Jack Thompson: a bit confused

[Bluke4x4]

He keeps his address and phone number on his website. I will not be surprised if his house is burned down by a GTA-fueled Jack Thompson hater. Or if he gets lots of phone calls asking for a Mr. Mike Rotch.

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

Honestly... does he mean to say that people are mindless drones who do whatever a video game says?  If so...

July 15, 2006...
Man in yellow sphere suit arrested today.  All evidence points to him being responsible for the mass murder of countless innocent dots.  It took 15 federal officers dressed as pink, white, and blue ghosts to take him down.  Luckily, only one 'power dot' was nearby, and only 2 officers were sent back to the starting square as floating eyeballs.  His trial will be held on thursday.

[MrColossal]

I can't believe you can joke about Pacman Fever like that Nipper...

You don't know what kind of Pacmania that caused...

I wish you'd be a little more sensitive...

[Huw Dawson]

Hehehe... nothing worse than a lawyer I say... 

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

Sure there is... a lawyer who doesn't do his job right, and thus ends up like Jackie-boy.

[Radiant]

Just in case nobody mentioned this yet,

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/?t=archives&date=2005-10-12

[Haddas]

Read.

http://www.idlethumbs.net/

TAKE THAT

[Pelican]

I don't think anyone mentioned this one:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2005-10-14&res=l

[Meowster]

Ah, Idle Thumbs... where fact X importance = NEWS!!!!

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

At this point Thompson should probably leave Penny Arcade alone--He's obviously too stupid to realize when he should shut up.  I mean, he thinks he's a a footsoldier of god. He says he's a crusader, and we're all sinners for playing video games.  He's convinced Penny Arcade that he's a nutjob, and he's screwing himself over by not shutting up at this point--And his refusal to pay up really damaged him too.

[Vince Twelve]

Just wanted to share a few bits:

You may have heard that the National Institute of Media and the Family has decided to publicly distance itself from Mr. Thompson's antics.  Well here are the two letters that Jack fired back.  Here's my favorite quote:

Liberals, like you, love to label things and then think that the labeling has accomplished something. If that had been the case, then Churchill's calling Hitler a Nazi would have ended the war. But no, people like me had to get into the trenches and stop the Nazis. And there were always those tut-tutting back home about what a nasty business it is to stop the bad people, and can't we all just "get along."

I'm not even sure where to start with that quote!

Also, thanks to his run in with Penny Arcade, the Florida Bar Association has been flooded with requests for his disbarrment.  The requests point out his un-lawyerly behavior (Yes, I made that word up) and make very good cases.  This may be very interesting.

Link: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051019-5458.html

[Squinky]

He just gets funnier...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6136188.html

[Huw Dawson]

I'll amend my statement of before:

There's nothing worse than an obsessed very very stupid laywer. 

[Andail]

As these scum wish me their worst, I will continue to try to do my utmost for His highest.

Priceless.
This is all so exotic to me.

[esper]

And now, I destroy him using his own ignorance:

Jesus' thoughts on the "people who played video games" of his day---
Ã,  Ã, "And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. (Matthew 9:10)"

Jesus' thoughts on the Jack Thompsons of his day:
Ã,  Ã, " O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things?" (spoken directly to the religious leaders of Jerusalem)

This continues what we were talking about in the "evil" thread started by Nik. This man isn't doing God's will, he's doing what he wants to be God's will. Personally, I think God is playing "Smite the Ignorant Lawyer" on his PS777 right now...

[hedgefield]

This is seriously getting out of hand. How in fuck's sake can you think Halo trained someone in the use of a sniper rifle, and blame Bill Gates for that?! The man had NOTHING to do with it. And to call Doug Lowestein, president of the Entertainment Software Association a nazi, and worse than Saddam Hussein! COME ON!

I wrote a little rant too, but it's not enough. I'm currently trying to get community support with a friend for a JT flash movie. We've got some great ideas and we hope if the community backs us up we might be able to make a difference, even if the man seems unstoppable. It may seem pretentious, but it's worth a shot...

[Vince Twelve]

Yes, Halo trained that kid how to shoot a real sniper rifle... it certainly had nothing to do with the kid's military trained sniper father who actually killed most of those people when the two went on their little killing spree...  Definitely Halo's fault.

Largo, your rant is a very nice summary of everything that's happenned so far.  Or at least the most interesting parts.  Well done.  And good luck on your flash dealie.

[Paper Carnival]

And I thought that Atkins dude (someone who has something against rock music, especially christian rock music) was worse.

As these scum wish me their worst, I will continue to try to do my utmost for His highest.

I personally believe that all His highest wants him to do is to shut up and stop giving a bad name to Christians.

[Barbarian]

A "Stop Jack Thompson" petition   
http://www.stopjackthompson.com/
Though doubtful it'll have any effect.

The site also links to current Jack(ass) Thompson news articles and such.

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

why "stop jack thompson"?  He's not doing anything aside from being annoying and making himself a target for people to flame.  It's not like he's accomplishing anything.  So what difference does it make?