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

Re:Glory Hole

[peipas]

Indeed, he was brought into a discussion about GTA IV on NPR's Talk of the Nation last week. I had never heard him, just read about him. He came off like a total jackass, scoffing at the end, "I'm done?" "Yes, you're done."

Re:Whatever

[NTmatter]

For factual reference, Thompson claims to not have sent it directly to the mother:

"I sent it to Strauss Zelnick's attorney. I would never send it to his mother," Mr. Thompson told me. I'll take Thompson at his word that he sent it through the attorney...however, I suspect that this is not good-will, but a byproduct of the plausible notions that he was unable to find the address by any reasonable (eg, non-stalker) means, and that he probably realizes the potential PR nightmare that could be caused by actually sending the letter directly to the said family member.

Re:I hope

[Lord Ender]

That's interesting. As you know, no publicity is bad publicity. Jack is just trying to keep his company in the news so his share prices rise! Clever man...

Re:Jack's utter lack of a sense of irony

[iamacat]

That being said, the Nazi deal just doesn't stick. He was basically forced into the Hitler Youth, and he ran away when they tried to enlist him in the army. Yes, while thousands of young people of the time, including Jehovah's Witnesses, gave their life or were forced into concentration camps for refusing to have anything to do with fascism. And that he encourages people in places like China and Iran to practice forbidden religion. I guess the Pope did nothing wrong as an ordinary German citizen, but he just doesn't measure up as the leading follower of Jesus Christ in the world. As it shows in his actions.

Re:Silly troll (yup, IHBT... *sigh*)

[ejecta]

Yup, I have GTA 2,3,Vice City and I also have kids and guess what? To my kids Vice City is "the box with a car on it" That's all, because they never get to see it being played, or play it themselves.

Jack Thompson should try out this new technique called "parenting" it's worth promoting!

Re:Like herpes

[_KiTA_]

If I were Zelenik, the next iteration of GTA would have a character that looked exactly like Jack Thompson that a little old lady blows away with an Uzi.

Just a thought.

Supposedly GTA4 has/had a Lawyer that, when faced with the main character gunning him down, screams out that Guns don't kill people, Video Games do, and that violent video games are what's making the main character kill him. Thompson *already* threatened to sue him over it.

That reminds me, didn't he have an agreement wherein they don't crush him like a bug for libel and he stops mentioning them and their games, at all, forever?

Re:I hope

[DiEx-15]

I have to agree. Wasn't the agreement he had with Take-Two and such tell him not to do this stupid shit again? If I were Strauss Zelnick I would sue the bejesus out of Jack. I guess since Jack can't do legal stuff now (because of the sanctions) and maybe forever (because of the disbarment), I shouldn't be surprised that Jack Ass can't do much except write the mother of Strauss Zelnick.