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Peanut 06-05-2006 03:15 PM

Jack "Ass" Thompson is at it again!
 
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6152276.html

I can not express in words how sick this guy makes me. No one commits violent crimes unless they're a hitman or play video games? I wish someone would hurry up and commit some "GTA inspired" crime on him. Just sickening. My "I Hate Jack Thompson" t-shirt is in the f*cking mail. Jesus.

Mecha Cow 06-05-2006 03:38 PM

This guy is a retard, let's all just ignore him and hope he goes away. He doesn't deserve our attention.

*E* Talking about Thompson obviously, not you Peanut. :lol:

Barkworm 06-05-2006 03:47 PM

My serious opinion on this guy? I'm totally bored. It was funny in the beginning but now it's just lame.

ThirdMarioBro 06-05-2006 04:35 PM

I'd like to commit a "hit and run" on the bastard. Why the fu*k won't that freak go away?

OA 06-05-2006 04:48 PM

Eh...i think hes full of it but he is entitled to his own opinion...

Dr. Doom 06-05-2006 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow
This guy is a retard, let's all just ignore him and hope he goes away. He doesn't deserve our attention.

I couldn't agree more!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow
*E* Talking about Thompson obviously, not you Peanut. :lol:

...Oh....nevermind then.... :ohwell:

Tetsu Deinonychus 06-06-2006 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TMNTerminator
Eh...i think hes full of it but he is entitled to his own opinion...

He is entitled to it, but he's trying to get the law to enforce his opinion and that's just plain fascism!

Kid Icarus 06-06-2006 01:26 AM

i wouldn't mind his opinion if he was at least informed about the topic he has an opinion about.

but because he's seen a handful of violent games, he's labled the entire industry as trash that makes kids go insane and kill people.

here's a question for anyone thinking "oh, hey... maybe he's right?"... where are the kids parents? hm?

Parents should reserach what their kids are doing if they have a concern about it, instead of letting the talking heads tell him something's not good.

GK Punk 06-06-2006 01:30 AM

I seem to remember there was another guy that tried forcing his opinions on others.. what was his name? Oh yeah. Hitler.

Tetsu Deinonychus 06-06-2006 02:12 AM

I think that about sums it up.:nod:

Archon_Turtle 06-06-2006 03:51 PM

Other Fun Jack Thompsonism's:

“In every school shooting, we find that kids who pull the trigger are video gamers,”

“If some wacked-out adult wants to spend his time playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, one has to wonder why he doesn’t get a life, but when it comes to kids, it has a demonstrable impact on their behavior and the development of the frontal lobes of their brain.”

“Murder simulators are not constitutionally protected speech. They’re not even speech. They’re dangerous physical appliances that teach a kid how to kill efficiently and to love it.”

He also claims that the PlayStation 2's DualShock controller "gives you a pleasurable buzz back into your hands with each kill. This is operant conditioning, behavior modification right out of B.F. Skinner's laboratory."

Toonami Tom 06-06-2006 03:58 PM

I don't think kids should play "M" rated games, but this guy sounds very strange. Video games don't make you kill people. Unless you are evil and/or crazy, playing a violent video game won't make you a go on a killing spree. In Japan they play the same games we do. They have lower crime than the USA too.

Why can't he understand that?

Archon_Turtle 06-06-2006 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Turtle_in_the_Shell
In Japan they play the same games we do. They have lower crime than the USA too.

Yeah but they get their aggression out over there with all the OTHER random crap they do :-P

Example:
http://www.toysatellite.org/justina/photo/yatta.jpg
No matter how many games those guys play they will NEVER kill anyone. Ever.

Toonami Tom 06-06-2006 04:03 PM

You mean like talking toilets and robots that dance?:D

Peanut 06-06-2006 04:05 PM

It makes little difference where someone is from. In Canada we're exposed to the exact same content as Americans, yet there aren't as many crimes here either. It has nothing to do with videogames at all.

And no, kids shouldn't play "M" rated games. It just gives assholes like Thompson an excuse to blame publishers and gamers for being sick human beings. He never once has pointed the blame at the horrible parents these kids have, or at any other form of violent media.

He's just got a bug up his ass about games. He probably lost at Pong as a kid and grew up hating videogames.

Toonami Tom 06-06-2006 04:07 PM

The XBox 360 has family settings. So this should keep kids from seeing cgi blood spray.:D Really though, like you said, the parents should have control over what kids play.

Archon_Turtle 06-06-2006 04:12 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...s/20050808.jpg

Nuff said.

Toonami Tom 06-06-2006 04:14 PM

That was great.:D

OA 06-06-2006 09:24 PM

Aww man thats classic...at last we know the true story!! :lol: :lol:

Toonami Tom 06-07-2006 12:35 AM

What will Jack's next comment be? Maybe something like this:

"Super Mario is horrible and violent. What kind of message does this give our community? That if someone get in your way it's ok to jump on them, causing them to die? Also, Donkey Kong reprsents animal cruelty at it's worst. Lizards should never have barrels thrown at them. No matter what they do. As for Link from the Legend of Zelda, he is a violent, gender confussed boy in a skirt.":D


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