The host and panel of the show came to generally accept violent games led to real-life violence, ignoring ”gang culture” almost entirely say the group.
The episode aired Thursday April 14th and was discussing the possible reasons for the shooting of Agnes Sina-Inakoju by Leon Dunkley and Mohammed Smoured who have both since been convicted. They’re part of the notoriously lethal London Fields gang.
It was soon suggested and generally agreed by the host and panel that violent videogames probably held a role in influencing the two murderers. Amazingly footage of Modern Warfare 2’s infamous opening level in the Russian airport was shown - it’s 18-rated.
This broadcast well before the watershed and so underage viewers were easily able to view it - something of a double standard here, no? ”It’s nothing new that TV loves to sensationalise gamers and shooters,” declared Gamer’s Voice.
”Instead of trying to learn and educate themselves as to why people commit horrific crimes, TV loves to target gaming. Gaming is easy to attack and it seems that it can conveniently ‘explain the increase violent behaviour’.”
”In the episode of the ‘Wright Stuff’ that was aired on Channel 5 on Thursday 14th April, they discussed the alleged causal link between video games and violent behaviour. In particular, they focussed on the detached way that 22-year-old Leon Dunkley drew a sub-machine gun and killed customers in a London pizza parlour.”
”Instead of talking about possible the social, mental or economic problems that could have driven Dunkley to kill, the Wright stuff went straight to what must be the cause for the problem. It wasn’t gang culture which puts perceived respect above regard for human life, no, it’s first person shooters that are responsible,” continued the UK group.
”What was even more shocking was that during the introduction to the discussion, they showed scenes from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Specifically the infamous level ‘No Russian’ where the play can gun down unarmed civilians, if they so choose. So apparently at 10.30 in the morning during the school holidays, it’s fine to show scenes from an 18 rated game to set context of how it causes violence, which goes in some way the level ignorance of all involved in the programme on the subject being discussed.”
Guns and knives don’t kill people, videogames do. Stay informed, stay safe!
