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badwinkles
05/15/17 10:00:56 AM
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some shit like that because of violence. and people sent him tons of death threats like morons. member? Member?

whatever happened with that. he failed obviously
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FrenchCrunch
05/15/17 10:02:13 AM
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jack thompson?
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DevsBro
05/15/17 10:03:23 AM
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I bet some kid used his Ninka Gaiden skills and killed him to provet han video games don't make you violent
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badwinkles
05/15/17 10:03:33 AM
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yeah thats him
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badwinkles
05/15/17 10:03:52 AM
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hm
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Doom_Art
05/15/17 10:04:06 AM
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Jack Thompson

whoa

Haven't heard of him in a long time
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ChromaticAngel
05/15/17 10:04:52 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
Jack Thompson

whoa

Haven't heard of him in a long time


He was disbarred
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Laserion
05/15/17 10:06:22 AM
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What does he think of Harvest Moon?
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badwinkles
05/15/17 10:06:52 AM
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maple story?
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coolboy11
05/15/17 10:11:01 AM
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lol who gets disbarred in fuckin Florida of all places?
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green butter
05/15/17 10:12:57 AM
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Lonestar2000
05/15/17 10:13:14 AM
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The internet got him disbarred.
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badwinkles
05/15/17 10:14:06 AM
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GregShmedley posted...
Lol him and Clinton were ridiculous with that BS. Good times.

*sips Hot Coffee*


*toast
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eston
05/15/17 10:21:06 AM
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He got in trouble for faxing tons of gay porn to a judge

And Rockstar made him the President of an organization in the GTA universe whose name is so vulgar I would not risk posting it here
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J E S U S
05/15/17 10:22:23 AM
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Didn't joe Lieberman hate games too?
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Tombawocxer
05/15/17 1:52:09 PM
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Jack Thompson is hilarious. Dude went up against cop-killers and some kid who bludgeoned a girl to death, all while managing to come across as even more of a psycopath.
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Doom_Art
05/15/17 1:53:21 PM
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J E S U S posted...
Didn't joe Lieberman hate games too?

Probably

He also hates decent healthcare
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chill02
05/15/17 1:53:40 PM
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J E S U S posted...
Didn't joe Lieberman hate games too?

yes
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Doom_Art
05/15/17 1:55:42 PM
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Wasn't he trying to get Bully pulled at one point, and as part of the thing, the judge played the game for an hour or two?

And the judge really enjoyed it?
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chill02
05/15/17 1:56:39 PM
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yes
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badwinkles
05/15/17 2:58:19 PM
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I didnt know about the judge playing bully, aha
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SomeLikeItHoth
05/15/17 3:01:05 PM
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There needs to be a movie about his life.
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__Cam__
05/15/17 3:09:19 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
Wasn't he trying to get Bully pulled at one point, and as part of the thing, the judge played the game for an hour or two?

And the judge really enjoyed it?

Thompson described the game as being a lot more explicit than it really was, and even described things that never happen in the game like racially motivated crime. The judge and Thompson were shown a highlight reel of the game's most violent/suggestive moments, the judge had no problem with it, and Thompson threw a tantrum, before complaining that the game promoted homosexuality.
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legendarylemur
05/15/17 3:10:38 PM
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eston posted...
He got in trouble for faxing tons of gay porn to a judge

And Rockstar made him the President of an organization in the GTA universe whose name is so vulgar I would not risk posting it here

Wait wait, hold the fuck up. How do you even fax porn?
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Doom_Art
05/15/17 3:13:01 PM
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__Cam__ posted...
Thompson described the game as being a lot more explicit than it really was, and even described things that never happen in the game like racially motivated crime. The judge and Thompson were shown a highlight reel of the game's most violent/suggestive moments, the judge had no problem with it, and Thompson threw a tantrum, before complaining that the game promoted homosexuality.

Hmm that is partly what I'm thinking of

Did a judge ever actually play any of the games though? Where did I remember that from?

legendarylemur posted...
Wait wait, hold the fuck up. How do you even fax porn?

with a fax machine, I guess
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eston
05/15/17 3:13:24 PM
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The same way you fax anything else I would assume. It scans what you put on there and sends it.

