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Post by Bojangles on Mar 31, 2009 2:07:04 GMT -5
I remember when this guy was up in arms against the sims 2 because of the "full frontal nudity" in the game. Apparently he thought it would be an opportunity for paedophiles to "rehearse their abuse".
Who the hell thinks like that anyway?
Seriously, this dude needs another hobby.
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Post by schizophonic on Mar 31, 2009 15:42:08 GMT -5
I remember when this guy was up in arms against the sims 2 because of the "full frontal nudity" in the game. Apparently he thought it would be an opportunity for paedophiles to "rehearse their abuse". Who the hell thinks like that anyway? Seriously, this dude needs another hobby. Even worse, the nudity he was complaining about came from modding. It's ridiculous to hold any artists for modifications after the fact by external parties. It's not the first time, either. Or the last. Wasn't there a Counterstrike mod where you went after Thompson instead of...Well, I don't know who you go after in CS/ Half Life, or any other of those games, but you get the point. If I photoshop a picture of Jack Thompson onto gay porn, does that prove that Thompson is gay? And does it mean he's teaching young men to prey on little boys?
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Post by darthtoxic on Mar 31, 2009 16:51:53 GMT -5
I remember when this guy was up in arms against the sims 2 because of the "full frontal nudity" in the game. Apparently he thought it would be an opportunity for paedophiles to "rehearse their abuse". Who the hell thinks like that anyway? Seriously, this dude needs another hobby. Even worse, the nudity he was complaining about came from modding. It's ridiculous to hold any artists for modifications after the fact by external parties. It's not the first time, either. Or the last. Wasn't there a Counterstrike mod where you went after Thompson instead of...Well, I don't know who you go after in CS/ Half Life, or any other of those games, but you get the point. If I photoshop a picture of Jack Thompson onto gay porn, does that prove that Thompson is gay? And does it mean he's teaching young men to prey on little boys? He briefly went after Midway because someone made a playable version of Jack with the character creator in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and posted videos of 'JT' being killed in horrific ways. No one was able to convince him that it was a random kid on the internet and *not* Midway.
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Post by Sigmaleph on Mar 31, 2009 21:07:50 GMT -5
If I photoshop a picture of Jack Thompson onto gay porn, does that prove that Thompson is gay? And does it mean he's teaching young men to prey on little boys? Of course. I mean, if he actually is opposed to gay porn, then why did he provide photos of himself, thus allowing anyone with enough technical skill to create the porn?
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Post by Thejebusfire on Mar 31, 2009 22:24:44 GMT -5
I think this little quote has some sense here:
"Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more, deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell, somewhere, for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - They're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!"
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Post by devilschaplain2 on Mar 31, 2009 23:10:23 GMT -5
Banning violent videogames? That's an EXCELLENT idea, because everyone who plays videogames emulates what happens ON those videogames. I remember the first time I played Mario Bros.--for the next few months I kept getting high on shrooms and started stomping turtles. Those were dark days indeed....
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Post by ninjacat11 on Mar 31, 2009 23:55:07 GMT -5
Does Jack even know how constitutional law works? The president can't just make laws up.
Then again, Bush did a lot of that himself.
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Post by chad sexington on Apr 1, 2009 1:06:10 GMT -5
Banning violent videogames? That's an EXCELLENT idea, because everyone who plays videogames emulates what happens ON those videogames. I remember the first time I played Mario Bros.--for the next few months I kept getting high on shrooms and started stomping turtles. Those were dark days indeed.... True... "if video games had any effect on behaviour, then we, the kids who grew up playing pac-man, would spend our time running around in dark rooms eating pills and listening to repetetive electronic music!" (as usual, thanks to whoever originally came up with that one)
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Post by szaleniec on Apr 1, 2009 7:08:49 GMT -5
Does Jack even know how constitutional law works? My favourite of his brushes with the Constitution was where he claimed that disbarring him would violate his rights under the First Amendment. The very same rights that he's made it his life's work to try to deny to other people. If I photoshop a picture of Jack Thompson onto gay porn, does that prove that Thompson is gay? And does it mean he's teaching young men to prey on little boys? Of course. I mean, if he actually is opposed to gay porn, then why did he provide photos of himself, thus allowing anyone with enough technical skill to create the porn? One of his biggest WTF moments was when he filed a stack of gay porn with the court. The judge was not amused.
