Jack Thompson Blames Violent Games For Mass Killing

Dark Drakan · 04-18-2007, 03:03 PM

Yeah you heard right Jack Thompson strikes again...

Violent video games blamed for Virginia Tech slayings

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So far there is no evidence that Cho played a video game in his life, let alone a violent one.

Hexadecimal · 04-18-2007, 03:19 PM

man is he useless...

it's one thing to hold the misguided notion that people don't have free will and mindlessly act out anything they see on a screen...
but for someone who has never played a violent game?
Jack Thompson doesn't like these games either, so I guess any schools near him had best watch out!
I've had enough of him taking every tragedy that occurs and using it to shamelessly promote his ridiculous world view...

http://forums.projectego.net/jack-th...razy-sob-1943/

souledge37 · 04-18-2007, 03:38 PM

this is bull**** everyone is blaming video games for every teenage shooting. don't they ever think that kids just hate some people.

FableFreak · 04-18-2007, 04:16 PM

Who didn't see this coming? Maybe I'll kill him just to prove a point...

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Tsuyu · 04-18-2007, 05:50 PM

Haha. No, the main problem is the right to carry firearms you Americans have. You aint heard anything about a Swedish school shooting because here you can't go to the supermarket and buy a Ak-47 like you would a slice of ham.

This, with the combination of instable persons like Cho is a dangerous mix. True, he might've killed his girlfriend in either case, guns or not, but without a freaking army supply of firearms and ammo he wouldn't have taken out nearly 40 other innocent persons.

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Originally Posted by The article Drakan posted

He also managed to get his paws on a nine millimetre handgun and a 22-calibre handgun, but apparently that is normal behaviour for a depressed kid in the US

Sad but true.

Arckon · 04-18-2007, 06:05 PM

Alright Jacktompson blames violent video games, I believe Cho was stressed otu and straight up depressed, but thats beside the point, Thompson blames video games, when only children of 5-8 act out what they see in their game, We should make thompson play a gviolent but equaly adictive video game, and see what he does. I mean hell, how many school shootings have there been in America, I only know of two (there probubly was a couple more). But the two I know of Are Colimbin, and Virginia tech, Was Colimbin an acted out video game? know they were mently insane and sucidle. ANd how can you act otu a video game for a school shooting, too my knowledge there has never been a video game about shooting your classmates.

Tsuyu · 04-18-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Arckon

Alright Jacktompson blames violent video games, I believe Cho was stressed otu and straight up depressed, but thats beside the point, Thompson blames video games, when only children of 5-8 act out what they see in their game, We should make thompson play a gviolent but equaly adictive video game, and see what he does. I mean hell, how many school shootings have there been in America, I only know of two (there probubly was a couple more). But the two I know of Are Colimbin, and Virginia tech, Was Colimbin an acted out video game? know they were mently insane and sucidle. ANd how can you act otu a video game for a school shooting, too my knowledge there has never been a video game about shooting your classmates.

There's been a heap of more...

Anyhow, like the saying goes "Guns dont kill people. People with guns kill people". For a person to act out what they've seen in a game, that person must've been a loon to begin with. Let a murderous lunatic play GTA and put him in a car and he'll be running over people in no time.

Arckon · 04-18-2007, 07:54 PM

^eh!! Good point I am just an undereductaed 15 year old kid you plays GTA and trys to follow the law in that game.

droded · 04-18-2007, 08:02 PM

To be honest Arckon I don't think anyone could take you seriously unless you type properly...

I mean I'm foreign, and I can't even speak english let alone spell it.

Hexadecimal · 04-18-2007, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by droded

To be honest Arckon I don't think anyone could take you seriously unless you type properly...

I mean I'm foreign, and I can't even speak english let alone spell it.

Arckon types fine, other than the occasional typo... which we all make...
... and I thought you were from America... and go to school in the UK...

Arckon · 04-18-2007, 08:16 PM

What was wrong with my typing, I was being serius, I try to follow the law GTA.

droded · 04-18-2007, 08:17 PM

That's.. my...twin.. brother...

(Ok I was just trying to make a point... But I live in Malaysia).

But there were a huge amount of typos in that large chunk he just typed...

Shakezulah · 04-18-2007, 08:46 PM

Grr. People blaming video games is just stupid. "Doctor" Phil is blaming it on video games too. Its stupid to say something like that, because there is no evidence that Cho played video games. Or if there was, I haven't heard about it. The guy was a physcopath. He was depressed, and wrote many sadistic stories. I've been depressed before, and I've been in the same boat he was in. Writing sadistic stuff, wanting to kill my enemies. Luckily I agreed to help, and as you can see, I play video games, and I have no intention of going out and murdering 32 defensless people.

droded · 04-18-2007, 08:57 PM

Well, I believe reacting aggressively and angrily to this statement is just going to turn it against you. Nothing good can come of this. Just ignore those silly people.

Arckon · 04-18-2007, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by droded

That's.. my...twin.. brother...

(Ok I was just trying to make a point... But I live in Malaysia).

But there were a huge amount of typos in that large chunk he just typed...

I know I am too lazy to go back and fix, but you guys and gals get the point righnt?