Thompson attacks Penny Arcade; seeks arrests

Iria · Oct 19, 2005, 06:37 AM

Early this morning, GameSpot received an e-mail from Jack Thompson that contained a copy of a complaint letter he faxed to the Seattle Police Department regarding the Web comic Penny Arcade. In the letter addressed to Seattle Police Chief R. Gil Kerlikowske, Thompson claims that Penny Arcade "employs certain personnel who have decided to commence and orchestrate criminal harassment of me by various means." As evidence of harassment, he notes that the site sells an "I hate Jack Thompson" T-shirt, calling it "just the tip of the iceberg."

According to Thompson, the reason Penny Arcade has harassed him has nothing to do with the Web site's $10,000 donation to charity yesterday in an attempt to very publicly show him up. That event goes unmentioned in his letter. Instead, Thompson says it is because he went on 60 Minutes twice to explain a wrongful-death lawsuit he brought against Grand Theft Auto creator Rockstar Games on behalf of two Fayette, Alabama, police officers and a police dispatcher. The three were killed by Devin Moore, whom Thompson says "obsessively trained on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to kill them."

In closing, Thompson notes, "I look forward to working with your fine Police Department to shut this little extortion factory down and/or arrest some of its employees."
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Ev!L-aLphA · Oct 19, 2005, 06:53 AM

this guy needs to fucking die already good lord he pisses me off

Vikingod · Oct 19, 2005, 02:07 PM

That McCarthy.. erm... Thompson guy is pathetic. I don't see how they could get penny arcade for extortion or harrassment, but the law sometimes works in mysterious ways.

mkk · Oct 19, 2005, 02:17 PM

Feeling confident they won't be hurt I find the situation quite funny. Thompson is a fool but on the other hand if the PA guys are sweating just a little from this I can't help feeling like they had something similar coming sooner or later.

Rasta Monsta · Oct 19, 2005, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ev!L-aLphA

this guy needs to fucking die already good lord he pisses me off

"Some people. . .SHOULD die. . .that's just unconscious knowledge. . ."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thompson Website 'Stopkill.com'

If you want to help your state pass a constitutional law to prohibit the sale of these virtual reality murder and sex simulators to children, if you want any additional information or help, or if you want to help Jack Thompson in any fashion, including prayer, please contact him

If it's of any comfort, this is the sort of guy who always ends up going down on some child sex scandal. . .

rasta

Newfie41 · Oct 20, 2005, 12:11 AM

Wow.....just wow. I wrote a paper in school about Jack and violence in video games. Great news for the final draft ^.^

Oct 19, 2005, 06:37 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Thompson attacks Penny Arcade; seeks arrests Early this morning, GameSpot received an e-mail from Jack Thompson that contained a copy of a complaint letter he faxed to the Seattle Police Department regarding the Web comic Penny Arcade. In the letter addressed to Seattle Police Chief R. Gil Kerlikowske, Thompson claims that Penny Arcade "employs certain personnel who have decided to commence and orchestrate criminal harassment of me by various means." As evidence of harassment, he notes that the site sells an "I hate Jack Thompson" T-shirt, calling it "just the tip of the iceberg." According to Thompson, the reason Penny Arcade has harassed him has nothing to do with the Web site's $10,000 donation to charity yesterday in an attempt to very publicly show him up. That event goes unmentioned in his letter. Instead, Thompson says it is because he went on 60 Minutes twice to explain a wrongful-death lawsuit he brought against Grand Theft Auto creator Rockstar Games on behalf of two Fayette, Alabama, police officers and a police dispatcher. The three were killed by Devin Moore, whom Thompson says "obsessively trained on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to kill them." In closing, Thompson notes, "I look forward to working with your fine Police Department to shut this little extortion factory down and/or arrest some of its employees." __________ Read More / Source: GameSpot

Oct 19, 2005, 06:53 AM	#2
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 0	this guy needs to fucking die already good lord he pisses me off __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Oct 19, 2005, 02:17 PM	#4
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Feeling confident they won't be hurt I find the situation quite funny. Thompson is a fool but on the other hand if the PA guys are sweating just a little from this I can't help feeling like they had something similar coming sooner or later. Last edited by mkk; Oct 19, 2005 at 02:25 PM.

Oct 19, 2005, 02:07 PM	#3
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	That McCarthy.. erm... Thompson guy is pathetic. I don't see how they could get penny arcade for extortion or harrassment, but the law sometimes works in mysterious ways.

Oct 20, 2005, 12:11 AM	#6
Newfie41 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	Wow.....just wow. I wrote a paper in school about Jack and violence in video games. Great news for the final draft ^.^