That's an issue in itself with "Gun-Free Zones" (where most major shooting occur, anyway).

What's on kirb's video? I can't get flash at work. Just a two line synopsis?

Jack Thompson says that videogames killed 32 people at Virginia Tech

It's Jack being a douchebag.

Agreed. Every time something like this happens, we get to see what bastards people really are. Not just the ones who shoot people, either.

Ugh. All the things you know I'd say about that, just assume I'm calm enough to say them.

That man is an utter toolbox.

amazingy, it is still Australia that holds an even higher record death toll in a spree shooting. look up the port arthur massacre on wikipedia. ( i would link if i weren`t posting from my wii.

Been away for awhile, and just heard about it this morning. Un-freaking-believable. I feel sorry for their families.

god jack thompson is a tard... i love how he still says "trained with [videogame here]" because we all know the ability to move a mouse and click a button trains us to hold the weapons weight steady while getting proper sight alignment and also how to manage recoil...

Yes, I am currently a sophomore at Virginia Tech.

well, if jack can get his law degree from phoenix wright.....

Jack Thompson isn't the only one using this tragedy as a political football: http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2007/04/who_is_the_asia.html

Despite the fact I barely know you, I'll sleep better tonight knowing you're not one of the dead I hope you and your circle of friends weren't too badly affected.

This whole thing makes me sick.

It really freaked me out and Jack Thompson is not helping at all. I cant believe people even let him talk. How the heck is he "eloquent" and a "specialist"?


Agreed- Glad to know youre safe Slaw. We're here for ya

That website also has an image of the swastika flag of Nazi Germany next to the crescent moon and a star symbol of the Turkish flag, saying "two symbols, same deal." So I think it can be safely ignored.

Wow. That writer is not only a bigot, she's phenomenally stupid. She's actually questioning how someone could have shot people at two buildings half a mile away, two hours apart? Back at NU, some of my classes are a mile away and I walk to them in fifteen minutes.

I endorse inundating her blog with mocking comments.

sweet. Glad to hear you're ok.

Lessee, she probably failed math, PE, history... anything else?

I agree completely, I mean theres one small thing that people like that always forget to remember. THEY ****ING VOLUNTEERED.

Hmm I was walking into my lectures today when some news reporter gal stopped me and asked me if I heard about it. I said yes, she then wanted me and my friend to comment what we thought about it. Apparently a student from my university was on a placement over there or something and was quite close to the shootings. In all honesty, this may sound really bad but when I heard the news it was just like... oh right more people been killed again? Its so easy to be desensitized to this kind of thing; you have so much stuff on the news about people dying all the time. Perhaps if it was nearer to me (UK) then I would feel more affected. Either way it sucks though.

*shrug*

Cho Seung-hui: Age 23 Wow he's South Korean.

He was said to have no known criminal history, so therefore no reason not to be given these guns.

Well, on the radio, news, and internet people are still babbling about WHOSE fault this was. The schools for not reacting quickly? and Jack Thompson leeching off this horrible event to prove that video games is the cause of this and the people who are with him So much going on.

I wish the best for the families who lost their child/children in this tragedy.

If I ever find myself feeling desensitized I just imagine it happening at my school or in my town. Inevitably I get very angry. I wish these jerks would stop offing themselves when they're done, it robs us the illusion of being able to do something about it. It's like...okay, 33 people have been killed. That sucks, but there's nothing we can do now.

So what if he's Korean. It is quite stupid feel bad because of the guy's race.

That makes no sense.

I don't know, I bet the Austrians aren't wild about Hitler.

Boco the GODWINATOR.

But yeah, why shame?

I didn't write it, but I agree with it:

Dear Jack Thompson,

**** you. I'm sorry, but I had to get that out of the way before I went any further. Just so you know where I stand.

Now, onto my general point: how dare you. How DARE you? You despicable, bottom-feeding, guttersnipe of a human being. You just couldn't wait to go on national television and blame video games for the tragedy that unfolded today at Virginia Tech. Hell, had the incident even finished before you managed to worm your way onto Fox News and peddle your absurd collection of snake oil that you continuously market as factual expertise?

