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Jack Thompson Sets His Sights On Halo 3
GamePolitics is reporting that anti-game advocate Jack Thompson is seeking to have Halo 3 declared a nuisance to the public in Florida. He tried the same stunt with Bully, and failed then too. "As with Bully, Thompson clearly hopes the court will grant him a hearing. Although after last year's well-publicized Bully performance, which earned Thompson a Bar complaint from presiding Judge Ronald Friedman, that seems unlikely. More troubling by far are the long term implications of this action. Thompson apparently feels emboldened to invoke Florida's public nuisance law against any video game he desires to target. That is the essence of censorship and the video game industry cannot allow it to continue on any number of grounds - legal, moral or creative."
Who cares ... he loses every court battle!
Why is he allowed to keep doing this? He should be punished for his endless series of nuisance lawsuits and then he should be held accountable for damaging reputations and businesses with his slanderous, ridiculous, attention-seeking, self-serving accusations. That he is given endless court and television time is highly offensive.
What? Halo 3 is just another FPS. What is so deplorable about Halo? Actually - it might be a good thing to get MSFT's legal department rolling on crushing this retard.
He minus well = Jack Thompson is a sick puppy.
As for his legal actions, he does not law-guy well & I assure you they are completely on par with what would happen if a third grader received a law degree.
The amount of money that Microsoft can bring in an effort to defend their position (and garner tons more publicity for Halo 3 and Xbox 360) is going to make life hard for Jack. And that's assuming that a judge doesn't just slap it down without too far through the process. I suppose it's too much to ask that he get on some medication to help keep him under control.
"It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education." -Albert Einstein
But Bungie is part MSFT right? Also there is a big difference between blasting aliens and defending yourself against bullies. IF this works maybe he'll go after the America's Army game. That's more real military themed violence.
Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country did to you
He was funny a couple of years ago, but it's like an annoying joke that was funny at first and then starts driving you nuts. I wish he just shut up.
Why do we keep giving this guy air time? Enough with the Jack Thompson stories already.
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
That Bungee pulls in a little cheat that makes fun of Jack Thompson. The guy is definately going to be remembered as the industry clown/thorn that doesn't go away. I wonder what his Wiki says about him.
Looks like he's been doing his own editing as of late.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(attorney)
I'm really confused as to how this man continues to be able to practice law. I realize that any citizen (i.e. non-lawyer) can file a complaint or lawsuit, but how can a lawyer as grossly inept as Thompson continue to practice? He has proven himself to be antagonistic, inflammatory, and an outright liar on more occasions than I care to google for. Why has the Florida Bar not revoked his license to practice yet?
I seem to recall him being thrown out of a courtroom in Alabama because he didn't even have the legal right to practice law there, which was brought to light because of his harassment and threats to the opposing lawyers. Seriously, why is it taking so long to get him out of there?
I realize that Thompson is the offline version of an internet troll (although he trolls the internet aplenty as well). Maybe if we ignore him by not posting any more articles about him, he'll just go away? I fear not however. It seems as though Thompson is not actually interested in "protecting the children" just in being seen by someone somewhere.
... Goliath actually manages to kill David.
I hope he -does- get a hearing. And the next judge puts in a Bar complaint as well. And the next, and the next... Maybe then he'll be forced to stop wasting everyone's time and money. Permanently.
Unfortunately, I think 'public nuisance' is way too strong a term for a video game, unless it includes subliminal messages to kill your parents and each your neighbor's dog. And even then, I think there are probably better terms for the criminal behavior involved.
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
Thompson apparently feels embiggened to invoke Florida's public nuisance law against any video game he desires to target.
I don't have a microwave. I do, however, have a clock that occasionally cooks shit.
Jack Thompson is the greatest asset we have in our fight to keep video games from being villified and banned/censored.
The primary spokesperson of the anti-video game movement is clearly a psychopath. Completly batshit crazy. If he was not crazy, and used logical (sounding) conclusions and appealed to reasonable or religious sensibilities he would be MUCH more dangerous to free speech than he is.
So we MUST give him lipservice, we must work to keep his illegal, crazy shenanagins in the news, because as long is he is their front-man, we will always win.
Ok, I'm seriously confused here. Is he doing this out of genuine concern for the public? Is he doing this strictly for publicity himself? Is he doing this because he's batshiat insane? Or is he doing this at the behest of his puppet masters?
I'm not one who supports violence in any way, but does this man have ANY usefullness for the rest of humanity? Other than producing CO2 for the plants to use, is there any reason he should still exist?
