Where Politics And Video Games Collide

*Sigh.*

How many times must one person sigh at the desperate antics of Jack Thompson? I agree with pretty much all the posters above me, and as someone who also participated in a few sports during high school (albeit not the really homoerotic ones like football), I can say that they are much more gay than a five-second guy-on-guy kiss in Bully. I mean, you can dress up a bunch of sweaty guys hanging out and cracking sexually explicit and homophobic jokes however you want, but as soon as clothes start coming off in the shower, that's Cinemax-quality soft-core porn right there.

I think Bully will ultimately lead to the demise of Jack Thompson. Everyone who has legitimately played this game finds it to be not all that bad, and certainly much better than most of the other violent games out there that don't even attempt to teach the players a message. And while Jack may have slipped his way through this unscathed had he stuck with the "ultraviolent" angle, I think his new homophobic angle will be the final straw. As others have said, America is increasingly okay with homosexual activity, and it's becoming taboo to actively discriminate against them in any way. I remember taking a course earlier in college where we broached the gay issue. As I recall, there have been "gay" people throughout history, but we're one of the first civilizations in history to classify them as such. I think people like Jack Thompson need to get off their high horses and just let people do what they want. Does my life change because some guy somewhere is kissing another dude? No, and neither does Jack Thompson's.

Much like Jimmy in Chapter Five, Jack Thompson is heading for the big fall. He's become too arrogant and obnoxious for his own good, and that can only lead to an untimely demise. Although I don't think Jack, like Jimmy, will be able to redeem himself.