17 yrs old guy.....killed 15 people because of the depression!

@bombshell (11256)
Germany
March 13, 2009 3:19am CST
in Germany last march 11 2009 a 17 yrs old guy killed 15 people and so many injured because of the depression. what we heared and saw in tv the reason was he was a computer freak, playing games online then till the time he has no connection and he is angry.so he used his father ´s gun and killed the innocent people.somehow computer is good but its bad too to those who spend time on it but i gues this situation depends on the parents then right?so whats your ipinion about this matter?its realy scary.not only germany happened things like this but the whole world goes crazy!
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27 responses
• Belgium
13 Mar 09
Uhm.. yeah I heard about that too. Creepy though. At times like this you can't expect more worse than that. Nowadays teenagers are getting more obsessed on the cyberworld to the point that they can never know whats real or not. But I think the parents have a big responsibility on this kind of matter. Maybe that boy just don't get much attention from his parents.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
thats also possible so all in all its parents fault
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
we also blame the one who invented that games.
• Belgium
13 Mar 09
yeah. And now, most of the online games are the shooting games. Violence aren't good for the young adults. Their minds are still fresh and can easily brainwashed by those war games.
@kedves (728)
13 Mar 09
I think its too easy for society to blame things like computers or games or comics ... we should be more able to help children from an early age to ingratiate themselves better into society and for us also to be more understanding and compassionate for others when they are in turmoil .. computers are the new movies were the new comics etc etc yes i know some can become affected but the point is surely we should notice this BEFORE they are affected and not blame things after ..
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
agree but somehow its parents fault but they late the guy spending time in computer instead of guiding him in his nice future
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
i mean they let the guy
@kedves (728)
16 Mar 09
maybe the parents should have spotted soemthing but you know its easy to hide things with people closer to you and maybe the school he attended would have had a different view of his social skills and realised that he needed help .. its just a shame these things happen too late .
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
13 Mar 09
thats just awful! And kids I dont care what age need to get away from puter several hours a day and not get so into it that they do this kind of thing!
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
14 Mar 09
yikes that is treible!
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
i agree....if you would se the live situation its like a hollywood movie because after he shoot,he shoot himself when pulis around himit was real big action.
@icegermany (2524)
• India
13 Mar 09
it is really worst on the boy´s part, i dont understand why people just remove frustation on others first of all and killing is really worst. this kind of things started first at virgenia tech in US and there also the boy had killed various students and it is so bad all students are some parents children and those parents have lost their childrens for just unnecessary and silly reasons, due to a phsyco guys like this. and it is really harmfull if we have this kind of violent students in an institute and the management have to do some thing about this before taking childrens. and morever it is always better for parents also to keep their harmfull gadjets away and securly away from childrens. it really scares as even we have to send our childrens for school and if we find this kind of students there it is going to be more harmfull.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
yes its parents fault and also the one who is inventing games online
@fasyahime (629)
• Malaysia
16 Mar 09
wow..i guess for addicted,i think..i am not that obsess to kill people just i can't get what i desire..be patient an work hard to get it,although you have to wait some time to get one..
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
16 Mar 09
• United States
13 Mar 09
I feel that its not the video games or the the internet, I think it has to do with a persons personal demons, Because I am on the internet consistently I don't have those kind of those thoughts and go through that kind of depression. I think it also has to do with how a kid is raised and it also has to do with the person gens.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
13 Mar 09
computer and internet are very useful, but if not used properly it's dangerous. he is a game addict, he spends too much time on it, the game has replaced real life. they might lose connection because they couldn't afford it, that's why addiction is dangerous. he can't accept facts of life anymore. parents have to be careful watch what their kids are doing online.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
yes its parents fault then the one who inventing games.
