Teen kills Mother over Playstation

[Vintniv]

Source: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/br...41209.html?c=r

So, thoughts?

[Kusuke]

It's weird what some people will do when they are pushed to emotional extremes. He did react typically for an older kid though, by that I mean he tried to cover up what he did using methods that didn't make any sense.

[Shinn Kamiyra]

Lucke said that Anderson expressed remorse for the crime and told him: "If I could, I would not do it again. I really miss my mom... she was the only person who cared for me."

Pitiful. Quite pitiful.

[Elukien]

lolwut?

That is just disturbing, to think that people get so emotional over a console.

[DOOM!]

lol, first iPods, now PS's. Now what next?

loldongs!

[Meteorkeeper]

Words escape me,
I can’t call this an emotional outburst that turned fatal due to the fact that he thought about doing it beforehand while pacing outside his mothers room.
You also haft to take into account that he doesn’t feel any regret for the act of murder just that he chose his mom as the target witch means he wont think twice about doing it again to someone he dislikes or doesn’t know.

[animeyay]

Shocking, but not surprising. People today, adults and kids alike, would kill over the pettiest thing imaginable.

[Videogamer555]

Clearly a truly sick person. He should be put in the electric chair.

[Anoleis]

He beat her with a claw hammer 20 times and it didn't kill her? I have to give the woman props for that. I weep for society when an 11th grader doesn't know that you can't properly cremate a body in a conventional oven. Woe be the future of serial killers!

[Brewmaster]

That is just the beginning. There are a lot of stories similar to this where children go nuts over a game or in this case a console. We will be seeing more and more of this crap in the near future. It will go to that extent that it will become a normal thing and will just be punished like a normal murder. My 2 cents.

[Lily Rock]

And this is why kids, we can't have nice things.

 

Seriously sick though, I've punched a hole in a wall once but this is just sad actually =/

[TadashiED]

Honestly, I will never understand why people would go to such lengths...over a video game console. Like, wtf is going through your mind (clearly nothing that makes sense). But really, you need to be super crazy in the head or your emotions must be uncontrollable if you go this far for something so meager. I would never be able to do that to my mother.

RIP.

[Robin Sena]

If only teens never existed........

[Skilero]

To be honest, I only think these teenagers are turning up because they have mental illnesses that would develop in later years even if they never had a video gaming console. The Playstation, in this case, was simply a stimulant to his derangement. This is why that in times where such rapid growth of a mental disease is possible, people should look out for eachother and try to assist those who aren't stable. This is a sad reminder that we all have to learn to recognize the signs of mental illness. Not to say that this particular case could've been stopped by doing so, but many others wouldn't have to happen.

I do hope he can turn around and change his life. I don't think his mother would want him to remain in his current state for the rest of his life.

[Aleyna]

He has some psychological problems, since he thought about doing that before he did it.

People kill other people in countries for the person's food, money, identification, shoes, cell phones, mp3 players, jewelery, and other items. People get pretty desperate for things...

[blueangel06661]

When my electronics got taken away [ipod/phone] I went searching through my moms underwear drawer.. And found them... She didn't really catch on.

[.Sev]

According to Anderson's statement, the 11th grader at Daniel Boone School in North Philadelphia paced for about three hours in his South Philadelphia home trying to decide if he should kill his mother.

This crime gets me, but this almost does more. He considered that murdering her would be the best solution after three hours of thought. So it wasn't just an impulse made out of anger. I just can't imagine being so attached to an object that I would even think of killing someone over it, no matter what it was, especially a mother who "was the only person who cared for me". Sure, I've gotten angry when my stuff was taken away, but this never even came to mind.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

This reminds me of the thing where a kid named Kyle contracted a hitman to kill his parents for him back in 2008. when his parents took away his PS3. v_v

Kids these days...

[Alphabet]

GOD.DAMN. I hate my generation, overreacting on minor items like this. Future generations will spur genocides like bam.
ooshy ooshy ooshy

[Light Buster]

GOD.DAMN. I hate my generation, overreacting on minor items like this. Future generations will spur genocides like bam.
ooshy ooshy ooshy

Welcome to Generation-Y.

Okay, I would argue or something but to kill someone, that would be going too far...

[under the rain]

That's... disturbing. Good lord, this is what our generation will do for entertainment?

[Wio]

To be honest, I only think these teenagers are turning up because they have mental illnesses that would develop in later years even if they never had a video gaming console. The Playstation, in this case, was simply a stimulant to his derangement. This is why that in times where such rapid growth of a mental disease is possible, people should look out for eachother and try to assist those who aren't stable. This is a sad reminder that we all have to learn to recognize the signs of mental illness. Not to say that this particular case could've been stopped by doing so, but many others wouldn't have to happen.

I do hope he can turn around and change his life. I don't think his mother would want him to remain in his current state for the rest of his life.

It's not video games, it's the lack of a father. Fathers keep boys in check. He didn't have a male role model. A part of him thought it was acceptable behavior.

[Miss Moonlight]

There had to be something wrong with this turd to begin with.

Normal, well-adjusted kids don't go on a murderous rampage when their parents take their stuff away.

Hope he enjoys those points though.

[Shinn Kamiyra]

There had to be something wrong with this turd to begin with.

Normal, well-adjusted kids don't go on a murderous rampage when their parents take their stuff away.

Hope he enjoys those points though.

Hope the thought itself will be enough for the child where he's going. Can't imagine as his new 'buddies' will take too kindly to the fact of a child killing his mother over a gaming console. -Shrugs-

[Anuket]

Sad, so sad. OTZ

Our generation is gradually moving in a very sick phase, it's just so pitiful. What was he really thinking? O_o?!