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Dr. Phil trying to steal Jack's thunder; Oprah is not amused photo

Oprah's #1 prodigy, the bald-headed freak known as Dr. Phil, is now trying to steal Jack Thompson's crusade and make it his own. What a dick! Of course, he sorta looks like one too, but let's move on. Look at what this talking head had to say on Larry King Live:

“The problem is we are programming these people as a society. You cannot tell me - common sense tells you - that if these people are playing video games where they’re on a mass killing spree in a video game, it’s glamorized on the big screen, it’s become part of the fiber of our society. You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness, add in a dose of rage, the suggestability is just too high. And we’re going to have to start dealing with that. We’re going to have to start addressing those issues and recognizing that the mass murderers of tomorrow are the children of today that are being programmed with this massive violence overdose.” 

Come on Phil, there's already one crazy Jack Thompson, we don't need another. Or do we? Hmmmmm.

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SmokeyB's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 13:59
SmokeyB
Douche
ZiiG360's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:00
ZiiG360
poonany.
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:00
tazarthayoot
So...is this industry going to defend themselves? Or are the news channels not allowing an interview or point/counterpoint with someone other than batshit fucktards?
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:01
World Famous
That's what sucks. All they do is allow this one-sided misguided view.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:03
michiyoyoshiku
I thought Dr Phil was a decent man.......Now I don't

My opinion of DR Phil went way down when he jumped on the Anna Nicole thing....he's nothing more than a Media whore now.

Then again.....didn't he give his whole audence Wiis?

DryvBy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:03
DryvBy
This is what we call "jumping the bandwagon". As Dr. Phil would say "As a sand storm in July on a hot Texas day, video games are helping train your children as social killers. I mean, c'mon people! I'm bald!"

EEdiot!
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:05
Snaileb
Fucking quack.

QUAXX0RS
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:05
tazarthayoot
It's kinda funny that he is condoning violence and all that kinda stuff in media, when he was in that shitty Scary movie 4 or whatever. That in and of itself would send most to the brink of insanity, but he glorified violence in that movie, parody or not, he did cut his own leg off.
bmasterfunk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:07
bmasterfunk
Did the even bother to wait until information on this bastard hit? No. They just assumed he was a gamer or learned how to kill from GTA. If you read any of the bios on him people say the kid didn't do anything recreational other than play basketball. Maybe basketball taught him how to murder people. I mean, you've seen the people who make it into the NBA now. Being a VT graduate I am certainly affected by this whole disaster, I even know people who were locked up in that building at the time of the shooting, but I can look past the whole "blame the media" thing and recognize that this kid was just apeshit nuts.

One of his English professors today said his writings in class were strange enough for her to report on several different occasions. Maybe we should blame books for people getting shot.

Accountability seems to be America's problem. It's never bad parenting or just some fucking insane person that gets the blame. It's how media influenced their decisions. It's such bullshit.
Brandon Undead's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:07
Brandon Undead
As he stars in a Saw parody?

Way to go you self-defeating dumbfuck.
miilovewii's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:08
miilovewii
All that violence yesterday makes me hunger for GTA4 even more!!
tazarthayoot's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:08
tazarthayoot
I hope and pray that when the raid this kid's house all they find are video taped episodes of Dr.Phil and a favorite'd Youtube video of Jack Thompson in court being interviewed by a guy wearing a robot helmet.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:11
Rockvillian
Don't worry- just a little more time and the Boomers will eventually get to the age when we can toss them into the ceremonial a tar pit.
Sphinx 13's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:13
Sphinx 13
What's the video games Charles Manson played?

What about Saddam Hussein?

Or Hitler?
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:13
BluDesign
Precisely why I don't like Dr. Phil.

He's the feel good pill for all the fat-assed middle aged women in america.

Jesus I hate fucking talk shows. I watched his show that was like a 6 month report of that girl that got kidnapped down in Jamaica(?) last year. He had the mother on was suggesting to her that her daughter had been sold into the white slave sex trade. What a fucking tool. That's reassuring, seeing covert video footage of creepy looking men scouring for your daughter in pedophillic Mexican brothels.

I'd want my kid to be dead at that point.

