After the horrible tragedy in Sandy Hook, the game of "Pin the Blame on the Scapegoat" continues as everyone tries to find an easy excuse. Many have argued that the United States' gun-fixation was an underlying cause; the National Rifle Association, naturally, has had to defend itself.
In a statement for the press, the NRA went on to point the finger at the scourge of video games (along with film and music). While others have made similar gestures, the organization evidently took the ball and ran with it.
National Rifle Association
The NRA goes on to suggest that the United States just doesn't have enough guns; the organization states that if all schools feature heavily armed security guards, this tragedy (and others) could have been avoided entirely.
And by the way, you know that last game it mentions? Kindergarten Killers? It was a flash game on Newgrounds from 2002. Yeah.
This is normally where I'd make some snarky comment or pun, but really... "corrupting shadow industry." Kind of speaks for itself, doesn't it?
In a statement for the press, the NRA went on to point the finger at the scourge of video games (along with film and music). While others have made similar gestures, the organization evidently took the ball and ran with it.
And here's another dirty little truth that the media try their best to conceal: There exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people.
Through vicious, violent video games with names like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat and Splatterhouse. And here's one: it's called Kindergarten Killers. It's been online for 10 years. How come my research department could find it and all of yours either couldn't or didn't want anyone to know you had found it?
Then there's the blood-soaked slasher films like "American Psycho" and "Natural Born Killers" that are aired like propaganda loops on "Splatterdays" and every day, and a thousand music videos that portray life as a joke and murder as a way of life. And then they have the nerve to call it "entertainment."
But is that what it really is? Isn't fantasizing about killing people as a way to get your kicks really the filthiest form of pornography?
The NRA goes on to suggest that the United States just doesn't have enough guns; the organization states that if all schools feature heavily armed security guards, this tragedy (and others) could have been avoided entirely.
And by the way, you know that last game it mentions? Kindergarten Killers? It was a flash game on Newgrounds from 2002. Yeah.
This is normally where I'd make some snarky comment or pun, but really... "corrupting shadow industry." Kind of speaks for itself, doesn't it?