Son caught hiring hitman to kill mom over Playstation

Demonstrable example of maladjusted American kids as the psychotic, violent, spoiled brat

Ladies and gentlemen, here are the fine examples of the world according to the psychotic American children.

Mother's sting caught son hiring a hitman to kill parents over confiscation of a PlayStation

Like many middle-class, suburban American parents, Shannan and Joey Troiano worried about their son’s behaviour and his bad grades at high school. And like many wayward teenagers, Cory Ryder was grounded for weeks at a time, had a PlayStation confiscated and was banned from watching TV.

Less typically, this 16-year-old was plotting to murder his parents by hiring a hitman, while his mother was organising a sting operation involving a police officer posing as a contract killer.

Cory’s trial is scheduled to begin today at the circuit court in St Mary’s County, Maryland. His mother is expected to testify as a witness for the prosecution.

At an earlier court hearing Mrs Troiano, 35, explained how her emotions were torn between being an agonised mother and a murder victim. “I miss him being at home,” she said, “and I miss us joking around and kidding around. And then in the very same breath – I don’t know what this kid will do, because it’s not my son. That can’t be my little boy sitting there.” [...]

Absent the mention is these stupid and ignorant parents bought the video games rated M (Mature for 17+ and older) for the underage children to indulge in. And they are shocked at the aggressive behavior of their offsprings?

What do you expect in the Land of the Free that glorify blind patriotism (jingoism & nationalism), war and violence in the media -- so much so it dulls the common sense that lead to condoning violence, real or stimulated, shown to the children which might produce the aggression as the result of the exposure?

The easy answer is found in the brilliant and provocative multi-part essay entitled The Godfather USA.

Video Game Violence - Moral Panic or Moral Outrage? (7 min)