After Tragedy, Dr. Plays Violent Game Blame Card

If this is true, why is youth crime on a plateau and why is the youth suicide rate on a 50 year plateau in Canada? Sure, youth suicide is rising in the United States but we are exposed to about as much violence as they are.

There is much more at work here.

So why should the parents be immune to any scrutiny?  They are supposed to be the ones who have the greatest impact on their progeny.  And either they are having that impact and that impact sucks, or they aren't having an impact and they failed.  When did parenting become taboo?

-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-

Crap, tripple post. How did that happen?

We need the turbo-facepalm pic...

But seriously, why does a NINE YEAR OLD get the idea to hang himself? That definitely isn't a theme brought up in video games (most murders are done by guns or weapons, not hanging). He must have really had something messed up in his life to have brought on such a horrible thing.

-Optimum est pati quod emendare non possis-It is best to endure what you cannot change-

Hmph!  Another dingbat!

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What game teaches you to solve problems by killing yourself?

This theory is so mind-bendingly stupid.

Listen just admit you're not entirely sure what caused it and that worries you. This scapegoat won't benefit anyone.

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She's a quack.

Now obviously I'm no doctor myself but that doctor seemed pretty quick to blame videogames (personal bias?) but I wonder why "bullying" was never factored in. That kid could have been picked on so badly by his peers that he completely lost all self esteem to the point where he felt worthless and figured living was pointless. Couple that with a poor home/family life and surely the extreme amount of depression got the better of him.

Quacks like this give honest psychologists a bad reputation and a bad name. Dr. Wade should just relinquish her license and just leave the practice. Her baseless and rethorical coments should be condemed by the medical community.

On a lighter note I got a bit creeped out when GP just posted this line even though there is a link on it.

"Visitors to her website are also offered a free love lesson"

Nuff said. (yes I have a dirty mind)

I could talk about how reactionary, baseless, and stupid her claim is, but I think we all know that already so I'll just leave it at this, people are hanged, things are hung.

What do violent video games have to do with suicide?

People complaining about "faux" news in 3, 2, 1...

Oh wait, this was CNN.

This must be true then. 

her website looks like it was designed by a 14 year old.

Is there any evidence at all that the kid even played games?

Funny how she blaming videogame when they just stated before hand that we shouldn't.

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