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ban on videogames = death.
Prank \| 7:59 PM on 10.07.2007	14 comments

"10-yr-old commits suicide after parental ban on computer games

According to 'SpiritIndia' a 10 year old school boy committed suicide by jumping from a 19th floor apartment a short while after his parents actively banned him from playing computer games. His parents banned the use of computer games following the child's poor school performance which triggered him to commit suicide. Local experts have gone on to express concerns over the high level of dependence children have on computers."

Videogames - 3 (I think... according to that one Jack guy anyway.)
Parents - 1

Now I guess we need to wait a day or two for Jack Thompson's response and then we can all make fun of the stupid things he says.

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13 comments | showing # 1 to 13

Eschatos

Dude, this is not a good thing. That is just working towards Jack's point, not ours.

Neonie

My vote is tommarow.

Also: The kid obviously had other problems then just a dependence on videogames. He most likely just had a dependent personality over all.

Take the same kid, get him addicted to music, and then take it away. The same this would of most likely occured.

Jim Sterling

How ironic. They banned games to stop his grades from failing.

He'll never pass the exam now.

kwaselow

Yeah, anyone who thinks he killed himself because of video games is an R-tard. This was just the last straw in his probably tough life

HawtPawkitHero

Once again, the parents should take the fucking blame maybe just once.

vexed alex

It's COMPLETELY the parent's fault and no one else's. It's a tragedy, but another case of BAD parenting. Not to mention the kid was probably spoiled or a bit messed up in the head.

All of that added to his death. He could of been addicted to cartoons and would of had the same effect. Take that one, Jack "the douche bag" Thompson.

Magesx

I think the kid was just a fucking foolish, selfish, motherfucking dumbshit.

I'm glad he exterminated himself.

bottled dark

he must have just got halo3

BahamutZero

Outer Heaven

The path to suicide is long and very complicated, with thousands of factors leading up to it, often over a period of several years. To blame it on any one thing is a mistake.

Though I did chuckle at bottled dark's explanation.

Aaron Mxy Yost

What Outer Heaven said.

wardrox

Death because he didn't have video game? Yeah they matter, but not 19th story jump matter?

itemforty

it wasn't suicide, he was just trying to go out and get something to drink from the gas station. he thought that the 4 stars from all the agility orbs would definitely help him survive the fall.

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