Five Years Later, Mum In Warcraft Neglect Death Goes To Prison

17 responses to “Five Years Later, Mum In Warcraft Neglect Death Goes To Prison”

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   ray martin

   June 4, 2011 at 2:51 pm

   bit strange not to include the last 2 paragraphs from the original story (mother overcome with remorse/regret and deeply sorry), obviously a deeply troubled woman.

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      Suihaira

      June 4, 2011 at 9:17 pm

      I don’t care if she is remorseful. If she had taken the kid to hospital before she died and was remorseful I would care but its too little too late.
      She ignored a child crying in hunger for a game.

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         Switch296

         June 5, 2011 at 7:11 am

         She obviously had deep mental issues dude, you can’t look at it from a morale standpoint the same as if you or me did something like this.

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         ray martin

         June 5, 2011 at 9:35 am

         higher…moral… reasoning…. cant…teach….

         I won’t post again on this topic but I’ll just try to reiterate what I was driving at, that this was another person who had problems BEFORE they started playing WoW and WoW just emphasised them. There is no warning on the box of a mmo that “this reality is easier and better than yours”. I’ll give you an example, I have a friend who pulled out of high school very early on and was a very troubled guy, but later went to University and did extremely well. I didn’t introduce him to WoW because I didn’t think he’d be able to play responsibly, but another friend in our circle did. Long story short the troubled friend wound up in hospital on a drip after a nonstop WoW binge.

         Now I’m not saying I went into psychology because I was tired of seeing lives destroyed by a game that carries no warning of just how seductive it can be to people who have a pre existing condition (I once kicked a guy out of an arathi basin team because he was complaining to me of chest pains and said he hadn’t slept in 2 days). I’m also not saying that my doctorate is an attempt to get a warning label on MMOs, what I am saying is that it was (imo) irresponsible of the author to leave out a basic summary of the woman’s point of view, because somebody like you would come along and say, herp derp this evil woman is evil now shes going to jail justice is done derp.

         ah who am I kidding this comment will be deleted anyway.

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            Ben Jones

            June 6, 2011 at 8:08 am

            I couldn’t give a rats ass what problems this stupid woman has, nor do I feel any sympathy for her. You pacifists are all the same, cry out in defense of the perpetrator while pointing the finger at those condemning their actions, with straw man absurdities.

            Go give Martin Bryant a big hug for all the Tasmanian Citizens, I’m sure they’d appreciate it, because he’s a troubled little soul that needs love and understanding. And after you’ve done that, politely douse yourself in petrol and run toward a naked flame, preferably one being lit by another dim witted pacifist scumbag.

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         Mr State Trooper

         June 6, 2011 at 5:16 am

         This is truly unbelievable… How the hell does something like this happen!?! This is the fault of the bleeding heart, weak and naive section of our society… There are some people that will never be right… As bad as it sounds we need to pitch the infirm and unaware off the cliff…

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   Esty

   June 4, 2011 at 8:40 pm

   I hate reading about these tragic stories..

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   1. 

      Valor

      June 5, 2011 at 7:24 am

      You got to learn about the dark side of the moon so you know it’s there.

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      Sagarat

      June 5, 2011 at 5:56 pm

      I think that the mother’s feeling have little to do with this story. She killed her daughter through pure neglect, and she is being punished for it. Her feeling don’t matter at all.

      Sure, as you say, she may be different from other people, but that difference means that she is the type of person that starves her daughter to death.

      Why should we feel any differently because average people would not do something so cruel?

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   Chucky D

   June 5, 2011 at 8:31 am

   Ah, Selection just how I like it, Au Naturale

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   Sam Timmins

   June 5, 2011 at 1:30 pm

   25 YEARS?

   Bitch deserves LIFE and be thankful it’s not 1980!
   (She’d have FRIED.)

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      Ben Jones

      June 6, 2011 at 8:27 am

      I believe in legal terms that “Life in Prison” = your entire life behind bars, and a “Life Sentence” = 23 – 25 years in prison.

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   Dissection

   June 5, 2011 at 7:50 pm

   Reading the article and with what Ray said…

   This is why the human race is failing so miserably. Forget “care” and “rehabilitation” for people born with these mental issues. We should cull them. We’re the only species on the planet who doesn’t cull.

   A species is only as strong as it’s weakest members. Raise the bar and be stronger for it. Imagine the lengths medicinal science could go to if funding and time wasn’t spent focussing on pre-existing conditions.

   It’s terribly sad that the child died and under such avoidable circumstances but a person like that mother should not have been allowed to bring a child into this world in the first place.

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   1. 

      Milton

      June 5, 2011 at 10:18 pm

      My eyes have frostbite from how unbelievably cold that comment was

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      weresmurf

      June 6, 2011 at 6:32 am

      Yeah but unfortunately like god, humans destroyed natural selection when they created medicine. With that invention we proceeded to increase lifespans, live healthier (for a while) etc. I’m sure you’re a paragon of fitness and wouldn’t be the first to be culled aye? 😉

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   Blayde

   June 6, 2011 at 10:45 am

   Why is the father being charged?

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      Ben Jones

      June 6, 2011 at 1:48 pm

      Probably because it would take a serious fwit to leave a child in the care of that idiot.

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