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    What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?

    Argument Over Game Blamed as Nine-Year-Old Stabbed to Death

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    Image of Mceedj11 Mceedj11
    01/05/10

    In reply to Argument Over Game Blamed as Nine-Year-Old Stabbed to Death
    With all due respect to the people who have commented here and gave their opinions, I believe publishing such an article shows that Kotaku isn't just any other gamer Blog. It serves more as a warning to all of us to be more careful. not from gaming, but from "sore losers" or just anyone who has unexplainable bursts of rage.

    The details in this article seem incomplete: Did the 25 year old lose? Was the kid being annoying (as most 9 year olds are)? Was the 25 year old jealous? The point is, and as the grandfather said, the kid died over something so stupid... a video game. I'm a self confessed gamer, and I love my consoles, but would I kill a 9 year old kid is he was just a "kid"? 99.99% of us would say no. The rest wouldn't be so sure. Some people have issues with losing, other have an inferiority complex... this is normal, this is reality, the kid was just very unlucky. A tragic story.

    My point is, as Owen said as well, video games aren't to be blamed here, but i myself wouldn't blame the parents if they went all out and said "eff videogames". The parents have the right to mourn, and have the right to lash out over anything they want because they feel guilty (over leaving him alone, or even buying the PS3) and are in mourning. Imagine dying over a last copy of FFXIII? Is your life worth that much? (Please note the sarcasm here)

    Thank you for posting this, it's unfortunate that some readers don't really get why you posted it in the first place.
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    thespyderboy promoted this comment Edited by Mceedj11 at 01/05/10 3:55 AM Mceedj11 was starred Mceedj11 was unstarred
    Image of Here's Some Weapons Here's Some Weapons
    01/05/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    Yeah, the kid's a piece of shit...but his mom had him arrested and charged. Over a Wii.

    She's clearly one of those mothers who'd rather have the cops discipline her kid for her, which is probably why the kid's a piece of shit.
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    Blore07 promoted this comment Edited by Here's Some Weapons at 01/05/10 12:33 AM Here's Some Weapons was starred Here's Some Weapons was unstarred
    Image of Zunnoab Zunnoab
    01/05/10

    @Here's Some Weapons: Err she's be silly not to have him charged for stealing like that. This isn't a can of soup he stole; it's a several hundred dollar piece of equipment.
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    Image of Here's Some Weapons Here's Some Weapons
    01/05/10

    @Zunnoab: First of all, it's a two hundred dollar piece of equipment. Secondly, she's his mother.
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    Image of Lonesnipa Lonesnipa
    01/05/10

    @Here's Some Weapons: So if you were a mother and your son stole say, your computer, pawned it, for BOOZE AND CIGARETTES, wouldn't you be I dunno, upset? Angry? Pissed off that your son obviously doesn't have a job? Being someones son does not give you an automatic pass to steal their stuff.
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    Blore07 promoted this comment Lonesnipa was starred Lonesnipa was unstarred
    Image of Blore07 Blore07
    01/05/10

    @Lonesnipa: Your right, but I dont think your getting at what HSW's is saying, for such a small value item, she probably should have diciplined him herself, maybe she's neglected doing it for the best part of this kids life, which is why he's a douche now.

    Though it could be quite the opposite and this Wii theft was really just the last straw.
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    Image of Weezle41 Weezle41
    01/05/10

    @Blore07: Or maybe she has tried doing all she can to discipline her son to no avail. Maybe she felt that if she did this he would finally get the message.
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    Blore07 promoted this comment Weezle41 was starred Weezle41 was unstarred
    Image of Zunnoab Zunnoab
    01/05/10

    @Here's Some Weapons: It doesn't matter if she's his mother. He stole from her and sold it. I remember seeing this documentary about animals, and one of the segments was about a lioness and her cub. The cub would chew on her tail, down to the bone. She was in extreme pain, but even when they moved them to separate adjacent enclosures the mother lioness would stick her tail through the bars so the cub could chew on it, even though it meant pain and possibly losing the tail. I don't remember what the solution was eventually, but is this mother supposed to be like this lioness? Should she just let her son commit major theft and get away with it?
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    Image of Here's Some Weapons Here's Some Weapons
    01/05/10

    @Zunnoab: Ok, man...you are completely missing my point. I never once said anything in defense of the son. In fact, I believe I called him a piece of shit. What I am saying, is that this is not major theft - this is petty theft. For the mother to feel like she has no other options than to have her son arrested and charged over a relatively small crime (and this is a small crime), there are clearly underlying issues in this mother/son relationship. In hindsight, I guess this was already intuitively obvious, so I shouldn't have even bothered bringing it up.

    Also, what lovewolf80 said.
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    Edited by Here's Some Weapons at 01/05/10 3:20 PM Here's Some Weapons was starred Here's Some Weapons was unstarred
    Image of Thut Thut
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    OK, so this guy steals from his mother to support his vices, but at least he saves receipts!
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    Image of Nowell Nowell
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    Wow..that's my town..

