In previous GP forum, I opened a thread about Lyndon LaRouche and his wife, Helga Zepp-LaRouche, because although neither these politicians, nor their "movement" (that I'd rather call a cult) can be taken seriously, their initiative called [URL=http://www.schillerinstitute.org/new_viol/ctte_vs_newviolence.html]"National Commission against the "New Violence"[/URL], initiated in 2000 and reiterated in 2002, was the worst piece of anti-game paranoia and hysteria I had ever read (you can also take a look [URL=http://american_almanac.tripod.com/violpt.htm]here[/URL] and [URL=http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/New_violence.html]here[/URL])

I could summarize by saying that in their opinion, there is a vast and organized conspiracy from the "oligarchy" and "military utopians" in order to program and train "Nintendo killers" for future wars. But it would be unfair : all their articles deserve to be read, they're too funny and too astonishing.

You won't be surprised to have Dave Grossman's and Jack Thompson's names mentioned. And you won't be surprised if I tell you that they consider [I]Dungeons and Dagons[/I] as "satanic", as well as Harry Potter, Pokémon, heavy metal, rock'n'roll, rap... In fact, they also hate jazz, country, the Beatles, Voltaire, Aristote, Hegel, Sartre, chess and Euclidian geometry. They talk about all that essentially on the Schiller Institute's page, but if you want the direct links, I'll search them for you.

In fact, what surprised me was not to hear of them after Dawson College shootings and Emsdetten shootings. I wonder where they were, but I expected, at least, to hear of them after Virginia Tech Massacre. Bingo ! I've just read two press releases on their website : [URL=http://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2007/070418va_tech_shooter.html]this one[/URL] and [URL=http://www.larouchepub.com/pr_lar/2007/lar_pac/070418videogames.html]this one[/URL]. Now, the question is : how many people will take them seriously ? (except Jack Thompson, who seems moderate compare to them)