Jack Thompson on Nightline

[ZeeJeff]

This is the idiot thought the Sims was promoting pornography to teens because they found a way to remove the pixellation in the shower to reveal NOTHING!

[mdkid667]

"I'm out to shut down Rockstar because they're run by a bunch of sociopaths" - Jack Thompson is the only sociopath mentioned

[ironjoshhalo]

he said some games the games he sayed just rockstar games he should jump of a building

[hockeypuckering]

Don't worry! He's not allowed to practice law anymore. :D

[mckanas]

I'm surprised Jack Thompson didn't go after the UFC yet.

[LuckyStudentStudios]

LOL!DID U SAW THAT!00:09 they say he is christian, but look what is on christmas tree!

[hippersnipper]

She isn't attracted to jack Thompson because he is JACK THOMPSON!!!

[hippersnipper]

Your saying that if I COD for a while then I am Qualified to go into the ARMY!!!

[tkoizumi]

in GTA V, there should be a code to turn every pedestrian into jack thompson.

[blizzardtube11]

@tkoizumi the final battle of gta 5 should be executing Jack Thompson with a heated hack saw

[joedanzhere]

jack thompson would have a heart attack if he saw gg allin

[psommorr]

@joedanzhere what do you mean in "gg"? do you mean good grief?

[LuckyStudentStudios]

and look at that!all his supporters on protest are black!WTF?!what did he payed them?gived them KFC?

[LuckyStudentStudios]

00:08 when introductor says he is crishtian there is a jewish star on his christmas tree!

[Digijedi569]

lol JACK THOMPSON filed for battery charges over somebody touching his shoulder... bro ur weak

[Gibbagobba]

Even Rockstar admitted that Manhunt was a bit much.

[killer21334]

"Im out to shut down Rockstar"

Whats funny/ironic is that HE got shut down(he was prohibited from practicing law) while trying to sue Rockstar for GTA4

[sarnky2]

what a loon

[Benchpress33]

haha he went after 2 live crew for "naunchy" music did he not hear of ICP that song is like singging twinkle twinkle little star compared to ICP

[NeverNetherland]

You know you love to hate. Let's play a game. Somebody names a game, and someone else tries to guess how Jack Thompson would criticize it. I'll start. Portal.

[50yer]

@NeverNetherland Portal teaches kids to lie...

[NeverNetherland]

@50yer OK, how about Tomb raider?

[Troublesome2008]

@NeverNetherland

Tombraider teaches girls that they have to dress like a slut in order to be accepted by society...

Now what about Super Mario?

[NeverNetherland]

@Troublesome2008 yay! Super Mario teaches kids to step on plants and animals.

[MsFantasyFighter]

Shut down Rockstar??? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank you, i need that laugh :) oooo i know! if jack got punched in the face just on gta, now THAT would be funny

[mephisto40]

I bet anybody Jack Thompsons kids end up in jail by the time they are 16, then again who would mate with this douchebag?

[Gst0395]

"I'm out to shut down Rockstar because they're run by a bunch of sociopaths"

And good luck with that, dumbass. Their games have sold over 10 million copies so, go ahead. We'd like to see you try.

[deathjoker666]

sociopaths haha. there's many sociopaths out there but jack thompson takes the cake.

[MAKstudios1]

after the chick at the end said "Parents beware..." did anyone else go "YOU'RE IN FOR A SCARE."?

[MAKstudios1]

2:19 Guy on right is thinking: ...Fuck...when does my shift end...gotta get this game...Fuck.

[pokercards101]

if i sneeze on jack thomspons i know im going to get sued

[lu4y4pants]

I gotta see Basketball Diaries.

[9MAGGOT4LIFE]

4:30 you are a PUSSY

[athffan8]

how could you sue doom its innocent you dont kill people in that one jack you dumbass

[theunusedchannel]

um bully was given a teen rating

[theatheistpreacher]

wtf was wrong with bully????!!!!???

