Can you shout “fire!” in a crowded movie house? Yes. Yes you can. If there’s a fire. If doing so does not create injury or death. Can you create a videogame where players can pretend to be a spree killer massacring people – in graphic detail – at a school? Yes. Yes you can. But I would not want to be this game’s producers if some nutcase uses it to prepare for a real spree killing. And I would not want my daughter going to school with anyone who played Hatred. But . . . .
the company, Destructive Creations, has a right to create, market and sell this game. And people have a right to play it. You could even argue that the game’s revolting violence is a wake-up call to those who haven’t contemplated the full horror of a school shooter (the Sandy Hook slaughter was never graphically recreated). We know what the NRA would/will say.
What’s your take on this stomach-churning “entertainment”? [h/t Danny]