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Jack Thompson Rescinds Offer
Goalmaster3000 writes to tell us Joystiq.com is reporting that Jack Thompson has rescinded his offer of a $10,000 donation to charity if a video game were made to fit his model. Recently a group of GTA modders cooked up a scenario to fit the bill but apparently Thompson is claiming that his piece 'A Modest Video Game Proposal' was intended as satire that the video game community was not bright enough to grasp. Perhaps Thompson was just afraid he was going to have to sue himself? Update: 10/17 20:02 GMT by SM: It appears that the Penny Arcade crew has taken the next step by donating the promised $10,000... in Jack Thompson's name.
well, afterall, he is an idiot, you know.
The guy spouts to be an expert in everything under the sun. But once you call him on it, you come to know he only has a superficial understanding of things. If you can imagine a slimy car salesman, that's Jack.
Jack Thompson
"A Lisp programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing." - Alan Perlis
I didn't know it was satire.
I just thought he was crazy.
You arnt talking about the vgcats exchange, are you?
http://www.vgcats.com/jack.php
Oh, it wasn't that at all? Well, you know if someone had fucking LINKED THE ORIGINAL THING THAT JACK WROTE then I would have known that. Goddamn.
I found this description of the original hoo-hah:
You're welcome.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
I can't find the original forum where it was posted, but it's been posted all over the Internet. Use this Google query: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22I+found+a+link+t o+your+site%22+stopkill
I used to think Linux was cool -- then I turned 14.
if by "jack thompson" you mean "penny arcade"... http://www.penny-arcade.com/news.php?date=2005-10- 17#2834
for a minute there, i lost myself...
Tycho and Gabe just donated $10,000 to the Entertainment Software Foundation in Jack's name.
?
Tycho and Gabe just made the donation on Jack's behalf. See the 3rd post down.
Gabe & Tycho of Penny-Arcade have made a donation to who they think Paul Eibler would have picked: The ESF.
From their site:
It was only a matter of time until a mod team took Jack Thompson's disgusting revenge fantasy and made it flesh - and, just as I suggested, it was deemed insufficient.
Thompson now claims that his repellent suggestion was "satire," and we must conclude that his financial offer was also satire, some new breed of satire apparently that I'm sure is just hilarious to people in need.
You know what, Jack? We're going to be the men you're not. You said that your insulting, illusory ten thousand dollars would go to the charity of Paul Eibler's choice. We've got a good guess that he'd direct your nonexistant largesse toward The Entertainment Software Foundation, a body that has raised over six point seven million dollars over the last eight years. We've just made the donation you never would, and never meant to. Ten thousand dollars' worth. And we made it in your name.
By rescinding the offer in 2005, he likely escapes, the key line being:
Quoth TFA:
Yeah, I read that and couldn't believe it. That's insane. That's incredible. Just for that, I'm going make it a point to donate to Child's Play this year.
PA just earned the maddest props they could have possibly earned. Wow.
And now, for a sig that's a complete copout.
From today's CNN:
Wow, look how the crime rate has absolutely skyrocketed as violence in games has increased. Someone send these figures to Jack so he can use them in his jihad.
...and did it in his name, according to the newspost at the bottom if this page.
So Jack Thompson is a Warrior of God now? Glad to see he's attacking something as significant as video games, and not tackling war or poverty or anything silly like that. Yeesh.
I produce electronic music and write little games. Have a look.
He said (iirc) that he'll put it to a donation regarding the wish of the take two entertainment's CEO?
Anyway, as for the tally, Penny Arcade (ie. Krahulik and Holkins) matched his 10K offer and donated to The Entertainment Software Association Foundation, and donated under his name (yeah!)
Check Penny Arcade and scroll down for more info.
And if somebody want's to donate anything, consider Child's Play charity which is run by Penny Arcade
Forgot the attribution on TFA quote: Advanced Media Network.
John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law
1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
305-666-4366
jackpeace@comcast.net
August 5, 2005
Patricia Vance
source: http://www.vgcats.com/jack.php
Make sure to write any letters or make any calls in the same civil manner as he himself has shown others.
Make extra sure.
You cant stop it. In the 70s or so, it was comic books that they blamed. In the 80s, it was music and hair-metal that got the blame. In the 90s, it was Television and MTV and etc, and now its video games. People in America seem to have a common problem, for the most part. They can't realize that they are the ones causing their own problems.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
http://croqaudile.com/?article_id=10299
Enjoy it. I know I did.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
His proposal was as follows:
Here is what was made:
Parent poster was not involved in an argument with Thompson; therefore it is not a rhetorical fault to call him names such as "fucking moron".
No, no. He has not just crossed that line. He crossed it a long time ago.
Kierthos
Mr. Hu is not a ninja.
Hate to reply to myself, but I went looking for an email address and while there isn't one directly on his website, the whois listing gives the address "greytop@comcast.net", which doesn't bounce. I'll post the conversation if I get a reply.
From that text: While Hellfish seems awfully creative, I don't know if they qualify as a video game "company" and they don't seem to be "selling" the module (and as an even more minor point, it's not 2006).
You must not know that many lawyers. Because most for most of them, $10,000 is a lot of money. While it is a common idea that all lawyers have gotten disgustingly rich from medical malpractice lawsuits, class-action suits, and corporate litigation; the majority of attorneys are not wealthy. Prosecutors, defense attorneys, whatever the lawyer equivalent of a General Practitioner is, these guys are not big bucks sort of people. They are sitting in the middle of the income bracket.
Write to your members of Congress, inform them that you vote and you actively follow the issues that are important to you, and then tell them that if they associate with Jack Thompson, you will vote against them when they are next up for re-election. It might be helpful to include links to Jack's initial offer, and the open letter ending his association with NIMF.
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Initial offer and game description:
http://gc.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=5883
NIMF letter:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid
Be polite, be civil, and be sure to include your full, real name, and your full, real address. Ask for a reply. You'll probably get one.
Believe it or not, members of Congress pay close attention to these things. They spend hundreds of thousands of dollars per year on staff and supplies for constituent relations. I know it's cool to think that only big corporations get things done in Washington, but it's not true. When enough people speak up, they can move the government.
You can be sure that those who agree with Jack are writing letters once a week. Only by matching or beating that can we fight back.
Here's a good site to get started, for free. Find your representative and senators and write today!
http://www3.capwiz.com/y/dbq/officials/
Build a man a fire, he's warm for one night. Set him on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life.
You got it backwards. What happened was that Gabe sent Jack Thompson an email pointing out the large sums of money gamers have donated to Child's Play. Gabe's cell phone number was listed in his .sig, and Jack Thompson called him, and proved he was the jerk we all know him to be.
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Here's the thing, though, the title of his little satire should have tipped everyone off: it is modeled after (Gulliver's Travels author) Thomas Swift's "A Modest Proposal", which is itself a pretty well known satire of the English treatment of the Irish people. Come on, folks, if we're going to keep up with the assholes and hustlers, we need to be up on our literature and history, not just technology. In closing, though, this guy is a grade-A asshole. And that's not being sarcastic.
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
In fact, I'll do it right now;
http://www.hardcoregamers.com/jack-thompson/
Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?