Games caused London riots - Gallagher

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Games are blamed for violence again, this time by rock star Noel Gallagher for the London riots, which have seen a bunch of rowdy youths burn their own city for seemingly no reason.

"We live in this age of violence — and I don’t care what other people say: Brutal TV and brutal video games are a reason for this pointless violence as well,” Gallagher told Bang Showbiz via News Junkie.

"The people are immune to violence, they are used to it. And if they get caught they aren’t punished the right way. The prisons are already full? Then build new ones!"

Gallagher, the former guitarist and songwriter for Oasis and now solo act, has never liked games in the past. He has attributed them to violence before and his most favourable comment towards a video game suggested Guitar Hero was only marginally better than two goblins trying to shove a laser beam into an area of a donkey that may limit its exposure to sunshine - originally phrased in a less family friendly manor.

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Ben

15/08/2011

twitter.com/Ben_Salter | Dennis, your mule is shit. I am no longer turned on by mules.

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M@ndyz

some people are so dumb

15/08/2011

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l3ailey

[Facepalm]

Wow.

15/08/2011

Need a new signature? Why not Zoidberg? (\/)_(°,,,°)_(\/)

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winga26

15/08/2011

GET YOUR BLOOD PUMPING - GO SWANS!

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Helloween6

Noel Gallagher who is this idiot he must be in a real gay band

15/08/2011

Adelaide, Seaford

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zzhn

And guitar hero made me a rock god give me a break [Facepalm]

15/08/2011

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ZePpLiNs

15/08/2011

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renagadez

Ben said:

Nah. No one's ever been shot in the city.
lolololol

isnt this guy a crack head or something?

15/08/2011

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Silence

Helloween6 said: Noel Gallagher who is this idiot he must be in a real gay band

Never heard of Oasis? Kids...

Regarding the article, It disappoints me when people make such matter-of-fact statements that I don't agree with.

15/08/2011

I'm from the Internet. Nothing I say is original.

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maxiboy

I'm sure they blamed music for violence 20/30 years ago. Society always looks for scapegoats.

15/08/2011

Sydney, NSW

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Dicky

Everyones entitled to an opinion. But the riots have more to do with the lack of disipline kids get these days in the UK. I mean its actually against the law to smack a child, no more caning at schools, interfering social workers. God your bearly allowed to shout at a child now. Plus the jail time given to offenders is laughable. I also think hanging needs to come back for the worst offenders. Violence in games doesnt help but thats were parents need to be punished for letting their kids have access to said titles.

15/08/2011

Sesame Street

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renagadez

theres a solution to all of this

batman

15/08/2011

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Seanybruz

Sounds like all the

has finally caught up with this old school rocker :P

Social media would have more of an influence on the riots than gaming.

There's so much hate on sites like FB etc just need to look at the rants that go on between people bickering on pages, some of it's quite funny to see how stupid mankind can be ^_^

Typical baby boomers hating on things they don't understand damn you interwebz!

15/08/2011

Adelaide

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Matador

You have got to be kidding me, you know what Im just gonna save my breathe. no words can desribe stupidity.

15/08/2011

WHERE BROOKLYN AT ! WHERE BROOKLYN AT !

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abujaffer

15/08/2011

3D world... where everything, even flat stuff, are in 3D.

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Dicky

Seanybruz said: Sounds like all the has finally caught up with this old school rocker
Social media would have more of an influence on the riots than gaming.
There's so much hate on sites like FB etc just need to look at the rants that go on between people bickering on pages, some of it's quite funny to see how stupid mankind can be
Typical baby boomers hating on things they don't understand damn you interwebz!

Thats true i forgot about social media

15/08/2011

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danceondth

Hey dick whoops Noel You are a loser go back to your gay 2 chord progression faggot acoustic shit and f... off. Guitar hero had more ability and finger pushing than any of his songs put together. Wankers like this make it impossible for 18 plus games in Australia.

15/08/2011

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RSOP

[Facepalm] I would have blamed the warriors game :P

15/08/2011

www.youtube.com/thepapadumgeek (Melbourne)

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Matrix6

Don't look back in anger Noel. Rock n roll music was the devils music back in....whenever it was. *continues to listen to Magic Pie*

15/08/2011

Yo habría sido completo, total y perdidamente enamorada de ti...

