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Jack Thompson says blood is on gaming journalists' hands over CT shooting
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MrNyarlathotep
Banned
No he isn't; he has a certificate to prove that he isn't!
The fact that while a practising lawyer he was compelled to have psychiatric evaluation to make sure he isn't insane says volumes about him however.
NinjaTehFish
Banned
I thought he gave up the crusade.
KojiKnight
Member
Not being allowed to practice law isn't the same as not being allowed to speak... and in our country he's allowed to say just about all he wants... Though he found out a few years ago it still carried consequences.
SolidSnakex
Member
What about it? It's not like gaming is only popular in the US, yet these mass shooting stories seem to come out of the US more than any other place. Why don't we constantly hear about mass shootings in Japan, France, UK etc. all places where gaming is also huge? So, why link gaming to that?
TheContact
Member
Man this guy is so back and forth. Last time I heard from him he was trying to be cool with gamers.
biggersmaller
Banned
Opportunist media whore.
legacyzero
Banned
That's a night and day comparison there.
At least the people you listed are tolerable people that have a perfectly good reason why they say what they say, and are agreeable on a gamer level.
And others have blamed the way the system has systematically taken God out of the schools. These are nutjobs with an agenda, that hopefully the general public can see for who they really are.
Lord_Nergal
Member
So....has *anyone* else commented on these?
Any game writers?
Any game writers?
Of course not. And we shouldn't either. The fact that this thread is still open makes me sad.
I can't help but marvel at the difference between the reaction gamers have to controversies over sexism, and controversies over violence. Why do gamers seem more willing than ever to elevate any small controversy about sexism to the highest levels? Yet any controversy about violence in games is swiftly shut down by pretty much everyone. Games are infinitely more violent than they are sexist, and you would think that would be more important.
Personally, I view a lot of these controversies in the exact same way. I reject when people claim that content like Hitman and Dead or Alive needs to be altered because the game content encourages sexism, and I reject when people claim that Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto needs to be altered because the game content encourages violence.
In both cases, there's really no scientific data to back up any of the claims. Both are attacks on video games, and free speech.
Yet one gets elevated to the highest levels today, and receives unanimous praise from the gaming media, and many gamers. The other is violently rejected, even in the wake of another violent shooting massacre with 20 kids dead.
If you support the right for games to exist, free from the constraints of moral outrage, unscientific claims, and informal censorship, at least be consistent about it. Otherwise, it's complete hypocrisy to support one and not the other.
Personally, I view a lot of these controversies in the exact same way. I reject when people claim that content like Hitman and Dead or Alive needs to be altered because the game content encourages sexism, and I reject when people claim that Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto needs to be altered because the game content encourages violence.
In both cases, there's really no scientific data to back up any of the claims. Both are attacks on video games, and free speech.
Yet one gets elevated to the highest levels today, and receives unanimous praise from the gaming media, and many gamers. The other is violently rejected, even in the wake of another violent shooting massacre with 20 kids dead.
If you support the right for games to exist, free from the constraints of moral outrage, unscientific claims, and informal censorship, at least be consistent about it. Otherwise, it's complete hypocrisy to support one and not the other.
terrdactycalsrock
Member
The guy just wants attention. Lets just ignore him, we all know that its a ridiculous statement
I'd normally agree with this, but in some cases more people get to know what a cunt a person is, the better
Fallout? (You had to patch them back in to the UK versions I think)
A fair number of gamers do complain that GTA and Fallout 3 didn't let you shoot kids though.
No-one needs to know anything about him.
KojiKnight
Member
His beef was never just with publishers, it's been with anyone and everyone that has anything to do with gaming even in the slightest. See his attack on VGCats (a webcomic)
http://www.vgcats.com/jack.php
God has it really been 7 years already?
Wickerbasket
Member
Jack Thompson has never been relevant; he's just an old man with too much time on his hands.
People shouldn't give him any attention.
People shouldn't give him any attention.
Rhazer Fusion
Member
Wow, people always need something to blame, don't they? Did they ever just think maybe these criminals or whatever are just mentally unstable or evil? I think they are old enough to know right from wrong and fiction from reality.
Canis lupus
Member
I almost forgot he existed.
Jack's been doing this for most of the 00's, but nobody ever took him seriously.
He managed to find his soapbox for a second.
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