Idiot lawyer gets panties in twist
Source: GamespotGamers in the know may well have heard of Jack Thompson before. He's the raving loon of a Miami attorney whose unfaltering persecution of various video games, including Rockstar's overrated Grand Theft Auto line-up, has caused much mirth and some degree of worry in the gaming community. His latest target is The Sims 2, the dull sequel to the equally dull The Sims, a "life simulator" that includes, among other things, such activities as the making of babies. Because players are in control of every aspect of the Sims' lives, unsurprisingly there are times when they appear in the nude. To prevent bashful prudes across the USA from crying blue murder, a special filter has been included which obscures the bits the good lord didn't intend people to see. Of course, tricksers that they are, many players have discovered hacks that can be used to remove the digital blurring.
And here's where our friend Jack-Jack is getting into quite a tiff. According to him, this allows gamers to experience the horror of "nipples, penises, labia, and pubic hair". If that wasn't bad enough, he claims that this applies to child characters as well as adults, which apparently will allow "pedophiles around the globe [to] rehearse, in virtual reality, for their abuse". Um, right.
Luckily, egg has been firmly slapped on the face of this clueless nitwit, since EA have pointed out that, underneath the digital blurring, there are no sex organs: the Sims are as dickless as Barbie's boyfriend Ken. According to Jack-Jack, however, this is still unacceptable.
"Only in America" is a popular saying in this part of the world. In this case, I have no choice but to agree. In any other country, this man would be laughed out of the court. In the US, the legal system is actually giving this fruitcake the time of day.
2 Comments:
In my opinion, the man is more of an ambulance-chasing scumbag more than anything, who doesn't care about anyone or anything as long as he gets his well-earned money and media coverage. Check out his childish and paranoid response to this guy, simply because he is a gamer:
http://aelon.net/2005/07/jack-thompson-straw-man
Unfortunately, most adults in America are actually listening to and commending this buffoon from the sounds of it =(
By Anonymous, at 19:57
The guy's attitude is definitely deplorable. I'm confused as to how he expects to be taken seriously if that's the sort of response he gives to a perfectly polite email giving him honest feedback.
By Whiggles, at 14:39
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