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archr1val

Ok Mr. Gallagher, Lets forget about the Police killing that bloke. What a bloody imbecile *DELETES ALL OASIS TRACKS ON ITUNES*

Videogames are the bane of all evil [Facepalm]

I seriously thought this article was a joke...

15/08/2011

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Seanybruz

RSOP said: I would have blamed the warriors game

The Warriors was an awesome game back in the PS2 era, they should make a sequel it was the closest thing to a 3D double dragon *_*

15/08/2011

Adelaide

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Leasha

Tossbag.

15/08/2011

In your house touching your stuff.

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Helloween6

Silence said:
Helloween6 said: Noel Gallagher who is this idiot he must be in a real gay band
Never heard of Oasis? Kids...
Regarding the article, It disappoints me when people make such matter-of-fact statements that I don't agree with.

like i said gay man in a gay band and isnt this coming from a man that kicked his fans in the face and spat at them way to go wanker you r a true hero if anyone thinks that games cause violence then they are stupid people and belong in a zoo

15/08/2011

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jotendo

If anyone else but Noel said this I tell them to STFU, but he is a wise and smart man. And I do agree with him to some point.
He said they are 'a' cause of this, not 'the' entire cause.

@Helloween6
You have no idea what your talking about, shut up please.

16/08/2011

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kiryuu

maxiboy said: I'm sure they blamed music for violence 20/30 years ago. Society always looks for scapegoats.

16/08/2011

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matthewii

the man can say what ever he wants he was in the greatest band of all time

16/08/2011

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zzhn

matthewii said: the man can say what ever he wants he was in the greatest band of all time

Yes he can have a opinion but he baiscly generalised all games.
People that don't know what they are talking about should really just stick to what they know. We have the exact same problem with polies :P

16/08/2011

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Dicky

jotendo said:
@Helloween6
You have no idea what your talking about, shut up please.

^This lol [Facepalm]

16/08/2011

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Matador

matthewii said: the man can say what ever he wants he was in the greatest band of all time

16/08/2011

WHERE BROOKLYN AT ! WHERE BROOKLYN AT !

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DerekRyan

RSOP said: I would have blamed the warriors game

THE WARRIORS for PS2.
i loved that game o_o
amazing.

sorta reminds me of the london riots though LOL.
games dont cause people to do stupid stuff like this..
its there own fault. Not everyone plays games.

16/08/2011

NSW, Sydney, Wakeley.

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Helloween6

matthewii said: the man can say what ever he wants he was in the greatest band of all time

Please this is not the place to tell jokes greatest band blah the greatest crap band of all time and his music has caused violence

16/08/2011

Adelaide, Seaford

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Dusty Lids

Lol oasis a rock band???? really? more like pop rock or pop.

Sorry Gallagher not everyone can be famous we need to do something with out free time.

Smoking is bad?
Drinking is bad?
Gaming is bad?
Tv is bad?

Wtf is the point of life then? lol

16/08/2011

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Helloween6

Dusty Lids said: Lol oasis a rock band???? really? more like pop rock or pop.
Sorry Gallagher not everyone can be famous we need to do something with out free time.
Smoking is bad?
Drinking is bad?
Gaming is bad?
Tv is bad?
Wtf is the point of life then? lol

Well said

16/08/2011

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Dusty Lids

jotendo said: If anyone else but Noel said this I tell them to STFU, but he is a wise and smart man. And I do agree with him to some point.
He said they are 'a' cause of this, not 'the' entire cause.
@Helloween6
You have no idea what your talking about, shut up please.

So this music pop star is the smartest man alive by your logic. Oasis has 1 good song...

16/08/2011

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Beta

While I don't think games caused the riots, I think it's naive to suggest that violent videogames haven't caused at least a little desensitizing of violence in young people in today's society. To ignore the level of violence in some game and any possible consequences it might have on an individual is particularly damaging imo, and we should be looking to better educate non-gamers, as opposed to simply just telling them to piss off, or getting really angry whenever they diss games. Let's get a mature, logical and unbiased insight into the affect videogames might have on individual, so we can better monitor them and keep them out of the hands of those vulnerable in society.

