Bilita Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Wow, just read this news. So sad, do you think this might impact anything? On the second anniversary of the Uvalde school shooting, two lawsuits were revealed, filed on behalf of the families of the victims against a weapons manufacturer – and Activision Blizzard. The families are being represented by Josh Koskoff, who has gone on record as saying, ‘There is a direct line between the conduct of these companies and the Uvalde shooting.’ Meta was also named in one of the lawsuits, but the bulk of the litigation is being aimed at Activision Blizzard as the publisher of Call of Duty and Daniel Defense, a manufacturer of the weapon used in the school shooting that left 22 dead and a further 21 injured. https://insider-gaming.com/call-of-duty-school-shooter-lawsuit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shagger Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 (edited) What aggravates me about these kind of lawsuits and legal cases whare entertainment media is blamed for somebody's heinous actions in real life is the complete and utter failure it represents to address the real, root causes of such incidents. People are doomed to die in future incidents as a result. Whilst America's well documented issue with gun culture is certainly a factor, so I do think weapon manufactures have to held accountable, it is obviously nonsense to suggest any entertainment media, whether it's a video game, movie, music, or book, is any way responsible for the real life actions of a person. Human beings have sentience, the power to imagine and fantasize, it's inherent in all of us. We also have the ability to recognizes the difference between fantasy and reality as a part of that sentience. If a person does not have the ability to recognise the difference between reality and fantasy, then there is a problem with that person's mind. They are mentally ill. It has nothing to do with with a video game. Edited May 27 by Shagger DanTheGamer and Lamarr the strelok 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality vs Adventure Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Well I hope this doesn’t go to the Supreme Court because they will say school mass shooters have immunity as long as it’s in Hispanic communities. Then the Supreme Court will protect the gun industry and declare games and developers open season to sue. This Supreme Court will grant every lawsuit against Meta to annihilate competition for X, which is the Supreme courts preferred Nazi social media. X is their Nazi fantasy. DanTheGamer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamarr the strelok Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 Another example of parents not being parents IMO.I'm fairly certain the shooter was giving signs that he wasn't well mentally and no one checked into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpvr Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 On 5/27/2024 at 7:08 AM, Lamarr the strelok said: Another example of parents not being parents IMO.I'm fairly certain the shooter was giving signs that he wasn't well mentally and no one checked into it. Exactly. The parents should of gotten their kids mental health help instead of putting the blame on someone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted June 17 Share Posted June 17 I love how all these parents love blaming everyone else for their kid turning out horribly when most times, those said parents don't even pay any attention to their child or try to get to know them. You'd be surprised how many parents don't know much outside of the basics about their own kids. Thousands of us have played Call Of Duty over the years. How come we're not school shooters as well? Because most of us know that Call Of Duty is just a videogame - a source of entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shortie Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 It is so sad to see that video games that provide entertainment are being brought up in lawsuits as an excuse to blame something other than the issue that is the reason these shootings happen. The mental health system is not great and because of that, so many slip through the net and don't get caught, this results in shootings, many of which we see quite a lot. I feel that video games are an easy way to blame the shootings on something so they don't have to do something about the mental health issues that are getting worse all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killamch89 Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 15 hours ago, Shortie said: It is so sad to see that video games that provide entertainment are being brought up in lawsuits as an excuse to blame something other than the issue that is the reason these shootings happen. The mental health system is not great and because of that, so many slip through the net and don't get caught, this results in shootings, many of which we see quite a lot. I feel that video games are an easy way to blame the shootings on something so they don't have to do something about the mental health issues that are getting worse all the time. Videogames have always been blamed for societal issues that were there long before videogames were even a thing. The parents who is primary responsible for the development of their child don't know what they're doing and trying to be friends with their kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