@bhanusb (5709)
• India
13 Mar 09
It was a very tragic incident.Many children spend their time in computer.Computer is not bad.The bad thing is that now most of the parents don't give time to their children.So the children feel loneliness.It creats depression among them.Parents should give some accompany to thewir children.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
yes its parents fault and the one who is enventing the games online
@Jouhar (409)
• India
13 Mar 09
I have found this news on a newspaper. I think computer games can make an attacking mind in a child
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
that is true and this nintedo DS should also not allowed to the kids because someday they re not satisfied with nintendo then become computer freak.
@akangirl (2436)
• India
13 Mar 09
That guy must be mentally unstable and his parents didn't care much about him it seems.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
looks like it
@nansheeca (215)
• Philippines
13 Mar 09
well i guess it all's fault. they have done things in excess that's why it happened. its all about self-control. i mean the computer is just a computer and the one that manipulates it is the person using it. while the person is using too much of the video games, the parents i guess never even tried guiding his son. but i know its bad to judge because i dont know what really happened but just the same anything excessive can give bad results...tsk tsk tsk
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
the main thing we blame is the parents.its parents responsible to look after thier kids.if parents would have concern about his future maybe it will not happen like this
@Bupler (92)
• Taiwan
13 Mar 09
Wow, this is actually pretty scary. Computers were invented to help us on our daily life or on researching. Now, producers take the advantage of computers and develop playing games. Because of these playing games, people have been killed, just like in this article. This is surely not the first one, but I hope this will be the last one. People are not meant to die just like this. The people killed may have a bright future, we never know, but it is always a good to give them another chance.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
agree but since too much games in her brain so now hes palying the real games.in other hand its parents fault.
• China
13 Mar 09
what does we think of growing up? is it easy or full of adcentures? those we must think more it is good for our growing
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
maybe the guy was growing up in his room with full time computer on his brain
• China
13 Mar 09
even though he is 17 years old but his heart may be only 10-13 because a man with 17 years mind wouldn't do it like this so when people feel he or she grown up may be he or she is wrong
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
he is computer freak thats all .yes some 17 has clear brain and has nice future but this guy who did the big real trouble has problem in his brain in short its parents fault.
@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
5 Aug 09
I don't think that anyone can really blame a pc for someones choice to kill a bunch of ppl. Obviously this guy had problems and decided that killing ppl would solve it. I admit that some ppl get too wrapped up in video games but they usually have problems to begin with. [b]~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**[/b]
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
17 Mar 09
Frankly, I do not attribute it to depression. I attributed it to the addiction to games. The guy is probably too involved in the game such that he loses his sense of reality and behaves as if he is still in visual world. It becomes a habit and way of life. So sad on the addictive nature of gaming.
• United States
17 Mar 09
i think some people will be crazy and do crazy things no matter what they may be obsessed with.. if his parents had never let him get obsessed with the internet/pc he may have just found something else to get obsessed with.. so its not the internets fault.. i do think his parents may be to blame somewhat for not watching him closer but some people thats impossible to do
@nini89 (670)
• India
16 Mar 09
Killing innocent people how scary and dangerous. How about the guys life now he has spoiled himself. That too he is only 17 sure it is the fault of the parent who has not given much attention when he is in computer, they should have stopped him. keep mylotting and have a nice day.
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
13 Mar 09
Why computer is to blame? He became sort of addict and could not control his anger and frustration for not having connection. This is too much. Bang own head on the wall instead but why kill innocent people? This is the height the young generation has reached. Now is the time we really saw into the heart of the matters or it would be too late.
@bombshell (11256)
• Germany
13 Mar 09
yes the new generation has more time to their fancy games like playing games online or spending time in computer but parents should also check about thier kids
@csrobins (1120)
• United States
16 Mar 09
The only person to blame directly is the guy himself. Everyone has the ability to make right choices and bad choices. He chose very badly. It is so sad he killed other people too. Being around no one else a lot of times and make you depressed. He just happened to play computer games in his spare time. He could have been reading a book or cleaning his room for fun, but there is no more connecetion there to his actions thn the computer games. He probably just need to talk to people about what was going on not keeping it in.