Jack Thompson threatens to "block" GTA 4 release

[Brody]

Yea, my parents have always let me and my brothers play and watch anything really, obviously they wouldn't show us really scary movies when we were much younger but they'd let us watch 18s and play games with adult themes (not sex)
Us being bought up like that makes us aware that this kind of stuff is not real and we shouldn't act on it
I was playing GTA when I was 7, if I wanted a game that was an 18 I'd ask and my mum would buy it for me

same upbringing

[Oni]

It shouldnt be banned but I see his point. Imagine you were fighting a cause which you beleive in and then the thing you are fighting uses you in their product which you are combatting and makes a mockery of you. He is taking this way too far but it is wrong of take two in my opinion.

[348GTS]

Its pathetic.. Its just a game. Then we won't be able to watch movies, etc.

[CJW93]

That guys such a kill joy

[Neil]

That guys such a kill joy

Yea, it's obvious his parents never let him watch certain movies, do certain things, just work his butt off
So he's trying to punish us by making us have the same life he did

[mangle]

To be honest , the only time i would ever call upon something i've seen in a game or a movie is when in a fighting situation. If someone approached me and threatend me i'd use a move i saw in a WWE game to get out of it. But the idea that a 15 year old would actually want to take a chainsaw to a man is just insane!

[Fez]

To be honest , the only time i would ever call upon something i've seen in a game or a movie is when in a fighting situation. If someone approached me and threatend me i'd use a move i saw in a WWE game to get out of it. But the idea that a 15 year old would actually want to take a chainsaw to a man is just insane!

I did that once.

Except it was a God of War move. But by god he deserved it.

[Jamesy]

Aww he tries so hard... Its so cute!!

He once attempted to sue anyone that had been within 5 miles of a ps2. Which ended up in him nearly sueing himself.



He is just special...

[Frodo13.]

What annoys me about this guy, and other people with similar attitudes, is that they think its just video games people get mad ideas to kill people from. What about other media, such as films and books? I dont see this guy complaining about them, and they can also give out similar, sometimes violent messages

[Neil]

What annoys me about this guy, and other people with similar attitudes, is that they think its just video games people get mad ideas to kill people from. What about other media, such as films and books? I dont see this guy complaining about them, and they can also give out similar, sometimes violent messages

Books can actually influence someone to kill alot easier than games, in a game you are doing it but that way you know it's fake because it's just a game, with books the ideas are sorta, more solid as your brain processes it which would make it harder for you to determine whether it's real or not, not to mention if someone does something very different to kill someone, as in a very uncommon way you can't see it and you may feel the urge to kill someone the same way to see how it looks
It's not like everyone is like that just an example that books can be worse than games whe it comes to this sort of thing