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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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15 comments | showing # 1 to 15

Necros

Yet more evidence that Thompson is irrelevant and safely ignorable. Let him discredit himself.

liam2015

This man is a black hole, he's just gonna keep sucking up crap until he collapses in on himself and explodes

BahamutZero

to answer your question, definitely insane.

HawtPawkitHero

lol.

tehuberone

WRONG its 11/9 GET IT RIGHT!

Eschatos

He's in the collapsing phase as we speak, I would say.

king3vbo

...wow

Mxyzptlk

Lots of idiots have been claiming that since 9/11 happened.

timtheterrible

Wait til they find out about Nintendaids.

Def JM

You have to ask to be banned?

NintenDawg

Jack Thompson is just an ignorant fool.

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

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

Just wrote about this yesterday. I can't believe the depths to which this man is willing to sink!

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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