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Posted on 12/15/2012 1:51:23 PM PST by drewh
Remember the Virginia tech shooting? Video games.
The Beltway sniper attacks? Video games.
And now the Clackamas mall shooting? Also video games, according to nationally recognized former attorney and anti-video game crusader Jack Thompson.
On Tuesday afternoon, shooter Jacob Tyler Roberts, 22, armed himself with a semi-automatic AR-15 and went on a rampage at the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, Oregon. He killed two and wounded another before committing suicide.
Thompson said in an interview that “Given this guy's method, his age group and the randomness of it, it's more likely than not that he rehearsed for this on games.”
It’s hardly the first time he has jumped to that conclusion in the hours and days following a mass shooting.
Thompson has blamed video games, particularly the Grand Theft Auto franchise, for nearly every shooting imaginable.
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I’ve always preferred strategy type games.
I haven’t played any in years but the first Metal Gear game was set up so you actually did better by killing only a handful of targets and sneaking past most of the enemies in the game.
Those damned Guy Fawkes masks.
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The Clackmas shooter was wearing a Guy Fawkes mask and Clint Tarver originally said the guy who started trashing the tent in Lansing was wearing a devil mask but when shown a Guy Fawkes mask he said that’s exactly what it was.
Don’t forget the psychotropic drugs that are so commonly prescribed today.
I saw the Lansing video and there was definitely a guy with a Guy Fawkes mask there.
Has it been established that the Clackamas shooter was wearing one? I tend to associate that mask with lefties.
Add in a touch of Asperger’s related obsessive/compulsive issues.
Anti-social.
Gamers...
In Conn. and recently in the case where the boy killed his mom and sister (mom was a teacher and assistant principal), it appears that both moms could sense trouble and attempted to clamp down and help their boys.
The one pulled her two kids out of school and began homeschooling.
In the Conn. case, we are learning Adam’s mom stopped working so she could better help Adam.
And this is the reward they got - gunshots to the head.
Add in a touch of Asperger’s related obsessive/compulsive issues.
Anti-social.
Gamers...
In Conn. and recently in the case where the boy killed his mom and sister (mom was a teacher and assistant principal), it appears that both moms could sense trouble and attempted to clamp down and help their boys.
The one pulled her two kids out of school and began homeschooling.
In the Conn. case, we are learning Adam’s mom stopped working so she could better help Adam.
And this is the reward they got - gunshots to the head.
In the 911 call on the Clackmas shooting the person making the call clearly stated that the shooter is wearing a “V for Vendetta” mask.
I’ll see if I can find a video.
Parents keep buying that crap for the lil’ darlings
I believe that the Colorado “Joker” movie theatre shooter was a gamer also. There does seem to be a connection to gaming amongst all of these massacre freaks.
Or maybe it’s just that most people of their age-group would have played games?
Jack Thompson?
Is this the jack thompson from FR a long time ago,
back in the old days??? Nutcase, wacked out lawyer?
It’s a combination of things.
Boys have become a new breed.
They are drugged for ADHD more than girls.
Education has been “reformed” to make sure teaching methods help girls excel.
And they do....locally, when we go to senior awards night - the girls are cleaning up those scholarships.
Valedictorians and salutorians....there are some boys here and there, but girls dominate that too.
They are outnumbering the boys in college.
There are a whole lot of video gaming, pot smoking, shiftless boys out there. Their hair is died black. Their clothes are black with chains. They are covered with tattoos and piercings.
They play their angry music and shoot people on their video games.
This “shooter” was stopped by a CCW permit holder who drew down on him, and decided not to fire for fear of hitting bystander in line of sight. CCW person was seen by the “shooter” before they decided to shoot themselves dead.
This HAS NOT been in media reports about this.
Crap now I can’t find the civilian calls to 911 but the police are calling it a “Hockey type” mask.
I do know that its what the called said because FOX ran the text of the call.
I blame Post Twinkie Stress Disorder.
I blame Elvis.
Or not. Jack Thompson doesn't know his exit orifice from a taco.
The same. Bat Jack is back!
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