08-03-2004, 03:42 AM | #1 | ||
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Crazy lawyer bent on destruction
Jack Thompson, a Florida attourney, is bent on destroying Rockstar for the teenager that went on a rampage under the influence of Manhunt.
Read this interview with him. Quote:
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08-03-2004, 04:20 AM | #2 |
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Unfortunately I'm afraid it's the latter.
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08-03-2004, 04:27 AM | #3 |
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Good grief, this is like suing MC Donald for making people fat...
I guess he just wants attention, or maybe it's "in" to sue Rockstar...
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08-03-2004, 06:09 AM | #5 |
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Oh no, not Jack Thompson again........
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08-03-2004, 08:03 AM | #6 |
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I saw a BBC documentary a while ago about Vice City. It featured some crazy American lowyer claiming he was on a mission from god to get Vice City banned. He even sang a song about it. May well have been the same guy.
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08-03-2004, 12:40 PM | #7 |
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And I am on a mission from God to call Jack Thompson and people like him morons.
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08-03-2004, 01:01 PM | #8 |
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We need to start an online petition to have him brutally murdered.
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08-03-2004, 01:18 PM | #9 |
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And then blame it on a video game? Wouldn't that be predictably redundant?
Jake: "I blasted the motherfooker away with my shotgun. The Longest Journey made me do it."
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08-03-2004, 01:34 PM | #10 |
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He should kill 'em and claim that Manhunt made him do it.
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08-03-2004, 03:09 PM | #11 |
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If it weren't for the Max Payne series (can't wait for #3), I wouldn't care if Rockstar stepped into non-existance.
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08-04-2004, 01:21 AM | #12 |
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GTA is a good game though.... funny in a very cynical way, and slightly annoying in that it's well nigh impossible to not run people over with your car, but it's a good game.
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08-04-2004, 03:30 AM | #14 |
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Yeah, but Rockstar own Take Two who publish Max Payne 2, if I remember correctly.
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08-04-2004, 03:38 AM | #15 |
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A quick search on the net throws up this website: www.stopkill.com
whose purpose "is to give you the means to contact Miami attorney Jack Thompson if you know of someone harmed as a result of violent entertainment, including violent video games." but I don't know if he would listen to reason! I for one have played GTA 3 + Vice City, mown down countless pedestrians, sat on rooftops sniping at innocent passers-by and killed many virtual cops, but for some strange reason I've never had the craving to go out and do it for real - perhaps because I can separate reality from virtual reality. I personally think his time would be better spent attacking the NRA and shops/websites that sell to underage buyers rather than taking away most people's freedom to play these types of games.
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3D Realms=producer Rockstar/Take2=publisher And most likely Remedy won't do Max 3 And Rockstar/Take2 owns the rights for the franchise, because Remedy sold the rights.
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I DO believe violent videogames can make people kill. I want to kill Jack Thompso and people like him.
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