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Chances are you wouldn't get a reply or the reply would be along the lines "YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES SO YOU'RE RETARDED AND I'M NOT INTERESTED SO HMPH!" and then if you emailed him again he'd just threaten you with a law suit.
Sadly, I'm serious.
Also, the man is a political genius for making his only platform for Florida State Attorney General a debate on wether or not Janet Reno was a closet lesbian. That's the most brilliant campaign strategy I've ever heard of.
Wolfman Walt wrote:Chances are you wouldn't get a reply or the reply would be along the lines "YOU PLAY VIDEO GAMES SO YOU'RE RETARDED AND I'M NOT INTERESTED SO HMPH!" and then if you emailed him again he'd just threaten you with a law suit.
No, that's only if you're "well" known on the intarweb..
I've sent him multiple e-mails from both my addresses, and I've gotten no response. I think he has a secretary browsing trhough it all.
I bet if you wrote him some "evidence" snuff on games, I bet he'd listen..
And then make an ass out of himself.
Just gotta find a game with some kind of sexual reference..
Smiley wrote:I've sent him multiple e-mails from both my addresses, and I've gotten no response. I think he has a secretary browsing trhough it all.
If he doesn't listen to other Americans or probably even his own constituents, why would he listen to someone from Denmark? He's trying to get laws passed in the US.
Instead of spending your time spamming Jack, you should spend your time training your shuriken throwing skills so that when you come face to face with him, you WILL BE READY
Geno wrote:Lately, especially with the GTA:SA sex scandal, we are seeing lots of Jack Thompson. The Miami lawyer bent on shutting down Rockstar Games and, maybe, the gaming industry. I invite to tell us your opinions and stories about this guy(intelligent ones, please).
I personally think he's a lunatic(see the comic below) that doesn't really know videogames and how to deal with the violence in them. He's too sure of his ideas, well... at least he has some...
To summarize, Jack sent the VG Cats author an email, the author emailed him back and Jack pretty much denied he ever emailed him and threatened legal action.
Smiley wrote:Anyone heard any other news? I miss my daily laughs at that bastard.
Daily laughs? Some tiny gaming sites and a conservative jackass e-mailing eachother back and forth, that was funny for like a week. Go find new objects of laughter.
Apperent new Jack news. Not that it really matters, I think we can pretty much guess he feeds on this stuff, though it bothers me that he can now have enough pull to cause retailers to not carry a game that has not even been released. Ofcourse, who the hell goes to Walmart for videogames?
Edit - Since the link I gave apperently didn't work, here's the story.
miami herald wrote:Coral Gables activist Jack Thompson on Wednesday sued a host of big-box retailers to prevent them from distributing the yet-to-be-released Bully video game that he alleges could incite youngsters to violence.
Thompson, a lawyer who is known for fighting radio obscenity and violent video games, sued Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, Circuit City, GameStop and Toys 'R' Us, seeking an order to bar the game's release on Oct. 5.
''The spate of school shootings is unsettling and to have a game that glamorizes and in fact rehearses kids in violence is reprehensible and dangerous,'' he said.
Players of the game, which is expected to receive an ''M'' rating for ''mature'' audiences, take on the role of bullied school children who fight back by becoming bullies, inflicting violence as revenge on classmates and teachers who annoy them.
Thompson said his attention was drawn to the game after he received a call earlier this year from an employee of the game manufacturer Rockstar, a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive Software, who alerted him of the violent content in the upcoming Bully.
Take-Two is the maker of the popular Grand Theft Auto games, also known for their violent content.
A spokesman for New York-based Take-Two did not return a call for comment.
Circuit City and Wal-Mart do not comment on pending litigation, spokespersons said.
Representatives of the other retailers did not return calls.
Meanwhile, the American Psychological Association on Wednesday called for the reduction of violence in video games because of the danger that it leads children to inflict violence.
Smiley wrote:I feel sorry for the developers, now they'll never earn enough to cover costs for the game.
Yes they will; they already have?
suppose you're thinking about a plate of shrimp. suddenly somebody will say like 'plate' or 'shrimp' or 'plate of shrimp', out of the blue, no explanation.
I saw some more links on our good friend Jack-the-wack...
