Comments on: Boy Jumps Off Roof, WWE Gets Blamed (Again)

By: All Philadelphia Sports

All Philadelphia Sports — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:32:20 +0000

If your dumb enough to jump off a building because you see Jeff Hardy doing it off the top rope, you're probably not going anywhere in life to begin with. That's Darwinism - only the strong survive.

Great quote from the article:

Robert Zimmerman, a spokesman for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), said the video was designed for ages 13 and up and none of the characters use parachutes or jump off buildings.

By: joecool

joecool — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:50:37 +0000

How do the parents of any kid, much less a special ed kid, let him wander up to the roof of an apartment building with a plastic bag? What did they think he was doing up there?

By: Huksercub

Huksercub — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:38:15 +0000

Since it is NYC, I'm sure they will pass a law outlawing something regarding this. NYC is the nation's capital for lack of personal responsibility. Don't blame the game or the WWE, blame the parents who were either spending more time with their Blackberry or posting on Facebook instead of watching their kid.

By: Eric Walker

Eric Walker — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:44:18 +0000

Another excuse for bad parenting. Hey, what's going to happen WHEN someone beats up their wife and claims they were imitating UFC fighters or Chris Brown?

Or have a lousy week at work and say they were imitatiing The Detroit Lions?

Come on people, and this kid needed to be under 24/7 supervision! Here comes stricter video game laws. Sorry, normal 15 year old, we can't let you play Grand Theft Auto anymore because some 9 year old with a learning disability played a wrestling game then jumped off a building trying to execute a wrestling move. Really, he did, and don't tell us different.

BTW, it's called the "Swanton Bomb" for the record.

http://www.wrestlingbeltworld.com

By: Ted

Ted — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:26:03 +0000

Let's get serious here. The blame has to lie with the parents. You either shield your kids from that crap (see: professional wrestling), or you make sure they realize it's all bullsh!t. Definitely the fault of the parents, not the video game.