[shootfirsttalklater4]

how the hell were they able to play liberty city stories in the ps2...if you see at 2:10 and 2:12 THATS TONI CIPRIANI!!!! NOT CLAUDE SPEED!!!! the graphics are a bit different too i mean WTF!!!

[shootfirsttalklater4]

@shootfirsttalklater4 btw im not complaining about bad graphics im just saying there are differences between GTA3 and GTA LCS

[Frub8]

Jack Thompson is a fucking scumbag. He calls the FBI liars when he realises that the leg warehouse is out of things for him to stand on. Fuck Jack Thompson.

[gl3110]

the guy is a total fucking douche...but i kind of agree that it should be illegal to sell adult games to children like it is here in britain..if a parent is cool with there kid playing it then they can buy it and 'd be fine with that..

[Christhefireshark]

He actually seems sort of decent, but misguided and uninformed. Just listening to him, I certainly don't hate him.

[boi187]

I feel really sorry for Jack Thompson’s children.

[gray2332]

@boi187 he has children?

[boi187]

@gray2332 He has a son.

[camelridingjihad]

@boi187 I bet they wear the I Hate Jack Thompson t shirt

[boi187]

He got completely owned when the interviewer put forward the statistics that as the popularity and widespread usage of video games has risen and continued to increase, violent crimes amongst teenagers and youths has dropped significantly. The correlation is obvious and it does not take a genius to conclude that if your child is indoors playing video games instead of out on the street doing who knows what he/she is less likely to commit violent crimes. Jack Thompson needs to get a life.

[McCoy196]

Love how he tries to call the FBI liars when he states that violent crimes have dropped.

[bonelesswing182]

Jack: "Rockstar is run by a bunch of sociopaths"

Bitch, LOOK IN THE MIRROR BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT COMMENT! I mean, god, if anyone knows a bigger asshole, LEMME MEET HIM.

Jack: "This game is teaching children how to kill"

Bitch, please. If you stuck me in Iraq with a selective fire M4 Carbine, I'd probably make two shots, have an AK-47 bullet lodged in my hand and crap myself in the goddamn fetal position. (I'm a legit 10th in MW2)

[JezzBentham]

I wonder what he thinks of viva piñata lmao

[Laughtraxx]

2 Live crew us still rapping idiot

[THEgearsofgh]

this GUY IS A BITCH ASS HOLE

[TheMr979]

I got a ticket and had to go to court for a little fight in jr. high.

[LpJunior537]

why does jack even try? its like taking on the government. you're not going to win

[thatbetandc]

LOL at the description.

[miztGun95]

what do you think jack Thompson think about LA noire 

[JordyJimenezPosada]

who you hate more jack or beiber?

[thatbetandc]

@JordyJimenezPosada Jack. Im not a fan of the Biebs. But he can sing and girls love him. He's not a pompous,naive,jerk like Jack. And he doesnt effect(affect??) me like Jack could if he wasn't disbarred. Lol

I dont see why the Biebs gets so much hate though. The only reason I would hate him is jealousy (HES RICHER THAN THE CHURCH) But Jack is a lame and he cant even do his ''job'' anymore. LOSER!

[MsTheTerminator]

try playing metal gear solid 4 guns of the patriot, oh u will love a world where the government controls everything, u fucking bitch

[MsTheTerminator]

look at bioshock, rapture is a future usa when run by stupid people like you, thompson, ur a racist dickweed

[MsTheTerminator]

halo condemns theocracy, i bet jack is gonna go after that, this man is racist and a bitchy prick.........................

[ultimatepie27]

aren't video games good because kids would be taken out violence on video games instead of the street

[TheSecularTheist]

Thomson is not trying to protect kids from crime, he's trying to protect them from "sin".

[DavidMcbadbad]

Jack Thompson is just a sore loser that denies the truth that his crusade is losing. Like the war on drugs!

