The K-Files - Killer Games
Like most Americans, I was deeply saddened by the senseless carnage of the Virginia Tech shooting as it unfolded last week. A college student myself, the gravity of the situation hit that much closer to home. I'd be lying if I said that thoughts of insecurity and terror didn't cross my mind at least a little, but it wasn't long before my emotions soon turned from solemnity to anger and outrage.
The details trickling in about the identity of the killer and his sheer callousness in committing such acts of evil certainly added to the rage I felt building inside me, but that wasn't the only source of anger to be had. No, what really got my blood boiling was the massacre-chasing, exploitative blowhards the likes of attorney Jack Thompson--who, mere hours after the shooting and before barely any information had been collected, made his way onto the FOX News channel and began blaming the tragedy on video game violence.
Much more a gamer than a college student, this kind of opportunistic, blatantly agenda-pushing tirade against video games really put me over the edge...Full Article.
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