GTA takes the blame...?

Steel X

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honestly, how many more close minded idiots gonna complain about games makin' people violent when they are ALREADY rated and parents are always makin' excuses to get out of their responsblity and try not to get in jail so they just keep getting their child to get in jail instead...why must they think only of themselves all the fuckin' time? that's just plain pathetic, if you ask me



Florida man says his telephone bomb threat was just shouted advice on how to play the Rockstar game.
As anyone who's ever watched Cops knows, many people who are arrested claim they're the victim of some sort of mix-up. But Anthony S. Jones of Jacksonville, Florida, had a truly unique excuse when he was picked up for phoning in a bomb threat to the restaurant where he worked.

According to an article in the Florida-Times Union, Jones was on the phone with a coworker when he shouted the following words into the phone: "There's a bomb in the building! There's a bomb in the building! Everyone needs to get out!" Rattled, the coworker hung up and informed the manager, who evacuated the restaurant. After the police found no explosives in the restaurant, they "used a call-return feature" to trace the call to Jones.

When police arrived on his doorstep, Jones admitted that he had said the threatening words while on the phone--but not to the person on the other end of the line. He claimed that he was merely shouting advice to a "child" playing "the game Grand Theft Auto" (presumably Vice City) while on the line with a coworker.

Although the Union article raises more questions than it answers--Did Jones identify himself when he made the call? If so, why would police need to trace the call? Didn't his coworker recognize his voice? Did he have a beef with his workplace? Why was he helping a child play the M-rated GTA?--the outcome of the incident is clear. Jones is currently in jail on a $5,003 bond and will face up to 15 years in jail if convicted.
 
I think this whole thing is bullshit. People are starting to place blame on others and not themselves. What is this world getting to!? I remember the Columbine High School Shooting. They blamed it on The Matrix and Doom. Jeez! :fu2:
 
Yeah I've heard about that before...but "the matrix" seems kinda pointless. why? because they gave it a rating! "R"-rated...HELLO!?!? so I dont think they deserve the blame...but for Doom, which wasn't rated back in the old days, can somehow deserve the blame...but NOT too much blame since it should be the parents' responsblity to see what their child plays.

know what I mean?
 
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