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Teen kills his mom and wounds his dad over videogame.
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...too soon?
slave1
Smash Lord
oh my gosh...
...too soon?
thats a little twisted Alt.
and that kid does look creepy.
Blackadder
Smash Master
I dunno. I know I'm probably being preachy here, but the guy is no doubt very, very ill. Dangerously ill, no doubt, and in need of help.
I say mental asylum for criminally insane, not death sentance. He's still young, after all. He ended someone elses life, so now he pays for it locked up, but hopefully he'll get treatment and understand what hes actually done.
Though, if you want him to 'suffer' for what he did so much, life in prison would be much worse than instant death, as far as I see it.
Seriously people, I'm not saying he's a good good here. He's FUBAR. But I mean, death sentance? That ****'s barbaric. Maybe I'm too soft on this stuff. I've got a thing for the ill, I guess.
EDIT: Screw the spelling errors, I'm sleep deprived!
Church
Smash Cadet
I was actually going to write "DOUBLE KILL!" In my post by decided against it for tastlessness. Not to mention that the father was a h4x0r and didn't die.
...too soon?
The point is not to make him suffer. The point is to be DONE WITH IT without wasting federal tax dollars. Ended someone elses' life? Yeah, his mother... Perhaps I'm not sure what's "right" but I can't help but become enraged over stories like this.
istudying
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I read aout this at school. Like dude Halo3 isn't great and shooting your parents without notice is insane.
This is horrible. What happend to the Humanity.
This is horrible. What happend to the Humanity.
DTP
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lulz, without notice? I think shooting your parents after notifying them is just as bad.....
EDIT: I think it's just as bad...
Endless Nightmares
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Don't they always?
"they" being the media
"they" being the media
MechaBoozer20XX
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Ok so I understand Halo 3 is a FPS so it makes sense he used a gun. Just wondering though...if a smash player was in a similar situation how would it have been different?
Would he push em off the edge of a building and yell "YOU MUST RECOVER!" ?
Would he push em off the edge of a building and yell "YOU MUST RECOVER!" ?
SpaceFalcon
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I lol'd hard at this part.
PenguinBox
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AltF4 wins the thread. I almost LOL'd in class.
L__
Smash Master
virginity?
And did anyone hear about the suicide that occurred after some kid got his RuneScape account stolen?
L__
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Would you commit suicide if you died in the Wilderness?
SuperRacoon
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Wow this is just awful.
You know what, just screw it, I'm gonna go get high and pretend like the world is a somewhat decent place to be.
You know what, just screw it, I'm gonna go get high and pretend like the world is a somewhat decent place to be.
L__
Smash Master
Well, I'll try to find the article and post it up later.
I was 13 when I found out and that made me stop RS altogether.
http://forums.gamernode.com/showthread.php?t=2061
I was 13 when I found out and that made me stop RS altogether.
http://forums.gamernode.com/showthread.php?t=2061
Ryan Ludovic
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I always thought brats should be locked up, and anyone who raises brats should be shot.
What are the odds of that?!
What are the odds of that?!
Geist
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What's bad about forgiving?
Yes, but he did say it was a surprise.
Bowser King
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I bet parents around the world are probably lecturing there kids on why games aren't safe after hearing this.
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Nothing is bad about forgiving. It's just that some things can't be forgiven. Or shouldn't be in this case....
Ryan Ludovic
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i loldYes, but he did say it was a surprise.
he never said it was a GOOD suprise
This is sad.
I think that kid is arrogant, selfish, and does not understand the severity of the crime he commited.
Also, I don't know if it says this in this exact article, but his dad put the kids Halo 3 in the same safe that the father had his gun in.
As if that didn't give the kid enough ideas.
I think that kid is arrogant, selfish, and does not understand the severity of the crime he commited.
Also, I don't know if it says this in this exact article, but his dad put the kids Halo 3 in the same safe that the father had his gun in.
As if that didn't give the kid enough ideas.
Link&Ridley
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Creepy.
This report just shows how crazy ppl would do to get something.
Have a great time in prison you psycho.
This report just shows how crazy ppl would do to get something.
Have a great time in prison you psycho.
I had no idea we had so many bleeding hearts.
Guys, take it from someone that makes a point of studying violent crime -- I plan to do homicide investigation for a living.
This kid knew exactly what he was doing. He was a legitimate psychopath. Any person that values a prized possession over human life -- especially their own well-meaning parents -- is a psychopath. Not ill.
Ill means you have some variant of paranoid schizophrenia, perhaps, and you really can't tell the difference between what you're doing and, for example, healing people with a magic wand in rainbow land.
That's not the case. He planned it for weeks. Premeditation. Psychotics do not premeditate their murder, it just happens on impulse, which is why they are typically apprehended, because the crime is sloppy.
This kid may be young, but he is cold-hearted and cruel. He planned and planned, he tricked his parents, who apparently loved him enough not to see this coming, and he tried to STAGE IT AS A GOD**** MURDER-SUICIDE.
He is not ill. The only sickness this person had was a lack of the compassion for other human life that you seem to feel he merits.
He doesn't.
Guys, take it from someone that makes a point of studying violent crime -- I plan to do homicide investigation for a living.
This kid knew exactly what he was doing. He was a legitimate psychopath. Any person that values a prized possession over human life -- especially their own well-meaning parents -- is a psychopath. Not ill.
Ill means you have some variant of paranoid schizophrenia, perhaps, and you really can't tell the difference between what you're doing and, for example, healing people with a magic wand in rainbow land.
That's not the case. He planned it for weeks. Premeditation. Psychotics do not premeditate their murder, it just happens on impulse, which is why they are typically apprehended, because the crime is sloppy.
