Last week we wrote about the sad suicide of a gamer and some of the responses it generated in the community. While it sickens me to give space to Jack Thompson, I think his stupidity, arrogance and mean-heartedness needs to be pointed out so when he tries to get on TV or buddy up to a politician, people will know what kind of person he is.

I'd suggest not going to the jump unless you want to read what a supreme asshole has to say about the suicide.

From the vapid mind of Thompson:

"Your 'gamer friend' will find peace through the Lord, Jesus Christ, but sadly it's too late for that.

There is a void in every heart. You can fill it up with the things of God, or the things not of God. This unfortunate soul chose to fill it up with combat games. The playing of these video games is masturbatory activity, meaning senseless self-stimulation. If you gamers could use a dictionary you would know that that term is not necessarily a sexual one.

The real tragedy here extends beyond the life and death of this one fellow. There are literally millions of young people and young adults whose despair is deepend by turning to the things of this world and then finding them meaningless.

All of you gamers need to put down the controllers and get a life. The utter inanity of the vast majority of postings here shows how vapid "gaming" really is.

You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this 'culture of death?' Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.

Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer 'buds,' knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess.

Sad. Sad for all of you."

If you feel the way I do about Thompson, why not buy him some flowers. [Thanks, Paul and William]

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