its gonna take more than that fool to get rid of violent video games theres more ppl hu r with it than against

Thank you so much

Children this day needs to STFU and stop playing GTA. One day you all going to hell and satan is going to stick his fork down your ass.

All of the violence in GTA is your choice. But besides that, it shouldn't even be in kids hands. It's a mature rated game for a reason and it's the parent's responsibility to know what their child is playing, NOT YOURS, pal.

Yeah it's a murder simulator that includes magical EMT guys who come and ressurrect the dead victim or well... SOME TIMES THE DEAD BODY DISSAPEARS just like in real life.



Oh and sometimes you get shot by cops for killing someone, but we all know kids want to go out and kill people and get shot at by cops because they played GTA!!!



Jack, please go away you dumbass.

he's the man!!!! there's other kind of games which are better and not immoral!

Watching Jack try to dismiss the facts that he's wrong is always fun.



This guy's problem seems to be that he's not open at all to being wrong about videogames made and sold to mature players not DIRECTLY being what causes voilence in stupid idiot kids who go shoot up their school because they have never been hugged.



I'm not going to dare say this world isn't *****ed up and that there are definite problems with people today but I do think as the article states, too pointed in his blame on videogames. I'd take a look at the parents first. And why do these kids even have guns?

I would love nothing more than to show jack thompson all the violence and murderous ways i've leanred from video games, honestly i laughed through the whole interview, What a crock of Sh1t! This ***** needs to be shot god damnit!

Alright sum up



-Rockstar only makes it, esrb rates it.

-parents job to keep their children in line.

-stores job to pay attention to who either sell to.

-lastly ITS PARENT JOB TO WATCH THEIR KIDS.



we all can agree on that.

Ya Janet Reno way to kick Jack Thompson's ass LMAO he filled battery charges against her.

Reminds me of something that happene a long time ago in france. The government legally sanctioned a brothel... which is a whore house, and after city council finally decided to close down the brothel... because it was immoral. The crime rate of rape actually rose... along with other various sex crimes.



So if games cause violence, and you get rid of games... then violent crimes will rise.



It's commen sense. I can't tell you the countless times I took out my aggression on GTA or Doom or something. Afterwards I don't feel the need to go out and hurt someone. People who become violent after playing video games... shouldn't be playing them in the first place, and they probably need some therapy or something.

You notice Mr. Thompson's response to the FBI data that says violent crimes amoung teens has decreased as the populartiy of video games increased. He had to lie and make some stuff up about more schools handeling problems in house. The more he runs his mouth, the more holes he will digg and sooner he is going to fall into one of his holes. We don't even have to fight this guy. He is going to alienate himself if he keeps getting proven false by the media.

lol oo my god why dont he just sue 50 cent for making music and rap then.. this jack thompson guy needs to be shot with bb guns or paint ball guns.

who were restricted all the time as kids. When they got out to the real world (College or whatever) they wen't buck wild and many took a turn for the worst. (Explored sex, alchohol, drugs, parties, and flunked out or just plainly failed at life)



The material universe as we know it is full of matter. Matter collides, explodes, reacts with itself violently, and uses itself as fuel. That is the way of all things in the universe. It is futile to sheild your children and loved ones from the obvious ways of the universe. If it all the tech went away everyone would have to kill other animals to survive and live as we once did, a very violent life. Don't ever forget that our soul purpose is to pass on genes and then die. Culture and elaborate choice is just a fruit that the other animals don't get to enjoy. As humans we have gained the ability to choose whether or not we pass on genes. All the other animals are pretty much hard wired and have no choice. It is this sole purpose that makes us violent and competitive for money, land, food , and property. People like Jack Thompson piss me off because they can't get it through their heads that you have to have darkness to see light and vica versa and he treats people like they can't tell the difference. All animals come out of the womb knowing the difference because ignorance means premature death.

Your comment was just as worthless though.

I dont' believe violent video games cause people to be more violent. However, lets say that 1 kid killed 3 kids, and said it was because of violent games. Should 6.5Billion people in the world be penalized from it, and not be allowed to play video games whatsoever? We live in america. We should have the right to play whatever video games we want. And cali-cold said it perfect:



" Alright sum up



-Rockstar only makes it, esrb rates it.

-parents job to keep their children in line.

-stores job to pay attention to who either sell to.

-lastly ITS PARENT JOB TO WATCH THEIR KIDS.



we all can agree on that."



Car accidents are more dangerous killing much more teens than video games. Should we ban them from driving? Smoking is #1 cause of lung cancer. Should be ban smoking? Sun tanning is #1 cause of skin cancer, should people be forbidden to go to the beach?



