Comments on: Gamer shoots 9 people, kills 2, leaves detailed instructions on selling his PS3

By: Paddy-O

Paddy-O — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:51:11 +0000

# 31 ECA said, “And an alien in this nation HAS to have a LEGIT job with an income and PAPER WORK, of they are sent HOME.”

Only if on an H1B type of Visa. Otherwise, no.

By: ECA

ECA — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:49:00 +0000

29,
And an alien in this nation HAS to have a LEGIT job with an income and PAPER WORK, of they are sent HOME.

By: Grimbo

Grimbo — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:43:48 +0000

If only everyone in the crowd that day had been armed – someone might have shot him before he shot them.

Get more guns on the street – you know it makes sense!

By: US

US — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:39:31 +0000

#10, at one point in my life I spent years struggling like that. Difference, I didn’t have the Internet and certainly didn’t have a $500+ PS3 plus the time to waste playing it. If money was his problem, he shouldn’t have been wasting money on a PS3 or the games (probably spent thousands with the game system plus games when all told). Sell the PS3 and the car, right there he said he’d get $3000.

For me, the answer was work multiple jobs (each paying little, but added up to enough to get by) and living cheap. Sure, I ate foods like rice and beans many nights but I focused on myself and worked my way out of that life.

Right now where I live is in the middle of a snow storm. If I was desperate for money, I could go door to door in the neighborhood and charge $10 to clear drive ways, I’d probably pull in a couple hundred. All I would need is a shovel. Its hard, but there is always a way out if you are willing to do the hard work (toilets don’t clean themselves and never will).

By: ECA

ECA — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:25:24 +0000

HERE,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nM0Irl_rY0Y

[Fixed, Ed.

All: Please remove the WWW from URLs before posting]

By: Greg Allen

Greg Allen — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:10:02 +0000

>> Benjamin said, on January 27th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
>> Just watch. They are going to blame video games and guns for this. The truth is that this is a deranged individual and video games and a gun did not make him shoot people.

You’re arguing against a position nobody is making. (at least nobody who is informed.)

Violent media ENCOURAGES violence in certain susceptible individuals.

Guns give this individuals the tools to kill more effectively.

But neither MAKES them be violent.

By: Ahhh

Ahhh — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:44:12 +0000

“Octuplets Breathing On Their Own!” screams headline!

Hey. So am I.

By: GregA

GregA — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:32:16 +0000

#23,

That depends, did you buy a gun and can’t explain why you need a gun?

By: amodedoma

amodedoma — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:15:08 +0000

People were freaking out and going on killing sprees long before video games were invented.
I’ve been a gamer since they invented the stuff in the seventies, I’ve never felt even a little homicidal. Hmmm, There was this chief petty officer when I was in the NAVY. – but it definitely wasn’t video game caused the only game we had on the carrier was DIGDUG.
I’m sick of it, everytime some young guy goes on a killing spree they have to bring up that he was a gamer. Big surprise, right?, hard to believe as videogames are so rare…

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:44:03 +0000

I’m a quiet unemployed guy who like to play Sims 2.

Should I be locked up?

By: Paddy-O

Paddy-O — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:24:38 +0000

# 20 Angel H. Wong said, “You are the first conservative in the universe who doesn’t blame it on Rock/rap/hiphop music or violent videogames.”

I don’t know. I know quite a few conservatives in law enforcement (PD & FBI) who know the drug angle very well. In fact, a couple of them were the ones who tipped me off to the fact that all of the kids shooting people at school were on either street or prescription drugs.

By: Depressed and unemployed

Depressed and unemployed — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:57:53 +0000

Man, I want to kill my ex-boss and the HR director bitch who fired me while treating me like garbage. Where can I find a decent sniper rifle, untraceable, capable of hitting a target about 1 Km away?

Nah, I’ll go back to Vice City Stories. I don’t want to kill myself later…

Sad story…

By: Angel H. Wong

Angel H. Wong — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:15:54 +0000

#12 Paddy

“Umm, That doesn’t lead to someone gunning down innocents. That’s more indicative of drug abuse causing homicidal tendencies.”

You are the first conservative in the universe who doesn’t blame it on Rock/rap/hiphop music or violent videogames.

By: ECA

ECA — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:33:37 +0000

12,
Ever have problems getting ends to meet? for long periods of time? Then looking for a new job??
Yes drugs, and other things can lead to this end, but even being CLEAN, and fighting to make things work/SURVIVE gets to the point of frustration and depression.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:30:54 +0000

“…those who knew him say this shooting comes as a complete surprise”

Of course if his friends thought he was the type to go on a rampage, he would be in a mental hospital.