He repeats the same actions over and over again expecting a different outcome. The man is obviously insane and should be treated as such. He really does need professional help but, unfortunately, intelligent sociopaths like him rarely get the help they desperately need. People just write them off as wackos and ignore them, rightfully so I guess, but someone close to him really should try to get him some help. Even if it means committal.
Can we please start ignoring Jack Thompson and not posting anything about him anymore? All you're doing is showing that someone cares about what he does. Ignore him and he'll wither and die, deprived of attention like a flower deprived of light and water.
He minus well get paid by Take two and Microsoft.
minus well? MINUS WELL? It's "might as well".
"Love heals scars love left." -- Henry Rollins
Finish the fight. Please, just get this bastard to shut up.
Boycott all Jack Thompson articles.
Do it now.
He minus well ...
Brilliant. Truly brilliant. The best part is its not even close to the actual letters for the word(s) he meant to say. So I take that to mean he really believes thats what people are saying when they use that phrase. That cracked me up, seriously, that had me Latching Out Lard.
So now not only are people and companies campaigning for things that MS wants (like SCO to win) shills, but so are the people and companies campaigning against MS?
/., how I love thee.
Ah
Just say that it promotes racism by having human beings mercilessly kill aliens. If that is not a **race** war, I don't know what is.
Hey, this shit works for Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, right?
Mea Culpa. when the coffee is scarce, the mind does silly things.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
The law seems unconstitutionally vague; suprising that the judge didn't comment on that the first time around.
Virginia is for lovers. EVE is for griefers.
Because, you know, nobody'd heard of Halo 3 before Mr. Thompson took an interest. This is actually reflective of the reverse-- Thompson's not going to address The Darkness, despite its graphic depictions of heart rending and whatnot. Rather, he's going to target the most popular franchises which feature significant violence-- Halo being amongst those, this is hardly surprising.
How the hell does a guy going through disbarment proceedings still get to go around filing nuisance suits?
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Similarly, he might have a case with GTA:Vice City, where people in Las Vegas might buy the game and then start randomly shooting people and stealing cars.
But Halo 3? What, the astronauts on the International Space Station might play the game, and then start shooting each other in real life?? And even if they do, how is that a public nuisance?
There is no well there to subtract.
Jack Thompson = sick puppy, before you even begin.
Where's a taser-wielding police officer when you really need one?
If we all would just ignore this nutjob, he'd eventually go away.
sudo eat my shorts
Racism is between members of the same species. As far as we know the aliens are a completely different species. You could say the game promotes genocide and specieism if that is even a word.
Agreed. I think with this latest move his, it's quite clear that Jack Thomson is nothing more than a clandestine marketing tool. Just think about all the thousands of people who will now learn about Halo3 who would normally have been ignorant of the game.
All he has to do is take Microsoft to court, then suddenly announce an "out of court" settlement, in which Microsoft pays for his services, and then this troll is off to attack his next "client".
Microsoft, meanwhile, will have received millions of dollars in free advertising around the world.
Can we stop giving Jack Thompson coverage so he can slide back under his rock and disappear?
According to wikipedia disbarment proceedings were filed, but doesn't mention any resolution.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(attorney)#The_Florida_Bar
I know the law can move really slow but how long do such proceedings take? Any court watchers have any inside info or analysis?
IMHO Jack Thompson is a nuisance to the public himself.
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
You know, it just struck me after reading a few of the posts on the gamepolitics site. There's a saying about "following the money." One of the things he has consistently complained about is the lack of age-verification when purchasing online; citing that a credit card is not enough. He says:
"Age ID software is available to Best Buy, Target, and Wal-Mart, and they refuse to use it"
It really makes me wonder how he benefits financially from these publicity stunts. I get the feeling that he has an investment in an age-verification company, or that they at least are paying him to keep bringing up these frivolous suits. Has anyone looked into this? Along those lines, did he build up a huge nest-egg from being a legitimate lawyer in the past? How can he afford to waste everyone's time and money?
I took a look through it, and one thing struck me odd:
Jack says (in the lawsuit filing) that the release date for Halo 3 is: October 25th, 2007.
Real release date? Tomorrow.
FAIL, Jack. FAIL.
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Or he's using voice recognition software in Vista.
Eye yam woozy-sing hat cane clotbear.
Since I can't tell them apart, I treat all ACs as the same person.
Game software has resulted in too much frivolity.
