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By now we normally ignore whatever Jack Thompson says, but since this is also a chance to advertise Penn & Teller's Bullshit! we will jump right on the chance, thank you very much. If you're unfamilar with the show, it's five parts hilarious, five parts social commentary and five parts awesome -- unless you're strongly against Libertarian views. Basically, Penn and his silent cohort Teller go around debunking psuedoscientific ideas and stupid misconceptions. Gaming being evil falls in the latter category and most likely is the subject of the show that Jack Thompson will be featured on.

But enough of the facts! Let's get to the juicy quote that Jack drops in the commercial below for the upcoming seventh season of Bullshit!. Speaking to the camera, Thompson proudly proclaims that "Grand Theft Auto is the worst assault on children since polio." 

That sunk in yet? Give it a second.

Good. Now go catch up on all the seasons of Bullshit! that you missed, because I know you haven't all been watching. 

[Thanks, Jonah F.]


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Magnalon's Avatar
Magnalon at 06/21/2009 10:01
Bullshit is a great f'ing show. There are a few stinker episodes, but you have to take the whole thing as a joke. I'd definitely recommend everyone finding a way to watch a few: the Boyscout, "Finer Things", and PETA episodes in particular.
Schmo0zle's Avatar
Schmo0zle at 06/21/2009 10:14
I don't get showtime, but I watch it on youtube. It's a great show.
bluexy's Avatar
bluexy at 06/21/2009 10:14
Thompson should go to Germany where they might buy the shit he peddles.

THINK OF THE CHILDREN! GAMES ARE THE AIDS!
Volomon's Avatar
Volomon at 06/21/2009 10:14
I like it, except for a few episodes where they didn't really have a proof but called it bullshit away. Still a great show and they are at least 90% right all the time.
DaedHead8's Avatar
DaedHead8 at 06/21/2009 10:15
Awesome! I just set my DVR to record the new season, thanks for the reminder.
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Jack Maverick at 06/21/2009 10:15
Mentioning a video game and comparing it to a very deadly disease? Even he should know doing that is below him, but since he loves saying how bad GTA is, I doubt he really cares at all.

Also, your assumption is right, I'll check into it since it does look like good fun.
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Faith at 06/21/2009 10:18
The video isn't showing outside the US. You can view it on the Showtime website though. Good Old Jack bad mouthing GTA again. I need to show that guy some newer and naughtier games from my childhood, so that maybe he'll realize that there are worst games out there than GTA. Phantasmagoria, any one?
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mrplow8 at 06/21/2009 10:42
It looks like they're going to debunk my theory that we should use lie detectors in place of our current legal system to save time and money, but the game episode should be pretty good.

The episode on video games is supposed to air on July 9.
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Havoc Fang at 06/21/2009 10:44
...Is...Okay, yeah. That can't be real.

Add him to the list of Gaming Lies. Right next to Duke Nukem Forever.

If he REALLY means that...If nobody jumps and complains at him for this in a legal way, THERE IS NO HUMANITY.

Come on...There is saying it is bad for children, which is at best plausible if the kid in question is a little troubled in the first place...But saying that it is equally bad if not worse than a disease?! How is this man still on the streets? I don't feel safe knowing we share the same air.
Emrah's Avatar
Emrah at 06/21/2009 10:49
I don't like some of their views, but sometimes they make me giggle..
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wardrox at 06/21/2009 10:54
From the video;

"THE VIDEO YOU ARE TRYING TO WATCH CANNOT BE VIEWED FROM YOUR CURRENT COUNTRY OR LOCATION."

Booo. Anyone got a YouTube?
Victor Stillwater's Avatar
Victor Stillwater at 06/21/2009 10:55
I can't watch it. Must find it on YouTube. or something...
Qraze's Avatar
Qraze at 06/21/2009 10:56
fuck him.
Kvb's Avatar
Kvb at 06/21/2009 11:09
"THE VIDEO YOU ARE TRYING TO WATCH CANNOT BE VIEWED FROM YOUR CURRENT COUNTRY OR LOCATION."

What! How does that even make sense?
HiddenAHB's Avatar
HiddenAHB at 06/21/2009 11:11
You people heard the man.
Drop all polio,HIV,cancer,malaria,ebola and etc. research and put thoso scientists to distrobute anti-GTA flyiers.
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atastysammich at 06/21/2009 11:12
I used to watch when we got Showtime! Guess it's time to go on the hunt for the DVDs.
bodybreak's Avatar
bodybreak at 06/21/2009 11:15
unfunny, and no dice on video.
mrplow8's Avatar
mrplow8 at 06/21/2009 11:17
@atastysammich
These episodes are from the new season that hasn't even aired yet, so they probably won't be out on DVD for a while. You'd be better off trying to find them online.