There are a ton of things i can list and he goes and pick a topic that has no scientific proof. We are just easy targets. -.-

At 2:20 (roughly) the announcer states, "While most of these games are rated 'M' for Mature, it's still perfectly legal to sell them to kids". WTF??? No it's not, you flaming jackass. Store owners can be arrested and their stores shut down for selling M rated games to minors under 17. The law requires them to check the IDs of anyone purchsasing these games. That's why the rating system is there in the first place. Way to try to incite your viewers against the rating system, *****s.



Anyway, onto my opinion of Jack Thompson. Isn't it illegal to file "frivelous" lawsuits? Last time I checked it is. So, take my advice, Rockstar. Next time Jack Thompson tries to sue you, sue his ass back for everything he's got. Lobby to have his legal licence revoked. I guarantee you'll have the entire gaming industry backing you, because they're all just waiting for someone to start the offensive (and what better company than Rockstar to do so?). Destoy his credibility (if anyone can really think he has any), his carreer, his life.



The man is a petty, insane crusader, crusading for an unjust cause.



I would like to publicly put out a hit on Jack Thompson. I've got $162.28 for whoever puts him out of his delusional misery. e-mail johnjohn42069@h otmail.com to discuss details.

Notice how he says that it activates the "animal part of the brain". This means that Jack thompson himself, KNOWS that such behaviour is a result of human nature. And If he is looking at this post right now I would like to ask him. In what way or plans do you have, to completely overhaul Human Nature. Also notice that immediately after the host asks him about "The old testament", "The Catcher and the Rye", he immediately ignores the question, and continues his assault on the video games. Another question Jack Thompson, Why did you ignore those questions? Were u afraid? Wow... I can so imagine this guy going blaming that video games caused hitler to kill jews some time in the future... I swear his parents originally had him named "Jackass Turd's Son", but out of pity, thought that he would bring some good to the world, but they thought wrong... freaking Jacksss Turd's Son

LOL what a fool, i bet he was a sheltered child that was never allowed to play with video games.

well his last comment was about quoting winston churchill....



churchill used to watch the bombings of london becuase he though it to be fascinating and was so amused by war!!!!!!!

Maybe America should have a strict gaming age rating thing like in UK, in the UK games are rated the same as films often and you're not allowed to buy games at a certain age rating.

Ah, I remember when San Andreas was changed from an "18" to "Adult".... Whatever the difference of that may be...



But the guy has some points, but come on, he's not being fair!

It's all about "Argh! the new consoles can train American kids to ride Dragons and fight aliens in Britain and... er... play tennis... they'll form a super army of kids with super-flexible thumbs and destroy the world!"



Most games aren't violent at all. And when they are violent, hey, they're more a stress relief. I play shooters when I'm stressed and need to chill out a bit. Always feel better.



What would he know? Fancy pants guy in a fancy pants house probably never gets the chance to sit down and see whats good about a game anyway...



OR, I reckon he has an over violent son who only plays violent games. He needs to bring up his son properly. And by properly I DON'T mean not allow him to watch Harry Potter because the Dragons are too violent.

Do you think a real lawyer would bring a giant toy slingshot into court? JT is the best viral marketing ever created.

....Don't worry Jack, we'll never give in to you..



There's no way he can get away with this..



There's violence EVERYWHERE



games

music

films

sport (wrestling, martial arts etc.)

even on the news and in new papers



besides, hes blaming the wrong people as most of you have pointed out already



psycotic kids and neglective parents in no way represent me or the way i deal with real life and social situations



also he brings shame to a well respected name (by me anyway), of course, im refering to the late Hunter S.

OK... So Jack is blaming GAMES... The last time I saw Wars and strife for a video game... Wait I don't remeber! But whats half the friggin world fighting and killing ruthlessly for? There beliefs? Why don't you just start trying to ban Religion or how about banning "crazy" people, or Black people? Im sorry but it cant be done! you could never stop video games like this to be out of our house... we all own them. Personally if this douche thinks he can walk in to my house and take my games, my right to play these games, and my right to think and do what I wish... he will find knife in his heart.

Jack is an idiot, he a looser, and a moron, and worst of all he gives christians a bad name. He is an obssesed moron, who has no point at all. Dedicate your life to something else, you are *****ing retarted. I've been playing GTA for years now, and you don't see me running around shooting people in the head or stomping others till I get a pool of blood. People who do that in real life are obviously ill. Again Jack, we hate you, you are a moron.... You are the real sociopath.

Who Cares?

"I think it was reasonable to ask her the questions."

Poor lil guy will never get to play video games, other kids at school must hate his guts becasue his father wants to end video games and has even TP with his name and shirts that hate his guts... So many crap about his son and he wants to shut down a whole company and leave hundreds of people on the street that are parents too... Hey Jack, wanna see some really sad families? Shut down the whole company!!

Jack Thompson should seriously just go back to his home planet and quit annoying us. I'm f****** tired of all this anti-videogame s***.