How can someone like you bank on the misery, grief, and suffering of others to so obviously push their own agenda on a regular basis? You stand at your metaphorical pulpit, claiming that you're protecting the lives of children with your own little crusade against Take Two because of their wealth violent video games, gay rights, and just about anyone who doesn't share your psychotic Christian beliefs, but I have yet to see you actually do anything that would actually do anything other than possibly line your pockets with ill-gotten litigious gains. By trying to convince the general public that game developers and publishers are marketing violent video games towards the youth of America, you hope to fool people into thinking that there's an overwhelming conspiracy behind such a horrific event like the worst shooting in this country's history. What you don't seem to understand, or perhaps you just choose to ignore it, is that something as beautiful as a human life can be snuffed out by someone else simply because they're insane.

Of course, I shouldn't be surprised by any of this, seeing as how you helped waste $91,000 of Louisiana tax payers' money during a time when the state should've been spending its resources on rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina's damage from last year instead of focusing on idiotic legislation dealing with a problem that is equivocal to reading too many comic books. Oh, and let's not forget the time you mocked a gaming community for the death of one of their members.

You see, Jack, most of us are onto you: you're an activist with a private agenda; the agenda being that you're hiding behind an ill-crafted illusion of altruism so you can earn a huge payout from one of your idiot lawsuits. I personally hope the Florida Bar Association drums you out on your *** regarding those five counts of professional misconduct you're facing. Even if you don't, rest assured: karma will come along one of these days and bite you hard for your contemptible behavior.

You, sir, disgust me with every piece of offal that comes streaming out of your mouth. Do us all a favor: sit down, shut up, and let us all cope with what happened today. When we have some free time, we'll deal with your trivial greed.

Contemptibly,

Mike Thompson
Boy of Tomorrow

Nice, but he'll never see it. A staffer will see it and delete/toss it after the first two words before it ever makes it to his desk.

What a great letter! Basically expresses the feeling of all the people who are angry at Jack Thompson.

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Ashamed b/c I am S.K. and w/ this the jokes start coming in...

I'm (an American-born) Korean too. I don't have one bit of shame because this guy has the same race as me.

Get some balls.

Eh, good point.

I don't know, to me Jack Thompson seems like the kind of guy that Google's his own name every morning. He must have been so happy when he heard about this shooting. I bet he had to change his pants afterwards.

It does suck, though. But no doubt there's going to be an absolute ****-storm about his race, religion, gaming habbits and whatever else some idiot can think of. Seems like everytime these things happen, instead of just leaving the blame on the actual perpetrator, they try and wrangle in as many other people as possible to lay some blame on.

People should use the same passion they have about fighting what's the reason about this to help all the families who were affected by this.

That would actually help.

Echoman, I didn't know that. In fact, now I don't picture you as a 6'5" Thrawn lookalike anymore.

(Unless you really look like that except somehow Koreanish, which would make it kind of awesome)

I'm 6'3" you silly Finn.

Actually I think he was pretty eloquent. He may not have been entirely accurate, but it was still quite eloquent. And he actually is a specialist when it comes to school shootings. He knows a lot of stuff about all the different school shootings that have happened. That has nothing to do with his views about video games.

They're using the word "Loner" a lot on the ABC News Special Report LIVE to describe the guy.

I love how Jack Thompson causes more anger and hate toward himself than any videogames have ever caused most people.

And he's about as much a specialist on school shootings as I am. If you want to call someone a specialst that says these school shootings happen because teenagers "train" on videogames, I'm going to have to call both of you idiots.

This is another example where America's gun laws are complete tosh. I feel sorry for all those affected :(. Its the fault of the government and perhaps they should think about looking in their backyard and they say their winning the 'war on terror' what about the terror that is caused by the GUN. So how long can this go on? How many more victims will there be?

Sorry about the rant.

ha.

Idiots. It's not guns that are at fault; it's the fault of the insane psychopathic murderer.

lol cars kill people lets get rid of cars lol