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Girkon
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:23 pm    Post subject: Jack Thompsons Day in Court

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=12774

Yes Mr. Thomspon is finally going to have to answer for his actions in the courtroom as the Lawfirm Blank Rome is seeking to have his liscence revoked. Looks like he pissed off the wrong guy this time.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:57 pm    Post subject:

GamesIndustry.com wrote:
"Your 'have at it' and my 'have at it' are not the same," the judge replied.


That judge is my new hero. XD

What goes around comes around. Thompson finally got what's coming to him.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:50 am    Post subject:

thank God somebody in the judicial system has a brain.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:00 am    Post subject:

Zzyxx wrote:
thank God somebody in the judicial system has a brain.

Aye, Now my next fear is that someone with a brain will take Thompson's place.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:44 am    Post subject:

Well thats a debate in itself. Maybe this person with a brain will actually research the topic before he or she just starts spouting lunacy. Maybe find that games are not evil in the sense that parents need to be responsible for how these games get into their hands. I think it has the potential to be good or evil.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:22 pm    Post subject:

Well, this is certainly a step forward - someone brough the eye of the public on him, and is going to fight, foaming at the mouth, to the very end. If he goes down in disgrace, the law profession will breathe a collective sigh of relief.

And hopefully won't make that particular mistake again.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:43 am    Post subject:

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Judge Moore has taken the motion to revoke Thompson's license under advisement, and is also considering a motion to have the entire suit dismissed on the grounds that the First Amendment, which provides for freedom of speech, applies to videogames. The defendants' laywers also claim that Devin Moore's actions could not have been foreseen.


Well...we may not have many more Thompsons...especially if this wins as a First Amendment case...which is a pretty strong one. Once that happens, it pretty much applies to all games...and it does. Videogames are a form of expression and representations. On an abstract level, this is justifiable...and if anything, this case will reinforce it.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:38 am    Post subject:

Tobias wrote:
Well...we may not have many more Thompsons...


Even if the Supreme Court says that video games are okay, there's always going to be a person or a group of people "speaking out" against it. Happens with every issue.

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Well thats a debate in itself. Maybe this person with a brain will actually research the topic before he or she just starts spouting lunacy. Maybe find that games are not evil in the sense that parents need to be responsible for how these games get into their hands. I think it has the potential to be good or evil.


Well, if they're stepping up to speak out against games, then they are probably going to be a bit dramatic about it, or say things that don't make any sense--if someone that wanted to speak out against games did do their homework, then they probably wouldn't be speaking out.

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