I don't even know wha Jack-o is doing anymore. It's so hard to follow all the stupid things he does and says, so I've kind lost track. Thankfully, GamePolitics is keeping track, and now they point us to Thompson trying to treaten prosecution for all 104 House and Senate members of the Utah legislature. Jack is pissed because Utah tried to prosecute him for sending them spam.
In an email sent back to Utah, Jack says that he is "not going to put up with it," and threatens to add all of the legislature to his sworn complaint:
If I get one more threat of criminal prosecution for sending you all proof, as I have, that pornographic video games are being sold to children in Utah ... then I will add ALL of you to the sworn criminal complaint now in the hands of the FBI in Salt Lake City.
Maybe the real problem here is that Utah, as a recent study proves, leads the nation in consumption of on-line porn. Maybe some among you are into this stuff, and you feel threatened...
Nice, Jack. Very professional move there. Calling Utah's legislature porn fiends, and then saying that you'll prosecute the lot of them? Forget disbarring: this guy should be banned from using e-mail.
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1:20 PM on 05.26.2009
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Then he plays GTA and is amazed he was wrong about everything in life.
Next he's going to try to bring a suit against the entire population of the US, for not caring as much about this 'issue' as he does.
Jack is quickly turning into the creepy old guy in your neighborhood that tells you 'Get off mah lawn!'. He needs to join the rest of the commune, grab a couple of wives, and like them... disappear from the public eye.
I'm not saying, I'm just saying. ;-)
Silly Jack.
The only problem my state has that others don't, is that we aren't willing to put up with Jackass Thompson. It isn't often I can say I'm proud to live in Utah, but at least we have our dealing-with-jack-thopmson agenda down.
Go get your attention elsewhere, you out-of-touch, senile old man.
Greatest. Battle. Ever.
Jack needs to realize the consequences of what his actions would be.
Oppression has led our state to being #1 in porn. Start effin with video games and see what happens.
Pornography: n "the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction" <the pornography of violence>
I thought he once told Jim that GTA was considered pornographic in his opinion. So if an M rated game get sold to an under-age person, then yes... his definition is sound. Only problem is that most people don't agree with that definition when talking about pornography. Therefore he gets looked as a looney, and people ignore him. I don't know what he plans to do. It's not like you can change anything unless you make purchasing M-rated games like purchasing alcohol. Frankly, I get bored of hearing about him. (yet, strangly I'm making a comment)
Second, while I'm not necessary fond of the guy, I still don't think people should be wishing he were dead.