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Post by schizophonic on Apr 1, 2009 7:24:58 GMT -5
He briefly went after Midway because someone made a playable version of Jack with the character creator in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon and posted videos of 'JT' being killed in horrific ways. No one was able to convince him that it was a random kid on the internet and *not* Midway. I'm not surprised. I mean, they say that video games cause disassociation from reality. And to be fair, looking at Jack is all it takes to believe it. I didn't know about this case, though. Remember when he offered money for someone to make a game where Rockstar's staff (I think) is being killed? To see how they like it? (Correction: "It all started with Thompson's “Modest Proposal” - an offer for a $10,000 reward to the charity of anyone who would create a video game featuring Osaki Kim, "a father whose son was beaten to death with a baseball bat by a 14-year-old gamer." The game would apparently focus on Kim, who is infuriated that the guilty party was “only” sentenced to life, killing the publisher, followed by all parties involved in the trial, merchants of GameStop-like store and arcades and any cops that get in his way.") Of course. I mean, if he actually is opposed to gay porn, then why did he provide photos of himself, thus allowing anyone with enough technical skill to create the porn? Clearly, he was asking for it. :naughty: Banning violent videogames? That's an EXCELLENT idea, because everyone who plays videogames emulates what happens ON those videogames. I remember the first time I played Mario Bros.--for the next few months I kept getting high on shrooms and started stomping turtles. Those were dark days indeed.... Pretty sure the 9-11 terrorists used Tetris to train. Does Jack even know how constitutional law works? The president can't just make laws up. Then again, Bush did a lot of that himself. That's why Thompson's confused. True... "if video games had any effect on behaviour, then we, the kids who grew up playing pac-man, would spend our time running around in dark rooms eating pills and listening to repetetive electronic music!" (as usual, thanks to whoever originally came up with that one)You just touched upon the real reason I want to take up a shotgun and kill people. Electronic music.
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Post by darthtoxic on Apr 1, 2009 12:25:45 GMT -5
I think this little quote has some sense here: "Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more, deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell, somewhere, for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - They're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!" A winner is you! ;D
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Post by perv on Apr 1, 2009 13:59:51 GMT -5
"It all started with Thompson's “Modest Proposal” - an offer for a $10,000 reward to the charity of anyone who would create a video game featuring Osaki Kim, "a father whose son was beaten to death with a baseball bat by a 14-year-old gamer." The game would apparently focus on Kim, who is infuriated that the guilty party was “only” sentenced to life, killing the publisher, followed by all parties involved in the trial, merchants of GameStop-like store and arcades and any cops that get in his way." Of course he didn't pay up when somebody made it.
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Post by schizophonic on Apr 1, 2009 16:11:52 GMT -5
I didn't know all the details, but I did catch the part where the guys from Penny Arcade donated money to Child's Play in his name because of it. And then made him completely flip out, and get disbarred.
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Post by Lady Renae on Apr 1, 2009 17:34:28 GMT -5
Yeah the Penny Arcade guys had fun with that. I should go back and re-read the blog posts from that series of incidents... they were highly amusing. ^-^
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Post by Sigmaleph on Apr 1, 2009 18:00:32 GMT -5
Banning violent videogames? That's an EXCELLENT idea, because everyone who plays videogames emulates what happens ON those videogames. I remember the first time I played Mario Bros.--for the next few months I kept getting high on shrooms and started stomping turtles. Those were dark days indeed.... And that's only the tip of the iceberg...
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