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Jack Thompson Asks Obama
For Nationwide Ban On "Killer Games" reproduces a letter from disbarred but
unbowed anti-gaming zealot Jack Thompson, addressed to United States President
Barack Obama. The letter references the recent school shooting in Germany and,
taking a page from the playbook of fellow fanatic David Grossman, repeatedly makes use of the phrase "murder simulator." He also outlines highlights of his ten-year campaign combating violent video games that began after his
attempts to blame society's ills on rap music began falling on deaf ears. After
a decade of effort, he has finally concluded the only solution is to ban violent
games altogether: I conclude by asking you, one father to another, to
take the bold moves necessary to get these murder simulators out of America. We
have more guns than people in this country. We are training our teens to be
Manchurian Candidates to use them and to author what will be more Columbines,
more Virginia Techs, and more shattered communities.
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it's a shame that you feel you need weapons to protect yourself Not everyone here does. I do, because of where I live and work, but the underlying defensiveness you see from Americans when you talk of removing or severely restricting our 2nd Amendment rights comes from how flippantly foreigners suggest that we sacrifice yet another one of our constitutional freedoms, as if it were no big deal. It IS a big deal to most of us. A HUGE deal.
That reminds me of a favorite quote of mine:
"Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither security nor liberty." - Ben Franklin
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