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Firebombings blamed on 'Grand Theft Auto'
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article published on 8 August, 2008
Three teenagers in Atlanta, Georgia have been arrested on 57 counts of firebombing cars with Molotov cocktails over the last week.
Six vehicles were bombed and each teenager faces 19 counts including arson, criminal damage to property and possession of explosive devices.
When arrested however, the teens, ages 15 or 16, each said they learned "how to do it from playing the video game ... [ read the full article ]
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8. August 2008 @ 13:59 |
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GOD DAMN AMERICANS the game is so contravertial
you know what that means
more sales for rockstar
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windsong
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8. August 2008 @ 13:59 |
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Bears some resemblance to the movie "In the mouth of madness".
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8. August 2008 @ 14:17 |
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The article says the 15 & 16 year olds had receipts containing 'lighter fluid'. Lighter fluid is a restricted item, must be 18 or older to purchase. Someone at Wal-Mart didn't check ID's.
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13thHouR
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8. August 2008 @ 14:17 |
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57 counts of firebombing cars
so how long did it take to catch these children exactly?
i knew how to make them long before GTA and i didn't even need the Anarchists cookbook
we could blame all murders on the government invading illegal countries or spreading fear or dividing communities because of racial hatred spurred on by the media (mainly news corp), but hey lets blame a computer game.
surely, gta does not teach you how to make a petrol bomb, or shoot an ak47 or steal a tank, and i certainly haven't heard of any leer jets or helicopters being jacked by teenagers recently
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8. August 2008 @ 14:30 |
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I learned how to pick up chicks online from GTAIV
THIS WAS A TRIUMPH
WE DO WHAT WE MUST BECAUSE WE CAN
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ikari
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8. August 2008 @ 15:30 |
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Maybe they think by mentioning the idea came from a game that they can get away with it.
Since we are playing the blame game, I will blame soda. They must put something in soda now to make kids go crazy. Yep, must be soda.
*rolls eyes
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8. August 2008 @ 15:43 |
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This stuff never fails to make me laugh. Not that these little dumb a$$es started setting of bombs and causing mayhem; but the fact that people blame video games.
Yes, yes...because i played Frogger i now swerve for crossing amphibians on the interstate.
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SDF_GR
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8. August 2008 @ 15:44 |
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I think that Bu$h must be a GTA addicted player......isnt it obvious by looking at Iraq?
This is getting an old joke , only thing that is missing now is
"GTA blamed for pregnancy" , "for alien abduction" "Juck the Ripper"
In Thailand earlier this week, the game was pulled from shelves after a taxi driver was killed in what the murderer called a "recreation" of a scene from the game.
If they have said that they have saw it on internet, the entire Thai would be without internet now???
This kids are psychologically unstable, nothing to blame GTA, they could find same info from anyone......and for god sakes if they needed instructions/tutorial to make a molotov they are retarded anyway.
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DoomLight
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8. August 2008 @ 16:09 |
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i've played the game almost all the way thru. and no where it tells u how to do anything.
especially how to make a molotov cocktail
i call BS.
next thing you know. you'll find real italian plumbers
throwing endangered turtles at venus fly traps.
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SProdigy
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8. August 2008 @ 16:12 |
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Even emo kids can get a smile out of this article.
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8. August 2008 @ 17:29 |
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Originally posted by SProdigy:
Even emo kids can get a smile out of this article.
I learned how to rob prostitutes from this game. Now Im called a pimp I love america
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8. August 2008 @ 18:35 |
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And more free advertise to Rockstar =)
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8. August 2008 @ 20:54 |
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This sh*t is so funny..If people want to play the blame game, hell I can find 100 things in 1 day and blame each thing on something wrong Iv done. I got a speeding ticket the otherday, I also played GTA, so should I go to court and say I was speeding because I played the hell outta GTA?? Hell now that I think about it, I might just do that..
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8. August 2008 @ 21:09 |
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stuff firebombs... what about some REAL EXPLOSIVES.. lets have some more anarchy and carnage.. Quote:
Butt-Head's philosophy of aesthetics goes thusly: "I like stuff that's cool" and "I don't like stuff that sucks." For Beavis, it's even simpler: He agrees with Butt-Head. What's cool is explosions, loud guitars, screaming and death.
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8. August 2008 @ 23:59 |
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I learned how to pick up chicks online from GTAIV
THIS WAS A TRIUMPH
WE DO WHAT WE MUST BECAUSE WE CAN
GLaDOS !!!
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Y_Eater
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9. August 2008 @ 08:45 |
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hack! they were using cheat codes
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blueroad
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9. August 2008 @ 09:35 |
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god this just never gets old now does it? if only this shyt actually worked where i live people wont go to jail and GTA would be banned...i mean comon the people that are supposed to protect you are blaming a creation of pure entertainment for obstructing their job...next theyll blame the heavy rain or the sun that was in their eyes or the donuts in their big fat stomaches and jelly thighs...god help america..cause sadly he already blessed your goverment and police with wits...
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9. August 2008 @ 11:21 |
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So, GTA teached them to throw items? GTA Doesn't teach how to make molotov coctails. :3
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DoggRuff
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11. August 2008 @ 12:44 |
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Originally posted by 7thsinger:
This stuff never fails to make me laugh. Not that these little dumb a$$es started setting of bombs and causing mayhem; but the fact that people blame video games.
Yes, yes...because i played Frogger i now swerve for crossing amphibians on the interstate.
Actually, I've tried playing the part of the frog. Unfortunately, I found out that if you get hit by a vehicle, you don't respawn next to the right lane of the eastbound highway again... you respawn in a hospital bed... It must be a bug that the Hasbro company is still working on, much like the bug where those 15 and 16 year old kids couldn't quickly change weapons to fight off the cops and make their escape.
.....is it really this bad?
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12. August 2008 @ 12:15 |
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ROFL!!!! Can you say STOOOOOOOPID!!! All parties involved except for the victims of course. A game that makes you destroy property and take lives!!! C'mon people get a clue and use some common sense!! These kids are NOT taught reality in any form and it seems to me they NEED MORE BEATINGS FROM THEIR PARENTS!!!!! At some point a child/adult has to be held accountable for their actions... NOT blame the TV, a video game, or something like the President of your country. ROFL.... Be a man or woman and take it like you should!!!! Accept responsibility!!!!
....gm
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13. August 2008 @ 15:46 |
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I have a feeling whats going to happen.
1. they will pull the game until they figure out a way for you to play if you are 18.
I recall a similar thing happen back in 95 when a boy somewhere in the south burned his house down and blamed it on Beavis and Butthead and after that they put that annoying warning on in front of the show beavis and butthead are cartoons blah blah blah.
2. They will make it so you have too have a credit card too prove your age to play it well that's a bunch of crap because some parent of my generation won't care and let there 15 year old play it anyway.
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