Post: Call of Duty Pulled from Norway Stores
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08-04-2011, 07:41 PM
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The Open Minded
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Following the tragic massacre in Norway, Call of Duty has been pulled from two major retailers. Not only has Call of Duty been removed from shelves, but other violent first person shooters have also been pulled.
One of the stores, called Coop, made a statement saying:
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"In light of Friday's horrific events, and out of respect for those affected, we have chosen to remove selected items from our range."
Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: World at War Platinum, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Classic, Homefront, Sniper: Ghost Warrior, Counter-Strike Source, and World of Warcraft have all been pulled from the store shelves at Coop.
Another store chain called Platekompaniet has also removed various shooters and other games from it's shelves.
Although the shooter from the incident, Anders Breivik, stated he had very little interest in first person shooters, he did state:
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[Modern Warfare 2 was] "part of my training simulation…You can more or less completely simulate actual operations."
Breivik did spend a lot of time using video games, but he was more geared towards RPGs and fantasy titles. He was a self proclaimed World of Warcraft addict. It is believed he made the claims of addiction to cover up the time he spent meticulously planning his attack.
So what are your opinions? Do you think that these games should have been pulled due to the attack? Are his claims that he used violent, first person shooters to plan his attack justification enough to deprive consumers of a product that they have the right to purchase?
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08-04-2011, 07:49 PM
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Booshykins
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The stores obviously did this with good intentions, and what happened was tragic, but I still don't agree with it.
(Theoretically) I could go to a mall, shoot a few people up in the name of Christianity, and nothing would happen. Christians would deny any affiliation or agreement with my actions, and bibles would just keep on selling.
I don't see why it should be any different with gamers and video games.
(Theoretically) I could go to a mall, shoot a few people up in the name of Christianity, and nothing would happen. Christians would deny any affiliation or agreement with my actions, and bibles would just keep on selling.
I don't see why it should be any different with gamers and video games.
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08-04-2011, 07:56 PM
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xCurbStomper
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I don't really see the reasoning behind this. I understand what happened in Norway was a horrific event, but this is just absurd. I personally can't understand why they would do that? It's taking away from their profit, and taking away from the gamer as well.
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08-04-2011, 08:41 PM
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Pichu
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Originally posted by Collin
The stores obviously did this with good intentions, and what happened was tragic, but I still don't agree with it.
(Theoretically) I could go to a mall, shoot a few people up in the name of Christianity, and nothing would happen. Christians would deny any affiliation or agreement with my actions, and bibles would just keep on selling.
I don't see why it should be any different with gamers and video games.
(Theoretically) I could go to a mall, shoot a few people up in the name of Christianity, and nothing would happen. Christians would deny any affiliation or agreement with my actions, and bibles would just keep on selling.
I don't see why it should be any different with gamers and video games.
Seriously. There are millions of people who play these games, you're bound to get a couple here and there who take it literally though or use it for devilish plots...
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