re: Uvalde shooting parents sue Activision Call of Duty Makers

Or, and I know this is a stretch, people are tired of ridiculous, frivolous money grabs that don’t address any of the root causes

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This is a bad comparison. You are actively on the first person act of killing others in call of duty, SVU doesn’t provide that.

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so why don’t they sue nerf? You are actively shooting someone in real life!

Or how about hunting? You are using a real gun to kill real animals. Do you think hunting should be banned because it desensitizes young people to violence? (I’m not advocating for this btw killed my first deer when I was 6.)

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going after the makers of a violent video game on the insinuation that it triggers psychopaths is the definition of going after a root cause. You can disagree as to whether it was but it’s still going after what they believe the root cause to be

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again if that’s the case, why do we allow hunting? That’s taking the actual life of a living being. Wouldn’t that trigger psychopaths too in your view? And why is it just call of duty that they are suing? There are literally hundreds if not thousands of games where shooting people or creatures is the core purpose of the game. It couldn’t possibly be because call of duty is one of the most popular and profitable games out there could it?

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Don’t worry kids.., no one is taking your video games away. Y’all can keep playing internet soldier.

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Adults aren't allowed to have a little escapism every once in a while?

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Have you seen what call of duty looks like now

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I was just thinking this

Half the players in Halo multiplayer are dressed like this nowadays. So menacing.

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you can call it what you want but going after the makers of a violent video game on the insinuation that it triggers psychopaths is the definition of going after a root cause. You can disagree as to whether it was but it’s still going after what they believe the root cause to be

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Pyschopaths get triggered by all kinds of shite. By your logic, why are they singling out one video game developer instead of suing every company who has ever put out some form of entertainment that depicted violence. Dozens of other video game studios, book publishers, TV and movie studios, comic book publishers, Nerf, paintball gun manufacturers.

What's the connection between Call of Duty and a mentally ill teenager shooting up a school? Is that a level in the game?

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Just curious, were there any shootings before video games?

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None, and we left our guns in the school parking lot too.

I've played all of the COD games and I don't seem to recall a school getting shot up. An airport yes
But no schools. Funny how they are not suing all of the various tv shows and movies who show schools being attacked.

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You are actively on the first person act of killing others in call of duty, SVU doesn’t provide that.

Most people can separate that morality and reality in their mind but what does it do for someone on the brink who is incentivized in the game to kill people

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By that logic, which I think is fallacious, wouldn't the kids who are rewarded for killing "bad guys" and punished on the game for "harming civilians" be trained to not fire upon the innocent?


We are all exposed to millions of various influences in our lives. How far are we willing to let the butterfly effect run here? We blame the officers, sure. They were first on scene and failed in their duty, no issues with that from me. How far do we continue down that path though? At some point, you can't just blame the world for existing just because your kid went nuts and decided to hurt others.