April 16, 2007 - It was the deadliest school shooting in United States history: 32 people murdered in cold blood by a mentally unsound student at Virginia Tech. The tragedy took America by a sullen storm, followed by fingers pointing in every which direction.
“It’s the lax gun laws!” said the liberals.
“It’s the harsh gun laws!” said the conservatives.
“It’s the lack of mental health treatment!” said the psychiatrists.
“No! You’re all wrong,“ said the nutjobs, “it’s video games of course!”
Read the rest of this ridiculous story, after the jump!
Jack Thompson attempted to turn a catastrophe into an opportunity; an opportunity structured with walls of evil. He went on a media spree, spending time on any network that would clip a mic on him. The camera adds ten pounds, but unfortunately, it doesn’t give 10 shits as to who it records.
But, he wasn’t the main culprit this time around. Totally by coincidence, this was right about the same mainstream media started calling Jack-o on his bullcrap. No, no, the real problem was Dr. Phil. He appeared on Larry King to discuss the shooting shortly thereafter:
…the problem is we are programming these people as a society. You cannot tell me — common sense tells you that if these kids are playing video games, where they’re on a mass killing spree in a video game, it’s glamorized on the big screen, it’s become part of the fiber of our society. You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath or someone suffering from mental illness and add in a dose of rage, the suggestibility is too high. And we’re going to have to start dealing with that. We’re going to have to start addressing those issues and recognizing that the mass murders of tomorrow are the children of today that are being programmed with this massive violence overdose.
Dr. Phil was never seen on my TV again after that ugly comment. Nor was he ever really on my TV before that, either. Precisely why my boycott of his show has been such a success.
Insane people of all types (students, lawyers, and fake therapists) are what make this moment number 72 on Sarcastic Gamer’s Top 100 Gaming Moments of 2007!
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Dr.gliffbu // Dec 20, 2007 at 5:51 pm
i dont get it hes all like i have common sense why is it that games cause violence not those that are unstable and lake violence are also drawn towards those games. ah i will never watch do.phil
2 MrAnderson // Dec 20, 2007 at 8:01 pm
He has got a point about giving retarded people violent games to play though, some people are definitely far more open to suggestion then others.
3 Harag // Dec 20, 2007 at 9:06 pm
you want violence read the damn papper you dont need a video game to do it you can just watch the news by what hes saying we should stop reporting news playing video games and be forced to watch howdy doody reruns for the rest of eternity
4 Alecsander_C // Dec 21, 2007 at 2:17 am
well he said it himself:
“You take that and mix it with a psychopath, a sociopath or someone suffering from mental illness and add in a dose of rage, the suggestibility is too high”
so he IS admitting it’s the fact that the responsible for this tragedy were a psyco or a sociopath, but yeah he messed up.
Don’t this people get it? millions of gamers out there play and never feel the urge to do horrible things like this, it’s just a handful of people that need help.
So instead of Jack Thompson pushing all this crap to get gamers under the age related system, the new rating system should be:
e - Everyone (of course)
NP - Not for Psychos
NS - Not for sociopaths
that’s it
5 irish boy90 // Dec 21, 2007 at 8:14 am
or make you have to take a sanaity test before you can buy certain games.
6 hector530 // Dec 21, 2007 at 9:40 pm
i still watch dr phil
7 Sights-Set117 // Dec 22, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Oh wow, thats fantastic, continue to blame videogames for your problems, society….good job.
Why don’t they focus on why people really kill each other? Like depression, bullying, mental illness, discrimination, and violence in the general media. Idiots….
8 GAM // Jan 23, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I’m reading Dr. Phil\’s speech bubble and I can\’t disagree more, its only impossible if you use the default controls.
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