Man What A Load Of *****



Im 25 And Been Into Games Since I Was 15 Started With The Megadrive And Progressed Thgrough Most The Systems And 100's Of Games



Been In 2 Fights...

1 Started Because Boy Teased My Girlfriend I Was 16

2 Self Defence And I Was Drunk So More Like Slur Defence



And I Have Never Commited A Crime In My Life

Except Smoke Some Funny Stuff And Speed In My Car But Who Doesnt.......

And No I Dont Sit At Home All Day And Play Games

I Have A Good Career A Wife And 2 Kids



If The Studies Are True Than Why Haven't I Killed, Assulted Someone Because These Studies Are Not True

I Love Playing My GTA Socom BF2MC



Im Not Into Golf Or Tennis So Leave The Games Alone!!!!!!!!!!

As a lawyer he is trying to convince people (mostly overobsessive idiot parents) that videogames lead to more violence. The reason he does this is simple, he has to to make money. He thinks he found his source of income and this is it. He's frustrated because not as many morons exist as he hopes. He's sending out his greedy idiotic message to rally the overobsessive dumbf*ck parents into writing their congressman for legislation or some BS that will make his job easier.

I grew up playing video games like mortal combat and GTA and I'm an elected offical in my town. I'm 24 btw and the youngest to ever be elected in my town. My great grand father was the first to ever be elected, he is a true ameriacan he did a lot of good for people. All your doing is making people hate and seperate. Shame on you.

ah ha ha ha ha ha.... ha ha ha.... ha ha.... ha ha ha ha.... ha!! (more retarded laughter)



OMG he really thinks that he can shut down rockstar when millions buy their games and like 100 protest against them.



All the people protesting are fat, single parents living on benifits and after some money by sewing a big, sucessfull company.



god what a dumbass!!

OMG this is crazy. BTW you dont have to kill people on the streets in GTA if you don't want to. You could just take a cab and drive around people earning cash in a deasent way.

If Thompson goes around killing people, instead of driving a cab it reflects how this man stands in life, this guy doesn't have a real job that contributes to the society (like game developers like rockstar have) this guy makes a living of suing other people. NICE CONTRIBUTION!

not to even mention what this A-hole he put his kid trough!

What a mind F*ck



Maart

I can see that this person was probably the kid in high school who everyone stepped and picked on. Figure, if you go through life having everyone tease and pick on you, of course you are going to do everything in your power when you become older to become noticed and try to overpower somebody else. Now to pick on Rockstar is deff. something that many have tried, but have failed doing so. The whole point of the gaming industry is entertainment just like movies and Television has brought to many throughout the years. This is a point that many try to stress on, but certain individuals find that games are an easy target because many believe that children play video games more often than adults, which any case could very well be true. The point is that the reason there are ratings on the games is to give the person an idea what could possibly be shown playing the game. The gaming industry should not be getting ridiculed for what they provide as a source of entertainment. Once the game is in the consumers hands, it becomes their responsibility to decide who is going to play this, how will I react to the content of the game, Do I have enough brain cells to control my behavior when playing this game. It is also the responsibility of the supplier to help decide whether this game is reasonable or not for the consumer. Some people just need to understand that it isn't the company at fault. Entertainment is a service and sometimes a privilege. If you don't like it don't play. If you can't contain yourself while playing a violent game, don't play. If you are just using a game for a scapegoat to why you decide to go down the street and punch old ladies in the face while carrying a flamethrower, don't play it. I'm sick of people using videogames as a scapegoat to why they are violent. It has more to do with what going on in their head.....wow I went on a rant there. Think I'll stop there lol.

I'm a Christian and I'd just like to point out that this guy is right on a few points and wrong on others. To think that a game can persuade someone to murder, or be violent is rediculous. It's a choice factor, I could choose to go out and kill a puppy right now, but im not going to. After playing Grand Theft Auto, I also don't decide to go out and hurt things. However, I can see where he's coming from on another level with minors playing games. The certificate on a game shows the legal age to sell the game to a consumer. Anyone less than the certified age, in my opinion, shouldnt be allowed to play the game. Simply put, I think if you are too young to grasp what a game is about (which is entertainment) then you shouldn't be allowed to pick up a controller. Because a younger mind is suceptable to a lot more than an older, more mature mind. Anyone who can pick up a weapon and kill someone has to have something wrong with them to begin with. No-one just decides after playing a game to go out and kill thier friends.



So... hes right and wrong, wrong in the sense that games can inspire violence and correct in assuming that a younger mind can't differentiate as well as a more mature mind can. And as a christian he's not doing what Jesus commanded, which is to love your neighbour. The bible also states that you should settle all differences with someone before even giving to God. Instead, he goes around suing people in the name of righteousness. He complains that people are out to murder him and destroy his career. but isn't that what he's trying to do to these companies?



