columbine times 10... Sounds like 9/11 times 1000..
Has he been watching a little too much South Park lately?
Has he been watching a little too much South Park lately?
Jack Thompson Likes Sarah Palin
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WHOA, Whoa, hang on a second- First, he says the Video Games are to blame for teaching The lil' ones to murder, then he says that WE are to blame for teaching Johnny how to murder Jimmy. Who's really to blame: Video games, or Everyone else? Please tell us, O' Wise and Mystical Jack!
Well the ex-warden of the Hanoi Hilton is on board the McCain Train in addition to an undisclosed number of crazy evangelists that I could've sworn McCain told to go away at one point before he started running for president...the point is that I wouldn't be surprised.TsunamiWombat post=7.73699.804827 said:
Man this is like peanut butter and chocolate.
Two grandstanding, walking publicity stunts who have no goddamn clue what they're doing, together at last.
I see it now: "Teenage Pregnancy Caused by Saint's Row 2", or "The War in Iran is failing because of Call of Duty 6" and "Spore is a plot by the "Evolution Camp to subvert Christian beliefs"
Will somebody do something legal, assertive and effective against these two before some lunatic guns them down and gamers take the blame?
Two grandstanding, walking publicity stunts who have no goddamn clue what they're doing, together at last.
I see it now: "Teenage Pregnancy Caused by Saint's Row 2", or "The War in Iran is failing because of Call of Duty 6" and "Spore is a plot by the "Evolution Camp to subvert Christian beliefs"
Will somebody do something legal, assertive and effective against these two before some lunatic guns them down and gamers take the blame?
You mean like the 500k hits for this:Crunchy English post=7.73699.804856 said:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enGB244GB245&q=spore+evolutionist+propaganda
? With all the ones I bothered looking at saying basically what you just did.
It's disappointing that my attempt at humour was far, far too late.Melaisis post=7.73699.804873 said:
Also, that guy seems to have is head on straight, but what does it have to do with what I said? This is what I hate about the net, I thought I was making a good point and I seem to have been completely misunderstood.
I'll try and clarify: Censorship and hyper-violence in media are both worth talking about. So are many of the things Palin pretends she understands. I would prefer time on the airways and important political posts were given to people who actually knew what they were talking about.
Ah, apologies. Although I did laugh at the whole 'CoD 6 causes losses in Iran', heh.Crunchy English post=7.73699.804912 said:
I agree, but some of the wide, vague and idiotic statements that these under qualified knit-wits mean have some backing. When gamers do articles defending videogame censorship, often they are in a far better position to make judgements about this sort of thing but always will be biased towards the minority. By making absurd, pretentious statements against videogames the likes of Thompson (and probably Palin, TBH) get the automatic backing of the masses because simply not enough people know about modern gaming to realise that what these figures are saying is wrong. To many, Jack is a leading expert on this hot-topic (just look at his show appearance list) and a legally qualified (but not any more!) professional - expert in his field (or at least his wife is). To many, Jack is the antithesis of what they believe the average gamer to be (unemployed, socially inept and braindead) which is why they give him so much coverage, I think.
Just as much as the politicians need a sane voice of reason to say 'some videogames are wrong, but others are good!' we also need a sane gamer to step up, stop unanimously bashing these strawmen for the sake of flaming, and speak some sense into the pill-popping, Escapist news-commenting, Xbox Live crowd at the same time. Censorship is great to talk about: But only if both sides understand each other.
I just wanted to link The Three Rs, TBH.
I'm sure Maly is stick of me defending notorious anti-gaming figures and the issues they stand for on his threads anyway.
Ahh. 2 chances for us to finally prove we're not sexist by having a woman as vice prez/ prez and both times we get asses who censor everything and hate videogames.
Let him do it, in fact encourage him. Palin is turning out to be Obama's greatest ally, so lets all give her a hand...
Does he know when to quite. The Horse has been well and truly flogged by a man called Heinreich, dressed up in leather gear and put in a rack.
Jack's such an attention whore.
Jack's such an attention whore.
I seriously think McCain wants to throw this election, I really do. First he gets a batshit insane pro-creationist governor as his running mate, and now this.
Ha... ugh... When I laughed in triumph I got a sick feeling to my stomach just thinking of both of them...
So we've Obama who 'talks to terrorists' and Mccain who 'talks to disbanded lawyers'.
Almost, ALMOST, makes me happy we have Brown.
Almost, ALMOST, makes me happy we have Brown.
Regardless of the US candidates, the only thing that could make me be glad we had Brown would be if he began shooting chocolate into the sky each morning, leading to a weekly chocolate harvest across the country. Either that or tax cuts.The_root_of_all_evil post=7.73699.805130 said:
I'm with you on this one. McCain had my vote up until he picked Palin as his running mate, because with his age and his medical history the prospect of him dying in office is a very legitimate one. If Obama gets shot by some crazy racist dude or fundie Christian or something, we get an experienced foreign-policy maven and someone who knows how to work with the legislature. If McCain cacks, we get a woman with a walnut-sized intellect who will make us even more of an international laughingstock than we already are.Madman_Andre post=7.73699.805024 said:
Frankly I don't like either candidate and will probably either vote Libertarian or stay home, but that's just me.