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Subject: Halo gets blamed for the Sniping of 2002... do you believe this?
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Hey all,

I figured you guys could give me some insight as to what you think. Being an avid gamer, I found this shocking and it sort of made me sick that false accusations go around like this. There is this guy named Jack Thompson who lives near my house. He is actually a video game censor, and he is trying to ban video games that are violent, such as Halo 2, GTA, and Doom 3 off the shelves of game stores, primarily Wal-Mart and GameStop.

The reason is because of this kid named Devon Moore, who shot three officers all in the head, and they are blaming GTA. But what I found shocking was that they are blaming a video game.

Here is part of Jack Thompson’s website. He actually believes this… I find it baffling.
Right off www.stopkill.com, Jack Thompsons website: Dateline NBC reported Friday, December 13, 2002, that the Beltway Sniper, John Lee Malvo, was compelled by John Muhammad to train on the sniper video game, Halo, switched to sniper-mode or God-mode, to suppress his inhibition to kill." Jack Thompson predicted, in an interview by Matt Lauer on NBC's Today show three weeks before the Beltway Snipers were apprehended, that one of the snipers "might very well be a video gamer as young as 15 trained on a game switched to sniper-mode or God-mode."

When has Halo ever been a sniping game? And i know this is off topic, but can someone please send me a message as to what GTA is about? Like the story line and such. Thompson says it's primarily a cop killing game, but when I witnessed my friend play it, he never shot a cop once in the missions. So please, just give me a little insight. Thanks guys, and keep on Haloing it up.

- C1ock

P.S. I sent Thompson and e-mail he he sent one back saying, "go disappoint your parents, and stop bothering me."

  • 03.18.2005 7:55 AM PDT
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GTA doesn't really have a story because it BLOWS!!! Don't waste your time.

  • 03.18.2005 9:44 AM PDT

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  • 03.18.2005 10:28 AM PDT