The best argument against posting corrections on posters' spelling and grammar (and whatever the hell this was): Slashdot readers believe your comment was informative.
does that mean someone can legally declare Jack Thompson as a nuisance?
Jack Thompson is the real public nusiance.
I am not a lawyer. This post does not constitute any form of legal advice.
So I take that to mean he really believes thats what people are saying when they use that phrase. Not necessarily. I sometimes do the same thing while in super-fast-typing-frenzy mode; sometimes a word will come out with a phonetic analog than the actual word I was trying to type. I think it has something to do with being able to think much faster than it's possible to type, and poor fingers that struggle to keep up. Never seems to happen if I slow down, though. That's why proofreading is important :)
I actually read it as some kind of double plus good 1984 reference...
I suspect this was actually a case of typing faster than you can think. You minus well admit it now.
The only change I can believe in is what I find in my couch cushions.
Come on, everyone makes mcsteaks. Give the guy a breke. Minus whale add it to the Internet lingo.
minus well? MINUS WELL? It's "might as well".
I thought he meant "midas well". You know, that bottomless pit full of gold?
-mcgrew
I read through Mr. Thomson's COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AND FOR BREACH OF AGREEMENT to see what he was complaining about. Otherwise he is seeking legal action for Best Buy not obeying a settlement they agreed upon:
I'm not a lawyer, but I think this is the "Breach of Agreement" part of his complaint. I suspect he has a case for this portion of his complaint.
Below is the stuff about the game itself:
Halo isn't particularly violent...I mean yeah...there is guns, and shooting, and death, and destruction...but it's still nothing more than cartoon violence...It's been a while since i've played Halo, and Halo 2, but I don't remember there being blood on the screen. Perhaps there is now in Halo 3?
I think the cartoon violence makes it PG-13...but no blood, in a game that is clearly fantasy with no sexual or adult themes...just taking down an alien race...Certainly he has better games to go after... Halo 3 is just one of the biggest ones there are.
Obviously he doesn't have lawyer costs, but he dose have court costs and the other financial penalties (such as loosing a case and being forced to pay the other sides costs). Where is the money coming to fund all of this? Have far right "moral authority" groups set up a slush fund for him? Filing suit after suit can't go on for ever.
How about weaning yourself off that addiction? Seriously, it's bizarre how Americans can be so zealously anti-drug, and yet treat a caffeine addiction as 'just something that most people have'.
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If anyone bothered to read his lawsuit, he is not out to ban the game. What he wants is MS and Best Buy to not sell it to anyone under 18. As a parent, I can respect that.
Overrated, Troll, and Flamebait mod points are not to be used towards posts you disagree with. That IS censorship.
How about weaning yourself off that addiction? Seriously, it's bizarre how Americans can be so zealously anti-drug, and yet treat a caffeine addiction as 'just something that most people have'.
It's more of an expression. I'm a tea drinker and don't really need it to wake up. But I often make typos and messed up grammar due to dyslexia so if I don't' have enough time before a post it has numerous grammatical errors.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
From Wikipedia: Thompson describes himself as a Christian conservative and a Republican.
"Christian Conservative" is an oxymoron. So is "Christian Republican". From The Bible (King James Version):
Luke 6:24 "But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation."
Luke 11:46 "And he [Jesus] said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers."
Luke 11:52 "Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered."
And that's just a few choice quotes from a single book. And guess what? God doesn't like bankers much, either (but that's a different topic).
-mcgrew
The post I was replying to seemed to imply that somehow Microsoft must be funding Thompson in some sort of wacky marketing scheme...I find that idea pretty ludicrous. Then again, most of Thompson's stated positions are pretty ludicrous, so perhaps I shouldn't be so dismissive. :)
In the UK there is the concept of a vexatious litigant, if the court decides you are one then you can no-longer initiate legal action of any kind. I assume that is the case in the US and was wondering if there were moves afoot to have Jack Thompson declared one?
Bad analogies are like waxing a monkey with a rainbow.
It's been that way for decades. "Just say NO!" while gulping down an aspirin, antihistamine, Alka-Seltzer, Viagra, Prozac, amphetamine cocktail, and chasing it with a martini and a cigarette. Yeah, we hate drugs in this country.
Seriously. If he just laid low for a while, people would start to forget about him. If he keeps spamming the courts whenever a new game comes out, he'll just dig himself deeper and deeper into the hole where his credibility used to be.
