*Presents Arms*

Say what you will about the war, but you gotta admire the courage it takes to volunteer to be sent over to the Sandbox.  God bless them and their families.

Oh, and GP, the Marines are probably mad at you for calling one of theirs a "soldier."  "Soldier" generally refers to Army personnel; Marines are reffered to as "Marines."  They're strange like that.

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So speak I, some random guy.

Have a great Memorial day you Americans :) .

A Salute to our men and women in the US Armed Forces ^.^

Now to participate in todays Avenue of Flags Ceremony. Everyone have a great day.

JM,

Son of a PoW.

God Bless our soldiers,American,Canadian,British,and all the others.

I pray for our troops every night.

Thanks for the support GP,and deepest respects to the families who have lost loved ones to the wars in the Middle East.

A toast to the fallen, when we next have a glass.

Mr Thompson, that comment disgusts me...

Would you not mention that a soldier was a member of your congregation if one died in Iraq? Yes, you would

The same bloody principle applies here, they were members of the gaming community, thus we pay tribute on a "gaming news site"

I know a brain dead lawyer, dead to empathy, like yourself is finding it hard to understand this simple fact

It shows that gamers are normal, hard working people, and not the selfish, psychotic arseholes destined to burn in the fires of hell that you try to make us look like

Seriously, get over this self-righteous-as-if-your-shit-doesnt-stink, puerile, idiotic, callous aura towards gamers, be a normal human being that doesnt have his head residing up his ass, read a dictionary, and spend some time with your son

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or thrusting bayonets, in the service and for the selfish purposes of a master, such war degrades a people. A war to protect other human beings against tyrannical injustice; a war to give victory to their own ideas of right and good, and which is their own war, carried on for an honest purpose by their free choice, — is often the means of their regeneration. A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. "

--- John Stuart Mill

Oh I see Jack, because we mention they played video games that we're dimishing their 'rank'? Because we mentioned their hobby they suddenly can't be hero's anymore?

I actually have to agree with Jack here, for once. I agree that it's stupid to refer to these people as "gamers" because they are more than that, just as a basketball player who died in Irag is.

However, I certainly disagree with Thompson's tactic of trying to elevate himself above "gamers" and making the act of playing video games out to be some sort of sick pass time. He does nothing but insult and try to stereotype all "gamers" as being lazy, stupid, crazy, sociopathic, etc....

oh jackie boy, you must have an IQ that goes around the horn its so low.

soldiers, no matter what their innocent pastime, are heroes. so these guys enjoy shooting up CGI soldiers? who cares. they fight for US to have the right to do so as well. they fight for free speech. they fight because they believe that this nation (in its entirety) is worth fighting for.

I cannot BELIEVE that you would be willing to let your anti-gamer agenda into this. I myself do not like GTA. in fact, i try not to play it (just not a huge fan). but i would never dream of degrading a hero because he prefered to play a game that i didn't enjoy.

Saying that the fact that someone is a gamer degrades their rank is like saying that someone is a vegatarian degrades their rank. neither is relavent to the fact that they are heroes.

you make me sick, and that says a lot. I am going to visit the golden arches the day after you get disbarred.

To be honest, I actually find Jack Thompson a sick, obnoxious, mean, dictator-like and most of all, a wasted person. Maybe this man should spend some quality time with his family rather than make a fool out of himself and stuffing gamers into the same bag with serial killers and terrorists.

Also, those people like Jack Thompson who enjoys hiding under a guise as a person who wants to protect children from "harmful" stuff such as games and present to the public as "heroes", "saviors" and "crusaders" are actually mean-spirited and sick rather than being helpful and kind.

Jack don't be an arse. What is the problem with making more places that give thought to the fallen?

Stop twisting GP's words to fit your own views. Or mabey you're just twisted in how you see things?