[Bobbyg106]

@pacmanghostx

You are 100 percent correct... I would be the exact same way and I'm great at black ops.

[pacmanghostx]

How the fuck do you "train" on a video game, Jack?

I mean, I'm decent at Call of Duty, but if you stuck me in actual military conflict out in the Middle East, I'm pretty sure I'd have no idea what I was doing, start to cry, get in the fetal position, and proceed to shit my pants.

[x0JustSomeGirl]

this guy doesn't need a pussy he is one

[MrTheGrdo]

@x0JustSomeGirl  touche

[paulspydar]

Hes no longer allowed to practice law as hes been disbarred, Gamers 1 Jack 0 , ha ha

[MetroidKingofMetroid]

The guy who said there are depictions on violence in the Bible brought up a good point, in history it was OK to be a violent person just so long as you didn't murder anybody. About the time of the fifties kids would play army in real life and pretend to shoot each other and all of a sudden when we are shooting points of light on a screen that look like people it is pure evil. I think Jack Thompson only sees the violence, he doesn't see the reasons, he looks at the "I can"s too much.

[myspacer22]

jack Thomson aint no fucking warrior

[ssbmfan4]

Geez, you think with all the people playing these murder simulators, one of the people that threatened to kill him would have gotten him by now.

[puranappu]

Haha the interviewer kicked ass.

[kuhj278]

Don't ban video games. Ban guns, guns is what kills people, video games don't kill people, guns do

[MrSirwidebottom]

@kuhj278 thats so true. All these assholes that say games cause people to kill others never say that the fact he was able to get a gun (with almost no effort) is the reason he was able to kill people. P.S i love rockstar and hate jack thompson

[RightInTheCankle]

@kuhj278 Um, no. It's mentally unhinged individuals who kill people. Responsible, rational people should not have their rights to own a weapon taken away because some sociopath asshole decided to snap. If it weren't guns it'd be knives or something to that effect. It's not the weapon that's an issue. Weapons are nothing without a user.

What needs to happen is extensive psychological testing in order to own a firearm.

[kuhj278]

@RightInTheCankle I'm just saying that you should look at the stats. The US has the least gun control out of all the developed countries in the world and also the highest homicide and crime rate. In the year 2000 25% of all the prisoners in the world were in america. That should say enough about your policies on guns.

[RightInTheCankle]

@kuhj278 You can't throw out statistics unless you cite the sources. Also, unless there is a distinct correlation between gun control and the crime rate (your figures don't even say how many of these crimes were committed with a firearm), found by a respectable organization, your statistic is irrelevant anyway. That should say enough about your understanding of statistic usage.

Again, you can't blame the weapon for being used. People decide to kill people.

[ps3man1998]

@RightInTheCankle No people who are perfectly normal kill people to. They have the means when you allow them to own a firearm. And they provide the motive and opportunity. Having the opportunity makes the choice much easier to make. If we allow the opportunity to be so accessible, than the persuasiveness of the choice to kill will be higher. Plus we don't even have a need for firearms anymore. We did when we had to hunt for food, but now they are more harm than good. In fact, they are all harm.

[RightInTheCankle]

@ps3man1998 I'm not even going to bother giving an honest reply to this...

[tankkiller365]

@kuhj278 guns don;t kill people. people kill people.

[kuhj278]

@tankkiller365 If these certain people wouldn't be able to get a hold of firearms they would kill less people

[tankkiller365]

@kuhj278 if these certain people would get sent to a mental hospital than they would kill no people:)

[kuhj278]

@tankkiller365 Well many times it's too late and they've already taken lives. Besides not everyone who murders soneome is a psychopath, sometimes people are just incredibly stupid. Still less guns= less gun related deaths

[ps3man1998]

@kuhj278 And no guns = no gun related deaths.

[kuhj278]

@ps3man1998 Well there needs to be some guns. Like for cops and shit

[ps3man1998]

@kuhj278 Well of course. I mean people who would use them for good.

