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| Jack Thompson Tries Linking the Virginia Tech Shootings to Games |
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Posted by: Kindrik - 04-16-2007 10:08 PM
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32 people are dead after a tragic shooting. Why would you go and say something like this?
Before I say anything else, I want to send out my condolences to all those who may have been affected by the Virginia Tech shootings in one way or another. Hopefully none of our members was involved in any way.
And next I want to move onto the feelings I have brewing inside of me right now: venom and anger. Not only because a man went and killed 32 innocent college students, but because now everyone's least favorite atourney at law, Jack Thompson is trying to put himself in the limelight in spite of it.
Not long after the shootings occured Thompson appeared on FOXNews discussing the shootings and linking them directly to violence in video games, without having anything to support his claims; calling them "murder simulators". I've yet to even hear anything about the shooter playing violent video games or whether he even played games at all. In fact, the shooter hasn't even been identified yet, nor do they know why he did it.
I honestly can't believe that Thompson had the balls to say what he did while 32 people lay dead from a shooting while thousands mourned and wept a tragic event. Now, if he came out and spoke to FOX about this a couple days after the shootings then it would be an entirely different issue. I wouldn't agree with his accusations nor would I appreciate his diminishing of the even, but at least he would have given some time for the smoke to clear and just let everyone get their wits about themselves. Not to mention that by that time he may have been able to find something out about the shooter and see if video games played even a microscopic role in it all. And if it did, you'd better believe he'd make it seem like it was the driving force behind it.
Instead he turns to the media with lightning fast reflexes and preaches his regular sermon of how violent video games are turning our children into murderers, drug dealers, and who knows what else.
I normally try to keep from touching any comments that Mr. Thompson may make, but this just makes me sick to my stomach. I can't even begin to imagine how it would feel to be a brother, daughter, mother, father, friend, or relative of any of the deceased, and then see that someone was downplaying the murder of their loved one to such an extent.
I really feel that this time Jack Thompson's crossed the line. This goes far beyond anything relating to video games now, and into a whole other moral issue altogether. What possessed him to make these comments I do not know. Maybe it was a slight error in judgement or maybe he just didn't want everyone to forget about him and his goal of seemingly removing any game without a Sesame Street license from the market.
Well you've got nothing to worry about Jack, we won't be forgetting you anytime soon; not with comments like these. We (the video gaming community) will just continue disliking you while you go on with this witch hunt of yours, trying to make us seem less than human whenever you get the chance.
Once again, my heart goes out to those affected by the shootings. I really wish I could do more, but this is as far as I can go. I hope Mr. Thompson knows that his comments did not go unnoticed.Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. - Matthew 5:4
Click here to watch the Fox News report with Jack Thomson
Thanks Mr.luben for finding the video. |
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