Most of the episodes end up on Youtube.
killatia's Avatar
killatia at 06/21/2009 11:19
Bullshit is a great show, too bad i don't have showtime. Oh well there's always youtube.
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Midgetsnowman at 06/21/2009 11:19
...wait..he's comparing videogames to a HORRIFICE disease that put hundreds of innocent children permanently into Iron Lungs for the rest of their living days to keep them from dying from their bodies being no longer capable of breathing on their own?

Thats...thats just sick.
bunnymud's Avatar
bunnymud at 06/21/2009 11:33
GTA is cold beans


Prototype is the new graphic hotness
Duck of Death's Avatar
Duck of Death at 06/21/2009 11:39
I love Bullshit. Wait, that doesn't sound right...
triclops41's Avatar
triclops41 at 06/21/2009 11:56
Great show. Penn jillette and drew Carey are just about the only hollywood types I respect
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Jon B at 06/21/2009 12:30
"THE VIDEO YOU ARE TRYING TO WATCH CANNOT BE VIEWED FROM YOUR CURRENT COUNTRY OR LOCATION."

Nothing FoxyProxy can't fix.
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EdgyDude at 06/21/2009 12:31
once again i'm prevented from watching the video thanks to "you're outside U.S." crap, and then they squeal when their stuff gets pirated...
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Mini-Boss at 06/21/2009 12:39
this guy has to be a double agent working for rockstar or something
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 06/21/2009 13:42
What is it with people and their gross exaggerations lately?
Duck of Death's Avatar
Duck of Death at 06/21/2009 13:50
@Dexter: I know, everyones doing it and it's driving me totally insane.
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Black Nexus at 06/21/2009 14:10
@Midgetsnowman
You seem shocked , dumb shit like that leaves that fools mouth often, and why he hasn't been locked up in a straight jacket and thrown in a room with rubber walls yet is a question that bothers me to this day.

BTW don't dwell on that for to long or you will blow a blood vessel.
Monodi's Avatar
Monodi at 06/21/2009 14:40
THE VIDEO YOU ARE TRYING TO WATCH CANNOT BE VIEWED FROM YOUR CURRENT COUNTRY OR LOCATION

Son of a fucking bitch.
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Im OK at 06/21/2009 16:26
Hey, Jack Thompson's gotta eat too you know. Why else would he appear on this show, where he has to know he will be mercilessly ridiculed? It's not like he's making much money as a lawyer anymore, is he? Also, it's not like the fear of being mercilessly ridiculed has ever once stopped him from saying or doing outlandishly retarded things like this in the past either.
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007 at 06/21/2009 17:04
Yeah, but why even listen to him? He isn't a lawyer (anymore), he's very, very unprofessional when he tries to make a point across (at some points, he even starts to act as bad as a fanboy from gametrailers or something, trying to push his idea without wanting to listen to others), and he's just plain stupid.
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ThaFNFreak at 06/21/2009 17:16
So a game that isn't supposed to be sold to children, is the worst thing in the universe. I mean thank god we got that disease that cripples people under control, now we can worry about real problems. I mean I don't see how the world could survive if we had to put up with Polio and Grand Theft Auto at the same time.

You know people wonder why the gaming community hates Jack Thompson, I wonder what heavy drugs everyone else is on to not realize how insensitive he is as a person. You can't really make a comparison between a disease that crippled thousands of people, and a video game. Grand Theft Auto is not the real world, and for every ignorant, stupid, kid who decides to recreate it, there are a thousand who laugh at how stupid that idea is.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 06/21/2009 17:51
Proxies people, proxies.

Love this show and Penn & Teller in general. I miss Penn Radio deeply.
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Paul Soth at 06/21/2009 18:20
Mm, while I'm glad to see more skepticism out in the media, the thing with BS is that Penn & Teller are Libertarians before skeptics and hence far too easily let their personal beliefs get in the way of facts and research. Shame, really. Anything that helps fight pseudoscience is welcome, but not like that.
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Mxyzptlk at 06/22/2009 00:41
Paul Soth: Out of curiosity, where do you feel their libertarianism has gotten in the way of facts and research on the show? The second hand smoke episode is probably the only one I can think of where they fumbled the ball a bit, and they've owned up to it.

Apparently the last episode of the series is going to be the bullshit of Bullshit!, calling themselves out for every time they've fucked up. :)
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andycadaver at 06/22/2009 10:25
I love these gentlemen. I'll really need to catch this one.
My favorite so far had been the episode about PETA. I'm even a vegetarian, and I can't fucking stand PETA!
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