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Posted on 09-25-08 11:50 PM Link | Quote
http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/25/disbarred

I think the Ctrl Alt Del guy put it best:


If I may interject into all of the "Ding dong, the witch is dead" chanting, I just wanted to put a little perspective on Jack Thompson's disbarment.

As much as you may "hate" Jack Thompson, it should be important to remember that he was not disbarred for speaking out against video games. We as gamers have not won any significant battle here against the idea, the belief that video games are the root of all society's ills. Jack Thompson was disbarred for the way he presented his opinions, in a blustering, overly sensationalist and irresponsible manner.

So yes, while this may be a blow to his credibility and hamper his tools as an anti-video game violence advocate, I sincerely doubt this will silence him. And there are plenty more lawyers and politicians out there just like him.

Though you may want to envision Jack Thompson as the figurative "head" of the anti-video game sentiment, and that that head has just been decapitated, try to keep in mind that he was just one particularly vocal appendage of a many-limbed beast.
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Posted on 09-25-08 11:52 PM Link | Quote
And Rangel was caught not paying taxes on a second house. It's a great time to be alive.

As Nelson Muntz would say it, "HA, HA!"
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Since: 09-05-04
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Posted on 09-26-08 01:24 AM Link | Quote
Now for Uwe Bole.

Edit- 6,000 posts. Woo hoo.


(Last edited by Nagis on 09-26-08 01:26 AM)
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Posted on 09-26-08 03:16 AM Link | Quote
I thought this happened a few months ago? Well, it's been nothing but bad news for the guy the last several months, I think he's pretty much done for.

As I always like to tell people, it wasn't that bad having him around, simply because he was that much of an idiot. A complete fool that made himself look like a jackass pretty much everytime he spoke out against something. So in the end, did he really hurt us too much?

In no way do I respect him or like him and he's certainly given me tons of laughs, but let's just say what if we had someone in his shoes who actually knew what they were talking about? It'd be more dangerous and a heavier blow against us gamers. Alas, I clearly believe one of the biggest issues with these kinds of pepole is that half the time they're middle-aged or past that and can barely relate to our generation (a big issue with governments and shit in general?).

So basically, Jack Thompsen's an idiot, but it probably could've been worse.

Edit: Well my thoughts are basically similar to the article.
Originally posted by Nagis
Now for Uwe Bole.

Edit- 6,000 posts. Woo hoo.

... like this guy, fuck Uwe Bole.



(Last edited by Xeu on 09-26-08 03:17 AM)
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Posted on 09-26-08 04:00 AM Link | Quote
OOT: I saw Postal for the first time last week. Wow.

...just....wow.

It's like watching a bad train wreck. Its so bad, but you can't look away.

He is also making a movie out of his own videogame. 196-something sewer rats or some crap. It's about the war somewhere, and I dunno, diddnt care enough to give a rat's ass.

But yeah, he is awful.
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Posted on 09-26-08 10:23 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Nagis
OOT: I saw Postal for the first time last week. Wow.

...just....wow.

It's like watching a bad train wreck. Its so bad, but you can't look away.

He is also making a movie out of his own videogame. 196-something sewer rats or some crap. It's about the war somewhere, and I dunno, diddnt care enough to give a rat's ass.

But yeah, he is awful.

Heh, I thought Postal was supposed to be bad like he was poking fun at himself or whatever.

I mean, the game itself wasn't the greatest to begin with--pretty much a guy going through his day with a list of things to do (Buy milk, drop off library books, meet Gary Coleman at the mall, etc) and something always goes wrong and he ends up having to kill/maim people. Some of the highlights of the game is pissing on people and shoving your gun up a cat's ass and using the critter as a silencer.

But yeah, I've been saying it for some time. Uwe Boll really needs a kick in the pants. Fuck his open challenge boxing and his inability to take criticism.


Jack Thompson, now there I can agree with Xeo. He really was just that moronic at times that he came off as more of a joke.

Personally, to a certain degree, I feel the gaming community needs a nemesis like him to validate our reasons for choosing to play the games we do--simply to piss this asshole off enough to open his yap again and make himself look like a fool over Grand Theft Auto.

What happened to Tipper Gore anyway? Did she just shy away from his spotlight? Or did she go back to criticizing music lyrics?
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Posted on 09-26-08 02:55 PM Link | Quote
So, he's not gone, just hampered a bit. Oh, well, at least we can misdirect and claim that he was disbarred for being a douche.

Doesn't really matter to me, unless it starts affecting my ability to run down the street and shoot hos and steal cars in GTA, or cast spells and whathaveyou in the FF series, or play with a virtual doggie (which I haven't touched since last year, I should give that game away to my cousins), strengthen my mental capacities, or any other manner of game implementation that just isn't what Thompson was getting at.

Geez, if you suck at games, fine. But, don't go taking the whole country down with you because you can't play DDR. I'm exaggerating, but people like him are one stone's throw away from being gay bashers, racists, and some third thing.
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