Scary stuff.

[LuciusBeebe]

http://www.n4g.com/gaming/News-80236.aspx

Teen hires 'hit man' after parents confiscate PlayStation

"In Leonardtown, Maryland, a 17-year-old boy admitted in court Friday to trying to hire a hit man to kill his parents after he reportedly became angry at them for confiscating his PlayStation. According to police, Cory Ryder, 17, told the mother of one of his friends that he wanted his parents dead. The woman contacted authorities and detectives decided to set up a sting. Ryder was told to meet with a police officer posing as a hit man at a hotel. That’s where he offered the undercover officer his stepfather’s new pickup truck as payment for killing his parents," the article states....

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Nice kid.

[james_t]

No doubt a regular player of Grand Theft Auto.

[ebbieday]

http://www.n4g.com/gaming/News-80236.aspx

Teen hires 'hit man' after parents confiscate PlayStation

"In Leonardtown, Maryland, a 17-year-old boy admitted in court Friday to trying to hire a hit man to kill his parents after he reportedly became angry at them for confiscating his PlayStation. According to police, Cory Ryder, 17, told the mother of one of his friends that he wanted his parents dead. The woman contacted authorities and detectives decided to set up a sting. Ryder was told to meet with a police officer posing as a hit man at a hotel. That’s where he offered the undercover officer his stepfather’s new pickup truck as payment for killing his parents," the article states....

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Nice kid.

Sounds like someone should have started whippin' this kid's arse many years ago. Spoiled brat! Now he's going to jail. Smart move.

[ebbieday]

No doubt a regular player of Grand Theft Auto.


Hold the phone there, James. My two boys still at home play that game and I can tell you neither one of them would pay someone to kill me for taking the system away. I have done it before and I would do it again, if need be. You are blaming a game for a teenager's actions. Much like blaming song lyrics for suicides and murder. Tsk tsk!

[james_t]

Hold the phone there, James. My two boys still at home play that game and I can tell you neither one of them would pay someone to kill me for taking the system away. I have done it before and I would do it again, if need be. You are blaming a game for a teenager's actions. Much like blaming song lyrics for suicides and murder. Tsk tsk!

Actually just trying to get a discussion along that line going. I tried to click from the link Lucius posted to get the full story, but it wasn't working, so I couldn't figure out what other factors may have been involved.

We're all responsible for our own actions. The question is how much do such things play a part? Any thoughts?

[Night Fire]

We're all responsible for our own actions. The question is how much do such things play a part? Any thoughts?

Very good point
We live in a society where it seems to be acceptable to blame other people and things for our actions. The car didn't make me drive drunk, neither was it the bartender, or the beer commercial on the TV,
BUT
Maybe it was that can that twisted my arm!

[LuciusBeebe]

No doubt a regular player of Grand Theft Auto.

Oh James, that's low-hangin' fruit, man.

[miriam]

If any of my kids ever tried to pay off someone to bump me off because I took away their playstation I would take away their gamecube, xbox and the WII!!

And what do you mean?? People are responsible for their own actions?? Come on! It must be society's fault or the government's or the violence on TV or he didn't get burped properly when he was an infant.

[matt_s]

Ok, for now I'll take the nurture side of the argument. It's the parents fault. Yes, I think they managed to raised a teenager who wanted his parents out of his life....

Oh wait... hmm that covers just about every teenager I've ever known, though none of them threatened to speed up the process through the use of a hitman.

[Night Fire]

Ok, for now I'll take the nurture side of the argument. It's the parents fault. Yes, I think they managed to raised a teenager who wanted his parents out of his life....

Oh wait... hmm that covers just about every teenager I've ever known, though none of them threatened to speed up the process through the use of a hitman.

How does a teenager go about finding a good hitman?

[matt_s]

Probably Craigslist - apparantly you can find prostitues there...

[Night Fire]

Probably Craigslist - apparantly you can find prostitues there...

Your jumping threads now

[armyda]

How does a teenager go about finding a good hitman?

I don't know about where to find one, but if you wanted a teen hitman I suppose you could offer an I-Pod as the payment.:rolleyes:

[Night Fire]

We have payment method and where to find one
are we playing CLUE

[matt_s]

Your jumping threads now

It's a small world...

[armyda]

It's a small world...

From me and all the others now stuck with that song playing over and over in our heads.

Thanks for nothing.

[matt_s]

Hey, for this too work, we all have to do our parts. I'm just glad I was able to do small part...

hmmmmm hmm hmmmm hmmm hmmmm hm hmmmmmmm:)

[Night Fire]

Is that kinda like the song that never ends, it goes on and on my friend

[LuciusBeebe]

How does a teenager go about finding a good hitman?

Apparently they're all cops.

[Night Fire]

Apparently they're all cops.

interesting, all hitmen are cops!
So if the cops are the criminals, who arrests them?

[LuciusBeebe]

interesting, all hitmen are cops!
So if the cops are the criminals, who arrests them?



http://www.imagepup.com/up/usBL_1194313649_night.jpg

[Night Fire]

Let's hope that is not a self portrait, kinda looks like barney rubble LOL