Don't you just love it when uninformed people, who have no right talking about the things they are talking about, spout out info as if it is fact, and you can just sit back and laugh as the train wreck of the spectacle happens right in front of you? Okay, so I'm bitter and tired of people like this thinking they know what is best for gamers. Really, should videogames and heroin even be used in the same sentence?

From the article:

The panel, composed of a variety of experts and specialists as well as former Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, held its first public meeting in Richmond on May 10th. Among those testifying was Don Phau, a member of former fringe presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche’s political action committee.

Much has been written about LaRouche and his movement over the years, but little of that material is germane to GamePolitics’ editorial focus. Phau’s testimony before the VT Review Panel, however, is something that merits a look.

Speaking near the end of the May 10th hearing, Phau began by recounting Miami attorney Jack Thompson’s claims that Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui was motivated to commit the killings by playing Counter-strike. Phau also mentioned the Washington Post’s initial report that Cho played the game, a reference that was later deleted by the newspaper.

Like Thompson, Phau also cited the 2002 Erfurt school shooting and the killer’s play of Counter-strike. In addition, Phau referenced game violence critic David Grossman and his writings about video game violence. In speaking about first-person shooter games, Phau said:

[FPS games] were developed after the Vietnam War… But the video game industry in the year 2000… when we had the Y2K phenomenon, the video game industry decided to make a lot of money. They developed the first-person shooter games and Counter-strike was developed by Microsoft.

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