Jack Thompson Files Take-Two, Rockstar Lawsuit

rtt writes "Jack Thompson is back on the video game scene and has followed through with his threat to file a law suit against Rockstar, Take-Two and Walmart for Rockstar's upcoming "Bully" title. bit-tech was sent a copy by the man himself which started as follows "Take-Two has until five o'clock p.m., Eastern time, Monday, August 14, 2006, to inform me in writing that it will forthwith provide me with a copy of Bully so that I and others can analyze it to determine whether it still poses a threat of copycat violence in our schools.""

Comments

Or maybe he could just eat a dick

[Reality Master 201]

Seriously, nobody gives a shit about him.

He's a self-promoting moralistic jerkoff. Stop giving him air by paying attention to him.

Bzzt, Wrong Answer

[Kawahee]

I'd like to see this on a Take Two/Rockstar press release:

A warning for those of you lazy self absorbed and/or just plain inattentive parents: All the censorship in the world won't make up for bad parenting if your child is more influenced by our games than by Mommy & Daddy, both you and your offspring have much bigger problems than the gameplay. So before you go hauling us or any other studio into court, look yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if you did the best you could, because if you're considering taking us to court, you didn't.

Inspiration for above

Enough is enough!

[dreamchaser]

Lazy parents. That's the problem, not violent content in games. If parents would actually PARENT their kids instead of being all self absorbed and/or just wanting to 'be their friend'. The vast majority of parents are lazy, do not want to take responsibility for their children's actions, and pay little if no attention to raising them properly. As a parent of a teenager I can say it makes my job all the harder too.

Instead of going after media (games, movies, whatever), why not focus on the ONLY place where social problems can be adequately addressed...the HOME.

Re:Okay, I think I stand for all of us when I say.

[Couchmanx]

I grew up being the victim of bullies .. teachers, principals, guidance counsellors and psyciatrists all told me to ..

1) count to 10 - dont lose your cool
                    Always ended up in 10 more seconds of teasing and bullying
2) Walk away
                    Last I checked, bullys have legs too
3) Ignore them
                    Bullys find that to be more of a reason to tease/bully
4) Ask an adult/teacher for help
                    When I ask for help Im always told that hes not doing anything wrong and that I should be able to do the above 3 things to get rid of them

So unfortunately I ended up having to defend myself any way I could and the most effective being me beating the living snot out of them.
Of course this solution always ended the same way at school. The bully would get a slap on the wrist and be sent back to class ( if not bloodied up ) or sent home to be cleaned up and recover a little, and me being suspended/expelled from school because nothing the adults taught me worked.

I learned at a young age from adults .. not video games (I do play violent games .. depending on how violent you consider Oblivion and most RPGs are, but they are in no way responcible for why I am and hopefully was violent)... that violence was one way to solve a problem and im still trying to get it out of my system. I know I shouldnt resort to it to fix a problem but 90% of the time its the only solution when everyone that tells you to ask for help doesnt help when you ask for it.