One of his favorite ways to hassle people was to send hundreds of pages of unsolicited legal documents to them via fax.
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COVxy
05/15/17 3:34:11 PM
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You're exaggerating the argument, and discussion of regulation of video game exposure given that the evidence suggests that it does indeed cause an increase in aggressive behavior is warrented.
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chill02
05/15/17 3:36:11 PM
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COVxy posted...
given that the evidence suggests that it does indeed cause an increase in aggressive behavior



false
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legendarylemur
05/15/17 3:37:57 PM
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For some reason I equated porn with videos >.> If they're just images, I guess it makes sense
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COVxy
05/15/17 3:38:04 PM
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chill02 posted...
COVxy posted...
given that the evidence suggests that it does indeed cause an increase in aggressive behavior



false


Unequivocally not. Probably the most stable result in social psychology ever. You can look up the academic literature for yourself.
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Edgemaster97
05/15/17 3:40:14 PM
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Ironically, he defended Mass Effect when someone else called it a sex simulator.
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chill02
05/15/17 3:48:02 PM
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COVxy posted...
chill02 posted...
COVxy posted...
given that the evidence suggests that it does indeed cause an increase in aggressive behavior



false


Unequivocally not. Probably the most stable result in social psychology ever. You can look up the academic literature for yourself.


no
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I is smart
05/15/17 3:49:45 PM
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COVxy posted...
chill02 posted...
COVxy posted...
given that the evidence suggests that it does indeed cause an increase in aggressive behavior



false


Unequivocally not. Probably the most stable result in social psychology ever. You can look up the academic literature for yourself.


Translation: I have absolutely nothing but I'm going to be arrogant and condescending anyway.
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COVxy
05/15/17 3:51:49 PM
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More accurately I'm at work and I've given this literature search to CE, and I'm pretty sure Chill specifically, multiple times now. In reality, this bias is so great on this site that most posters are unwilling to consider the evidence.
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chill02
05/15/17 3:54:59 PM
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COVxy posted...
and I'm pretty sure Chill specifically, multiple times now.


I don't even remember who you are
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COVxy
05/15/17 4:33:02 PM
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I am me.
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ChromaticAngel
05/15/17 4:33:26 PM
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COVxy posted...
More accurately I'm at work and I've given this literature search to CE, and I'm pretty sure Chill specifically, multiple times now. In reality, this bias is so great on this site that most posters are unwilling to consider the evidence.


There are less studies finding links between games and violence than there are studies finding no connection between humans and climate change.
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Alakazamtrainer
05/15/17 4:42:33 PM
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I is smart posted...
COVxy posted...
chill02 posted...
COVxy posted...
given that the evidence suggests that it does indeed cause an increase in aggressive behavior



false


Unequivocally not. Probably the most stable result in social psychology ever. You can look up the academic literature for yourself.


Translation: I have absolutely nothing but I'm going to be arrogant and condescending anyway.



Hes right though...

I had to do a debate on this in high school, i ended up drawing the against violance in video games.

Come to find out, that when you stop playing a violent (not defined but diffrent for everyone) video hgame to about 30-45 mins afterward people showed heightened violent aggressive behaviour.

Thats why more fight happen over video games then most other thing people do together
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badwinkles
05/15/17 4:45:29 PM
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my brother dropped a gamecube controller on my face from the bed when I blue-shell ninja won a game of mario kart once

does that count?
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Cookie Bag
05/15/17 4:52:42 PM
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What's the relation on violence in video games and people that already show symptoms of mental instability though? because if a video game doesn't make them pop, anything else in a competitive environment would.
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chill02
05/15/17 5:34:50 PM
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Alakazamtrainer posted...
Thats why more fight happen over video games then most other thing people do together


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism
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StucklnMyPants
05/15/17 5:45:44 PM
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Alakazamtrainer posted...
Thats why more fight happen over video games then most other thing people do together

lmao Thats why when a team of professional CS players lose a huge tournament, their fans go out into the city and start burning cars. Wait...
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