Along with a 24 year-old Rwandan lady called Immaculee Ilibagiza whose parents, grandparents and two brothers were all murdered during that country's civil war, Florida lawyer Jack Thompson has been honoured.

The honours were handed out at the recent America's Freedom Festival in the USA. The theme of the festival was 'Family, Freedom, God, Country'.

Immaculee, who now lives in Long Island and was honoured "because of her dedication and faith in God and the way she has used that faith to change her life and those of others". She had hidden in a three-foot by four-foot bathroom for 91 days in order to escape Rwanda.

Commenting on the experience she said,"As time went on, we lost weight, so it was much easier to fit it."

On accepting the award she commented, "Forgiving starts with understanding".

Thompson was honoured, "...for his commitment to fighting obscenity in the media."

He said he was, "...he was grateful for the Freedom Award and what it means for his road of hard work against indecency."

"What I'd like to do now, right now, is encourage you, because this night encourages me."

We hopes that Jack sat down and had a chat with Immaculee Ilibagiza about how video games are murder simulators. Maybe she had some perspective on the issue.

The festival is presented by an organisation called "America's Freedom Foundation" - the nearest link we could find to this group of patriots is here. We also looked at this link...

^{Source: Daily Herald}