Perfect Timing for an Activist's Agenda

People with an agenda are always looking for ways to further their cause. Those who are vehemently opposed to graphic and violent video games use tragedies that occur as evidence to prove that video games bring about negative consequences. Consider the shootings at Columbine and more recently at Virginia Tech; the shooters at both of these events were tied to heavy exposure to violent video games. Jack Thompson, a former attorney well known for his activism in banning video games, as well as other forms of media that he considers "obscene," such as rap music. In a perfect use of kairos, he used the situation at hand after the Virginia Tech shootings to publicly reaffirm his views that graphic and violent video games should be banned. In this article recounting his interview on FOX News soon after the shootings occurred, Thompson declared that the video game 'Counter-Strike' was to blame for Seung-Hui Cho's violent outburst. The article also states that this is not the first shooting that Thompson has used to further what has been called his "crusade" against video games. Jack Thompson takes advantage of events and situations that get a lot of media coverage to bring the issue of violence in video games to the foreground and to try and pass legislation regulating such games.