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The Buzz: To Mr Jack Thompson, So Long and Thanks for all the Fuss

This week, The Bee gives Jack Thompson the send off he deserves

The Buzz: To Mr Jack Thompson, So Long and Thanks for all the Fuss
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The Bee has write already on Mr Jack Thompson, he is a lawyer out of Florida who loves God and hates videogames.

Mr Thompson is always the critic to say videogames are only violent, sexy and bad. In the past he has called Manhunt 2 a "murder training device," blamed America high school gun massacres on videogames, raged at homosexual kissing in Bully, and has also called GTA series as "cop-killing games."

(This is misrepresenting: it is also possible killing prostitutes, taxi drivers, and a lawyer - that is why it is my favourite!)

Mr Thompson is one crazy man, and he is one of only three people The Bee has forbidden to come in his house (although he can be in the garden under close supervising.) The others are Robert Mugabe and former ruler of Nestle Helmut Maucher.

Very sadly for Mr Thompson he is now in trouble. The Florida Bar has moved to expel him and judge Dana Tunis has recommended him to receive permanent disbarment and also a $43,675 fine, perhaps because he has called her a "raving wild woman", "unhinged", and also a "kangaroo!"

It looks as the end of the line for Mr Thompson, so The Bee will give you the eulogy. Mr Jack Thompson, this is your life!

Mr Jack Thompson was born probably in America in 1951. Little is known (by Wikipedia) about his upbringing, although his adult temperament is inviting speculation of child trauma and being loathed. He studied at university and hosted college radio show, exhibiting early desire to make his opinions known.

After law school and move to Florida he become born again Christian, forfeiting credibility of humanists and the people of Europe.

Having already made announcement of bigotry, attacking election rival Janet Reno for (untrue) attraction to gay women, he came to public irritation harassing talk-music band 2 Live Crew in the year 1990, and then other African-American acts as NWA and Ice-T, sending his driving licence to defending attorneys with a picture of Batman instead of Jack Thompson.

I know, Holy Psychopath! The Bee would not know whether to be laughing or calling mental health experts on the telephone to scream, "a lunatic is stalking me!"

It was later by bringing two different phenomenons together that Jack Thompson concreted his place as the enemy of liberal people and the wife of religion. After experimenting with pairings as cheese + genocide and lipstick + hijack, he eventually settled on the unrelated phenomenons of videogames + mass murder.

Mr Thompson has taken many videogame makers to court over the actions of psychopaths, most notable Rockstar (who has counter-taken him to court), and he has been famous describing videogames as "murder simulators." Soon before the release of GTA IV, he wrote a letter addressing mother of Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick, in it comparing the children illegally buying GTA IV as the "Hitler Youth."

After Rockstar release of GTA IV Mr Thompson made many bloggers concerned when he posted a distressing picture of himself holding the box of the game with haunted smiling, and more lately he has been visited by American Deputy Marshals because they said, "we have been told you are at the end of your rope and might be a danger to the physical safety of others."

When law men in my country told this to Andelko, narcotics and despair of unemployment were involved. Mr Thompson's rocks are repeatedly hitting against the bottom. Very hard!

He has made suits against the Marshals. He has made suits against the Florida Bar, Take-Two, website Kotaku, Rockstar, Sony, a man called Police Chief Thomas Warren, and many, many more people. He has tried to sue videogame makers for much lethal violence in society, which to The Bee is like suing lemons for alcohol death. The light is fading for Mr Thompson.

Last week ruler of the ESA Michael Gallagher said, "He is in the rear view mirror. The bright future that lies in front of us does not include Jack Thompson."

Most lately, Mr Thompson has made headlines with his comedy debut on the Jace Hall Show! Although he has caused trouble, it is sad to see him now on television comedy making humiliation of himself. After being a nuisance adversary, it is as one shuffling clown that Mr Thompson eventually shrinks to a tiny pin prick, and disappears.

Mr Jack Thompson, The Bee salutes you.

With two fingers!

Boom!

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