Jack Thompson is an asshole.

I think I've got enough evidence to back that up.

If you aren't aware, this guy is the Anti-Violent Video Games sleezeball lawyer from Florida that even other Anti-Violent Video Game sleeze distances itself from. He also has lied about having the support of the National Institute on Media and the Family.

But most recently, he published his “Modest Proposal” - promising to donate $10,000 to charity if a video game developer created a game that he describes in the letter.

So someone did it. What do you think happened next?

I'll quote Penny Arcade who said it best,

Thompson now claims that his repellent suggestion was "satire," and we must conclude that his financial offer was also satire, some new breed of satire apparently that I'm sure is just hilarious to people in need.

There is good news, though. Today Penny Arcade donated $10,000 to the ESA in his name. God bless 'em.

How much will you bet that the mainstream media glosses over this one?

posted @ Monday, October 17, 2005 10:32 PM

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# re: Jack Thompson is an asshole.

this guy is a real ass. i see him around from time to time and every time i do it makes me think, wtf is wrong with him
4/19/2007 10:58 PM | pete

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bwahahaha! i laugh at that guy's sense of humanity. He needs to think, if is able to stop gta4 from releasing, then he's got an army of gamers hunting him down.
First thing i say when i see his name is.
"BWAHAHAHA!" 12/8/2007 2:15 AM | random

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What an ass. Not only will there be an army of gamers hunting him down, they'll all rub their balls in his face after ripping his intestines out and strangling him with it. 2/15/2008 2:34 PM | Mike

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Jack is a dickbag and really needs to get laid. I mean really going after video games? 4/16/2008 10:54 PM | dustin

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You know this guy is a real joke asshole. With the economy currently in shambles and the US dollar not valuable wouldn't you want a mega success like GTA IV to come out and help the economy?...I mean last time I checked that made sense. Jack Thompson are you still mad that back in the day you couldn't master Pong you fucking noob now you hate all games because of this? Lets just hope this guy doesn't live to much longer and gets some kind of cancer 4/30/2008 1:28 AM | Long time gamer

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Well, he obviously isn't too passionate about his distorted beliefs and campaigns. If so, hiss astronomical failure in denting the sales of the GTA franchise (half a billion in one week???) should have left him too ashamed to stay alive. 5/8/2008 6:26 AM | Robster

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wat a bitch! he makes me ashamed 2 be from florida. video games dont kill ppl, assholes like jack do... 5/12/2008 8:08 AM | jay

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He would seem to have an anus where mouth belongs. 5/14/2008 12:22 AM | bob marley

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Jack Thompson is a real dickhead. Vieo games never hurt anyone. If you go on a shooting spree, you are already mentally unstable, wether you play video games or not. How come no one ever blames anything else? They never blame films, but video games. Anyone else who agrees with Jack Thompson is probably some kind of a retard single mother who can't tell her ass from her elbow. What a fucktard! 5/29/2008 12:43 AM | El Zilcho

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LOL! what a loser! trying to make people think video games are the cause of shootings and teen violence!i personaly think he should be raped,have his balls removed, then be forced to parade thru the streets naked,looks like the World Wide video game community has won :) 9/22/2008 6:57 PM | Feral

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