In General Gaming

... Has officially gone crazy.

For those of you who don't know, he's the lawyer who wants to go after every violent video game, or "murder simulators", as he calls them. His license to practice has been revoked in Alabama, where he was kicked out of a trial for unseemly behavior. He calls gamers "pixalantes", says games are masturbatory, spams gaming forums, etc, etc.

Well, recently, some gamers have put together the "Flowers for Jack" campaign. Flowers and a letter were sent to him. The letter said the following;


"a letter of apology...to some extent...on behalf of the 'gaming community' for the generally juvenile behavior exhibited to your home and your persons as of late." The letter notes that those aggressors "have likely destroyed any chance we have of opening, much less maintaining, any respectful dialogue with you." The letter further goes on to praise the community donations for this floral project, noting that it demonstrates the community's willingness to "support a cause of civility and maturity."

The letter continues by asking Jack Thompson for his "main agenda, stated clearly," as well as thoroughly analyzing the etymology of the term 'Pixelante,' purported to be coined by Mr. Thompson himself. Other questions asked include:

* His current opinion of and/or relationship with the National Institute for Media and the Family.
* His plans--if any--for future forays into politics, including a rumored presidential run in 2008.
* The possibilities of a debate with Attorney Tom Buscaglia.
* To quote the letter, "What can we, as a community, do to maintain some kind of non-threatening open forum with you? Are there any people, mediums, or sources we may go through that will receive your earnest attention? If there is, I can assure you it will receive ours."


Well, he has responded.




"John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law
1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
305-666-4366

February 7, 2006

Paul Eibeler, CEO
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
622 Broadway
New York, New York

David F. Girard-diCarlo, Chairman
Jim Smith, Partner
Blank NES ROMe, LLP
Philadelphia, PA Via Fax and e-mail

Re: Flowers Forwarded to Take-Two and Its Law Firm/Lobbyist Blank NES ROMe

Dear Mr. Eibeler, Mr. Girard-diCarlo, and Mr. Smith:

Today I received a floral arrangement from an Internet video game-enthusiast web site to mock my concerns about the mounting body count caused by violent murder simulation video games, such as Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt, for which deaths Take-Two and Blank NES ROMe share responsibility.

This harassment of me follows Take-Two’s and Blank NES ROMe’s lead in characterizing me in the media and in an Alabama courthouse as, variously, a bisexual pedophile, “mentally ill,” “paranoid,” and so forth. Take-Two and Blank NES ROMe have thus knowingly incited, through your coordinated antics, the sending of sexual aid products to my wife and me at our home, as well as death threats, for which one teen was recently arrested and jailed in Houston, all in violation of federal and state laws.

Now your collaborators send me flowers. How pretty they are, in Contrast with what Take-Two and Blank NES ROMe do for a living. Let me tell you what is going to happen to these flowers.

They are today being forwarded to the three of you, in the memory of all of the people who now lie in the ground because of your reckless design, marketing, and sale of mature-rated murder simulators to children, facilitated by lawyers who know no shame.
District Attorneys and State Attorneys General, including the SEC and the FTC, are now onto what Take-Two and Blank NES ROMe have done to mentally molest minors for money, and I find their collaboration with me to be an abiding bouquet I treasure.

There are people dead in Medina, Ohio; Red Lake, Minnesota; Troy, New York; Cold Spring, Minnesota; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Oakland, California (the trial started yesterday); Lake Worth, Florida; Fairfax, Virginia; Leicester, England; Fayette, Alabama; and now Gassville, Arkansas, to name just a few, all dead because you money-grubbing sociopaths put profits ahead of children, private mendacity ahead of public virtue, lies ahead of truth.

Do whatever you like with the flowers. Discard them along with the decency you discarded long ago. I really don’t care. Grind them up and smoke them if you like.

These flowers were sent to harass me. You encouraged their sending. They are forwarded to you in the memory of the innocents that each of you three men helped kill. They are also forwarded in the memory of all those victims yet to come whose killers you have knowingly helped rehearse for murder.

Tell your wives and your children of what happened this day, because one day, He will remind you what you have done, and you will in fact be ashamed. Then your shame will be too little too late.

Sincerely, Jack Thompson"

hahahahahahahahahaha. that guy is such an asshat! . talk about having NOTHING better to do. this guy is ridiculous! does he not realize that murder has been going on for as long as man has?



he encouraged it himself by being such an asshat.

and after reading that, i feel like playing Doom.

Indeed he has. I blame the video games.

Hahahaha. You got a literal "Lough Out Loud" from me on that one. Excellent choice of wording.

Well he obviously has issues! Asshat is an awesome word man, I'm definetely adding that to my vocabluary . What an asshat!

I agree, what an ASSHAT!

Now I'm a news junkie (I watch about 4-6 hours a day of it) and that kid in Red Lake, Minnesota didn't kill all those students over a video game. He was a Nazi lovin (which is ironic considering he was NATIVE AMERICAN) freak.
Poverty also had a hand in it. I used to live not too far from there (on a different reservation) and honestly, if I still lived there I'd probably go crazy too.

So for him to blame video games on an already mentally disturbed person it ludicrous.

And if video games were indeed responsible for any of these killings, why isn't there a bigger body count? We've all played them, how many people have you picked off this week???

only about 6 or 7. i know 1 is still in the trunk, i threw 2 in the canal, and the rest are buried in the back yard....

DAMN THAT GTA3!!!!

only about 6 or 7. i know 1 is still in the trunk, i threw 2 in the canal, and the rest are buried in the back yard....

DAMN THAT GTA3!!!!

You shouldn't bury them in your own back garden. You need to chop them into pieces and feed the remains to Pigs.

Nah, I've got the best solution. The pigs might squeal on you.

Put body in fire pit.

Incinerate.

Scoop up all remains (bone fragments, teeth) and also take about a 2 inch layer deep of the dirt from the pit.

Put in container.

Boat out into middle of a VERY deep body of water.

Dump out dirt and remains.

Return home and have a cup of tea.

It's funny... Jack Thompson spends a lot of his time spamming forums that disagree with him. Before he recieved the "Flowers for Jack", he posted WHERE ARE THE FlOWERS on (livejournal? I dunno, some forum) about 32 times.

I'm not kidding.

Fortunately for us, we speak in complete sentences, which may very well scare him away from our site. He doesn't seem to be able to properly debate people.

You know, I think that's the best pun I've heard in awhile Just had to throw that in there.

This Jack Thompson cat is pretty much old news now, and I'm sick of hearing about him. I still would like to know exactly what it was that originally set this guy off... maybe he just wanted to be on T.V. and be nationally known? Who knows? I've done zero research on this guy. To me, he's just another person who wants fame, and doesn't have enough character to do it otherwise... that's how I see it anyway.

You know, I think that's the best pun I've heard in awhile Just had to throw that in there.

That one had me COL "Chuckling out Loud"

This Jack Thompson cat is pretty much old news now, and I'm sick of hearing about him. I still would like to know exactly what it was that originally set this guy off... maybe he just wanted to be on T.V. and be nationally known? Who knows? I've done zero research on this guy. To me, he's just another person who wants fame, and doesn't have enough character to do it otherwise... that's how I see it anyway.

Well, the first we heard of him was when he lost an election and called his opponent a closet lesbian.

wow. this guy lives in Florida . he lives pretty close to Yangus