Jack Thompson & Friends: Official Thread

[Zerodash]

Get caught up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(attorney)

A new chapter of the JT show is emerging: http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?op...=2069&Itemid=2

Its only a matter of time before he sues...

[George]

To give some life to this thread, here's some interesting news I found out about at another forum:

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/news.php?i=969

"Earlier this month, gamer named Mitchell S. with the online screenname "Kuja105" who posts on a few online videogame forums (including GameFaqs.com and MetalGearSolid.org) committed suicide. On January 2 he posted a message in both forums detailing his intent to end his own life, citing overwhelming complications with school and finances.

A very brief period of initial disbelief was followed by a barrage of replies from fellow forum members pleading that he not take his life, trying to talk him out of it.

For days, no word was heard from Mitchell. Fearing the worst, members and administration from metalgearsolid.org began searching for contact information, spending hours on the phone trying to get in touch with him. Finally on January 4, Ryan K., an administrator at metalgearsolid.org, got him on the phone and spent hours desperately trying to talk him out of it.

Sadly, Mitchell soon ended his own life by consuming antifreeze and painkillers.

Later, members from the site contacted Mitchell's family to find out the grave news. They reported it to their online community, and posted a tribute to their passed friend on the front page of metalgearsolid.org." Full Report Here.

Jack Thompson then actually sent a letter to administrators at MetalGearSolid.org regarding the situation.

"Your "gamer friend" will find peace through the Lord, Jesus Christ, but sadly it's too late for that.

There is a void in every heart. You can fill it up with the things of God, or the things not of God. This unfortunate soul chose to fill it up with combat games. The playing of these video games is masturbatory activity, meaning senseless self-stimulation. If you gamers could use a dictionary you would know that that term is not necessarily a sexual one.

The real tragedy here extends beyond the life and death of this one fellow. There are literally millions of young people and young adults whose despair is deepend by turning to the things of this world and then finding them meaningless.

All of you gamers need to put down the controllers and get a life. The utter inanity of the vast majority of postings here shows how vapid "gaming" really is.

You are one of the cheerleaders for this wasting of time and the wasting of lives. Do you feel any remorse for having contributed to this "culture of death?" Of course not. Hey, let's all play MORE games, and ignore all the really productive things to do with our lives.

Let's pretend to be shocked that a gamer might descend into deeper depression, as his gamer "buds," knowing he was killing himself, couldn't figure out how to call 911 themselves for him. That would have involved leaving their computers I guess.

Sad. Sad for all of you."

This man needs his tongue cut out and his fingers broken.

[Zerodash]

This man needs his tongue cut out and his fingers broken.

Seriously, he might try to sue you for this comment.

I am trying to find who to email complaints to the Florida Bar association site, but there are TONS of email addresses listed. What a beurocracy.

[Jetman]

This is a tactic I dont really understand. I think they should be sending him apples full of razors or voodoo dolls or something:

Many of us hate Jack Thompson. Jack Thompson hates all of us. Let's send pretty, pretty flowers to him.

http://flowersforjack.livejournal.com/

[Zerodash]

There are politicians everywhere who are trying to categorize violent games as porn. That would make Mortal Kombat pornography, while all Slasher Films are just "inappropriate" for kids. WTF.

[Chux]

I didn't like him before, but using somebodies death, is just pretty low.

Videogames didn't kill that kid, depression and bad decisions did.

[Zerodash]

Yes, but you can't sue depression...

[Chux]

That's what I'm saying.

[voltz]

I don't like the way he was using what we consider a hobby and activity to fuel his own personal agenda.

[Zerodash]

I hope Hillary, Lieberman, McCain (?) and the rest distance themselves far from nutjobs like JT. The gaming demographic is well-old enough to vote. Politicians need to recognize that the precentage of the voting polulation that plays games is ever growing, and siding with Thompson WILL COST THEM VOTES.