Thompson: Gamers don't care about dead people (http://www.destructoid.com/thompson-gamers-don-t-care-about-dead-people-70937.phtml)

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The Destructoid community is abuzz with the arrival of its newest member (and avid Destructoid reader) Jack Thompson. Thompson, a man who still clings to the obsolete belief that gamers are sociopathic children, chose to make his grand entrance by calling us just that, and was even cutting enough to describe us all as E-tards. While most of the community fired right back at him, one of our readers sought some manner of rational discourse.

Paying him respect and urging him to engage Destructoid in a less hostile manner, CBlogger Mecha Monkey (http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/MechaMonkey/so-i-e-mailed-jack-thompson-and-he-answered-full-trasncript-added--70919.phtml) hoped to crack through the bravado and find a man whose beliefs we could get behind. It was a futile effort, but a noble one. After suggesting he appear on one of our podcasts, Jack Thompson quickly declined his own offer, deciding instead to retort to the up-until-then polite Mecha Monkey with condescending words and finally offering up this amazing description of all gamers:

" Gamers are ill-mannered and uninformed, and they prove it everyday. They couldn't care less about the people killed. "

Thompson, the man who has a history of being rude to correspondents, called the manners of everybody reading this into question. Thompson, the man who continues to implicate videogames in the Virginia Tech shooting regardless of proof showing otherwise, has called everybody reading this uninformed. Furthermore, the man who used the NIU tragedy to plug his own book as gone on record as saying not a single one of us cares about the people killed.

If it any wonder that gamers treat him like a figure of fun and a complete joke when he can't even respond to polite ones with any degree of respect?

His loss. He's just making himself look more like an idiot.

Jack Thompson is failure.

Nuff' Said

Oh man, I love the wars between Penny-Arcade and this guy. ****ing HILARIOUS coz Thompson gets owned so hard he files law suits :3.

He's going to try to blame WWII on video games.

lol wtf? Just another white dude blaming everything on "violent video games."

No offense, but you don't see Asians blaming anything on video games lol.
hmm wonder why >_> .................................................. ...........

Reading the series of emails sent back and forth between Mechamonkey and JT... I have lost all respect, if I had any, for this man. Period. I could get over the fact that he calls all gamers retards and mindless robots... whatever it's expected with his attitude.

But to say to someone that setting up a memorial for the dead students at NIU is for making ones owns self feel better because he didnt do anything about it is complete bullshit! He basically contradicted his own damn statement right there. Religious arrogant bastard.

Someone needs to seriously go Franz Ferdidnand on this guy, although I'd much prefer the Hostel solution.

Wait, he has a book?




Everyone, to Amazon and give his book the lowest rating of all time. XD

You know what's more stupid? Some adults believe him and support him (financially as well).

To be honest, I really don't care about dead people. I mean...shit, THEIR life has ended, sure. Its horrible to take away a life.

But **** it, they don't know their dead. And, if there IS a heaven, and they were a good person, they are there. So, they should be happy.

Dead people are the LAST people I feel bad for.


I feel bad for the families. I guess this guy just likes to spend his time feeling bad for people that will never know it.

Can we shoot this guy in the leg please? :3

He's going to try to blame WWII on video games.

Were they even out back then? Lmfao.

Why o why did the devil create Mario Paint!!!!

How can we sell a game to our kids when it was the cause of vietnam, ww1 and ww2, 9/11, iraq, columbine, waco.

Yea, and you thought video games were innocent fun! How dare you!!!!!

/wtf

@Oisterboy
I personlly feel sad for the victims as well. All their oportunitys in life where taken away from them. There wasn't any reason for it, just randomness. They where practically just standing on the doorstep of their lives. I feel sorry for them.

As long as there is the NRA and liberal gun laws, why should one bother to single out one issue like this especially when it is that unfounded and dubious?
How about that only boys do shootings, that 2/3 are copycats and that the number of incidents correlate directly with media coverage?

If anyone wants to prepare for things like those, one should just join the Army, that at least is a commonly described honourable and brave way of training murder.

You know what's more stupid? Some adults believe him and support him (financially as well).

Like i said "Just another white dude blaming everything on "violent video games".

Caucasians UNITE! to form a legion of rich dumb parents trying to use video games as an excuse for all the "violent, bad things" that their children are doing!!! But what is actually causing this problem is that their frken retards for not disciplining their children!

HOORAAYYYY and once they get rid of all these horrible, evil video games~ the world shall live in peace forever!

-_-...........................................-_-

I'm just stating the solid, blatant truth.

I'm just stating the solid, blatant truth.

Spiced with a little racism, but who doesn't do it these days anyways? I like it, makes it easier to spot idiots.

Spiced with a little racism, but who doesn't do it these days anyways? I like it, makes it easier to spot idiots.

You used a little more racism "spice" than i did :p
I like it a lot XD Yummm...

And if you were referring to me T-T;
Grrr.

Why would we care about someone that died and we didn't know that person

Ooooh hes still going on about this bullshit? I thought he gave up. Oh well, time to get the sledgehammer.

i dont care about the people i kill in games, but i care if one of my teammates gets lunched:(


dont feed the RL troll.

Well ye its somewhat true.. I couldnt care less, and would actually be pretty happy, if that guy would die >_> Btw, this has most likely been posted already billion times, and everyone has already seen it but.. what the heck:
http://www.gamerandy.com/demopics/CADJackFull.jpg

Well ye its somewhat true.. I couldnt care less, and would actually be pretty happy, if that guy would die >_> Btw, this was most likely posted already billion times, and everyone has already seen it but.. what the heck:
http://www.gamerandy.com/demopics/CADJackFull.jpg

LOL :D last one was awsome :p

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thets stupid , as a gamer (i think ..) i can say thets stupid.
all those blames on video games, THEY ARE FUN ! ENOUGH SAID !

I don't care about dead people, but videogames didn't cause that.
They didn't make me an e-tard either!

You know what's more stupid? Some adults believe him and support him (financially as well).

Stupid but not surprising...

*cough* Prude *cough*


He' is unstable. He's just making himself look more of a retard than he already is.

Were they even out back then? Lmfao.

Exactly O_o

Jack ***. ;)

Nevermind him guys,he's just pissed off because they TKed and kicked him in Cod4.

Hmm, new idea: wait until he goes after Anime. Personally, I couldn't care less about it...but, theres THOUSANDS of mentally unstable Narutards out there...I'm sure one of them could go off the deep end and assassinate him.


(seriously, I saw this 400+ pound retarded guy with a Naruto headband on in Price Chopper yesterday. Oh how I lold.)

I totally support him, he's teh man!!!

PS: I'm high...........

I agree...

Jack Thompson does eat paint chips and sodomizes giraffes.

Hay guys, check it out. It looks as though MSNBC is on our side.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23204875/

note: I didn't want to start a new thread about this.

(seriously, I saw this 400+ pound retarded guy with a Naruto headband on in Price Chopper yesterday. Oh how I lold.)

im lol'ing just at your lol'ing.

Hmm, new idea: wait until he goes after Anime. Personally, I couldn't care less about it...but, theres THOUSANDS of mentally unstable Narutards out there...I'm sure one of them could go off the deep end and assassinate him.


HOPEFULLY he'll have his status as a lawyer revoked by then, and none of us will have to worry. But of course, there are many other things we have to worry about than overseas "cartoons," correct? :p

lol wtf? Just another white dude blaming everything on "violent video games."

No offense, but you don't see Asians blaming anything on video games lol.
hmm wonder why >_> .................................................. ...........

Because then you would all be out of jobs?