    Fuck. I kinda want to find out who this kid is.
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    Image of StoicPersonEater StoicPersonEater
    01/05/10

    @Nowell: There are about 28 people in Spring Hill. Go see Sheriff Andy Griffith at the jailhouse and just ask him.
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    Nowell promoted this comment StoicPersonEater was starred StoicPersonEater was unstarred
    Image of Nowell Nowell
    01/06/10

    @StoicPersonEater: Oh if this was only a joke.
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    Image of Hey_Blinkon Hey_Blinkon
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    What is that, like 8 packs at the price of cigs today? Sheesh. Sell your gold. Buy cigarettes.
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    Image of GunFlame GunFlame
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    Surely not the Hamburgler?!
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    Image of geiko geiko
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    These idiots all have to be from Florida, don't they? I'm living in a state full of buffoons. I better watch my back, and my PS3. Damn looney's.
     Reply
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    Image of Pretty Sneaky Sis Pretty Sneaky Sis
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    $56? Probably more than gamestop would've given him.
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    Image of Kanji08 Kanji08
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    "Christopher Bayko allegedly stole the Wii last month then sold it to a local pawn shop. When his mother noticed her console was missing,"

    Wait, what? It took her over a month to realize a $200+ machine in her entertainment system was gone?
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    Save me promoted this comment Kanji08 was starred Kanji08 was unstarred
    Image of Save me Save me
    01/04/10

    @Kanji08:

    She bought the excuse that it was at a friend's house.
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    Save me was starred Save me was unstarred
    Image of McWarrior McWarrior
    01/05/10

    @Kanji08: It's the Wii.

    Nobody buys it to actually play, they buy it because the television told them to.
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    Blore07 promoted this comment Edited by McWarrior at 01/05/10 12:24 AM McWarrior was starred McWarrior was unstarred
    Image of Szin Szin
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    I guess he won't be invited to the next...*puts on sunglasses*...family Wiiunion!
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    Michael Dukakis promoted this comment Szin was starred Szin was unstarred
    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    01/04/10

    @Szin: Their chances of reconciliation are...

    *puts on sunglasses*

    Wiimote.
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    Image of Szin Szin
    01/04/10

    @Michael Dukakis: Hahahaha, I like yours better. It's possible that prison will be his next...*puts on sunglasses*...Wii Sports Resort.
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    Image of DarkestHero DarkestHero
    01/04/10

    @Szin: These jokes are not even wiimotely funny..
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    Michael Dukakis promoted this comment Edited by DarkestHero at 01/04/10 11:09 PM DarkestHero was starred DarkestHero was unstarred
    Image of d4ng3r0u5 d4ng3r0u5
    01/04/10

    @DarkestHero: All right, stop it. This is getting Wiidiculous.
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    GunFlame promoted this comment d4ng3r0u5 was starred d4ng3r0u5 was unstarred
    Image of GunFlame GunFlame
    01/04/10

    @d4ng3r0u5: Now he's probably...

    *puts on sunglasses*

    ......

    ......

    *takes off sunglasses*

    I got nothing...
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    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    01/04/10

    @DarkestHero: Sorry wii tried...
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    Image of NeVeRMoRe666 NeVeRMoRe666
    01/04/10

    @GunFlame: Don't worry about it. Only douchebags wear their sunglasses indoors anyway.
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    Image of sander_dutch sander_dutch
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    This guy would probably sell his mom for a pack of smokes
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    Image of BloodEden BloodEden
    01/04/10

    @sander_dutch: "Where am I, Christopher?"

    "You're staying at Tim's house for awhile."

    "Oh my God. Is that a receipt for... me?"
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    GunFlame promoted this comment BloodEden was starred BloodEden was unstarred
    Image of That mop mutant That mop mutant
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    Wow, the mother won't drop the charges? He may be the worst son in the world but doesn't a porcupine love it's own?

    I hope he gets the case dismissed or record erased upon finishing community services because going through the system is a tad bit much for stealing his mom's Wii.
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    That mop mutant was starred That mop mutant was unstarred
    Image of wocalax wocalax
    01/04/10

    @That mop mutant: From what he bought with it and the fashion, this may not be the first time he wronged his family .
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    Blore07 promoted this comment wocalax was starred wocalax was unstarred
    Image of Blore07 Blore07
    01/05/10

    @wocalax: To be honest, cigs and booze doesnt exaclty scream hardened criminal to me.
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    Blore07 was starred Blore07 was unstarred
    Image of wocalax wocalax
    01/05/10

    @Blore07: it screams someone who pisses their family off by stealing money for it, getting alcohol poisoning and going to the hospital, etc.
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    Image of raffleking raffleking
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    Even when it's no longer there, the Wii is bringing families together.
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    GunFlame promoted this comment raffleking was starred raffleking was unstarred
    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    Hey, a man has to drink and smoke right?
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    Image of Surreal_Sunshine *Starred Commenter* Surreal_Sunshine *Starred Commenter*
    01/04/10

    @Friedhamster: Men do meth and they steal PS3's from the mob to pay for the habit.
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    Friedhamster promoted this comment Surreal_Sunshine *Starred Commenter* was starred Surreal_Sunshine *Starred Commenter* was unstarred
    Image of Friedhamster Friedhamster
    01/05/10

    @Surreal_Sunshine: Uh, stop watching me? Kthx.
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    Image of Surreal_Sunshine *Starred Commenter* Surreal_Sunshine *Starred Commenter*
    01/05/10

    @Friedhamster: Only when you stop being so damn interesting.
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    Surreal_Sunshine *Starred Commenter* was starred Surreal_Sunshine *Starred Commenter* was unstarred
    Image of umfk umfk
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    Requiem for A Dream, anyone?
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    lolgreg promoted this comment umfk was starred umfk was unstarred
    Image of raffleking raffleking
    01/04/10

    @umfk: I'm gonna be on television!!! We're givin' the prizes away!

