ST. FRANCISVILLE - Acting on a Florida lawyers suggestion that violent video games may have figured in Tuesdays slaying of a West Feliciana Parish man, sheriffs deputies searched the home of one teenage suspect again on Thursday.
West Feliciana Parish Sheriffs Capt. Spence Dilworth said deputies seized several video games rated M for Mature from the residence of Kurt Edward Neher, 16, but the detective said he is not drawing any conclusions from his findings.
I think it goes beyond video games, but whos to say? Dilworth said of the slaying of Michael Gore, 55, of 10077 La. 421, St. Francisville.
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This is just silly. Now I don't really know if the kid did it or not...and it really doesn't matter. The problem isn't the video games; it is the kid and his environment.
While I love science, it is inherently flawed. People look at violent kids and see their video games as the cause. I have an idea...what if the game video is really just an outward sign of the inner problem?
So, I say this.
Do "M" rated games make people kill other people? No, of course not.
Are violent people instinctually pulled toward violent games? Yes, of course.
So, what the hell does grabbing games do toward fixing the problem?
In my mind, nothing. But maybe I am wrong...
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