Welcome to the logic train, our first stop is Sensible City! Two nasty little six years old brats somehow found themselves playing Grand Theft Auto, then had the bright idea of pelting stones at a kitten and hanging it with a game controller. This has led the local sheriff to claim that GTA lets you rape women. INTELLIGENCE AT WORK!
The two six-year-olds were at East Mesa trailer park (obviously it was a trailer park), presumably totally unattended by their parents. A neighbor found the dead cat, allegedly hanging from a tree by the wire of a controller. After Deputies had been alerted, the two boys apparently admitted to stoning and hoisting it up with the wire.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio came in with the intelligent, measured and totally not bullsh*t response: "This game allows players to kill cops and rape women. It’s little wonder why they perpetrated such violence against that little animal."
So far, it seems that the parents have received no blame for this, in fact the only real mention of the parents is the medical expense they face should the children require counseling, as if we should feel sorry for them. Not that one of the parents could do much, being an illegal immigrant.
The boys are also too young to be charged by animal cruelty and child protection services declined to help because the case is "outside the normal criteria." So, what we know is that a bunch of ignorant parents let children unattended in their trailers, playing adult games and hanging cats, and nobody will do a damn thing to discipline them.
Yet videogames somehow get the blame. Classy.
Contest:
12:42 PM on 12.05.2008
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Sheriff Joe is one of the worst characters we have in Arizona. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of people here who love him. So it kinda sucks that there are people who will actually listen to what he says.
I'm fucking sickened by the fact that those little bastards can get away with this. I am really fucking mad.
Excuse my language, but ugh. I hate it when this shit happens. It's just so sickening, especially when I have two cats myself and if anything like this happened to them I would hunt down the little bastards and beat the shit out of them.
Also: LOL WIRED CONTROLLERS
Sheesh, they must be poor.
'rape women'
Now that's ridiculous, a straight lie, in no GTA are you allowed to rape women.
He is supposed to be upholding the law, like hell he is, stuff like this disgusts me.
Parental fail, discipline fail, factual fail, sheriff fail. 0 points.
...I'm just kitten.
Those little fucks should be hanged, drawn and quartered.
Also, the sheriff should be tarred and feathered for being an idiot.
I agree with you totally. I'm pissed too. I don't care if this makes me sound like a psycho, but if I had the chance I would beat those little shitheads senseless. This is just horrible. A fucking kitten was just hung, and no one gets blamed. It's shit like this, that makes me wish I lived in Canada. Goddammit, I have a cat too and this just pisses me off.
The sheriff is a pathetic wanker as well.
And all this time, I thought it was genetic.
On a scale of 1 to STUPID, I wonder where they all land at.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio
"Maricopa County has paid more than $43 million in settlement claims during Arpaio's tenure."
SHERIFF KILLIN' MEH REATRDS!!!
"I'ma beat them/him/her up, dawg!" - /check
"COPITAL PENISHMENT PLOX!" - /check
"I got's me a dog/cat/hog/weasel, too. I can relate." - /check
Humanity is lost; time for euthanasia! - /check
"Dat is soo liek cereal killers start..." - /check
Go fuck a duck you nutters. If you're seriously contemplating to violently beat a child over animal abuse you should seek help.
LOL @ INTERNET THOUGH GUY
Wow, do you just google these pictures or do you have a stash of links? Minus points for hotlinking from ebaumsworld though, sorry. ;-)
LOL @ Holier-than-thou Elitism
A KITTEN!
Won't somebody think of the kittens?!
@Snake: Yes, I'm a preachy douche. Get in line.
In line? In line for what? Your brand of douchebag-ness?
This is this INTERNET, you kind is every where. Big deal.
I'll let the REAL internet tough kid tell you have it is:
Hey, relax guy.
bah, i killed a frog once when i was like 6 or 8 or something... it definately had nothing to do with video games. but its also bothered me to this day, i play loads of violent games, yet i have never hurt an animal since that day
sorry frog :S
Should I, too, add funny pics to my posts so I seem less angry to you? I tried typing slower and adding a slightly ironic touch to the keystrokes, but the letters somehow still come out the same.
Also, I am pretty relaxed, actually. But thanks for your concerns.
And Christ, exposure to GTAIV would be the last thing I would worry about, where the hell are their parents? o.O
"For the life of me I can't recall at what point and for which reason I got you to direct your non-sequitur posts (no offence intended) at me"
Let me jog your mind-fucked brain:
"Go fuck a duck you nutters."
Taking a David Motari stance against blaming the kids without explanation in that post is why.
Now, you're trying to "seem" like you're a nice guy..
...even though you are told half of the posters here to "Fuck a duck."
Since you "seem" to be relaxed, I'll let you have the last word, you nutter.
On the other hand they're 6 and aren't mature enough to know what they've done... This isn't like those 12-14 year old douche bags who microwaved a cat. They knew what they were doing and should be microwaved in return.
So in this case I say jail the parents or as a minimum remove the kids from their care. Honestly. How bad must these kids have been raised to hang and stone a kitten at 6 years old?
Nice move, makes me seem like an idiot if I do reply, but I'll bite anyway.
"David Motari stance"
Reread my posts. I do think the kids' actions need to have consequences. Just not vigilante violence or capital punishment.
"...even though you are told half of the posters here to "Fuck a duck." "
That was solely directed at the people who suggested capital punishment/vigilante violence, and it was tongue-in-cheek as was the tone of the rest of that post.
I in no way condone the mistreatment of animals, but since in my original post I tried to make a (slightly satirically coated) statement against retaliatory violence I did not feel the need to clarify this stance.
As a result, I leave with the lesson learnt that speaking out against uttered threats of beating small children (whatever they've done) is a cardinal sin if it involves verbal insult, even if satirical.
Yes, indeed, I'm the nutter.
As for this piece of news, I think that the fact that 2 6-year-olds could do such a thing is much more important than video games taking the blame and a stupid cop getting it totally wrong.
90% of the people reading the comments in this thread understood the point your were trying to make with your original post. Don't waste your breath defending yourself to SnakeDude4Life. The guy argues with dumb-ass pictures, for Christ's sake. You're right, he's wrong, pretty simple.
No, these kids do not need to be removed from their parent's care -- unless an investigation demonstrates gross negligence. You can't just assume that from an article on a gaming website, you asshats -- nor do their parents need to go to prison nor do the children need to be hanged themselves. Yes, proper punishment will be doled out, and it will likely be reasonable in regards to the crime committed.
Of course, none of these responses really matter, because in two days nobody will remember this story anyway.
"Of course, none of these responses really matter, because in two days nobody will remember this story anyway."
Absolutely true.