Hitman and Video Gamer: One in the same?

[Zeus]

Yes, if you ask Jack Thompson:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6152276.html

This guy really needs to be put into an insane asylum

[Kupek]

We've already established that Jack Thompson is unreasonable. Why pay any more attention to his antics?

[Eric]

"Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you're a hit man or a video gamer,"

[Nev]

Kup's right. Unless I see a really compelling reason to respond to posts about Jack anymore, I'm just going to ignore him. The attention is what he thrives on anyway.

[Imakeholesinu]

Jack Thompson would know that hitmen shoot people in the face. So do soliders in Iraq. Oh yeah, and the vice president.


WHO GIVES A FUCK!

[Zeus]

It's hilarious what this guy will say or do. Of course we don't take him seriously, but he just keeps getting more and more ridiculous.....

[Don]

Actually it looks to me Zeus takes this guy very seriously.

[Julius Seeker]

Zeus, relax, no need to get stressed to death over people like this =P

[Zeus]

Actually it looks to me Zeus takes this guy very seriously.

Yes, in fact, I lose sleep over this guy

[Julius Seeker]

Zeus, if this guy ends up shot to death in the face I promise I won't turn you in =)

[Chris]

you know as much as I really don't care about jack thompson.....that might be the greatest quote of all time from anywhere. abe lincoln ain't got nothin on that.....outside of some guy from the bush administation a couple days ago....and I quote

"this is the most Important issue in america today. It's at least 5 times more important than the war in iraq, afghanistan, and the war on terror combined" now that was a funny one for talking about gay marriage. because you know....oppresing the homos is more important than the war on terror

[Julius Seeker]

I would guess the most important issue right now in the US is why the US dollar in Bush's reign has dropped from $1.60 Canadian to $1.10 Canadian and also from 1.20 Euro to 0.78 Euro. I think it's either that someone in Europe and Canada has been doing something very right, or someone in the US has been doing something very wrong.

[Zeus]

I would guess the most important issue right now in the US is why the US dollar in Bush's reign has dropped from $1.60 Canadian to $1.10 Canadian and also from 1.20 Euro to 0.78 Euro. I think it's either that someone in Europe and Canada has been doing something very right, or someone in the US has been doing something very wrong.

That's actually an easy answer: Bush wanted to make it harder for companies to leave and set up shop elsewhere (ie. to keep business in America). How do you do that? Make it cheaper to stay at home. Instead of getting 1.2 Euros per USD, they're getting $0.78. So, you're losing 40 cents on the dollar by setting up shop in Europe. All of a sudden it's now worth it to just stay at home and ship out the product to Europe rather than setting up shop there (remember, the savings you get by setting up shop elsewhere often comes at a cost of extra shipping to and from the factory for raw materials and finished goods; it's just worth it 'cause you used to be able to get so much for the American dollar, something that's been lessened in the last couple of years).

I actually hadn't thought of that 'til I read it in the newspaper, but it makes perfect sense.

[Julius Seeker]

Hmmmm, it does make sense. The working class don't mind that they're getting paid less? The wealthy don't mind that instead of their billion being worth 1.6 billion Canadian it is now only worth 1.1 billion Canadian (that's a loss of approximately 370 million US dollars based on the median of the Value of the Canadian dollar now and before) "That's serious money chico."

Anyways, the point is, the economic situation seems to be A LITTLE more important than Hitmen and videogames =P