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Some Norwegian game retailers pulling [shooters] off shelves, militant extremist to blame
Victory63
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After the terrible massacre which occured in Norway, many debate or accuse violent video games for being the cause due to the militant extremist claiming in his journal that he played a couple certain games. Although clearly his motive wasn't influenced by any video game, some still believe it played a part. Due to this, some retailers in Norway have pulled certain games temporarily off of their shelves which include: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Modern Warfare 2, Black Ops, World at War, Counter-Strike Source, Homefront, Sniper: Ghost Warrior and World of Warcraft. However one retailer stated that they couldn't see video games as the blame to which they refused to remove the games from sale.
http://kotaku.com/5826128/norwegian-retailers-pull-warcraft-call-of-duty-titles-in-light-of-shooting
http://kotaku.com/5826128/norwegian-retailers-pull-warcraft-call-of-duty-titles-in-light-of-shooting
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It kind of amuses me that people think this is a statement that works when it comes to banning media. In the age of the internet, a physical boycott effects very few things when it comes to media.
WoW was thrown in there because he played it.
If Norway doesn't act against the Burning Legion, then who will?
FUCK YES COMMON SENSE
GO AUSTRALIA
On the case of MW2, he has had military training for a year and MW2 will teach you the same about shooting as Mario Kart could teach you about Formula 1 driving. Things like proper maintenance, firing positions, loading/reloading, adjusting to recoil/barrel flattening, tactics and other procedures could never be taught in MW2. Problem is, everyone wants someone or something to blame, when the bigger picture is that a dickhead with an idea and a sick mind can do anything.
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It's just shitty that he was that fucked up.
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So calling it "Norwegian Retailers" is misleading, it's two chains, and one of them is a chain that barely sells games in the first place.
EDIT: Anyone who believes that videogames is the cause for the shooting in Norway is really ignorant.
"Back in my day, we just played this stuff on flat screens. Doing all this as if you were really there? That's messed up."
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World is upside down! Australia is in Scandinavia. Norway kicked out and sent next to the New Zealand.
Round up the populace. My work must begin.
This is how I've always felt. And when you're that fucked up and over the line, then I think movies, video games, music, they can all give you ideas to imitate, do fucked up things.
So, games and stuff won't make youndo things and fuck you up, but if you're already fucked up in the head? Ok, they can be an influence.
BAN CHRISTIANITY.
The rest of it is spent idolizing the Knights Templar, hating on Islam, Marxism, multiculturalism and immigrants, and planning a violent revolution to establish a Christian theocracy in Europe. He's a right wing religious extremist nutter who played video games in his spare time.
Cue righteous indignation.
Our government said that?
This is a thing our government said?
I am...impressed.
Your logic doesn't hold.
What you meant to say was, a killer doesn't need any particular video game, or a game at all to train to kill - if they're even really capable of doing that in any meaningful way. They'll find a way to become a killer regardless.
So much for Norway "not changing" in the face of terrorism. (though I bet overall it's still a lot less knee jerking than the US and other countries)
I heard that he liked chicken for dinner, so when is Norway moving on its poultry ban?