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Blame Canada!
Another day, another stupid fucking lawsuit. And yet lawyers continue to file similar, merit-less challenges in an attempt to gain some press and, I suspect, make families feel better for screwing up their children. Plus, lawyers get the added benefit of delivering bad news when their client loses, something I imagine fills them with glee when they ask for their fees.
Indeed, it wasn’t bad enough that family members sued Judas Priest for allegedly imbedding subliminal messages into their music, which purportedly drove their children to suicide. Or the time when some enterprising lawyers went after Oliver Stone, suing him for wrongful death after a couple of dumbass teenagers went on a killing spree, blaming the film Natural Born Killers. But now family members are suing the makers of “Grand Theft Auto” for $600 million, claiming that the video game drove a 14-year-old to kill his father, stepmother, and step-sister.
The suit here alleges that several companies — including Sony, Take-Two Interactive, and Rockstar Games — should’ve known that the videogame would “spawn copycat violence.” Lawyers also allege that the game trained the kid “to point and shoot a gun in a fashion making him an extraordinarily effective killer without teaching him any of the constraints or responsibilities needed to inhibit such a killing capacity.” If “Grand Theft Auto” was that effective, it ought to be used for law enforcement training exercises.
Fortunately, the lawyers do have enough common sense to also sue Cody Posey, the kid who actually pulled the trigger. But, the lawsuit may fail there as well, since Posey is claiming that he committed the murders because his father had abused him for years. He said he finally pulled the trigger after his father yelled at him for not cleaning horse stalls fast enough. I’m not sure how well that argument went over in his criminal trial, but he does get out of jail when he’s 21. I hope someone keeps him away from video games once he’s out of the clink.
Comments
Well that's bullshit. Everybody knows if you kill your family members in Grand Theft you lose the mission.
Posted by Courtney | September 26, 2006 3:29 PM