Jack Thompson on Attack of the Show?!

[Zilch]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DmJ7IXeqG7k

I have three words for you....

What.

The.

Foosh?

And interesting debate, to be sure, and with Adam Sessler thrown in, things can only get even more heated. Although, things weren't quite as heated as I'd hoped (I'm a glutton for debates, kekeke).

[Azier the Swordsman]

I can guarantee things would have gotten much more heated if that debate had gone on for another half hour. I was rather hoping the topic of the declining rates of juvenile violence would have been brought into debate, but Mark was right on the money.

[Bap]

I think it started to get really heated at the end... Jack Thompson started to look really mad, at least I think he did from his tone of voice and everything. xD

[Myoti]

Wow, Adam Sessler actually impressed me on this one.

And someone 'trained' to shoot kids by playing Doom? Excuse me while I go laugh for awhile. The guy has got good intentions, but no clue what he's doing.

EDIT: Also, isn't the game Bully about kids who get back at the ones who've been bullying them?

[Nate]

I was hoping for a lot more than seven minutes on this one, they barely even got started.

All I can say is, who booked Adam Sessler on this show? He just seemed angry and overbearing and ill-prepared for this debate. He (sadly) made Jack Thompson look good, and that's inexcusable. It almost reinforces what Jack has been saying, gamers are violent and angry.

The other thing that irritated me is the guy who actually did a GOOD job of debating with Jack (Mark Friedler) got the least screen time.

This should have been at least 30 minutes, and they should have gotten someone else instead of Adam Sessler.

[Authority3000]

Also, isn't the game Bully about kids who get back at the ones who've been bullying them?

Er, that's a good thing, how?

[Yojimbo]

I predicted Columbine

Please...

Adam Sessler sounded very unsure of way too shaky and was letting some anger spill over. Marc Friedler was deffinetly proved his point the best calmly, taking in account Thompson's point, but still laying the evidence on him.

If Madden can't teach me to throw a perfect spiral 60 yards then GTA can't teach me to fire an assault rifle.

[Mithrandir]

Wow. I've re-written this post about 4 times, and I've decided that my post really boils down the the thumper rule. I don't have anything nice to say...

[Kkun]

Wow. Adam Sessler came off looking like an idiot. I'm just going to reiterate what a few of you said and say that Marc Friedler should have been given more screen time. He was calm and rational. Sessler was angry and yelling and it was pretty ridiculous.

[Myoti]

Erm, great, I sound like a fool now... >_>

But yes, Friedler definetly seemed to be the most rational and was given far too little screen time.

Er, that's a good thing, how?

I didn't say it was, I just wanted to make sure I was thinking of the right game.

[GrubbTheFragger]

Man Jack Thompson needs to get out more. I watch recess and I get bombarded by images of bullying and he is upset about this. Anyways, Adam made good points but they all got thrown into a mess of him studdering like crazy and getting all riled up. The dude in the middle was much better.