Last week, we told you about the German groupattempting a modern-daybook burning by having people bring in their violent videogames and toss them into the garbage. The Action Alliance believes that videogames are the root of all violent acts and it will all magically go away by having these evil games thrown away.The game dumping event took place this past Saturday and a total of three games and one CD were tossed into the garbage. One wasGrand Theft Auto: San Andreasfor the PS2, one was (what looks like)Battlefieldand the third game wasSmall Soldiersfor the Game Boy.The video above isa news reportabout the event and dramatically shows a couple of kids tossing said games into the dumpster. Here’sanother news reportthat features more exaggerations. Someone also recorded the whole dumping of the games and you’re able to see the cameraman making the kids throw thegames in a few times. Here’sanother videoof all the games for laughs.As you can see, this event was a huge failure. As some ofyou notedin the original story, this group was organized by parents of the kids that were killed in a shooting in the same city. The shooter was a fan ofCounter-Strikeand this, to the parents, automatically meant that there’s a link between violent games and violent behavior.These parents are grieving, but this is not the way to go about it. Getting people to toss their games that they bought with their hard earned money (games in Germany are ridiculously priced) and creating a big show about it won’t work. Educating your kids, being involved in their lives and teaching them the difference between right and wrong, that’s how you verify your kids don’t end up as giant f**k ups.[viaIroN1c’s C Blog]
Last week, we told you about the German groupattempting a modern-daybook burning by having people bring in their violent videogames and toss them into the garbage. The Action Alliance believes that videogames are the root of all violent acts and it will all magically go away by having these evil games thrown away.
The game dumping event took place this past Saturday and a total of three games and one CD were tossed into the garbage. One wasGrand Theft Auto: San Andreasfor the PS2, one was (what looks like)Battlefieldand the third game wasSmall Soldiersfor the Game Boy.
The video above isa news reportabout the event and dramatically shows a couple of kids tossing said games into the dumpster. Here’sanother news reportthat features more exaggerations. Someone also recorded the whole dumping of the games and you can see the cameraman making the kids throw thegames in a few times. Here’sanother videoof all the games for laughs.
As you can see, this event was a huge failure. As some ofyou notedin the original story, this group was organized by parents of the kids that were killed in a shooting in the same city. The shooter was a fan ofCounter-Strikeand this, to the parents, automatically meant that there’s a link between violent games and violent behavior.
These parents are grieving, but this is not the way to go about it. Getting people to toss their games that they bought with their hard earned money (games in Germany are ridiculously priced) and creating a big show about it won’t work. Educating your kids, being involved in their lives and teaching them the difference between right and wrong, that’s how you ensure your kids don’t end up as giant f**k ups.
