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Jack Thompson Off Of Alabama Case
Game Politics reports that Jack Thompson has removed himself from the Alabama court case against members of the games industry. From the post: "Thompson's flamboyant profile, take-no-prisoners style of communication, and frequent press releases and media appearances were the subject of a defense motion on behalf of video game industry clients to revoke his Pro Hac Vice (visiting) admission to the Alabama bar. The motion to remove Thompson from the case occupied much of last Thursday's hearing before Judge Moore in Fayette County. By day's end the judge asked both sides to submit opinions on the Pro Hac Vice revocation motion as well as another defense motion to dismiss the case on a summary judgment for lack of merit." Gamespot has commentary as well.
Here's the 'off of' node.
Huh, guess it's your lucky day. Look.
Too slow!!!!
that Rockstar parodies him as a character into the next GTA game.
FTA: "'If we won one motion or the other, we wanted to win [the summary judgment] by a factor of a million to one,' Thompson said."
Yes, because that's how the Alabama court system issues judgements.
JUDGE: I (and my 700 other personalities) find in favor of the plaintiff, by a factor of 700 to one. As soon as we figure out which one of me dissents, I will have that personality removed from the bench.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
He made an interesting comment according to the article, which was a tactical error on his part:
and followed it up with: Now, a reference to Pearl Harbor in this way is inteneded to have an effect on other members of Thompson's generation. That's when the "dirty Japs" launched their "cowardly" "sneak attack." Pearl Harbor led to some extremely racist imagery in American cartoons and films of the time.It's very crude, and he probably could have got his intended effect in the minds of his audience, that "the evil Japanese are trying to destroy America's youth" without being so blatant. Especially considering that Pearl Harbor doesn't have the kind of visceral resonance with people who don't remember it as it does with people of his generation. Subtlety is not his strong point.
I remember that one of the articles I read, had the line "Jack seems to be intent on looking like a narrow-minded bigot in the eyes of all as he continues to dig a deeper and deeper proverbial grave for his own career." News - Miami's Corrupt Counsel Adds Racism to his List of Idiocies This makes me sigh, as the man has built his extremely odd career on race-baiting, starting with his attacks on rap stars and the following it up with gay baiting against Janet Reno. So this isn't anything new.
Personally, if I were trying to profit from a moral panic, I wouldn't have opened myself up to the charge that I was a racist, unless I was sure that I could get away with it. This isn't the 40's after all.
"MIT betrayed all of its basic principles."
How is it that Sony is at fault for this? Is the game not labled "M"? I know I've posted this before, but I think that the video games should follow the same ratings as movies (G, PG, PG-13, PG-17, R, X, etc.) as well as the same ratings standards. Since parents already "grok" the rating system for movies, they don't by an R rated DVD for an 8 year old. However, these same parents will gladly buy an "M" rated game for the same kid.
Honestly, they should have let him stay on as their council. It's always easier to fight an id10T.
Frankly, I find it offensive that these two nitwits are even being allowed to bring this suit. If they are so easy to influence that a video game can make them commit murder, I certainly don't want them living in my neighborhood. They really ought not to be allowed out by themselves and should, for the protection of everyone else in society who behaves responsibly, be kept in padded cells and forced to watch Barney videos.
HDGary secures my bank
got any link to him threatening back the FBA? I'm really curious, cause I figured he was a clod, just, wow, that's really stupid. I mean, jeez, how the hell do you threaten the bar?
I noticed an article on Ars Technica about the same thing... went to read it, and the ad on the page was for GTA: Liberty City Stories for the PSP.
Sweeeeet...
There are only 10 kinds of people in this world... those who understand binary and those who don't
...I guess nobody cares what the old crackpot's up to, anymore.
Here's to hoping, anyway.
I don't have a link but this was mentioned in a comment to an earlier slashdot post - He basically suggested that they couldn't touch him and if they tried he'd get a judgement against him for something or other, comparing this with some other charge he'd gotten out of some time in the past.
We've secretly replaced Slashdot with new Folgers Crystals - let's see if it notices.
Jack Thompson is the exact reason why having babies should be regulated.
It's not the games which are the evil, it's the parents for not teaching little Johnny or Jenny any better. My parents taught me that violence was wrong. I've watched things that would make people mess themselves. I've watched porno stuff. I'm not affected by it because I was mature enough (even then) to know that it wasn't real and that it's not a good thing to re-enact.
I've had a load of crap from various bosses and you don't see me gunning them down, even though I usually leave a small momento for them to remember me by.
Parents should be parents. Without someone teaching us we will turn to the nearest resource for guidance.
There have been many times when dealing with people that I wished I could kiss my own butt goodbye