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DevCentral > Weblogs > Colin Walker - Off the map where the wild things grow...
 Jack Thompson finally disbarred for failing at gaming the gamers
posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 9:24 AM

Game over man, game over. Jack Thompson has been a pox upon the gaming community for far too long. From ridiculous allegations to even more absurd trials and suits, he's done nothing but lie and cheat his way into the news with his mindless lashing out towards video games. Finally disbarred, this pup is now officially all bark with no bite, thank goodness.

 

Some days you just start your day off right.  Double latte, tasty breakfast sandwich, and the felling of one of the greatest representations of evil and injustice that has ever reared its vile head towards the gaming community. It's going to be a good Friday, methinks. When things start out with this kind of good news, I have hope that they'll just keep getting better and better.

 

Being an avid WWdN reader, I had to laugh when I saw this wildly appropriate pic. Jack Thompson, for those of you that don't know, has been going around for years now lashing out against video games, gamers, and the gaming community at large.  He's been saying that we're anti-social, that we're outcasts and misfits, that we're violent and spreading violence and dishonesty and lawlessness via violent video games that teach us to be immoral. He's gotten into tousles with the good folks over at Penny Arcade, tried to decry great events such as their yearly gaming-fest - PAX, and basically been a thorn in the side of the gaming community under the pretense that we're somehow "bad" or "hurtful". He is, of course, wrong.

 

What's worse than him being wrong is that he's full of nothing but lies. Anyone that's followed him long enough to get any kind of reading on him knows that he's either completely insane, or lying through his teeth to try and make a fanatical point that will

get him some publicity and more money.  Either way, disbarring him is the best thing that could have been done, and I applaud those in charge.

Thank you, America. Thank you for allowing justice to be served, for once. It's good to know that not everyone is out to get us.

What's that noise, you ask? That's 30 million gamers cheering in unison. It's our world, just not everyone realizes it, yet. ;)


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9/26/2008 9:43 AM
Gravatar Which world is yours? There are so many...

And he's right in some respects, video games lean toward senseless violence and gratuitous nudity... But so does all media these days. It's a societal problem, not a gamer problem. And stooping to some of the things he did (which you should have outlined, IMO) made him worse than those he was chastising.

Don.
Don aka TheGM

9/26/2008 9:47 AM
Gravatar Of course it's a violent society. I agree it's a large scale problem, but to pin it all on games and gaming is....ridiculous.

I didn't have the time, patience or stomach to outline the things he's done. I did include the wikipedia link though, which has some pretty darn good examples, including the huge one with GTA. I figure it's pretty well documented stuff. Maybe that's just me assuming everyone knows about this though, since it's so germane to my world.

Anyway, if you want details, follow the first link to wikipedia and read up. Make sure you have an air-sick bag close at hand, though.

Thanks Don!

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