@Hadoken101 I don't think the OP is saying that no violent videos should be posted on Giant Bomb today and I'm certainly not saying that. I think he's trying to simply say that he wouldn't feel right watching a video like that today, which is perfectly reasonable in my eyes. I really doubt that if Giant Bomb posted a Quick Look of a first person shooter today that he would be in the comments outraged. I wouldn't be but maybe I would just save that video for tomorrow.
@Milkman: Unfortunately "respect" is hard (impossible?) to come by on internet forums. It's also pretty uncool for people to thumbs down violence, and we know how people love to be cool. Violence affects me day-to-day. I avoid graphic violence in most of its forms. Enjoy Viva Pinata duder. Hopefully tomorrow is a brighter day for everyone.
@Hadoken101 Neither the Milkman nor @cheddartyme said Giantbomb shouldn't host violent videos today/any day. If I remember correctly Cheddar mentioned he was glad there were none, because he wouldn't feel like watching violent quick looks.
That said, I think you're point is valid: we should be careful how we police content. There are many example of content being pulled from TV, internet and theatres (the big one is 9/11), and I'm not saying we should treat the shooting in Colorado as either inferior or equivalent, but it does make you think what is worth upsetting our status quo.
I see no relation. There are terrible things that happen every day but once it hits America suddenly it's something worth pausing the internet over? Give me a break.
That guy was just insane. It got nothing to do with violent video games.
Sadly yes, a lot of times it ends up that people that end up shooting up a school needed help and never asked, or even sadder, asked but never got it.
Lets not feel too bad for the murderer.
I feel bad when people who clearly need help arnt getting it. He became a murderer for a reason, I feel bad that no one is addressing that reason. And everyone, dehumanizes them the second something like this happens.
It has nothing to do with video games indeed, but from what I understand that's not the point he was trying to make. I definitely agree. My brother was playing Battlefield earlier and I went "Fuck, I can't watch this right now..."
I really don't like when something tragic happens it means everything suddenly has some deeper meaning. OH SHIT MAN CANT PLAY BORDERLANDS ANYMORE THAT IS HOW IT GETS YOU CRAY CRAY
Pay respects for the situation and dont try to make it more than an insane guy doing a horrible thing.
That guy was just insane. It got nothing to do with violent video games.
Sadly yes, a lot of times it ends up that people that end up shooting up a school needed help and never asked, or even sadder, asked but never got it.
Lets not feel too bad for the murderer.
I feel bad when people who clearly need help arnt getting it. He became a murderer for a reason, I feel bad that no one is addressing that reason. And everyone, dehumanizes them the second something like this happens.
Being insane is no excuse for murdering people. If you commit atrocities like killing random people who are just excited and waiting in line for something special to them, and you don't even have a reason to do it, then maybe you deserve to be dehumanized.
That guy was just insane. It got nothing to do with violent video games.
Sadly yes, a lot of times it ends up that people that end up shooting up a school needed help and never asked, or even sadder, asked but never got it.
Lets not feel too bad for the murderer.
I feel bad when people who clearly need help arnt getting it. He became a murderer for a reason, I feel bad that no one is addressing that reason. And everyone, dehumanizes them the second something like this happens.
Being insane is no excuse for murdering people. If you commit atrocities like killing random people who are just excited and waiting in line for something special to them, and you don't even have a reason to do it, then maybe you deserve to be dehumanized.
I never said it was. But when people dehuminanize murderers they often dismiss the person and the cause. But if people would address the cause. Then we could fix, or at least try to fix this problem. Im not trying to make excuses for what he did.
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