This kid may be young, but he is cold-hearted and cruel. He planned and planned, he tricked his parents, who apparently loved him enough not to see this coming, and he tried to STAGE IT AS A GOD**** MURDER-SUICIDE.
He is not ill. The only sickness this person had was a lack of the compassion for other human life that you seem to feel he merits.
He doesn't.
Kinzer
Mammy
Well... at least it's things like this that keep me from getting (too :/) addicted to video games... I don't know how unstable I would be if I made them (completely) revolve around my life...
As for the article itself... why is this kid still alive? If Ike were here, he would've given that kid the death sentence as he and I wouldn't give him any sympathy.
God d***, who in their right mind would kill their own parents over this kind of thing? Nothing anybody could possibly think of would be able to justify this. Shows how much respect he had for them even though they gave him the stupid game in the first place... Sheesh.
Oh well, if he won't die, I hope he has a good time in prison, especially in the showers. Dropping that slippery soap and whatever else goes on in there.
As for the article itself... why is this kid still alive? If Ike were here, he would've given that kid the death sentence as he and I wouldn't give him any sympathy.
God d***, who in their right mind would kill their own parents over this kind of thing? Nothing anybody could possibly think of would be able to justify this. Shows how much respect he had for them even though they gave him the stupid game in the first place... Sheesh.
Oh well, if he won't die, I hope he has a good time in prison, especially in the showers. Dropping that slippery soap and whatever else goes on in there.
Takumaru
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Did anyone check the polls in the original article? The first one is ok but the second one, in my opinion, just shows how stupid people are when it comes to the subject of videogame violence.
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Or maybe..... maybe the kid always hated his parents. And maybe he always had the idea of killing them off floating around in his psychopathic mind.
When the parents took away his game it probably threw him over the edge....
The problem goes deeper than the video game itself. His anger must have been building up for years, but this is just an assumption.
When the parents took away his game it probably threw him over the edge....
The problem goes deeper than the video game itself. His anger must have been building up for years, but this is just an assumption.
Deathcarter
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I am not sympathetic to this ***** because he killed his parents in cold blood, but I sorta understand where he coming from.
I was suicidal earlier in my life. I simply detested school because not only was it something I hated, but I simply did not like the amount of rescriction it placed on me. I would be in denial if I said video games did not contribute to these feelings; they allowed me freedom, something school never did. Provided, I was an attention seeking, lazy boy so those two factors prevented me from actually acting on my thoughts even though I knew then and now that they were serious, but such tunnel vision towards suicide/homicide, I beleive, is not something society in general understands (though I don't know if this guy was depressed at all).
Yes, I am not close to being relatable to him since I value other human life highly, even over my own, and I am also autistic, ergo automatically being more intelligent than him, enough so that I can understand the concept of consequences and accountability, but I still can't help but feel sorry for him. I know he needs to be held responsible for his actions, but had I been in the judge's shoes, I would not have been so quick to write him off as a monster and lock him up and throw away the key.
Then I remind myself that I am an Ike mainer and as such need to abide by a strict code of conduct which includes not giving sympathy, especially to pieces of crap like him which only exist to make the lives of bigger prisoners slightly more bearable. Too bad it is unconstitutional to give juveniles the death penalty regardless of how evil they are.
I was suicidal earlier in my life. I simply detested school because not only was it something I hated, but I simply did not like the amount of rescriction it placed on me. I would be in denial if I said video games did not contribute to these feelings; they allowed me freedom, something school never did. Provided, I was an attention seeking, lazy boy so those two factors prevented me from actually acting on my thoughts even though I knew then and now that they were serious, but such tunnel vision towards suicide/homicide, I beleive, is not something society in general understands (though I don't know if this guy was depressed at all).
Yes, I am not close to being relatable to him since I value other human life highly, even over my own, and I am also autistic, ergo automatically being more intelligent than him, enough so that I can understand the concept of consequences and accountability, but I still can't help but feel sorry for him. I know he needs to be held responsible for his actions, but had I been in the judge's shoes, I would not have been so quick to write him off as a monster and lock him up and throw away the key.
Then I remind myself that I am an Ike mainer and as such need to abide by a strict code of conduct which includes not giving sympathy, especially to pieces of crap like him which only exist to make the lives of bigger prisoners slightly more bearable. Too bad it is unconstitutional to give juveniles the death penalty regardless of how evil they are.
http://pysih.com/2007/10/21/daniel-petric/
There's a photo of his parents, as well as him.
There are a lot of upsetting stories on that site as well if anyone is interested.
There's a photo of his parents, as well as him.
There are a lot of upsetting stories on that site as well if anyone is interested.
Kinzer
Mammy
Who voted no on the polls?!
Edit: besides that, what a lovely lady that was in the photo...
Edit: besides that, what a lovely lady that was in the photo...
Does it really matter if he was angry for a while? H still planned it in advance. It wasn't a "You cann't have Halo anymore. Noooooo *bangbang*" thing. He went away, planned it, and acted.
Darkslash
Smash Master
The ones who won't go to hell.
F1r3w0lf
Smash Apprentice
I agree with Evil Eye. The kid obviously has mental issues. Recently they ruled that a "video game addiction" is not a psychological disorder, and he can stand trial. I'm not going to blame the game for this. Only two rather ludicrous studies have linked violent video games to aggression (aggression meaning hitting an inflatable punching bag and sounding an air horn). Kids in focus groups have said that they realize the difference between games and life, and would never do anything violent they see in a game.
DTP
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lol It doesn't matter anymore, the guy killed his own mother and attempted to kill his father. Whether or not he was mad at them for awhile won't change anything.
I'm just saying video games, or Halo 3 in this case, probably isn't the only factor that caused him to shoot his parents. If it was then I'd be kinda surprised.
Darkslash
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Perhaps the fact that 9mm was right besides the copy of Halo 3? It must of made him snap.
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