TheTrenchcoat Chronicles

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  • Columbine Lawsuit Appeal

    Columbine Lawsuit Appeal

    Appeal of Columbine settlement rejected:

    Seems like we have some news tonight after all. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Michael and Vonda Shoels, parents of Isaiah Shoels who was killed at Columbine, cannot back out of a settlement with the parents of our favorite rotting in hell killer scumbags Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold.

    The Shoelses say that the family accepted the settlement because of a mistake made at their lawyer’s office. Which may be entirely true.

    However, what gets me is that between the 13 families and others, the settlement is only $1.6 million. I know you could never put a price on losing a family member, but $1.6M between dozens of people seems like an insult to me.

    Another term of the settlement was that the families would drop lawsuits against the Harrises and Klebolds for letting their mutant offspring stockpile weapons. It sounds like the families may not have been well represented. And speaking of shady lawyering check out this quote from the Klebolds’ lawyer…

    “We hope this means the end of Columbine lawsuits and that the healing in the community continues,” said Frank Patterson, attorney for the Klebolds.

    Translation: Please stop suing my clients because if they don’t have any money I don’t get paid. Spare me. As we’ve all heard, the Klebolds don’t think they did anything wrong and offer no apologies. They don’t want the community to heal. They just want the community off their backs because they feel like they’ve done nothing wrong. I guess you can see where their kid got his fucked up priorities.

  • Grand Theft Assclown II

    Grand Theft Assclown II

    Grand Theft Assclown II:

    I said it and someone must have been listening. Let me quote the article…

    The family of a slain motorist has filed suit against the maker of a video game that two teens claim inspired them to shoot at passing cars on a Tennessee highway.

    So the family of the victim is suing the makers of GTA because of two assclown kids who went on a shooting spree after playing it. If these kids had watched a movie, would they be suing the movie company? If anybody should be sued, it should be the dumbass parents.

    According to the article, a September 2000 Federal Trade Commission report says that parents are present at and involved in the purchase or rental of games 83 percent of the time. And where did these kids get the gun? Michael Moore probably thinks that they got it at their local Circle K.

    These kids obviously had something wrong with them, to begin with, and the video game is not the root of the problem.

  • However Much It Was, It Wasn’t Enough

    However Much It Was, It Wasn’t Enough

    Families of Columbine victims settle with gunmen’s parents:

    The terms of the settlement were undisclosed but listen to this quote…

    The families’ attorney, Barry Arrington, argued that the Klebolds and Harrises were liable for not being aware of or not doing anything about the gunplay and bombmaking activities of their sons.

    How anyone can disagree with that statement is beyond me. As far as I’m concerned, they should be charged with 13 counts of manslaughter, but unfortunately, life isn’t like Law and Order.

  • Columbine Families Sue Video Game Manufacturers

    Columbine Families Sue Video Game Manufacturers

    I read this article today about some of the families of the Columbine shooting victims are suing video game manufacturers. They are singling out the popular game “Doom” specifically. As usual, I will preface this by saying again my heart goes out to the victims’ families. Not a day goes by where I don’t pray for them. But I think their latest efforts are misguided. Suing the video game manufacturers for the billions they’re asking for just seems a little too much to me.

    The video games are not to blame. To me, the blame lies squarely on the parents of Harris and Klebold. For those of you who may not know in Doom, you are a “space marine” and you go around shooting aliens with big guns and the aliens bleed red blood.

    It is a pretty violent game. I’ve played it a few times myself. This is not a game for kids or teens. When I first played it, the game was clearly rated “M” for mature. Meaning, only 17+ should play the game. If I caught my son playing this game, he’d be grounded until his wedding day. The game did not make these kids killers. Egomania and inattentive parents did. If they should sue anybody it should be the parents, which they already did and won, or the retailers who sold them this game, or whoever bought it for them.

    I hate to say this but suing the video game manufacturers looks like some ambulance chasing lawyer whispered into their ears. It looks very opportunistic.