I'm not going to repeat what we already know about the intelligence level of Jack Thompson. That dead horse has been beaten enough as it is. I just can't stand how he jumps on any shooting he sees on the news and blames video games as the reason for the shootings and the source to end all of humanity. He jumped the gun and started blaming video games before police could even secure the scene at Virginia Tech and he is starting his same pattern with NIU. I know he never will, but the man needs to calm down and wait for evidence to be collected before accusations are thrown about.

I can understand his point though. There is a percentage out there who, unfortunately, fall into Thompson’s' ideal category of 'trained on video games to learn to kill'. But that is an extremely small percentage considering how many high school students, college students and adults actually play video games. It just takes that one or two individuals to mess it up for everyone and unfortunately cost the lives of several people and scar many others emotionally. I just wish Mr. Thompson would wait for evidence (physical, medical and whatever else can be found) and respect the grieving period for those affected by such tragedies.

I'll end my rant with one quote.

"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."

Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

Personally I play a lot of flying simulations, Rainbow 6 Vegas, Katamari, and City of Heroes. That does not mean that I'm a pilot, a Special Ops agent, a ball rolling alien, or a super hero. Although I wouldn’t mind being a pilot.