It's a fact that when we are exposed to something it stays with us for a very long time. The media is responsable for providing many disturbing images and ideas to the public, no intelligent person can dispute that, but that is the medias prerogative. Every individual is then responsable to process all the information given them, the good and bad, and make decisions between the two. Very few people are incapable of making this kind of choice in a responsable manner. The rest of us need to suck it up and accept that when we make a decision, we need to have the backbone to accept the consequences.
In this case the kids parents should accept some of the blame, not for their sons rampage but for being deadbeats. Most of the blame should land squarely on this kids shoulders. A rough life is rarely (if ever) a viable excuse for poor behavior, and so something as inconsequential as a video game shouldn't even be considered.
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