You’ll be caught in the Night Trap!
The shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School did several things. First, it showed us what a proto Florida Man does when things don’t go the way he thought after shooting 17 people to death. And that is to drop his gun, escape among his victims, and hide out at Walmart, engaging in Chris-Chan level food court antics (e.g. ordering a single drink and loitering longer than is acceptable given that purchase). If it sounds like I’m making fun of the little shit, that’s because I am. Prison will love him. And it’s a reminder that outside Disney World, Florida is a blasted hellscape that anyone sane escapes as soon as possible. I don’t know why it’s a State. But there was more than that. Aside from the usual gun debate, the President has resurrected the Video Game violence debate.
Welcome to 1993, kids; the top 100 songs are mostly forgettable, Joseph Lieberman was a Democrat, and Sonic the Hedgehog deflated. The White House announced a meeting to discuss the effects of violent media on the children. To which invitations weren’t sent out until a day after the announcement of the meeting. The President’s remark was as such in regards to violent media in a meeting on school safety:
We have to do something about maybe what they’re seeing and how they’re seeing it. And also video games. I’m hearing more and more people say the level of violence on videogames is really shaping young people’s thoughts.
Nobody has been saying that since Jack Thompson got disbarred. Well, except for Anita Sarkeesian and her former… whatever, Josh McIntosh. I guess politics makes strange bedfellows.
Either way, I guess we’d all better get used to funny looks from religious parents again… well, more so than usual. Thanks to this shit and EA, we’re back to square one.
Source: PC Gamer
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