12th October 2005, 4:59 PM
I had a similar thought a couple months ago about emailing Jack Thompson to try and engage him in a (somewhat) peaceful and objective debate.
Then I got hungry and forgot about it.
Face it, GR, he sees all gamers as mindless drones just waiting for our chance to kill everyone in sight. He will not give you benefit of the doubt, he will not listen to you, and it's impossible to try and reaosn with someone like him.
However, should you actually engage him in conversational debate, here are a few points I though up when I was pondering the idea that you could also use, if you so choose:
* What do you say of the studies that show video games can actually improve a persons logical skills and reflexes?
* Do you feel that there are any games on the market now that are beneficial to the gaming populace (such as Nintendogs, DS Brain Training, and so forth)?
* Do you not feel that the media circus that surrounded your crusade against Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, may have added to sales of a game that was already 6 months old and starting to go downhill?
* On the topic of San Andreas, don't you think it's a bit excessive to penalize a game for content that it, for all intents and purposes, does not have?
* Do you feel that video games are solely to blame for violence? Many of the teens that have killed citing San Andreas as their motivation have already had troubled pasts.
* Do you feel we should also ban R-Rated movies? What about Stephen King books? Both of those can offer scenes (even if only written in explicit detail, with the latter example) far more horrific than even the goriest video game.
I'd just love to see what kind of answers he would pull out of his ass for these.
Then I got hungry and forgot about it.
Face it, GR, he sees all gamers as mindless drones just waiting for our chance to kill everyone in sight. He will not give you benefit of the doubt, he will not listen to you, and it's impossible to try and reaosn with someone like him.
However, should you actually engage him in conversational debate, here are a few points I though up when I was pondering the idea that you could also use, if you so choose:
* What do you say of the studies that show video games can actually improve a persons logical skills and reflexes?
* Do you feel that there are any games on the market now that are beneficial to the gaming populace (such as Nintendogs, DS Brain Training, and so forth)?
* Do you not feel that the media circus that surrounded your crusade against Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, may have added to sales of a game that was already 6 months old and starting to go downhill?
* On the topic of San Andreas, don't you think it's a bit excessive to penalize a game for content that it, for all intents and purposes, does not have?
* Do you feel that video games are solely to blame for violence? Many of the teens that have killed citing San Andreas as their motivation have already had troubled pasts.
* Do you feel we should also ban R-Rated movies? What about Stephen King books? Both of those can offer scenes (even if only written in explicit detail, with the latter example) far more horrific than even the goriest video game.
I'd just love to see what kind of answers he would pull out of his ass for these.
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