...fool. XD
KEEP 'EM COMIN' JACK! WHAT? BEJEWELLED TEACHES KIDS TO BECOME JEWEL THIEVES? BRILLIANT! TAKE IT TO THE SUPREME COURT! GOOD LUCK TO YA!
Thompson: As you can see, this so-called "game" features underlying propoganda... ...where? ...Veiled commands of violence against others... ...and subliminal messages designed to turn our children into soulless killing machines.
Judge:
Thompson:
Judge: What?
Thompson:
Judge: I'm sorry, I don't see it. The court finds in favor of the defendent. Viva Pinata may remain on shelves.
Those who believe the Internet is private,
find their privates are on the Internet.
Parent is right. Summary is wrong and deserves a re-write.
The core problem with all of the negative comments about the guy is he has already affect the laws and access to video games in Florida.
I know it's going to fall on deaf ears, but you have to watch out for these guys. They start crazy and somehow gather followers that make them crazier. In this case there is a plenty of morally superior, let's regulate your personal life politically active people that don't have to agree with everything he's saying/doing, but will get behind him because of some strongly held principal they agree with.
Take him seriously otherwise he'll be regulating more than just Floridian's personal lives.
http://www.maxineudall.com/2010/02/should-economists-be-sued-for-malpractice.html
Well at least it's an original improper phrase. Way, way too often do I see "for all intensive purposes" instead of "for all intents and purposes". I mean a typo is one thing, but at least understand a simple phrase before you use it.
We have enough youth, how about a fountain of SMART?
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
What really *WAS* a nuisance was the Halo 3 ad campaign. SHUT UP already!
Its a doggy dog world out here. Theirs no room for bad grammar in todays business world.
...tend[s] to annoy the community, injure the health of the citizens in general, or corrupt the public morals Sounds like a perfect description of Jack Thompson.-- Remember, we're not happy until you're not happy. -- Local FAA Inspector --
Seriously I'm not sure I'd be against this if it keeps the 13 year olds out of the game. I'm tired of getting my ass handed to me by someone whose balls haven't even dropped :-)
If he really believed that these games caused so much trouble then why not go after a stricter rating system. The Entertainment Software Rating Board is in place to judge games and to decide the appropriate maturity level of the player. So it seems like he just wants to rattle on about how bad games are and not focus on the organization that might be able to change things. However, I personally I do not see a problem with these games and there currently is no supporting evidence to link any harm to playing them; which leaves Mr. Thompson making a lot of noise and trying to get people to see his view point or join is cause. Hopefully people are smarter and will just stop paying attention to him so he will go away. However, it seems like we like watching him try or enjoy complaining about him so I dont see him going away anytime soon. Which is just to bad.
> I don't remember there being blood on the screen. Perhaps there is now in Halo 3?
There's quite a bit of blood, but it's all blue.
Clearly, Jack is looking out for the Covenant -- someone has to! In fact, he fashions himself something of a prophet, whereas I rather liken him to a shrieking little grunt.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
Me thinks it would seem unwise to draw the ire of a million die-hard Halo fans who have spent these last years practicing their sharp-shooting techniques on Halo 2.
I thought I was on Digg. Jack Thompson stories every other hour there and I'm surprised to see Thompson to get any attention here. I thought Slashdot was smarter than to give this idiot any attention at all.
I hope we don't start seeing Ron Paul stories next!
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Someone should file a public nuisance claim on Jack Thompson. This guys is an idiot, and it might rub off on our kids. Think of the Children for crying out loud.
It's just hard for me to believe someone, even someone as crazy as Jack Thompson, would keep going like this. For me the cause is one of two: Either he simply likes being in the news, OR He's being paid by game publishers to pull out these insane suits and therefore generate attention for the game. Let the conspiracy theories flourish.
[/war] "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players."
While I don't necessarily agree with the swipe at Florida (I don't disagree either, it's just irrelevant), I agree in spirit. While he has become as tiresome as a spoiled child that has yet to be disciplined (though the Bar is finally waking up to his antics), until he is unable to practice law, he is still a threat to freedom. We must not allow complacency to settle in, every time he rears his fool head, the public needs to be reminded as to what a self-serving, shallow, narcissistic, delusional danger he is, until no-one pays him heed again.
That being said: GO AWAY JACK! You're only making a greater fool of yourself!
At least, I assume that he gets paid by Microsoft for making them look good on /.
