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"Of all the kinds of stupid that exist out there, certainly it’s the
predictable stupid that is the most frustrating. And of all the kinds of
predictable stupid that exist, one of the most predictable forms of stupid is
how video games are linked to mass shootings and murders on a clockwork-like
cadence. As I’ve said previously, this rush to the video game boogeyman is dumb
and should stop. But it won’t.
In fact, it not only continues to happen, but does so in ridiculous fashion.
Unless you somehow live off the grid, you cannot possibly have escaped the news
about the brazen murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the arrest
of the alleged shooter, Luigi Mangione. This whole episode has been fascinating
on multiple levels, from the way the assassination was carried out to the
online discourse afterwards.
But it’s been a few days now since Mangione was apprehended, so, of course,
it’s time for someone like
NBC News to swoop in with a piece on how a video
game played some sort of role in this story. And if you are trying to guess the
video game in question highlighted by
NBC, I promise you that you are never
going to guess it correctly."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
