Oh Jack - Part 2

[Zimbacca]

[Izret101]

He got the website wrong |D
What a jack ass

[Zimbacca]

I didn't notice that.

[TraderJake]

Penny Arcade gets a thousand cool points.

Jack Thompson = Boy who cried wolf

[Mike Leon]

We've seen a very clear picture of Jack Thompson painted in the last week. He has confirmed what many of us suspected long ago. He has confirmed that he does not care about children. He does not care about police officers' lives. He most definitely does not care about the lives of people in the video game industry. He cares about one thing and one thing alone, money. Why else would he carry out these far-fetched and frivolous lawsuits against Maxis and EA? They didn't even create the objectionable content in the games! He doesn't even argue that they did. Somebody said "class action" and he saw $$$. That's all that's going on here.

[Izret101]

I think it is funny that he is suing them for not enforcing their own copyright laws.
Because that is what it bopils down too.
I also love how EA and Maxis are working with the Porn Industry on these mods.

Nevermind the fact that tons of people created things like pets furniture TVs etc.
I liked the Hamster that carried a virus the most

[yap]

We've seen a very clear picture of Jack Thompson painted in the last week. He has confirmed what many of us suspected long ago. He has confirmed that he does not care about children. He does not care about police officers' lives. He most definitely does not care about the lives of people in the video game industry. He cares about one thing and one thing alone, money. Why else would he carry out these far-fetched and frivolous lawsuits against Maxis and EA? They didn't even create the objectionable content in the games! He doesn't even argue that they did. Somebody said "class action" and he saw $$$. That's all that's going on here.

Well, I don't know.  I think it's more than just money, I think Jack Thompson is looking to leverage all this free publicity (and he's gotten a lot) into getting him an elected position.

Look at his track record, it's funny.

• Led the campaign against the 1989 2 Live Crew album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be", and later, Ice T's "Cop Killer."
  
• Filed with the FCC regarding the contents of a 2003 edition of Howard Stern's radio show resulted in Clear Channel Communications being fined $496,000 in 2004.
  
• Filed, in 1999, a $33 million federal products liability lawsuit against several entertainment companies, including Time Warner Inc., Polygram Film Entertainment Distribution Inc., Palm Pictures, Island Pictures and New Line Cinema, Atari Corp., Nintendo of America, Sega of America Inc. and Sony Computer Entertainment on behalf of the parents of victims of the 1997 Paducah schoolhouse shootings.
  
• Most recently has taken his tirade against videogame publishers Take Two (Grand Theft Auto series, Bully et. al.), Capcom (Killer 7), and EA (The Sims).
  

Why would he go through all the trouble of getting Clear Channel fined a measly $400k?  He didn't get that fine.  

Each act on that list got Jack a lot of free publicity.  And while videogame nuts might hate him, his ideas ring true with most soccer moms.  

He'll be on the ballot somewhere eventually.

[NDiddy]

Well, I don't know.  I think it's more than just money, I think Jack Thompson is looking to leverage all this free publicity (and he's gotten a lot) into getting him an elected position.

Look at his track record, it's funny.

• Led the campaign against the 1989 2 Live Crew album "As Nasty As They Wanna Be", and later, Ice T's "Cop Killer."
  
• Filed with the FCC regarding the contents of a 2003 edition of Howard Stern's radio show resulted in Clear Channel Communications being fined $496,000 in 2004.
  
• Filed, in 1999, a $33 million federal products liability lawsuit against several entertainment companies, including Time Warner Inc., Polygram Film Entertainment Distribution Inc., Palm Pictures, Island Pictures and New Line Cinema, Atari Corp., Nintendo of America, Sega of America Inc. and Sony Computer Entertainment on behalf of the parents of victims of the 1997 Paducah schoolhouse shootings.
  
• Most recently has taken his tirade against videogame publishers Take Two (Grand Theft Auto series, Bully et. al.), Capcom (Killer 7), and EA (The Sims).
  

Why would he go through all the trouble of getting Clear Channel fined a measly $400k?  He didn't get that fine.  

Each act on that list got Jack a lot of free publicity.  And while videogame nuts might hate him, his ideas ring true with most soccer moms.  

He'll be on the ballot somewhere eventually.

Yeah I wrote A more condensed version of  the same thing in the first oh jack thread anyway just saying I completely agree.

[captain_nintendo]

Jack is like a forum troll on steriods ...


What a joke  

[Izret101]

From www.ctrlaltdel-online.com

Take this Jack Thompson quote for example:

"God is in this battle, and I am privileged to be a foot soldier. You all should be concerned, not about me, but about Him."

Now, I don't know about you guys, but the first thing I think of when I hear "foot soldier" is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Remember the ninjas? The foot clan? Hehe, I couldn't resist.

[Zimbacca]

I saw that too and was going to post it but you beat me to it.  

[Tynstar]

What ever happened to PARENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[yap]

http://arstechnica.com/ne...s/post/20051019-5458.html

"Anti-game activist Jack Thompson under investigation
10/19/2005 5:55:49 PM, by Jeremy Reimer

At this point, the nerds swung into action. Penny Arcade forum members wrote, edited and sent letters and faxes to the Florida Bar Association detailing Thompson's activities and urging the review of his license to practice law. Jack Thompson has already received a reprimand by the FBA for his antics in 1998, and according to a spokesperson, the letters and faxes have been received and forwarded to the disciplinary committee."

[Izret101]

YES I LOVE IT!

There was somethigs in there i have not read anywhere esle.
Like he had previously been under investigtion and he called Janet Reno a lesbo.
Well he shouldn't have gotten in trouble there the truth is the truth

[Mike Leon]

Filed, in 1999, a $33 million federal products liability lawsuit against several entertainment companies, including Time Warner Inc., Polygram Film Entertainment Distribution Inc., Palm Pictures, Island Pictures and New Line Cinema, Atari Corp., Nintendo of America, Sega of America Inc. and Sony Computer Entertainment on behalf of the parents of victims of the 1997 Paducah schoolhouse shootings.

It may not make him money immediately, but in the long run it's all about Jack Thompson making a fortune, whether that be by achieving political office of just filing suits against a bunch of deep pockets. The only proof you need is that massive list of defendants from the 1999 lawsuit to see what kind of person Thompson is. He practically sued everybody that ever spoke to anyone related to the video game industry. Atari? WTF? I don't remember them making any violent video games in 1999, and I'm pretty damn sure the kid that shot up Paducah was too young to have played Death Race.