Once again Grand Theft Auto is being blamed for murder. It is likely that the lawsuit will fail otherwise the door will be wide open to "the devil made me do it" defense. So far, to the best of my knowledge, there has not been a single case where a criminal defendent has been able to shift his/her responsibility for their actions to an external non-physiological agent, such as a book, game, movie, or a far rightist Wall Street Journal editorial. But if any of these suits against the video game publishers ever succeeds, then bar the door! If people are given a way to shirk responsibility for their actions, they will seek to do so almost every single time. Yeah, that’s right officer, I was speeding because I watch NASCAR every Sunday. Yeah Jeff Gordon made me do it. Right…
GTA: The Devil Made Me Do It!
Once again Grand Theft Auto is being blamed for murder. It is likely that the lawsuit will fail otherwise the door will be wide open to "the devil made me do it" defense. So far, to the best of my knowledge, there has not been a single case where a criminal defendent has been able to shift his/her responsibility for their actions to an external non-physiological agent, such as a book, game, movie, or a far rightist Wall Street Journal editorial. But if any of these suits against the video game publishers ever succeeds, then bar the door! If people are given a way to shirk responsibility for their actions, they will seek to do so almost every single time. Yeah, that’s right officer, I was speeding because I watch NASCAR every Sunday. Yeah Jeff Gordon made me do it. Right…