[kuhj278]

@ps3man1998 Yes

[ps3man1998]

@tankkiller365 Yeah but if you don't give the person a weapon, than they can't kill.

[tankkiller365]

@ps3man1998 yea they can, with their hands and feet

[imation879]

if your a violent person in the first place then your going to like violent things

[Cantwait4sundaY]

what a fucking idiot

[st8lion]

whatchtin the news is more grphic than playing games i mean they show real REAL murder areas jack doesnt kno wht he is tlkin bout hey dont tell no one but listenin to 2 pac just gettin off my xbox plyin gta gettin in my car the first thing i do is run down 10 cops and then use the wanted level cheat listenin to keep your head up

[TheReadhard]

when i watch this I WANT TO KILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[maxismydog101]

7:19 JACK THOMPSON.....OWNED

[TheAndyman1000]

"According to an FBI study crime rates are going down as video game popularity is going up" "That's not true...THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!" 

[FreeportHometown]

me so horny lol

[smileyfaceguy95]

He recorded his son buying an M rated game in an effort to sting a major retailer.

So he pretty much used his son as a method of gain... what a shit parent!

[ParadeofCrows]

DOOOM, THE ORIGINAL DOOM!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HAHA this guy is a fuckin joke, go get a job Jack Thompson christ, i think you're the one who is nuts, because you have to find a scape goat for every problem in society!

[gerfall]

Kid was obviously bullied. Sure doesn't look tough, and popular.

[gerfall]

Rockstar is still going to this day, and this idiot isn't even around anymore.

[MetallicBill]

Sam Houser felt some hurt about the demonizing, and he did welcome a cordial exchange. Sociopath or not, He's not willing to budge, he'd rather see the game makers in jail perhaps, and no outlet to vent evil penchant of mankind, Perhaps he's found a way to deal with his inner demons, but I bet you somehow, they ARE there. Not just this presumption that anyone speaking and crusading morals is off their rocker, they have validity as well I feel, he's taking it much too far however

[69OG805]

Jack Thompson is a fcking idiot! He will NEVER take Rockstar games down! We all back it up! Dont blame videogames, blame the parents for not caring and get a fcking life!

[MetallicBill]

@69OG805 Well, we have a GTA website and no one is backing us up, so he may get his way in the end?!? Come to GTAChronicles and prove him wrong! Check it out anyway!

[jsjohndoe]

the video game companies didn't need to get him disbarred, he did it himself

[tcfsr25]

"People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."

[OnlyVideoGuyOnEarth]

Thank you Jack Thompson, you explained to me why all violence in the history of mankind has been done after the 70s, and all by gamers. Thank you.

[MetallicBill]

@OnlyVideoGuyOnEarth No biblical violence, would he subject his child to, good to know! hahahaha

[OnlyVideoGuyOnEarth]

@MetallicBill Oh no, he'd never let his child get in the path of those soul-destroying 3d models and the evil controllers!...except when he uses him in the experiment in this video. But it's all for the greater good!

[fargo501]

jack thomson  is an idiot

[Gdayguy36]

Why the hell are all the games he doesn't like some of the most popular games of all time? All I needed to hear was that he is a conservative christian, after that I already knew he was full of shit.

[MetallicBill]

@Gdayguy36 I'm a Christian who believes in Virtual world, Cathartic Game play, and the thing true I find is a way to vent hostility that's not damaging or harmful, He's missing this idea entirely

[irmesia]

He's son should be ashamed!!!

[MeatFeastLive]

You gotta love Jack Thompson. Without him, the videogame industry would be so boring... :')

[irmesia]

@MeatFeastLive Are you okay?

[MeatFeastLive]

@irmesia Yes I am. I love video games and play violent ones, but we all love Jack Thompson in one way or another.

[irmesia]

@MeatFeastLive Actually he's annoying and i don't like him but,you know without jack thompson no drama in the story LOL!

