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Furthermore, why in the hell are they suing Sony? For making a device on which violent media can be played/viewed? Why don't we take it one step further, then, and sue all DVD player manufacturers, movie corporations, and broadcast channels for letting us watch such deplorable acts on their creations? Why don't we sue the TV companies, and any other companies that helped contribute to all the violence in production of the media, and all those people involved in any way to those projects?
The answer is simple. People are responsible for what they see as real, not the people that put it out. As has been said before, the most important part of free press is not that it be benevolent, but that it remain free. I would argue the exact contrary of the point these people are trying to prove. I think violent video games provide an outlet for violence in those people who have some pent up anger. Without games like GTA, Halo, Doom, Quake, Unreal Tournament, Resident Evil, etc, etc, etc... many people would lose a way in which they vent their frustrations, and would probably turn to real life acts of anger to unleash their rage.
As far as this kid getting the game underage, and playing it to the point of obsession, it's on the heads of the parents, because they didn't do anything to prevent it. They didn't take enough interest in their kid to realize that something wasn't right with his behavior, nor did they take enough interest in the material he was taking in to do their part to censor them from it. People arguing that it's the media's fault for programming people a certain way will eventually cause such widespread censorship that we will become sheep, and the media will be able to control us more fully due to our inept senses of danger and freedom. Once we see only what (an organization) wants us to see, we'll be the puppets of that organization.
Imagine if that kind of censorship spread to the internet.... 403: Tilted forum project is Forbidden!
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