As we reported before anti-video game campaigners in America have already tried to link the NUI Campus shooting with video game violence. Here the president of the Entertainment Consumers Association has issued a statement against attempts to link the tragedy with video games.
From Game Politics courtesy of the Melon Farmers:
The Entertainment Consumers Association president Hal Halpin has issued a statement about the Illinois school shootings: We are disgusted, but no longer shocked, to find that anti-game activists are again rushing to conclusions about what drove Stephen Kazmierczak, the clearly disturbed 27-year-old who police say was responsible for this tragedy, to commit such an act.
Blaming video games for the behavior of the mentally-challenged is vile on many levels. And, as Generations X and Y mature, it is extremely likely that just about all of us have played at least one video game at some point in our lives.
Drawing a parallel between games and violence without any substantive proof is sensationalism for its own sake. This is a sad event, made worse by the irresponsible actions of attention-seekers and the media that has given them a platform for their reckless venom.
