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Yesterday, the very real tragedy of a school shooting struck again. This time the scene was Northern Illinois University, and the shooter was a graduate student named Stephen P. Kazmierczak of Champaign, Illinois. Steven opened fire in a crowded geology class, killing six people (including himself) and wounding another fifteen. There isn't a whole lot of additional information on this incident yet. We know that Steven apparently did not have any history of run-ins with the campus police, and was not known to be a troublemaker. It is still so raw and painful that people have their hands full trying to make sense of the whole situation.

There is one man, however, who doesn't need to wait for an investigation, facts, or any of the usual information in order to make a determination as to why this happened. According to a story on Kotaku, everyone's favorite attorney, Mr. Jack Thompson, appeared this morning on Fox News as a "video game expert" and, to the surprise of no one, blamed video games.

Yes, apparently even though the police department, the FBI, and the local media who are all covering this event have not pointed any fingers yet, Jack is more than willing to point the blame right where it belongs: Counter-Strike.

Nevermind that Fox News has been repeatedly shown to be a completely useless source for accurate video game reporting, its much more important to drag Jack up on the screen and have him point the finger squarely where it doesn't belong.

Now, it may well turn out that Steven Kazmierczak did in fact play video games, and hell, maybe he was influenced by what he saw on the screen. But to make snap judgements based on no facts, even though it is Jack Thompson's business model, is not acceptable.

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