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Jack Thompson Calls Cops on Penny-Arcade
Anon1001 sent us the latest developments in the ongoing saga between Miami Attorney Jack Thompson and Penny-Arcade. So far the story goes that Jack has filed a wrongful death suit against Rock Star, claiming that GTA is a cop killing training simulator responsible for the murder of a pair of cops. He also
offered $10k to charity if anyone who would develop some ridiculous murder spree game. When someone did it, and he changed his mind and Penny-Arcade donated the cash instead. All of this is being documented on the Penny Arcade website, in phone calls, rants and comics, as well as an 'I Hate Jack Thompson' T-Shirt. (Note, Slashdot's parent company owns ThinkGeek).
He has now
called the cops claiming harassment. Update: 10/18 17:40 GMT by Z : It seems like this confrontation has been brewing all summer. The most recent altercation is just another link in the chain made by Thompson's reaction to Hot Coffee and his crusade against the Sims 2. Further, PA has put up the scan of the letter to the cops, and a photo of the check.
"gaming machine"? you mean console?
those machines are incapable of executing non-approved code, hence no vi or emacs can be used to write a letter.
perhaps we should petition the government to remove these artificial restrictions on our property...
oh you meant "com pu ters". never mind.
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Sorry, that was a bit of a mouthful.
-1, Redundant.
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Probably because if you try to ban "religion" in this irritating country, bible thumpers from all over will emerge with torches and pitchforks.
Read my stuff.
Yeah, it's amazing how someone like Jack can draw broad conclusions based on narrow observations. Kind of like concluding "right-wingers" all rant about games and sex causing social decline. There are conservatives that are social moderate or liberal and there are liberals or progressives that are fisically conservative. I dare say most voting Amercians fall in to a categorie that borrows from both political leanings. So, um yeah carry on. It's Bush's fault... or something.