[citation][nom]mediaslave[/nom]Seems quite a few people here don't quite get the point. What they are saying is that the behavior in the game could possibly inspire the same behaviour in real life. People obviously aren't going to go out and start mowing down others BF3 style (although, I guess, some have) but certain idiots could see it as "just a rat" and go out and do it in real life. Then what's next? Cat? Dog? YOUR dog? I can see their point, and for once its not really a bad one. PETA is usually so completely full of crap its laughable, but I think they actually have a point here. Its an unnecessary part of the game, with possible negative real world consequences, so why have it in there?[/citation]
Nice slippery slope fallacy...
Imagine this, what if taking out killing caused people to do it more. Maybe killing things in games satisfies that need to kill something an d turn makes you less violent in the real world. WHAT A CONCEPT. If you get easily swayed by video games then don't play it.
Also, the rat fucking bit him in the hand and was going to give away his position with all of it's squealing, he had to kill it.