Dr. Phil: The creepy low-life shitscum you can turn to when you think your life can't get any worse.
miilovewii's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:14
miilovewii
No matter what happens, there's always one man responsible for all things tragic. God.
Cardoweth's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:16
Cardoweth
Yea this was on Gamepolitics this morning.

It's really sad to see them attack games without having any information to back it up.

Imagine how sweet it would be if the Industry started firing back and suing these people for making false claims.

I mean really to say a game trained us to use guns is ridiculous.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:22
Justice
reytawn's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:23
reytawn
ive been playing violent games for manny o years now, lotsa fps games, and i still dont know what a gun feels like in my hand, let alone how to use it. fuck dr phil.
Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:24
Justice


STUPID ROBOT!
Ndizi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:27
Ndizi
Related to the current tragedy or not I think both have a point but I don't agree with Thompsons way of solving the problem. Video games much like any other popular mediums will inspire the freaks out there to do really nasty stuff. Overall though I think video games do more good then bad but that doesn't mean we should ignore the few "problems" that might exist.

Banning or censhorship isn't the way to go though.
Black Mage Slim's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:27
Black Mage Slim
$5 says Jack sues Dr. Phil for stealing his thunder. just as he sued penny arcade for making a donation in his name.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:32
Jordan Devore
So uhh violence didn't exist before violent media came to be?
908peruvian's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:34
908peruvian
i guess every psycho that has any media at ALL
is an excuse to attack games movies etc.

back then it was demons on records...
now it's "brainwashing" on games.

God forbid they find a copy of Gears of War in
this stupid ass Korean kids house...!!!

i wish i had met him so I could have beat the shit out of him
for being a spoiled brat asshole loser college-educated
lucky to be in the US fuckhead.

those Columbine losers too!!




Jamesways's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:35
Jamesways
Oh yeah, and playing MotoGP and Hexic make me a violent sociopath who's just waiting for the chance to murder my fellow man...


BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:43
BahamutZero
hilarious the outrage is about video games instead of EASY ACCESS TO HIGH POWERED ASSAULT WEAPONS
JamesSorensen's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:44
JamesSorensen
a little more sensible than what crazy lawyer boy is going for.

and ya they play crazy shit and are crazy it is not a good combination....

the only real problem in phil saying this regarding VT tragedy, is that noone knows a reason, cause, motive, history for and about the incident. So to be jumping the anti-violent media ship is way too early for this tragedy.
realyst's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:47
realyst
Who can trust a psychiatrist who claims to be able to treat and cure people in front of a studio audience in 30 mins?

the guy's made me sick for years, this just makes it worse.
skAnarky's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:47
skAnarky
At least he recognizes that if videogames are the problem, they are only part of it, and not the whole. Regardless of that slight redeeming quality, his little blerb does sound as extremist as Mr.Thompsons.
SpiderChrist's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 14:56
SpiderChrist
have either of these men ever suggested that George Bush has been playing too much Command&Conquer?!
JamesSorensen's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:05
JamesSorensen
Spider:


we could just blame it on George Bush, cause everything is his fault

haha


DryvBy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:11
DryvBy
@Sphinx 13

Hitler used to play Mario Paint... not sure about the others.
gamerzworld's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:12
gamerzworld
I sent Dr.Phil a comment,
Dear Dr. Phil,
I seen you on CNN the other day talking about the recent and tragic Virginia Tech shootings. You said that video games are what made the shooter do something like this. How do you know that for sure? Have you not seen or heard about violent movies and TV shows? Heck, there has been violence even before TVs, computers, and video games. Anyway, I have been playing video games since I was five years old and you don't see me shooting or harming anyone. Please stop with the un-creditable information. You are starting to sound like Jack Thompson.

Sincerely,
Aj Collins

If you want to send him a comment, here is the link. http://www.drphil.com/plugger/respond/?plugID=9164
Roryzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:19
Roryzilla
How to solve this problem:

1. Make real-life weapons not-so-easy to pick up.
2. Celebrate.
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:27
fetusmilk
"playing video games where they’re on a mass killing spree in a video game, it’s glamorized on the big screen, it’s become part of the fiber of our society. You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness, add in a dose of rage."

dont forget to add
a smidge of a father thats to busy for his kids
a pinch of an alcoholic mother
a dash of pornograpy
and a heaping helping of no love.

and you got a person who will kill even if they havnt played a video in there life.
video games have nothing to do with it.
damn jerks.
ekoala2002's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:35
ekoala2002
I have said it before and I will say it again. Video games are not different than scary movies. Horror films glamourize mass killings and murder, but those are still around.

