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Jack Thompson Enlists Seattle's Finest Against Penny Arcade
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| October 18, 2005
| Ashton Liu
Posted on 10/18/2005 10:52:06 AM PDT by Starter
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First of all, I apologize for the source. It was the most professional site with this news that I could find.
For those of you not familiar with the story, about a week ago, anti-game lawyer/activist Jack Thompson made a "modest proposal" for a video game, offering to donate 10 grand to charity if a game manufacturer would make a game based on an idea from Thompson. This idea involved a father whose son was killed by game players going bezerk and massacring game store employees, developers, designers, etc.
Well, some gamers took Thompson up on his offer and have created several text-based games based on the idea. Then another set of gamers made a modification to the Grand Theft Auto games (one of Thompson's favorite targets) that allowed the player to recreate Thompson's scenario. Thompson responded that his challenge was merely a "satirical piece".
Now, this response didn't sit well with the creators of the Penny Arcade website, who have been sparring with Thompson over the past week over this issue. So, they wrote a check for $10,000 and donated it to a charity in Thompson's name, while publicly announcing that they were doing so. And so Thompson has tried to sic the cops on them...
For those interested, a redacted copy of Thompson's most recent letter and the check itself can been seen at www.penny-arcade.com
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posted on
10/18/2005 10:52:11 AM PDT
by
Starter
To: Starter
Ray Davies of The Kinks said it best in this song (there are more verses, but I think you'll get the point):
Who's the fool with the cross-eyed stare,
The turned up nose and moronic glare?
Who's that simpleton standing over there?
Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce.
Who's that dumb-looking freckle-faced runt?
Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce.
He walks like his feet are on back to front,
Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce.
When he waddles down the street he looks kind of queer,
Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce,
'Cos he's got two left feet and taxi-door ears,
Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce.
And when we laugh at the clothes he wears,
Jack just smiles 'cos he don't care.
He's a fool! He's a ninny!
He's a twit! He's a chump!
The Idiot Dunce, the Idiot Dunce.
Who is always the bottom of the class?
Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce.
Who's a fool? Who's a boob?
Who's a kook and an ass?
Jack, Jack the Idiot Dunce.
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posted on
10/18/2005 11:01:32 AM PDT
by
drjimmy
To: Starter
Penny Arcade's rather expensive jab at Jack Thompson has caused the Florida attorney to go off the deep end. What do you mean, go off the deep end? That's like saying that something caused Clinton to "start" lying and cheating.
3
posted on
10/18/2005 11:02:38 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: steve-b
Oh, come on. I'm sure that Mr. Thompson has had no history of flying off the handle before and threatening people with lawsuits for trivial matters. It must have been the work of those evil catoonists.
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posted on
10/18/2005 11:45:42 AM PDT
by
Starter
(Yes, my tongue is fimly in my cheek.)
To: Starter
Yeah, this time it's really not clear that he is sane.
And he is presenting himself to the Press as a standard bearer for conservatism and decency.
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posted on
10/18/2005 11:59:12 AM PDT
by
gondramB
(Conservatism is a positive doctrine. Reactionaryism is a negative doctrine.)
To: gondramB
And he is presenting himself to the Press as a standard bearer for conservatism and decency.
Indeed, a true conservative. Who allies himself with Hillary Clinton.
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posted on
10/18/2005 12:00:30 PM PDT
by
Dimensio
(http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
To: Dimensio
" Indeed, a true conservative. Who allies himself with Hillary Clinton."
You know, Tipper Gore did the same kind of thing as Hillary, trying to music censored... I'm sure it hurt Gore with his base but Hillary is making a determined run to what she thinks is the center.
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posted on
10/18/2005 12:22:03 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(Conservatism is a positive doctrine. Reactionaryism is a negative doctrine.)
To: Starter
I found the aol icon that Jack Thompson construed as a death threat.

http://notjackthompson.blogspot.com/
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posted on
10/18/2005 12:24:53 PM PDT
by
gondramB
(Conservatism is a positive doctrine. Reactionaryism is a negative doctrine.)
To: Quick1; indcons; somniferum; KoRn; Duke Nukum; expat_brit; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; dljordan; ...
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posted on
10/18/2005 12:54:45 PM PDT
by
Sofa King
(MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval.)
To: Sofa King
It would be nice if someone made a Jack Thompson model for UT2k4 so you could populate a map with them and commence to depopulating it with rockets and flak grenades.
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posted on
10/18/2005 1:03:44 PM PDT
by
rattrap
To: Starter
Is "Jackpeace" going to come back here and opus again?
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posted on
10/18/2005 1:05:42 PM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("My Gov'nor don't got the answer")
To: rattrap
WHAT??? You can't say that! I'll sue you! Police! Police!
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posted on
10/18/2005 1:24:42 PM PDT
by
Sofa King
(MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval.)
To: Dan from Michigan
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posted on
10/18/2005 1:26:12 PM PDT
by
Sofa King
(MY rights are not subject to YOUR approval.)
To: Starter
This guy's a real piece of work, isn't he? He talks about games on CNN as an "expert", not knowing what he's talking about, he calls Vice City a "murder simulator", and he's too much of a pansy ass to write the $10,000 check he promised to give to charity.
One wonders why the National Institue on Media and the Family didn't even want anything to do with him...
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posted on
10/18/2005 6:29:32 PM PDT
by
Quick1
To: Sofa King
Update: "GameSpot once again called the Seattle Police Department to confirm receipt of Thompson's fax. As of 2:31 p.m. PDT, Kerlikowske's office still had not received any communication from Thompson." From
here
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posted on
10/18/2005 6:38:13 PM PDT
by
Quick1
To: Sofa King
Update: "GameSpot once again called the Seattle Police Department to confirm receipt of Thompson's fax. As of 2:31 p.m. PDT, Kerlikowske's office still had not received any communication from Thompson." From
here
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posted on
10/18/2005 6:38:35 PM PDT
by
Quick1
To: Sofa King
Also, anyone interested should check out his book on Amazon.com, and take a look at the "Customers who viewed this also viewed..."
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posted on
10/18/2005 6:43:15 PM PDT
by
Quick1
To: Starter
the Florida attorney Where the hell did this moron get a law degree? A Cracker Jack[tm] box?
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posted on
10/19/2005 9:21:17 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: Starter
the Florida attorney Where the hell did this moron get a law degree? A Cracker Jack[tm] box?
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posted on
10/19/2005 9:21:29 AM PDT
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: Dan from Michigan
I feel like I've been out of the loop. I didn't realize Jack was on the prowl again. Sigh. Those were the days at FR!
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posted on
10/19/2005 7:42:26 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(CA: Stop union theft for political agendas with YES on Prop 75! Prolife? YES on Prop 73!)
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