A criminal always blames something else for its own pathetic actions, and there are always people willing to help them do that. Such is the case that cop killer Devin Moore has appealed a death sentence by blaming his killing spree in the Fayette police station on childhood abuse and Grand Theft Auto.
Such a typical and despicable tactic is offensive not only to gamers but to victims of childhood abuse who actually worked through it to become decent human beings, but the saddest part about Moore's buck-passing is that a gaggle of morons are bound to lap it up and give credence to this scumbag's attempts to shed accountability.
Jack Thompson has already done his part to justify such a poor excuse with his Strickland vs. Sony case that brings several game companies to court in a wrongful death suit. It is an amazing world we live in, where somebody can perform a murder and an unrelated videogame company can be brought to trial for it. That's our planet, though. Gotta love it.
As for Moore, I guess we all owe him a big thanks for doing his part in wrecking the reputation of the games industry. Like Jeffery Dahmer blaming his murders on atheism, it does no good for anybody when innocent things are demonized, just to give a gutless coward a sense of blamelessness. Of course, until people stop buying into the crap that these killers spout, we won't see an end to it. The spineless individuals will continue to blame games, abuse and God, provided society lets them get away with it.
Enjoy your death, Devin. I know I will.
[Tip from ol' Donut]
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11:01 AM on 09.18.2007
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Not helping your argument, Jimbo.
Same reaction here.
Im going to sleep for a year or two, maybe when i wake up the world has either imploded or returned to common sense.
Regardless of what Brandon says, he may be right. I have no objection to killers getting their due punishment, but it's still not helping the case, regardless.
No one takes responsibility for their actions anymore, welcome to America. People always look for someone to blame besides putting it where it belongs, at themselves. I think it was a line that kingdom of heaven movie that said it well..."One man may move another, but that man's soul belongs to him." No matter what influences you have YOU have a choice to make.
And it's not our planet! Some countries are exempt from this attitude. Mostly because videogames are not so mainstream yet (here for example.).
It doesn't matter if WE take it seriously. What matters is that some people WILL. This is fuel on the fire of the "videogames breed violence" believers. Just like people use Dahmer's atheism claims to prove atheism breeds killers, anti-gamists will use Devin's claims to add weight to their own senseless arguments.
And no Sharpless, it's not a direct comparison between Devin and Dahmer, but it's an example of what people will do with what Devin said. Both statements were made by men desperate to pass the blame onto something else, and both will be used in a convenient context to support the personal agendas of stupid people and demonise a certain class of people.
Anyway, it happens. He'll probably fail his repeal and spend some more time on death row but whatever damage he did to the game industry has pretty much been done. We'll see what happens.
I agree with Jim. Good riddance when this guy's dead. One less waste of space in the world.