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Thompson's (Mostly) Polite Interview

Posted by Zonk on from the so-close dept.

Pluvius writes "For the past few weeks, gaming website Netjak has corresponded with infamous anti-video-game lawyer Jack Thompson in reference to his well-publicized proposal to donate money to a charity if someone created a violent game in which a grieving father murdered members of the video-game industry. This has culminated in an interview in which the unusually cordial attorney gives surprisingly viable reasons for not following through on his donation after such a game was created. Unfortunately, Thompson doesn't quite make it to the end of the interview without taking at least one cheap shot towards gamers: '[P]ut down the controller and get a life. Video gaming is an escapist activity and you're being exploited by these companies. It's not healthy; I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside.'"

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  1. Masturbation GTA? by Firewalker_Midnights · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside." So if I play nothing but GTA I'll grow hair on my palms and/or go blind?

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  2. Better by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not healthy; I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside.'"

    It's not healthy; I worry about someone who would beleive in a magic sky-deity. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the bible and went outside.'"

    Fixed

  3. So? by Daxster · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside.

    But even if the teenagers/youth aren't playing the game, they're still masturbatory.

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  4. A True Endorsement by bateleur · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a masturbatory activity

    I'm pretty much in favour of masturbation too, Jack. The only reason I don't do that for ten hours straight is...

    Oh, he hung up.

  5. Playing with words are fun. by Rhinobird · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's a game of MadLibs:

    Start with:

    "Put down the controller and get a life. Video gaming is an escapist activity and you're being exploited by these companies. It's not healthy; I worry about someone who would play Grand Theft Auto for ten hours a day. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the controller and went outside."


    and replace references to video games with television:
    "Put down the TV, and get a life. Watching TV is an escapist activity and you're being exploited by these companies. It's not healthy; I worry about someone who would watch TV for ten hours a day. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the TV and went outside."


    or howabout we change them to literacy references?
    "Put down the book and get a life. Reading is an escapist activity and you're being exploited by these companies. It's not healthy; I worry about someone who would read for ten hours a day. It's a masturbatory activity, and it would be better if people put down the book and went outside."



    See? Isn't that fun?

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    If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. --Nikola Tesla
  6. Re:ewwww by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    re:"one could say that his desire to insert himself into other people's affairs is a masturbatory activity"

    That sounds pretty disgusting actually.

    I don't think the words "masturbatory" and "insert" should be used in reference to Jack Thompson in the same paragraph. At least, not when I just had lunch.

    Seriously - ew.