AS he said--"a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness." Which means not a normal person. I know that horror movies went through the same ordeal back in the day, and they are still around. That is why there is a rating system for games...To keep them out of the hands of children. If a child has the game, maybe we should be looking at the parents instead.
Civnerd's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:36
Civnerd
There will always be these violent murder sprees as long as guns are readily available. The fact that the weapons' numbers were filed off tells you how easy illegal arms are acquired in this country... all this energy should be put into aggressively searching and confiscating weapons, and disposing of them properly, not wasting that money in biased law suits pointing the finger in the wrong direction.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:38
mix
".....mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness...."

So you get someone who is fucked in the head and let them kill people virtually.....wow that almost states the obvious if they are messed it doesnt matter if they read a book about killing they still might adapt and believe it to be real/ok to do. The bibel has the debil in it so that means god says killing is ok...right? Burn every piece of knowledge that man kind has ever produced about any kind of violence then we will all be safe.

Put an alcoholic in a room full of alcohol and they will drink. Put matches in the hands of a 10yr they will burn somthing, give a murder a gun theywill kill someone. Let a blind person drive, they will crash....needs I go on?
DryvBy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:39
DryvBy
@ekoala2002

I agree but I don't even think parents shouldn't give their kids violent games. My parents just taught me correctly, I guess. They told me that this is make believe, and death is a horrific thing in real life. I've played FPS mature games all my life, starting with Wolfenstein 3D and I've never found the need to go kill someone. I haven't even been in a fight since 5th grade..
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:41
mix
.....and by debil I mean devil or course
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:42
galagabug
meh.

he's not calling games murder trainers, just pointing out that violent media can have an adverse effect on emotionally unstable people. i agree.
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:48
Gameboi
Dr. Phil Says -You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness, add in a dose of rage, the suggestability is just too high.

[b]That part isn't hard to believe at all. Someone who is unstable won't need much, if anything to cause them to go over the edge. The problem is, you can't single out music, or videogames as the cause of this. An unstable person could just as easily freak out over seeing a kitten, or some other harmless (non-related) object.

This sort of behavior happened long before video games came on to the scene, and will still be around if video games leave us. People are always looking for something to point the finger at when tragedy strikes, or to help us deal with the things we cannot explain. Just so happens that video games are the current scapegoat.

This will change with time, as those in office will be gamers themselves. Then this shit will cease.

Joseph Leray's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:50
Joseph Leray
From the article, and the horse's mouth:

"You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness, add in a dose of rage, the suggestability is just too high."

Well ... no shit. DPhil answers his own question: games don't turn normal people insane, it's just that, every once in a while, a psychopath (to use his words) gets his hands on Doom. Every once in a while, some psycho stabs someone with a butterknife, but we haven't outlawed those yet.
Goei's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 15:53
Goei
At least he says that video game violence add to the psychopath's violence, not make it. And of course tomorrows murderers are children playing video games today - that is where the psychopath-hellspawn child vents his rage and violent urges. Video games don't program kids to kill, the already violent kids just take notes.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 16:05
Holyetheline
I say we put Dr. Phil and Jack in a room and watch them duel... or we could just shoot them in the face... either way.
pkhilson's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 16:06
pkhilson
"How to solve this problem:

1. Make real-life weapons not-so-easy to pick up.
2. Celebrate."

^

Canada.
poonster's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 16:12
poonster
playing super mario made me become a plummer with a burning hatred of large apes!!
Pepillou2's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 16:21
Pepillou2
Stupid ho talkin' shit.
donkeykong's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 16:22
donkeykong
"You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath, or someone suffering from mental illness, add in a dose of rage, the suggestability is just too high."

Hey I might be a bit of a sociopath, and I just got finished playing Hotel Dusk. I think I'll go solve a crime, TAKE THAT society.

Before you know it I'll be playing that Trauma Center game and saving lives. Will my reign of terror ever end?
icarus's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/17/2007 16:33
icarus
This shit needs to stop.
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