Thompson’s rush to blame video games in the wake of the tragedy at Virginia Tech, Dr. Phil has chimed in with support for this theory. Speaking on Larry King Live tonight, Dr. Phil had this to say on the issue,
“The problem is we are programming these people as a society. You cannot tell me - common sense tells you - that if these people are playing video games where they’re on a mass killing spree in a video game, it’s glamorized on the big screen, it’s become part of the fiber of our society. You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness, add in a dose of rage, the suggestability is just too high. And we’re going to have to start dealing with that. We’re going to have to start addressing those issues and recognizing that the mass murderers of tomorrow are the children of today that are being programmed with this massive violence overdose.”
At the time of this writing, the identity of the shooter (or possibly shooters) has not been released. So Dr. Phil’s suggestions are not based on credible, or any, specific information about this particular shooting. At least he lumped in movies while throwing out baseless and pre-mature conclusions.
We are just hearing the beginning of what will certainly be many people placing the blame for this tragedy on video games and the mass media culture.
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Why do politicians and talk show idiots jump on this shit??? This is the last straw with me for Phil, I tried to like him because I know some people who think he's great, but they're just as retarded as Phil. But oh yes, it gets much better.
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From CNN.com
The student who killed 33 people Monday at Virginia Tech paid $571 for a 9 mm Glock 19 pistol just over a month ago, the owner of Roanoke Firearms told CNN Tuesday.
John Markell said Cho Seung-Hui was very low-key when he purchased the gun and 50 rounds of ammunition with a credit card in an "unremarkable" purchase.
Cho presented three forms of identification and state police conducted an instant background check that probably took about a minute, the store owner said.
Cho did not say why he wanted the gun, Markell said.
A fellow student said the 23-year-old English major had authored two plays so "twisted" that his classmates suspected he might become a school shooter.
Ian McFarland, who said he had class with Cho Seung-hui, called the plays "very graphic" and "extremely disturbing."
McFarland is an employee of America Online, which has provided the writings to CNN.
"It was like something out of a nightmare," McFarland wrote in a blog. "The plays had really twisted, macabre violence that used weapons I wouldn't have even thought of.
"Before Cho got to class that day, we students were talking to each other with serious worry about whether he could be a school shooter."
A university official also said that Cho scribed writings so "disturbing" they were sent to administrators, a university official said Tuesday.
The official did not provide details about the writings, which first came to the attention of faculty in the English department, but said they were passed on to the department chairwoman and university administrators.
Cho left a long and vitriolic note in his dorm room, law enforcement sources told ABC News. It contained an explanation of his actions and states, "You caused me to do this," ABC News reported.
It also railed against "rich kids," "debauchery" and "deceitful charlatans" on campus, according to the Chicago Tribune.
University officials said they were still trying to determine whether Cho was responsible for a shooting earlier Monday that left two dead at a dormitory.
However, Virginia Tech Police Chief Wendell Flinchum said ballistics tests show that one of the two guns recovered at Norris Hall was used at Norris and at the dorm, both located on the 26,000-student campus.
Authorities are still investigating whether Cho had any accomplices in planning or executing Monday's rampage, Col. Steven Flaherty of the Virginia State Police said.
"It certainly is reasonable for us to assume that Cho was the shooter in both places, but we don't have the evidence to take us there at this particular point in time," Flaherty said.
Cho, a 23-year-old South Korean and resident alien, was an English major who lived at the university's Harper Hall, Flinchum said. (Shooter's profile)
"He was a loner, and we're having difficulty finding information about him," said Larry Hincker, associate vice president for university relations.
Cho came to the United States in 1992, through Detroit, Michigan, a department of Homeland Security official said. He had lawful permanent residence, via his parents, and renewed his green card in October 2003, the official said.
His residence was listed as Centreville, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.
The university and police are still in the process of releasing the names of those killed in Monday's shootings. (Watch how some are asking why warnings weren't issued sooner Video)
"What went on during that incident certainly caused tremendous chaos and panic in Norris Hall," Flaherty said, describing how victims were found in four classrooms and in the stairwell of the school's engineering science and mechanics building.
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it's Drama Club's fault. I want picket signs now that say "Shakespeare killed my son and/or daughter" and I want a 2 hour special on the next Dr. Phil about how dramatic plays and stage work can cause mass killings. Disney will pull the Lion King on broadway, in fact every broadway show and 2 bit stage will be shut down, investigated for muslims, and burned.
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So I've been playing Metal Gear Solid 3 (a game that I've had for a while but never actually beat). I recently saved my game sitting in a prison cell, but when I load it up today, that's not even close to what happens. Instead, I find myself controlling some weird guy in a cloak carrying some weird swords and, with a totally different gameplay system COMPLETELY, I end up going all crazy action game like Devil May Cry or something all over some vampire policemen in a warehouse, until I end up transforming into some devil mode and kicking all sorts of crazy arse. The thing is, it just totally caught me off guard. "WHY IS THIS THE GAME I'M PLAYING? THIS MAKES NO SENSE! AAAACK!" and yes I pick up on the controls pretty quickly. And then after a while, I wake up, and it turns out Snake was having some vampire nightmare just like he told Para-Medic he would if he was told about vampires before he went to sleep. That has GOT to be the most elaborate in-game joke I've ever seen, and it would also make for a fun action game in it's own right.