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If Mr. Thompson really wanted to have his case considered, he might try going after a game that is getting some really, really negative attention from parental watchdog groups. This game of course would be Manhunt 2, which, if anything like it predecessor, is excessively, even sickeningly violent. I stopped playing it due to the violence, and I was 20 years old. If children get their hands on that game, the images they see could do real harm, unlike the ones in Halo 3, which depict violence against aliens, not people. If he wants help in his cause, he should at least make the game he goes after a justifiable target.
Let the Wookie Win!
you junkies all miss the point - it's about stamping out ILLEGAL DRUGS. you know stuff cooked up in a backyard shed with fuck knows what mixed in for effect. it doesn't even compare to commercial drugs.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
Yes, that's probably it. It's far more likely he simply doesn't know what the phrase is. Like those people who think it's 'for all intensive purposes' and not 'for all intents and purposes'. The English language is so totally screwed now, with this generation. Ugh. If we ever figure out how to TEACH them anything, let alone their KIDS, I really think an 'Idioms and Common Phrases' curriculum should be added starting in junior high. (Because the last thing we need is for the kids to start improperly using phrases and idioms their PARENTS don't understand while they're still in grade school.)
Friend: "The NIC is misconfigured..." Me: "No prob, I'll just telnet in and fix it." *Silence*
So how many people in Borneo know of Jack Thompson?
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
I think you're giving waaaay too much credit to someone who was writing something that goddamn stupid. :P
Friend: "The NIC is misconfigured..." Me: "No prob, I'll just telnet in and fix it." *Silence*
"He minus well get paid by Take two and Microsoft."
That one's right up there with "walla".
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." A. Carlson
You know, it wouldn't be cooked up in a backyard shed with fuck knows what mixed in for effect if it was legal and regulated by the FDA.
There also wouldn't be massive gangs who finance themselves soley by creating, transporting, and distributing these drugs.
It's been a long time.
you cant learn how to handel a sniper rifle in a fps there video games. its just not possable. anyone that has handeld a real firearm knoes this. jackass and his little daly rants are so full of crap its sad. everyone is tought from a very young age anything on tv is fake and not real. and if they cant tell that at a older age they have far worse issues that need to be salved. and anyone that agrees with jack is well simply a dumbass or to lazy to teach there kids anything. hears a idea take gaming console go to jacks house and beat him over the head with it. there now he has a case for voliance by a video game. not this made up bs he thinks up. yes thers been cases where people tryed to use this shit as a defence but relly it was more a simpthy attempt then anything else or they turned out to relly be crazy.
How dare you! My mother was a saint!
Control is an illusion, order our comforting lie. From chaos, through chaos, into chaos we fly
Coz he is a prophet - so money and other peoples' time are not of concern.
Control is an illusion, order our comforting lie. From chaos, through chaos, into chaos we fly
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it seems that when a new somewhat violent game comes out, jack thompson attempts legal recourse that is usually bound to fail and the game gets a whole lot more publicity.
did jack find his calling? a few bucks sent his way, best marketing money can buy.
In Soviet Russia, Halo 3 declares Jack Thompson a public nuisance! ... I want to live in Soviet Russia :(
it doesn't even compare to commercial drugs.
You are quite right. From: Drug War Facts
Deaths per year in the U.S. attributable to:
Cigarettes ~ 430,000
Alcohol ~ 80,000
Prescription Drugs ~ 30,000
All illicit Drugs ~ 17,000
Yes indeed, illicit drugs have a lot of catching up to do.
renegadesx: So Jack, who is going to win the 2008 US election?
Jack: Violent videogames
renegadesx: ummm ok, so who do you think is going to win the 08 AU election?
Jack: Violent videogames
renegadesx: So Jack, when do you think its a good time to bring the troops out of Iraq?
Jack: Violent videogames
Make SELinux enforcing again!
For all intensive purposes your wright. Its to bad I don't have no mod point's but if I did I would of. Irregardless, you'r point is much more affective then the usual drivel around hear.
Honestly I wonder if he finally does get disbarred what his mind will do, its already somewhere beyond sanity. He feels himself to be commanded by god to right the wrongs in this world (if thats an act simply for publicity, it certainly isn't helping him) when he finally gets disbarred, which is pretty much inevitable at this point, is he going to take his fight to what would be the next level? People who feel slighted at every turn and feel they have no other recourse tend to find themselves doing some pretty stupid things.
P.P.S. I'm doing Science and I'm still alive.
Video games do have a noticeable effect on people -- it makes them inactive and overweight.