[MetallicBill]

@irmesia Here's the kicker, his son is 10, at the time, WELL UNDER the recommended age? And in DOOM, are you NOT killing monsters? Not innocent people? The other fact is Rockstar chose to leave out little kids from their games for the very reason of violence and the impact. People claim planes were left out as well after 9/11

[irmesia]

@MetallicBill Forget it he's an idiot!!! that blames video games for every small thing!! A BANK ROBBERY

Jack Thompson:Let's go and blame Rockstar games for releasing a game that is a killing semulator!!! that makes kids go and rob banks!

PEOPLE UNDER 13 HAVE SEX

Jack Thompson:Let's go and blame Rockstar games and san andreas for putting a sex MOD in the game!!!!

THIS HOW IT WORKS IN HIS OWN MIND

[MetallicBill]

@irmesia Not just Jack Thompson is like that, Look at Donald Trump challenging Obama, much the same, we have bigger fish to fry, but I like Trump. I'm making a point for how to deal with impressionable youth, and squashing out GTA and Rockstar is not the answer

[ccricers]

GG Allin was far more controversial than anything 2 Live Crew produced at the time. Jack is always barking up the wrong tree.

[CrosseyedPwnzy]

I don't even know why they're still calling him an attorney....he was disbarred. This man should have zero credibility because of that. He is one man trying to plant a poisonous seed in all the american parents' head...a seed that (with zero creditability as well) has a slight chance to eventually cripple the video game industry. Notice how I said "slight" chance...but this man will go to grave fighting an unbeatable war.....pathetic...

[ccricers]

@CrosseyedPwnzy This video was uploaded when he was still an attorney. It's over 4 years old.

[BullyScholarshipWii]

shut down rockstar? hellllllll nooooo asshole. I would be so ashamed to be his son.

[Bookstop1337]

He thinks he's a Christian warrior on a mission against evil, who's the one out of touch with reality?

[baked4211]

this man would not survive the first day of marine/ army training.

[spokiller]

4:11 He filed battery charges on a women for putting her hand on his shoulder

[thatdoomguy666]

Video Games DO NOT inspire killing. Obviously people who walk into schools and shoot them up have MENTAL PROBLEMS. It has sometime to do with their childhood and their parents. NOT video games.

[thatdoomguy666]

No, it's not legal to sell rated M games to minors, stop making up facts.

[MrRocknroll566]

if hes so against videogames, why is he playing them. i also want to know if he's dead he looks old.

[WTFWILLx]

LISTEN TO 7:16 - 8:26 lying fuck is trying to cover up all his fucking bullshit and try to sound like he's right when he's CLEARLY being proven wrong. man, that was too funny.

[WTFWILLx]

2:15 - 2:23. what the fuck is your point? ITS FUN! ITS SO US PPL THAT WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD REALLY BE LIKE CAN DO IT IN A GAME SO WE DONT DO IT IN REAL LIFE LOL YOU GOT YOUR SHIT BACKWARDS DUMBASS !!! IF ANYTHING THESE GAMES PREVENT REAL LIFE VIOLENCE! thumbs up if you agree.

[OrangeMango30]

00:09 It says that he's a "christian conservative" but he has a Jewish Star of David on his Christmas tree...

[therealjonathan12345]

oooooohhhhhhh blood diamond's out yay

[Idoknow909]

protecting us from evil???your the evil!

[liberalmike1994]

most video games also show some the consequences of your actions.

[SHANKYMAN100]

2:30 fail

[grove4mylife]

wtf shutdown rockstar? well if i can talk to him, i say "I DONT GIVE A SHIT FOO! You need to shut the fuck up and get a life."

[32NIKO]

For why demand Rockstar, if the responsibles are the fathers !!!!!

