Scary Barry, Wacky Jack Continue War On Violent Games

Thanks to the Palm Beach Post for its article discussing Florida-based lawyer Jack Thompson's teamup with Barry Silver to continue a war on violent videogames. Thompson's anti-gaming history is well-discussed, and Silver is no less flamboyant during previous lawsuits, since he "had a bikini-clad hot dog vendor deliver a subpoena to Palm Beach County Commissioner Mary McCarty during his well-publicized fight over the vendor's right to sell hot dogs while partly clothed." Thompson says: "You can call us Scary Barry and Wacky Jack", and is helping Silver with the Florida-based lawsuit again GTA developers Take Two, following furore over the alleged depiction of Haitians which is still simmering in North Miami, with a new local law to restrict violent games planned. The article also notes that the two lawyers have a lot in common, commenting: "Both are frustrated politicians - Silver, a former state legislator, and Thompson, a failed Miami-Dade County state attorney candidate. Both love the limelight, take cases that are destined to make headlines and are famous for publicity stunts."

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Re:This is BS.

[DAldredge]

Don't forget "right to hire highly skilled workers for 3.75 per hour"

"Star Wars" banned in England!

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm British-born, living in the US. Getting upset about Vice City is about as stupid as me getting upset that there are a lot of bad guys in American movies that have British accents:

"The Empire commanders are played by British actors and Grand Moff Tarkin blew up Aalderan, committing mass genocide against the rebels, this makes all British people look like thugs, but then the Rebels won in the end and killed all the British people, thus encouraging their genocide. Ban Star Wars before this violence escapes the film and gets onto the streets.. whine, moan, complain."

Yeah, exactly - it would be pretty damn retarded.