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Jack Thompson Blames 9/11 On... Video Games?
WeAreToast | 7:10 PM on 12.02.2007 19 comments


That's what News 4 Gamers is saying.

This leads me to my question: Is he insane? I somewhat respected him sometime ago for following religion and crusading against violence and sex in games, but he's becoming ridiculous. He seems to have the ambition of going back and blaming any major tragedy on videogames, and it's an insult to gamers of all ages. He's making us all look violent. In fact, he may think we're maniacs just for playing games about murderers.

The worst part about this? He's overlooking other forms of media! I understand that gaming is more interactive, but movies can definitely have influence. It becomes apparent that since someone plays a flight simulator, he must be a future terrorist (/sarcasm). Thoughts?



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Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 19:23
Bob Muir
Yet more evidence that Thompson is irrelevant and safely ignorable. Let him discredit himself.
liam2015's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 19:25
liam2015
This man is a black hole, he's just gonna keep sucking up crap until he collapses in on himself and explodes
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 19:26
BahamutZero
to answer your question, definitely insane.
tehuberone's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 19:27
tehuberone
WRONG its 11/9 GET IT RIGHT!
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 19:31
Eschatos
He's in the collapsing phase as we speak, I would say.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 19:33
king3vbo
...wow
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 19:35
Aaron Mxy Yost
Lots of idiots have been claiming that since 9/11 happened.
timtheterrible's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 19:37
timtheterrible
Wait til they find out about Nintendaids.
Def JM's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 20:03
Def JM
You have to ask to be banned?
NintenDawg's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 20:08
NintenDawg
Jack Thompson is just an ignorant fool.
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 20:14
MissHinasaki
I'm an extreme pacifist in real life. That doesn't mean that I don't like to play brutally violent video games. I'm sure that it works the other way around...
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 20:14
MissHinasaki
I'm an extreme pacifist in real life. That doesn't mean that I don't like to play brutally violent video games. I'm sure that it works the other way around...
CaptainApocalypse's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 20:27
CaptainApocalypse
Just wrote about this yesterday. I can't believe the depths to which this man is willing to sink!
Rucksack's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 21:27
Rucksack
Wow...

I think good old Jack started off his video game crusade with the best of intentions. Now I just think he's just trying to stay relevant and failing horrifically.

The sad thing about all this is that he might just believe his own bullshit!
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