Jack Thompson blames video-games for VA-Tech Shooting

[bullet]

less likely...but statistically rapers aren't made up of people who are sex-deprived.

it's usually due to negative reinforcement one way or another...insecurities that need to be purged from their conscience, inability to socialize with the opposite (or same) sex, anger and frustration at failed relationships etc. there's also......self-relief so sex-deprivation wouldn't normally be enough of a physical issue to spur psychological impulses to rape someone.

[愛]

Where are you even getting this information, bullet? Spitfire provided actual proof, and you're saying things without any base. It's been psychologically proven that the more you get sex, the less you are going to go out and rape someone.

[bullet]

Originally Posted by Ai

Where are you even getting this information, bullet? Spitfire provided actual proof, and you're saying things without any base. It's been psychologically proven that the more you get sex, the less you are going to go out and rape someone.

i'm getting this information from my brain. no seriously. i'm a psyc major, afterall. i've taken several courses on human behavior and am currently taking a course on criminal psychology. catharsis isn't a therapy designated for rapists, so i don't see how that's actual proof. it's not statistics or anything relevant to the crime of rape itself, it's just the bare definitions of a specific type of psychotherapy.

you could argue either way. for example, i can say that having sex with women gives pleasure and therefore produces positive reinforcement. therefore, men who have more sex are more likely to go out and find more ways to derive similar pleasures and therefore result in raping others. but that's not even the main point, because the act of rape isn't spurred by a too much sex or deprivation of sex, it's due more to an inability to get a partner to consent to having sex with you. if that makes any sense.

[愛]

Sure, if you want. I don't like discussing reasons behind murder, especially when they compare it to video games. I play Counter-Strike every day, and I'm stable....I think. Anyway, I'd never take a life. It's a video game, and nothing else. Just playing to win.

....and get them headshots.

[Spitfire]

Originally Posted by bullet

i'm getting this information from my brain. no seriously. i'm a psyc major, afterall. i've taken several courses on human behavior and am currently taking a course on criminal psychology. catharsis isn't a therapy designated for rapists, so i don't see how that's actual proof. it's not statistics or anything relevant to the crime of rape itself, it's just the bare definitions of a specific type of psychotherapy.

you could argue either way. for example, i can say that having sex with women gives pleasure and therefore produces positive reinforcement. therefore, men who have more sex are more likely to go out and find more ways to derive similar pleasures and therefore result in raping others. but that's not even the main point, because the act of rape isn't spurred by a too much sex or deprivation of sex, it's due more to an inability to get a partner to consent to having sex with you. if that makes any sense.

No your right it's not a cure but catharsis theory, in theory of course, applies to things such as rapes, murders, and violence in general. maybe I used a bad example but you know what I'm getting at.

[bullet]

yeah i figured you were originally using it as satire to thompson blaming games for murder.

i meant the dude's too extreme. while it's true that violence in video games would probably inspire violent thoughts in youth, it's not exactly the game industry's fault that parents are letting their 10-yearolds play GTA. it's more of a parental issue than anything else. violence is everywhere and has always been everywhere...its nothing recent.

[Peanut]

I think it's safe to assume that Ai would rape someone before I would, and Doom would do it before any of us. Case dismissed.

[Mecha Cow]

Um, rape usually isn't about sexual gratification. That being said Spitfire's argument is a valid one. I think we can all agree that Jack Thompson is a pathetic loser with no respect for anything.

[愛]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I think it's safe to assume that Ai would rape someone before I would, and Doom would do it before any of us. Case dismissed.

Dang. You got me.

[Peanut]

So, has anyone seen the interview he had on MSNBC? It's great that the interviewer was totally taking him to task for making sh*t up. Even better, JT totally made himself look like an ass with a single statement. According to him, violent videogames make kids go nuts, then he states that 80% of male college students are playing these violent games, so then why aren't more than .1% of these kids going on insane killing sprees? He dug a hole right in front of his argument, then proceeded to drive himself directly into it! What a f*cking moron!

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Peanut

So, has anyone seen the interview he had on MSNBC? It's great that the interviewer was totally taking him to task for making sh*t up. Even better, JT totally made himself look like an ass with a single statement. According to him, violent videogames make kids go nuts, then he states that 80% of male college students are playing these violent games, so then why aren't more than .1% of these kids going on insane killing sprees? He dug a hole right in front of his argument, then proceeded to drive himself directly into it! What a f*cking moron!

Definitely sounds like him. Hopefully that gets Youtube'd as well.

[Ecto Jedi]

Originally Posted by Peanut

So, has anyone seen the interview he had on MSNBC? It's great that the interviewer was totally taking him to task for making sh*t up. Even better, JT totally made himself look like an ass with a single statement. According to him, violent videogames make kids go nuts, then he states that 80% of male college students are playing these violent games, so then why aren't more than .1% of these kids going on insane killing sprees? He dug a hole right in front of his argument, then proceeded to drive himself directly into it! What a f*cking moron!

Oh man -- I need to see this video!

[Ra]

I was wondering how long it was going to be until he would say something like this. He uses any act of violence and uses it in his campaign against video games. Not exactly a respectful thing to do... *sighs*

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

If anyone wanted proof that he's just an attention whore, look no further.

[GK Punk]

Originally Posted by Peanut

So, has anyone seen the interview he had on MSNBC? It's great that the interviewer was totally taking him to task for making sh*t up. Even better, JT totally made himself look like an ass with a single statement. According to him, violent videogames make kids go nuts, then he states that 80% of male college students are playing these violent games, so then why aren't more than .1% of these kids going on insane killing sprees? He dug a hole right in front of his argument, then proceeded to drive himself directly into it! What a f*cking moron!

Haha that's so awesome