Thompson and Limbaugh
I really have to wonder exactly why Fox News keeps letting Jack Thompson talk about his unproven and thus far patently wrong “theories” about video games. This is especially humorous in light of the evidence that shows Cho Seung Hui didn’t play video games. So in other words Jack-ass Thompson starts shooting his mouth off before any evidence is in. Not that it shocks me or anything. I do find it disappointing that Fox News lets him on the air. He does nothing but discredit what little credibility they may have. How about getting back to actually discussing the facts? Wouldn’t that be nice?
I am very happy with Rush Limbaugh’s words on the subject. Not in direct discussion of Thompson, but from the sounds of it one of his devotees. He brings up a very nice point that I unfortunately don’t see enough of in the real news (if there is such a thing these days). I have said the same about pornography for a long time. Yes, rapists and serial killers do love their porn. No question about that. Does the porn make them into rapists and serial killers? Most certainly not! What it says is that said type of person is drawn to said media, not that said media creates said type of person. Anyone who has taken a formal or symbolic logic class would know this, but apparently Jack Thompson hasn’t.
All said I have a love-hate relationship with Rush Limbaugh. Sometimes he says or does things that really just piss me off. He’ll defend people just because they’re on his political side of things and are in power, not because they’re good people or didn’t do anything wrong. He’ll spout off about things that I simply find ludicrous from time to time. On the other hand he does have good things too, like the above. It is nice to get the occasional reminder of the things I liked about conservatism…especially before the neo-cons came around. It isn’t Microsoft’s fault a man went on a killing rampage. It isn’t much of anyone’s fault beyond his own. His decision. I like that a lot. Jack Thompson would have us believe we’re slaves to what we see and have no ability to decide for ourselves what is right and what is wrong. Of course we’ve heard his argument before about pornography. Shit…we heard the same things about Rock and Roll back in the 50’s.
Though I don’t hold political ideals that in any way adhere to what any of the parties would consider to be in their platform, I hold a certain liking to conservatism. I’m not sure why, all said, perhaps at its root it is a bit more down to earth than most. Kind of like Libertarianism, I can understand it because it isn’t talking out of its ass all the time about things that simply don’t exist. Hopefully the neo-cons will disappear some day, religion will get its wallet out of politics, and people will start talking sense again.
Yeah, right.