[Clandestine1989]

Ok lemme break it down for you guys, YOU GET POINTS....FOR KILLING PEOPLE!!!111

[hunter7754]

jack thompson is a prick

the politicians and activist's these days always want something to blame whether its video games, the media, music, etc...

parents complain about their children misbehaving because of video games???

thats dumb... you cant use video game violence as an excuse for bad parenting

jack thompson just needs to get a life

[Greatnessgrowontrees]

@hunter7754

He is stupid yes, but this will get you even more mad at him.

he literally means ALL POP culture is the root of ALL EVIL

[MrTheGrdo]

@hunter7754 he just needs some pussy



[hunter7754]

@MrTheGrdo

probably..

lmao!

[mercAltiar]

Speaking for many gamers everywhere I say F*** you Jack Thompson F*** you

[StolpeThomas]

If I see him in real life I'm gonna beat the crap outta him!!

[MrTimbalis]

idiot jack most of the gamemakers have kids what an ass

[shaboopie12]

he is so bored what a loser if he graduated from yale harvard or other ivy league schools maybe id reason with him but he is just another loser bored person who wants attention

[Joshawaable]

Lol this guy is suck a fucking dick.

[reaputt]

ohhh nightline i thought it said dateline as in to catch a predator lol that would be funny

[pakistallion]

I saw 2 Live Crew In Vancouver a couple of years ago......

games don't kill people...... people have been killing people for millennia.

[cool1pivoter]

okay why does one psycho take fun from millions that shouldnt be the case

[GrubRising13]

Imagine Jack trying to shut down Bungie. Hehe.

[HenryFreechman]

he asked a chick about her sexuality (irrelevantly)..... then filed lawsuit.... ummm

[HenryFreechman]

Rockstar games is the most brilliant game company, and is a marvel in game design.

[timjon35]

I want the link to the game in 8.55 it looks badass

[DanzAzzie]

@timjon35 Its on the net somewhere. Might have to do some googling.

[FoxifiedNutjob]

I'd like to hear Jackoff Thompson's opinion on the Christian Crusades...

[FoxifiedNutjob]

You know Hitler played video games too...

[ChadTheBad777]

@FoxifiedNutjob Mein Pac-Man?

[anrew3]

I would have laughed if the guy playing gta started laughing and saying oh sweet i just cut his head off

[phantomwh1sp]

If crimes are caused by kids playing videogames, what about the crime that isn't committed by the people who are busy playing videogames?

[REPOMAN24722]

Hee needs to seek medical help

[TheGamersEnjoyment]

Churchill was nasty too. He sent tanks and men into Dublin and Glasgow and they shot heaps of people down in cold blood. Why'd he have to do that?

[THErocker532]

LOL The guy at the right is like 2:15 STFU IM PLAYING!!

[IPITYTHEFOOLZ]

Crime rate has decreased at a constant rate since the 90s. Think of what violent games have been released since then. There's some statistics for you Jack.

[WestliFerZul]

Talking from his ass again.

[darthvenom30567]

wow just ow this guy is just just an ass

[theseamusexperience]

Its good to know that dickholes like this are becoming lawyers

[theseamusexperience]

this man is single handedly trying to figure out video games. did he try playing them, or talk to someone who played them

[theseamusexperience]

where can I buy the I hate jack tompson shirt

[soldiereleven]

omg the man is completely irrational he lies all the time he has no idea what hes talking about. and he doesn't hear both sides and sues people 40 million dollars when he hears they hate him. the man just wants money he has a master plan to get a ton of money by suing people. and the defender of video games was right violent crime has gone down. jack thompson is a moron

[shiftthereaper]

Ok im 16. I play gta. i play farcry. I am the proud owner of a copy of both manhunt and manhunt 2. And none of those games have made me wanna kill something. They ultimately keep me from snaping. Yes i might enjoy Beating the Shit outta some random guy in virual land. but it VIRTUAL LAND. This guy is acting like Halo and Gta train us to kill. Bull shit. Half the people (includeing me) Rather ignore The "Im ganna shank this guy it the face" solution and play video games.