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Dad kills son 'over online gaming addiction'
- Thread starter ComputerMKII
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JimmyRustler
Gold Member
Derpcrawler
Member
That will surely teach him!
RIP
KojiKnight
Member
The world is a terrible place where terrible things happen all of the time. It's a tragedy that happened, yes... but if you can never laugh at the bad that happens you'll soon be bogged down by everything bad in life.
Do note that while some people made light of the situation... no one ever said what happened was "good" or that anyone "deserved" it or anything like that. No one is saying this wasn't a horrible thing that happened... but you should take that misplaced anger/disgust at those that are dealing with this situation with humor and put it into something more constructive.
It's true... man if only MORE people played video games, less people would get upset about other people who play them and this all could have been avoided!
KojiKnight
Member
Some people go into fits of blind rage... where they are so angry they literally can't tell what they are doing. It's a form of temporary insanity.
Most people would never want to actually kill their family members (I suspect as much from this dad) but something snapped and he went too far... that is why he would claim it was an accident. If the other article is true and the child was suffering from some sort of mental condition, it's very likely the father had some issues as well.
A heated fight between a 43 years old versus a 23 years old where the father tries to keep control of his son by the neck while he struggles to free himself and fight back it's already a believable scenario without adding nothing more. The video games and psychological problems could be just incidental circumstances.
He would already had to have fallen unconscious if he was being strangled, the father then continued to strangle him.
He knew exactly what he was doing.
OldAsUrSock
Banned
Why are you bringing fanboyism to this?
ComputerMKII
Banned
The insanity card is dangereous because it would make the father irresponsible for his own actions and he wouldn't get the sentence he deserves. If I were a relative of the victim I would like him to be held accountable for his crimes. Hell, even if I committed a crime I'd rather be held accountable and be able to defend myself than being considered insane.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Made my day xD
IAmRandom31
Banned
Why wouldn't you just destroy the PC / Console the kid is spending too much time on?
Or put it away in storage or something.
You resort to killing the kid? Then claim an accident?
Or put it away in storage or something.
You resort to killing the kid? Then claim an accident?
A 23 year old child.
Orrrrr he could have killed the lad instantly since the cervical region has numerous vital points in it. In other words, it could have very well been an unfortunate accident resulting from misplaced rage, but what's done is done and now he has to live with the punishment and his actions for the rest of his life...
That sounds more like a cervical fracture and spinal cord damage rather than strangulation.