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Goalmaster3000 writes to tell us Joystiq.com is reporting that Jack Thompson has rescinded his offer of a $10,000 donation to charity if a video game were made to fit his model.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.

Comments

Debate insults indicate a loss.

[CyricZ]

Indeed, those who resort to insults during debates are most likely in the wrong. It's one of those things we see time and time again. One such example could very well be this instance of Jack Thompson debating a 14-year-old child. Another notable example is that of the KOffice developer who resorted to insulting a long time KDE and KOffice user during a discussion of the future of the KOffice project.

Worst Hyperlinking Ever

[BarryNorton]

How about a link to the actual original proposal?

(Yet again no standards of editing at Slashdot...)

Re:Given the timing of the withdrawal...

[doubledoh]

I've never been a grammar nazi before, but your sig's poor punctuation and pronoun problems are really annoying me today.

Please change it to one of the following:

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Don't moderate flamebait as "Troll" as the two are distinct. Know the difference or get meta-moderated.
Don't moderate flamebait as "Troll" as both classifications are distinct. Know the difference or get meta-moderated.

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