Tagged: nintendo

What Happened To Accountability?

blame accountability responsibilitySince when do we hold dogs more accountable for their actions than a human being? Since when is it acceptable to justify a criminal’s actions by putting blame on a victim? Why does society feel sorry for people that are held responsible for their actions? It makes me sick!

Everyone plants their feet so firmly in not-my-fault ground that people start believing them. And yes, there are always going to be reasons… and those reasons aren’t always a responsibility cop-out. People want to know why, and people often want to share why… but it seems everyone has just started confusing the reasons they choose to do something with actually being forced to do something.  Continue reading →

Parents Blaming Video Games

video-game-controllerI actually get infuriated over parents blaming their failures on video games. There is NO logic in this whatsoever. Even if you could prove (which you can’t) that video games cause people to become psychopaths, YOU THE PARENT are still to blame for letting your child play it. You probably even bought it AND the console for them. How are you not any bit responsible?

One situation that has stuck with me and pisses me off to no end happened a few years ago. Some little girl was playing a NintendoDS game about playing with dogs, and *shocker* the game has barking sounds. The kid was playing it at a family friend’s house and when the game started barking, the family’s dog (a Bullmastiff) got excited/upset and attacked the girl and ripped off her lip. The dog was KILLED (put down to make it sound nicer) and NINTENDO was blamed. WHAT?! Continue reading →