They're going to blame gamers for this arent they
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Probably, but I'm more annoyed that that defense worked. I also saw a headline of someone (Muslim I think) being let off because he didn't know rape was illegal. Then we have sexual emergencies, and all the other bullshit. It's amazing the shit you can get away with if you're a protected class; rape, murder, terrorism, theft, the list goes on and on.
Yup.
Khateebulla Mirza.
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I will say, not to make light of the rape...I'm glad he wasn't 'compelled' to do anything worse. Break into a room with a meat-cleaver...? That can go much worse, and I'm glad it didn't. Scary shit. And stupid justice system. Not that I expect anything else, out of Australia or anywhere else.
This precedent could very well lead to a new legal defense strategy. An NPC defense: I was just following the code.
I was compelled to shake fruit trees and sell the fruit to the nearest raccoon
He's right. It's in the koran.
If they were both "players" dude would be absolutely responsible for his actions. What a crock of shit.
Yeah, it is pretty absurd.
"I thought I was playing a game, so I had no control over my actions," says man who has never played a video game.
Not a "player", a "player character". There's still a puppet master controlling his strings in his (warped) mind. I wouldn't expect a judge or prosecutor or journalist to be able to grasp that distinction.
He's still completely off his rocker and doesn't deserve a place in civilized society, but there's still a twisted logic there.
Even in an actual game, there is a choice to do an action for not.
Poor guy was stuck in a “press F to pay respects” situation
"My cat was sitting on the keyboard, bro!"