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Teen Charged With Harassing Thompson

Posted by Zonk on from the i-don't-know-who-to-root-for dept.

A young man has been charged after reportedly threatening Jack Thompson with torture and death, reports Gamespot. Thompson claims the boy is already in custody for his crime. From the article: "The Sheriff's Office public information officer, Lt. John Martin, could not confirm for GameSpot that the child had been arrested because the detective and sergeant assigned to the case had both left for the day. However, he did confirm that the boy had been charged with harassing communication, a misdemeanor offense."

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  1. Transcript of offending message: by MOMOCROME · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "If I ever meet you, I will Kick Your Ass"

  2. Really by ShadowMarth · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Everybody famous gets death-threats. It's no suprise. It's just this moron's got the ability to use it for ammo...

  3. Re:Video games made him do it! by Chowderbags · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well I don't know about you, but when it gets up to 6 wanted stars, it's hard *not* to get caught. Damn those Rhino tanks. ;_;

  4. What weight do Thompson's actions have in this? by deranged+unix+nut · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Thompson sounds like the little kid that keeps poking his sister on the long car ride and then goes crying to mom and dad when his sister slaps him.

    I am not a gamer, I haven't even played any retail computer games in several years, but Thompson is annoying the heck out of me.

    I would hope that the judge would see the situation for what it is and would tell Thompson that he is getting what he is asking for and if he doesn't like it then he should find a new political platform to beat on.

  5. Actually, I know that. My point was... by Nice2Cats · · Score: 1, Interesting
    Fact of the matter is, I actually know who Jack is and what he does. That was not my point. My point was that the Slashdot editors are assuming that everybody knows this, which is just terrible journalism -- it's like saying "Balkenende wants higher taxes" without explaining anywhere in the text just who Balkenende is. Like, king of Denmark? Mayor of Falluja?

    I am getting increasingly frustrated with Slashdot's decline in quality, especially on the editorial side, and this is just another symptom. More and more, I find myself looking for this kind of news in other places.

    Thanks for the backgrounder anyway -- you're heart is in the right place.

  6. Ironically... by Weirdofreak · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I believe I'd be correct in saying that Jack lives in Florida? Well, purely from the information in the artical, he's broken state law by recording the conversation - you need both parties' consent. (According to wikipedia - look up telephone tapping.)

    That the kid lives in Texas, where no such law is in place, might change matters, and the kid might also have got his answerphone. But I'd love to see Jack get a lawsuit slapped on him for this.

  7. Re:Aaaargh, stop proving his point. by Ayaress · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No, don't you know your logic? Validity and truth are independent. For a rediculous example, it's very easy to construct a VALID argument showing that the sky is purple and has pink polka dots. It's based on faulty assumptions and yeilds falty conclusions, but it is still entirely valid.