    Dude I was just about to put in a post asking if this was the beginning of Requiem but saw you beat me too it. I tip my hat to you, good sir.
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    raffleking was starred raffleking was unstarred
    Image of umfk umfk
    01/04/10

    @raffleking: I'm just happy there are other people with a good taste in movies. Thinking about the movie made me actually listen to Clint Mansell's insanely good score again. That's music for the ages...
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    01/04/10

    @umfk: Hopefully Keith David takes care of this guy.

    "I know its pretty, but I didnt take it out for air."
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    Edited by lolgreg at 01/04/10 10:46 PM lolgreg was starred lolgreg was unstarred
    Image of raffleking raffleking
    01/04/10

    @umfk: Clint Mansell is amazing. The scores for The Fountain and Moon were also amazing. Oh, and if you dig him, chances are you dig the Kronos Quartet...and you're in luck, cause they're touring! Check out the dates! I'll be at the College Park, MD show!

    [kronosquartet.org]
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    lolgreg promoted this comment raffleking was starred raffleking was unstarred
    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    01/04/10

    @raffleking: It's a shame there's nothing there as far as Toronto dates go. That's alright though, it seems I'm the only person out of most of my friends with an appreciation for these movies/music.

    Also, Moon + Sam Rockwell = Fantastic.
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    Image of MtlAngelus MtlAngelus
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    You're doing it wrong. You only steal wii's from hardcore gamers, they won't notice.
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    Blore07 promoted this comment MtlAngelus was starred MtlAngelus was unstarred
    Image of ArmoredCavalry ArmoredCavalry
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    Wowwwww, how stupid do you have to be......
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    lolgreg promoted this comment ArmoredCavalry was starred ArmoredCavalry was unstarred
    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    01/04/10

    @ArmoredCavalry: Wait until you hear he wanted the money for a PSPgo
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    lolgreg was starred lolgreg was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) #number257 (Starman) #number257
    01/04/10

    @lolgreg: and then sell the PSPGo for a profit to buy a Phantom keyboard...
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    Image of hazelnut hazelnut
    01/04/10

    @(Starman) NONAME: *and then sell the PSPGo for a profit to buy a Phantom.*

    Fixed.
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    (Starman) NONAME promoted this comment hazelnut was starred hazelnut was unstarred
    Image of (Starman) #number257 (Starman) #number257
    01/05/10

    @hazelnut: No, I'm not kidding...

    [gizmodo.com]
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    (Starman) #number257 was starred (Starman) #number257 was unstarred
    Image of hazelnut hazelnut
    01/05/10

    @(Starman) NONAME: That is to damn pricey.
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    Image of Save me Save me
    01/04/10

    In reply to What Kind Of Man Would Steal His Mother's Wii?
    A 23 y/o is considered to be a man now? I feel old.

    on topic: lol.
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    Save me was starred Save me was unstarred
    Image of billysan billysan
    01/04/10

    @Save me: You're not a man till you kill some one!
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    spannu promoted this comment billysan was starred billysan was unstarred
    Image of hazelnut hazelnut
    01/04/10

    @Save me: Grow a mustache and then kill a bear with your bare hands.
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    spannu promoted this comment hazelnut was starred hazelnut was unstarred
    Image of jusu jusu
    01/04/10

    In reply to Argument Over Game Blamed as Nine-Year-Old Stabbed to Death
    Article:

    "But while I don't mean to be "that guy," the video game is only incidental to the cause here."

    If videogames have _nothing_ to do with it, why do you keep publishing these kinds of articles? If videogames are not an issue here why not just STFU?

    Me, I'm tired of reading about stabbings, killing sprees etc where "video game is only incidental here"..
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    ryoshi approved this comment jusu was starred jusu was unstarred
    Image of ryoshi ryoshi
    01/04/10

    @jusu: Kotaku just reports on videogames as they appear in the news occasionally - this isn't anything new and is a pretty stupid thing to be upset about. They probably report on these kinds of things because it offers up insight on how videogames are viewed in the mainstream at times.
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    Image of therussiangeneral therussiangeneral
    01/04/10

    In reply to Argument Over Game Blamed as Nine-Year-Old Stabbed to Death
    WTF! Who let a 9 year-old stay up playing vids all night with adults who aren't even members of the family?? I wonder is it Tony Hawk's fault or mommy and daddy's??
     Reply
    ryoshi promoted this comment therussiangeneral was starred therussiangeneral was unstarred
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