking in shootings and the like have some sort of personality or mental disorder. This can cause them to be become obsessed (hyper focused) on a single thing. Some of these people hyperfocus on video games. Some of these people have access to guns.Originally Posted by mottamort
You mean the person being a tool?
For some insane reason people (more specifically the media) always seem to want to find a reason for a violent act. It's been (and I'm running this off the top of my head from articles I have read in the past):
- Video games
- Music (in the 90's it was rap, in the 80's and 90's metal was blamed, in the 60's and 70' rock music was blamed, etc...)
- drugs (because we see so many dagga smokers violently shooting each other; Marijuana/Dagga being the prime suspect not for years)
- Movies (While a Ben Affleck movie makes me want to kill, I simply don't)
- Television
- Smoking
- Alcohol
And the list goes on. The reality is that all/none of the above can be a contributing factor to a mentally ill/damaged person going off their rocker and killing someone else. Sometimes it's nobody's fault.
What I do blame some parents for is for ignoring age restrictions. Take "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)" as a prime example; It's rated PG-13. Key here is "PARENTAL GUIDANCE MAY BE REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 13"...yes, some kids just handle violence and language like it's no thing. Others though may be impressionable and without an adult to say something like "that's a really bad thing to do" how will the kid know any different?
I see that with my kid a lot. He copies and mimics everything we do. Teach your kids from a young age the difference between right and wrong. Teach them to follow rules/laws and respect others. The rest should come naturally to them.
