Kitten Hung to Death With PS2 Cable.

Posted by Dan on December 6, 2008

I’m a cat person myself, so this makes me especially pissed.

Two kids (literally, ages 6 and 7) stoned a kitten then hung it from a tree via a PS2 cable. They’re getting off scot free too, not even being mandated counseling.

Deputies say that language and cultural differences made it difficult to persuade both boys’ parents of the urgent need for counseling but ultimately they have agreed to perhaps seek counseling for the boys. (emphasis added)

Joe Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County (which includes Phoenix, Mesa, and the surrounding suburbs) was quick to blame GTA for the situation.

Of course, it couldn’t have anything to do with the fact that the kids were raised in a trailer park by a family who doesn’t think that stoning and hanging a defenseless animal merits counseling of any sort, right Joe? Or that the mother’s illegal alien status might instill in them a lack of respect for U.S. law? Not according to Arpaio.

“This game allows players to kill cops and rape women,” Arpaio says. “It’s little wonder why they perpetrated such violence against that little animal.”

Of course, it’s always easier to blame the game, rather than the parents who ignored the ESRB ratings and let their kindergarten-aged kids play GTA in their trailer in-between spats of animal abuse.

In fact, this is actually a situation where I’d be glad to see the media making a public spectacle about this, because it would only serve to help reinforce the importance of adherence to ESRB ratings, responsible parenting, and proper supervision.

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