Jack Thompson's Letter To Take-Two Exec's Mother

debatem1 writes "Apparently, anti-violent-video-games crusader Jack Thompson is at it again, this time writing a letter to the mother of Strauss Zelnick, Chairman of Take-Two, the company that produces the GTA series of video games. In it he compares Zelnick to a member of the Hitler Youth, advocates beating the young Zelnick, and contemplates the existence of a Ted Bundy merit badge for boy scouts."

Comments

Chutzpah

[Ian Alexander]

The pornography and violence that your son trafficks in is the kind of stuff that most mothers would be ashamed to see their son putting into the hands of other mothers' children, but, hey, your son Strauss has recently assured the world that he is "a Boy Scout, everybody knows that." I'd love to see the merit badges that Scout Troop handed out. Is there a Ted Bundy merit badge? If so, your loving son deserves one now. It should be red and green, for obvious reasons. This guy's got some fucking chutzpah, and not the good kind. This is out-and-out harassment.

Re:Like herpes

[mikesd81]

How fast you think it would take for him to file a lawsuit? I'd settle for the ability to blow up "Law offices of JT and partners".

Re:I hope

[Faylone]

More than that, he's a shareholder! http://www.joystiq.com/2005/12/22/take-two-gets-a-new-shareholder-jack-thompson/

Re:Glory Hole

[LrdDimwit]

Well that's kind of what happens when the interviewer asks you a question, and you respond by saying "I'm not going to tell you that". (I believe it was 'which law enforcement agencies are you working with?') I mean, the whole point of appearing on the show in the first place is to answer the interviewer's questions! You shouldn't be surprised when, after you say you're not answering their questions, they throw you off the show.

Re:I hope

[Chris Mattern]

Well, no, he isn't, at least not directly. Unless he was buying stock from a public offering (which I assume he was not), he paid the former owner of the stocks, not the company, to own those stocks. This might indirectly fund Take Two since buying the shares pushes the price upwards, making any shares they might sell in a future public offering (or issue in some other deal such as a takeover) possibly more valuable, but Thompson himself isn't putting any cash in their wallets. In fact, if Take Two was paying dividends, *they'd* be funding *him* (I looked it up on Yahoo, and Take Two is not currently paying dividends). What it *does* do is make him part owner of the company, thus possessing certain rights such as attending shareholder meetings (which is probably why he bought the shares).

Re:Like herpes

[nuzak]

He's already barred from making any further filings in the district of the Florida Supreme Court, so any further filings have to come from his representation. He's been ignoring the order, and has been repeatedly getting a polite form letter back from the court clerk notifying him that his motion has been duly roundfiled (or more likely, stored as evidence against him).

The Florida bar recently concluded a disciplinary hearing against JT. Though they don't make it public what exactly they're looking for, it's pretty clear they're settling for nothing less than disbarment, probably permanent. However, a final decision isn't expected til sometime in July.