I don't think gamers really help this issue, nor any other issues surrounding the industry, purely because the ways in which some gamers approach these concerns read more like angry protesters that have investment in the industry, rather than people that have legitimate arguments to back up their disagreement. The same can be said about the R18+ discussion. No wonder it took so long. Gamers seemed to think that an adult rating would change everything and make games legit, but it's not going to stop people from creating games that rely on nothing but violence to offer entertainment, and those games will still be banned. The way the media and gamers have approached the issue has done anything but progressed the possibility of an adult rating, because there has been a distinctive void of round-tables, group discussions and public tutorials discussing the pros and cons about an adult rating. It's just been, "WE NEED AN ADULT RATING!" from gamers. But why do we need it? Very few gamers and media have actually answered that by looking at both arguments.

Let's get real, people. His comments here are not totally left field. He is making a broad comment that violence is all too accessible in society, which is definitely correct imo. It's not a mutually exclusive instigator, but I definitely think games have some affect on the ways in which people approach situations that have/may turn violent.

16/08/2011

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Aeschylus

i blame oasis, these guys are the teddy bears of the music industry... i spose it's been awhile since he's head butted someone or beat up his brother.

16/08/2011

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Seanybruz

Tano nice rant but instead of trying to link it with a different debate about R18 games what say you about the relevant counter argument I provided that social networking played a bigger part in the riots than gaming?

Unless of course all those degenerates that organised the whole thing did it via PSN or XBL during a COD session which in that case Noel might actually have a leg to stand on :P

@Aeschylus lolz

16/08/2011

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Helloween6

Seanybruz said: Tano nice rant but instead of trying to link it with a different debate about R18 games what say you about the relevant counter argument I provided that social networking played a bigger part in the riots than gaming?
Unless of course all those degenerates that organised the whole thing did it via PSN or XBL during a COD session which in that case Noel might actually have a leg to stand on
@Aeschylus lolz

Well said, lets face facts people man have been violent since we stepped foot on earth and if you look back in history you would see that they didnt have game, music, or movies to make them that way a person who is violent would never play games or listen to music or watch movies they need all there spare time to plot what they r going to do, look at Hitler,Caligula, Ed Gein,moses (from Africa) plus millions more and did they have games to go by no they didnt so get real and stop blaming games, when someone dresses up like a game prop from a game and says i want to be this game person dont blame what the government made (war Pigs) and anyway it was soccer that made them this way cos soccer is boring

16/08/2011

Adelaide, Seaford

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Beta

Seanybruz said: Tano nice rant but instead of trying to link it with a different debate about R18 games what say you about the relevant counter argument I provided that social networking played a bigger part in the riots than gaming?
Unless of course all those degenerates that organised the whole thing did it via PSN or XBL during a COD session which in that case Noel might actually have a leg to stand on
@Aeschylus lolz

Oh, I agree, and in many capacities. The spreading of information, opinion, media. It definitely had an influence, no way I'd deny that.

16/08/2011

Le Melbourne

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Guyver

Lets burn all his CDs [Rage]

16/08/2011

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

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Pilkingbod

Dusty Lids said:
jotendo said: If anyone else but Noel said this I tell them to STFU, but he is a wise and smart man. And I do agree with him to some point.
He said they are 'a' cause of this, not 'the' entire cause.
@Helloween6
You have no idea what your talking about, shut up please.

So this music pop star is the smartest man alive by your logic. Oasis has 1 good song...

When did he ever say anything remotely like that?
And what does Oasis being good or not have anything to do with the topic at hand?

Please, tell me.

16/08/2011

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Seanybruz

16/08/2011

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matthewii

the Gallagher's are probly the last of the true rock stars

16/08/2011

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Helloween6

matthewii said: the Gallagher's are probly the last of the true rock stars

oh man please grow up they r not rock stars in fact they r not stars at all they cant even play pop if you are really interested in real rock stars take a listen to Dream Theater

16/08/2011

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Marge

Beta said: While I don't think games caused the riots, I think it's naive to suggest that violent videogames haven't caused at least a little desensitizing of violence in young people in today's society.

why are you saying this? Everything today desensitizes kids to everything, particular mediums so much more then games. Are you making a broad statement to try and back up this false statement.

As you would know, there is no credible link between 'violence' and games. There is between violence and sport. Violence and drinking. Violence and gambling. Yet you, of all people, are trying to make that stupid statement even slightly credible. I know he said "a reason" not "the reason" ... but it is completely false and not a reason at all. You confuse me Tano ...

I do like noel as a singer and a part of oasis though.

16/08/2011

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Pilkingbod

I kinda expected an argument over music to break out in this article.

Just a matter of when.

16/08/2011

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