(And if you think the Wiimote is good exercise, it just means you're already inactive and overweight.)
This game needs a good beat down to drop it down a peg or two, back to reality.
Go ahead, flame, agree, moderate how you like - that's my thoughts on the series (no denying Jack is a cockhat of course) but really this Halo hype kills me, it's a good game at best (the first one) yet it's lauded as the second coming of jebus.
What do I have more contempt for? Halo, or Jack Thompson? ... Jack Thompson, clearly.
"Halo 3 should be banned from stores, as it encourages violence against alien species and super-human bionically enhanced warriors"
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Who is paying this guy?
Crazy Jack as filed aanother lawsuit. Against NesCafe
News at 11
Make SELinux enforcing again!
What a lying jackass. A dishonest scumbag who will stop at nothing to ruin everyone's fun.
Jack, gaming is a multi-billion dollar industry. Taking on Microsoft is a sure way to lose quickly.
They're using their grammar skills there.
Poor guy. Typo'd in a rush to get first comment and now his whole conspiracy theory is forgotten because of it. Although, Rockstar did do something similar, back when they were actually a small company... they hired this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Clifford/ To purposefully draw attention to GTA 2 by making it seem more controversial than it already was.
Please, pass a hat around to collect money that someone can buy him a 5$ hooker from so that he finally get laid.
Good thing this guy keeps reminding me which games to buy. He's not paid by the game developers? Shucks.
I could care less about your comment, infact I bet his comment was done for cheap!
Anyways, back to playing with my legos.
This is sarcasm, right?
The illegal drugs are only cooked up in backyard sheds because they are illegal. Not to mention that the dope I used to grow on my balcony was also an illegal drug, even though it has nothing "mixed in for effect" and probably does a lot less damage to my brain than the legal pills I eat when I have a headache.
I'm sure it's already apparently obvious... But Jack doesn't give a stuff about violence or other questionable content in games. He probably plays the very games he's against in his underpants on the weekend.
No... Jack ol' boy has realised that this is his road to infamy. It doesn't really matter how you get famous, as long as you get famous. Then, in backwards western countries like the US, the money will start rolling in. He's the Paris Hilton of the lawyer world... Only he doesn't have a sex-tape... Yet.
Posting his exploits on teh intarweb only furthers his objective.
I agree... Jack Ass Thompson is just doing this because he wants attention. He has no chance of winning... its like Goliath (Microsoft and Bungie) versus a cockroach (Thompson). He has to worry about his pending disbarment - why must he worry about Halo 3? Guess he has too much time on his hands and we all need a good laugh, I suppose. But for a good laugh - Have all Halo fans tar and feather him. Now THAT would be hilarious!
In soviet america, Thompson Jacks YOU.
Talk about hypocrisy.
Jack, if you're reading this, please fuck off. You're becoming a "nuisance".
I wrote my first program at the age of six, and I still can't work out how this website works.
It's interesting to note that at the time of writing this post, the aforementioned lawsuit has not been filed in the Miami-Dade court system.
So either JT is just sending this nonsense out as a press release and we're all falling for it, the Miami-Dade court system is a little backed up, or, well, I can't think of #3.
In all probability, the suit has not been filed in the court system and this is a clever ruse by JT.
Here's the link to check - feel free.
http://www.miami-dadeclerk.com/civil/default.asp
Since everybody is freakin' out about "minus", i might as well ask. isn't it "Dog eat dog" not "doggy dog"?
I'll be using mcsteak in daily conversation from now on. As soon as I stop laughing.
Can't someone declare Jack Thompson a nuisance to the public?
...perhaps Jack Thompson is a tool to hype up a game. I wouldn't put it past any of the current crop of publishers to do this. I remember the heavy metal bands of the 80s and their supposed affiliation with satan drumming up publicity..
and yes, I did just indirectly compare Jack Thompson to satan.
Yes, unless you're talking about Snoop.
Could of been worse. It made my head asplode.
So we're trying to a) vindicate Jack Thompson's delusions that there are actually people who want him dead and, simultaneously, at least five Slashdotters with a modicrum of intelligence and karma to spare modded this up. Come on folks, wise the heck up -- when the Orlando News Sentinel prints "In response to Jackson's filing of the lawsuit, an anonymous member of the technology website Slashdot said, regarding methods of stopping Thompson, 'A single bullet ought to do the trick nicely'", it will NOT be Jack Thompson who looks like the crazy wacko.
Help poke pirates in the eyepatch, arr.