@InEMplease said:
@MirkoS77: You want to broaden the horizons of how this could have happened and then try to blame video games, which is about as narrow as it gets.
What punishment would you administer?
I’m not blaming video games, that’s reductionist, and if that’s what you’re taking from my post you’re not reading it fully, or at best selectively. Me bringing gaming into the picture is only to highlight the lack of mental capacity a 10 year old operates by in their views and decision making in the world, which is what my argument is predicated upon. It’s how people with diminished or ill developed mental capacity think. They don’t yet understand the consequences of their actions to other people, or in broader context.
Which is exactly why they say after they shoot someone through their head, “oh yeah, gee whiz guys I’m sorry about that…hey, has my VR headset arrived yet?”
At that age and given that statement, I am much more predisposed to believe a lack of development is responsible in lacking the ability to understand the consequences of one’s actions, both to themselves and others, rather than sociopathy or intentional cruelty.
As for punishment, again, for the age, I’m leaning towards rehabilitation rather than long-term punitive measures. Yes, he should be put away until 18 or 21 and given psychiatric treatment and evaluation during that time. But locked up until he’s a geriatric? No, I don’t agree.
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