WWII vet Delbert Belton, 88, beaten to death by teens in Spokane, Washington

[Karee 4,191]

Video games are a thing of the past. It's Nintendo 3d and wii plus nowadays.

It's your fault!

It's always my fault. Ask my wife.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I'm more apt to go with lack of parenting and.......................wait for it.................. moral decay!

Every generation has something that is considered bad for them to watch on tv or play on Nintendo, the majority of folks do not go out and act out what they see in these games or on the tv shows. When I was a kid it was the Three Stooges, we watched them religiously, everyday at 4pm. None of us ever hit the other over the head with a hammer or a saw or tried to poke the others eyes out. We did throw out the occasional nyuk nyuk, or smack each other in the back of the head, but nothing more than that. We knew it wasn't right to do so and there would be consequences if we did.

The kids who got in trouble regularly almost always had a dysfunctional family at home.

[Jacque67 7,328]

And you believe video games are responsible for this attitude?

Canada has the same video games the US does. Why are the violent crime rates so drastically different if the kids are playing the same games?

What? The XBOX and PS3 are very popular. Video games are hardly a thing of the past.

As I said earlier it is not old fashioned video games to blame- they left a certain amount to the imagination.

Computer games are a different story. Even the army uses them for practice.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

As I said earlier it is not old fashioned video games to blame- they left a certain amount to the imagination.

Computer games are a different story. Even the army uses them for practice.

I'm not talking about old fashioned video games. You blamed video games for this particular incident. I'm telling you that the teenagers in Canada are playing the same games that the teenagers in the US are. Why aren't they being impacted so negatively like you believe the US teens are?

Could it be that perhaps video games aren't to blame at all?

[Jacque67 7,328]

I'm more apt to go with lack of parenting and.......................wait for it.................. moral decay!

Every generation has something that is considered bad for them to watch on tv or play on Nintendo, the majority of folks do not go out and act out what they see in these games or on the tv shows. When I was a kid it was the Three Stooges, we watched them religiously, everyday at 4pm. None of us ever hit the other over the head with a hammer or a saw or tried to poke the others eyes out. We did throw out the occasional nyuk nyuk, or smack each other in the back of the head, but nothing more than that. We knew it wasn't right to do so and there would be consequences if we did.

The kids who got in trouble regularly almost always had a dysfunctional family at home.

Truer. But the technology is so advanced that I think a wider demographic group is more susceptible , especially as both parents have to work nowadays, and kids are left to their own devices.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I'm not talking about old fashioned video games. You blamed video games for this particular incident. I'm telling you that the teenagers in Canada are playing the same games that the teenagers in the US are. Why aren't they being impacted so negatively like you believe the US teens are?

Could it be that perhaps video games aren't to blame at all?

Everyone knows Canadians are weak.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Truer. But the technology is so advanced that I think a wider demographic group is more susceptible , especially as both parents have to work nowadays, and kids are left to their own devices.

The technology might be better, but what's more realistic to accomplish, hitting someone over the head with a hammer, or playing war games and going out to kill someone? I think hitting hitting someone with a hammer would be the easy choice.

I believe you hit the nail on the head with both parents having to work nowadays. That equates to a lack of parenting.

Edited August 23, 2013 by Teddy B

[B_J 2,752]

Things are so messed up. Almost makes me miss the days when kids would listen to heavy metal and then commit suicide.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Things are so messed up. Almost makes me miss the days when kids would listen to heavy metal and then commit suicide.

They still do that.

[decocker 7,198]

Things are so messed up. Almost makes me miss the days when kids would listen to heavy metal and then commit suicide.

pretty sure that still happens. often.

[Jacque67 7,328]

i think many young people don't know what a hammer is . playing war games and killing someone is far more realistic for them.

Also a hammer is far too realistic . They thrive on fantasy.

How old are you?

Edited August 23, 2013 by Jacque67

[B_J 2,752]

They still do that.

pretty sure that still happens. often.

I really think the two of you are actually the same person.

[Teddy B 17,252]

What about that exfixia craze that was goin on for a while, they still do that?

[decocker 7,198]

playing war games and killing someone is far more realistic for them.

more kids play war games and don't kill anyone, at all, ever, in real life. think about how many video games are being played by kids at any given moment on this planet.

if video games were the true source of the problem, the numbers of murders/beatings would correlate much closer to the over all number of players..

[Teddy B 17,252]

i think many young people don't know what a hammer is . playing war games and killing someone is far more realistic for them.

I wasn't saying that young people today would hit someone with a hammer. I was comparing my childhood and watching the 3 Stooges hit people with hammers compared to kids today playing war games and killing people on tv. We didn't go out and copy the 3 Stooges by hitting people with hammers because we had morals instilled in us by our parents, one of which was usually home all day with us. Today hardly either of the parents is home and there is a lack of parenting, discipline, and structure. That's where the difference is