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Hiryuu

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Posted on 06-18-09 04:15:49 PM Link | Quote
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Daniel Petric, 17, claimed he didn’t understand that people don’t re-spawn in real life. He shot and killed his mother, and severely wounded his father back in 2007. The parents forbid him from playing Halo 3 and as a result they ended up dead. The judge at the trial was quoted as saying:

This Court’s opinion is that we don’t know enough about these video games…

It’s my firm belief that after a while the same physiological responses occur that occur in the ingestion of some drugs. And I believe that an addiction to these games can do the same thing…

The other dangerous thing about these games, in my opinion, is that when these changes occur, they occur in an environment that is delusional. Because you can shoot these aliens, and they’re there again the next day. You have to shoot them again. And I firmly believe that Daniel Petric had no idea, at the time he hatched this plot, that if he killed his parents, they would be dead forever.


Sounds to me he got cockblocked, blew their heads off and is sticking to this story out of his own stupidity, honestly...but hey, whatever's politically correct.

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Posted on 06-18-09 04:25:51 PM Link | Quote

You know what happens in Jail that is Similar to Halo 3? Teabagging. Which is gonna be right up his alley.

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Posted on 06-18-09 07:28:50 PM Link | Quote
Man them violent videogames are killing people more and more every day. Maybe we should ban them.

...Speaking of drugs though, maybe he was on them???

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Posted on 06-18-09 07:33:49 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Bitmap
You know what happens in Jail that is Similar to Halo 3? Teabagging. Which is gonna be right up his alley.


That's by far the most accurate thing I've ever heard you say.

People are fucking stupid. How's that for PC?

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Posted on 06-18-09 07:54:58 PM Link | Quote

That's by far the most double post I've ever seen you say.

This kid needs a damn reality check. He obviously only meant to punish his parents, apparently.
Then again, killing people is against the law and he should go to jail for it regardless of his intentions.

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Posted on 06-18-09 07:56:00 PM Link | Quote
Yea, but not without taking gamers with him.

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Posted on 06-18-09 08:07:53 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Giga
That's by far the most double post I've ever seen you say.

This kid needs a damn reality check. He obviously only meant to punish his parents, apparently.
Then again, killing people is against the law and he should go to jail for it regardless of his intentions.


Fixed. Blame my crappy internet. I'm about ready to trade with Bloodstar.

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Posted on 06-18-09 09:40:16 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by 303darthbobby
I'm about ready to trade with Bloodstar.




I never understood how people can lose their grip on reality like this. I mean, shit, I used to play things constantly, but... oh fuck it, let's just chalk it up to the fact that some people are just born idiots. I'm about ready to say that every time something like this happens.


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Posted on 06-20-09 04:30:38 AM (last edited by CharlesMan at 06-20-09 01:30 AM) Link | Quote
Originally posted by Bloodstar
I never understood how people can lose their grip on reality like this. I mean, shit, I used to play things constantly, but... oh fuck it, let's just chalk it up to the fact that some people are just born idiots. I'm about ready to say that every time something like this happens.

It's not their fault they can't roll a high int stat!

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Posted on 06-20-09 06:57:01 AM Link | Quote
If the kid had issues before he shot them - OK, maybe not guilty by reason of insanity, get him some help.

If he didn't - well, he's dug himself a pretty deep hole, might as well keep digging until he reaches China.

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Posted on 06-20-09 11:37:03 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by CharlesMan
It's not their fault they can't roll a high int stat!

Yeah, int is usually the dump stat but the better cha makes up for it. Idiots seem to be able to convince anybody of anything!

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Posted on 06-20-09 05:39:58 PM Link | Quote
ALRIGHT WAIT A FUCKING SECOND HERE:
How does this fucking story hold up? Here's some clips from the original article...

[Daniel Petric] came up behind him as he sat on the couch and said, "Would you guys close your eyes? I have a surprise for you."


"Petric said his son shoved the gun into his hand saying, "Hey Dad, here's your gun. Take it."


Mark Petric broke down on the witness stand as he said he believes he survived the shooting only because his daughter and husband arrived at the house to watch an Indians game. He heard his son telling them they couldn't come inside.

"You guys shouldn't come in," Mark Petric recalled his son saying. "Mom and Dad had a big argument."


The boy ran out of the house and fled in the family van.


He obviously knew what he was doing. Whatever, the followup to the story is that the kid is getting 23 years to life. Good riddance.

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