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Originally Posted by Krang's Uncle
You come off as a raving lunatic here: "See...this is just idiotic bullsh*t" and here, "My point is this, if you don't know anything about games, you have no right to an opinion on this matter, because you have no f*cking clue what you're talking about. Period." Your community is full of whiners that get so bent out of shape. How many times have video games been portrayed to be the source of society's ills before? And despite that, they are still here and dont appear to be going away, regardless of what some religious talking mouth says. Yet, here you go getting so upset because its happening again. Sometimes i forget that mental midgets dont make connections, so i'll lay it out for you. Politicians/religious figures have certain "wells" they continually draw from. These "wells" are how they keep their base of power in support of them. A "well" could be an issue such as immigrations, taxes, or even video games. Its hard not to be rude when youve got people ranting and raving like the lunatics they so detest.
Where do you get off telling Jack Thompson what he should and shouldnt get upset about? You and him probably have more in common than you think and would make good friends. You could play a game to see who comes up with the fastest knee jerk response to various topics.
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This attitude of 'the gamers doth protest too much' is unsupportable, given the magnitude of the provocation, which places the burden of the American violence problem at the feet of the VG industry.
You can't see assertions like that and just roll over and go to sleep, because Thompson isn't trolling for a livid response from gamers; he's trying to convince people that he has The Answer-- that he's right. He's not responding to "ranting lunatics." You can't just say, hey we've always had videogames and we always will, so we may as well stop answering this garbage propaganda. With all due respect, that would be an incredibly naive approach. If you don't want to protect your rights, someone is always willing to take them off your hands.