Good villains never really die, and Jack Thompson is showing respect for that tradition in his latest attempts to bring gaming down to its figurative knees. GamePolitics was lucky enough to get a press release from Thompson recently, which states:
"Thompson will be in Utah this coming week to work with Utah state officials to pass a new state law that will stop, dead in its tracks, the continuing marketing and sale of “Mature” video games to kids. Utah’s new approach to this problem will be constitutional and it will become a model for other states to follow."
Further digging resulted in proof that Thompson is in fact a keynote speaker at the yearly convention held by Utah Eagle Forum, some people that I would be happy never to have to hold a conversation with in person. The schedule for the convention mentions Thompson will speak on the research proving violent games lead to violence in children and this year's legislation to prevent it.
Maybe those Freedom Awards got him feeling confident, or maybe crazy people just have endless confidence, but either way it looks like Jack is far from throwing in the towel just because of a silly little disbarring. What a great guy. Well, if all else fails, target the religious -- just say God hates it and they'll be in the palm of your hand in no time.
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10:40 AM on 01.12.2009
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Zelnick >>> God.
Seriously people like Jack Thompson or Uwe Boll that make a living out of soiling the name of videogames. could you go any lower?
The only good news about this is that he is partnering with the Eagle Forum. Gail Ruzicka (she is the babbling Colonel Klink of the Eagle Forum) and her pack of whack are a laughing stock. Too conservative, even by Utah's standards.
As long as he partners with those bozos, I don't believe he will have any chance of moving legislation forward.
Then again, this IS Utah.
Crap.
My thoughts exactly.
I suppose the pic would have some meaning to a nutter like Jack...
the difference between a liar and a bullshitter is that a liar respects the truth; what i mean by that is a liar knows the truth and understands that they are not telling it. where as a bullshitter just says whatever the fudge pack they feel like and do not actually know it is a lie. i feel Jack thompson has reached a point where he is now a bullshitter, and no longer just a total liar, and that is what i am afraid of.... plus i hear he has halatosis!
Education: We believe in the right of parents to guide the education of their children without oppressive government regulation.
yeeeeeaaahhh
Anway,I digress. I was the keynote speaker in Utah at the Eagle Forum conference long before I got the America's Freedom Festival Award, so you got that wrong.
Secondly, I got that award BECAUSE of the industry's use of Bar discipline, not inspite of it. My, my, you really are careless in your reporting.
Finally, I've gotten more laws passed on this issue than you have friends, which is obviously not saying much, but you get the idea. I'm more dangerous now to the video game industry than ever, which is proven by the fact that you simply cannot get over your Jack Thompson obsession. Is this a great country, or what. Oh, and catch this. It's very big in Utah:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/channel-08/2007/07/romneys_ocean.html
Were the FUCK did you get that picture...!?
Education: We believe in the right of parents to guide the education of their children without oppressive government regulation.
yeeeeeaaaaahh
However, I do feel too many games are being sold to minors, especially if you play on XBLive :p
As long as he's stopping Mature games being sold to kids, then fine. Good for him. That's not insane. Everything else he says is insane, but this is okay for now.
I say "for now" because with Jack Thompson, it never stays that way.
But that's just too selfish. There are gamers in Utah, we cannot leave them to the...uh....wolf?
Yeah, good luck with that Jack. You've had such stunning success with all your attempts in the past. Saying something will be constitutional doesn't make it so. It's up to a judge to determine that. Word of advice: try not to send the person who'll be ruling on your law gay porn or start comparing yourself to Batman again.
I honestly agree with you in spirit; I don't think M rated games should be marketed towards children either. However your behavior and hubris has been your own downfall time and time again. To think if you'd explained your position rationally instead of attacking all gamers and companies and accusing them of being monsters, you might have actually achieved your goal and benefited society instead of becoming the living joke you now are.
Do you just sit around all day and google yourself now? It's UNCANNY how quickly you show up after an article mentions you.
Good luck with your futile crusade.
If I send you my Grand Theft Auto IV: Rape and Dismember Kids Special Edition, will you sign it for me?
Thanks in advance.