I however, don't like it when people who don't even believe in God go around using the bible to make a Christian look stupid. Yeah, the old testiment is very gory. But so was world war 1 and 2. Gore is gory, it's true, I know.



His crusade of righteousness is flawed, a righteous man is someone who cares about the wellbeing of thier fellow man, no matter what they do or who they are. Jesus cared about everyone regardless of what they had done. He befriended sinners, ate with greedy tax collectors and drunkards. That's not to say that violence is correct in any light, Im sure Jesus would still have something to say to all this violence in the world, but I'm sure he'd say it much better than this guy.



Sorry for the rant, I just hate it when men can't just live in peace with one-another. It all ends up being a childish game of "I'm right, you're wrong."

Ok maybe he wants to raise his won way ok fine but don't go blaming a gaming industry for a mistake by a gamestop or gaming clerk did to let a 14 year old or whatever buy a mature rated game. Jack is a loser and needs to get a life. Games aren't suppose to be closer to real life they are suppose to drift people into a differen't life or into a story. If Kids can't maintain that premise then hell their paren'ts should have known to not give them a game system in the first place. Also he wants to talk about Violenece look at the freakin BIBLE its has people beheading and death everywhere. If you take games and movies away there are going to be books and the news to get these kids to know about violence. There will be always violence in the world as long as humans are born with the"7 sins"

We should let the people he's attacking do the "pwning". Judging by Take 2's statement they seem to be doing a fine job at it. And for God's sake leave his son out of it. I feel just as bad for him as I do Thompson himself for having such a flawed take on life and the American legal system.

Why dont we stop the console wars, All the gamers gather and speak our minds on jack thompson instead of each other bashing consoles...

I think this guy needs to get a life... I mean it really is the parents. Ill tell u jack I play violent games all the time and Ive never been in a fight or killed anyone before and i dont plan on it. Sooo GET A LIFE DUDE...





PS.... MAD PEOPLE HAVE SONS OK?

» Uh...



Your comment was just as worthless though.



--so what does that make your comment if you're already commenting on a "worthless" post...gdiaf, as i said

the jack thompson murder simulator



its called



"I'm OK"



google for it. its pretty funny.

i agree mostly with the following

1. he is an idiot

2. i feel sry for his son

3. he focuses everything that has happened on video games and doesnt see that there are OTHER influences

4.he needs a life

5.he's prolly doing all this for money/attention (or mayb his parents didnt let him play violent games and now he wants to get back at everyone else

i played gta last night so i think im gonna murder some people at school tomorrow!!!! muhahaha!!! ill kill that ***** teacher!!!! gta has turned me evil!!!! god bless jack thompson!!!!

Ya know, a better, more realistic analogy would be maybe some muslims blowing up millions of people, more specificaly 9-11. Maybe thats why every liberal politician including the UN felt the need to go to war. Maybe liberal politicians "changed there mind" just to suck up to get votes. War is never popular, so thank god we didnt have a liberal p.o.s. in office who would just keep ignoring the attacks on us. We tried that hundreds of times in the past. Learn from your mistakes and quit being so ignorant.

I feel that the problem isn't with the video games, it is how kids are raised that determines that. I just stomped a guy to death, now i'm going to walk to school and rain bullets on them. This guy is clueless

Yeah he is a *****

I agree with the fact that the parents choose to let their children play these games. I know kids who have played these games and have straight A's and have great attitudes. Not the violent attitudes he thinks are caused by these games, and besides most crimes and criminals come from poverty stricken backgrounds, and if they're poor how are they even going to pay for such games. This guy is just an Ediot, he needs to let it go about the fact that he thinks he is rightous crusader, because he's not. His son must hate the fact that when he goes to school all his friends are saying things like, "Hey did you play that new Grand Theft Auto Game?", and he has to say no, "My father is a self rightous hipicrit who dosent wanting me playing what he thinks are violent videogames".

i hate *****ed up *****s who think video games are the cause of out problems. OMG games are virtual reality. GTA is a stress reliever. you play GTA and youve killed a bunch of people and got rid of your anger. now you won't kill anyone! YAY!

Agreed...as long as the kunt remembers that the company still needs to stay open for people that are willing to purchase it (older mature people above 18 and all that $hit)...



I let my cousin play GTA 3 and GTA San Andreas (he's just turned 12) - he seems okay (he's a little hypo most of the time - has some kind of strange disorder - not supposed to get anything with sugar in it)...until he slept over at our place one night. Sugar and GTA - hehehe - it was sick (especially when carl swears in SA...eventually my cousin was cursing too - now that's sweet...

even though he might not win, he does raise the question of immorality in our personal lives / wanting to do immoral by playing games like GTA.

Personally I think GTA was fun, but excessive playing does make you think a little more violently, and i bet most ppl who played it think the same way.

I agree with his saying that these games "gives you the appetite" to be violent.

Rockstar will live on

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