Jack Thompson sends his son to buy BioShock because he is tough

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#1 GarchomPro
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http://n4g.com/industrynews/News-67739.aspx

Jack Thompson, the whimsical and lovable old kook that enjoys discussing videogames has recently and proudly announced that he sent his own 15-year old son into a Best Buy so that he could purchase a copy of the M-rated BioShock. In using members of his family like this, Thompson claims to have proven that Manhunt 2 and Grand Theft Auto IV will be "widely sold to children of all ages" despite what the ESRB, Take-Two Interactive or the major retail chains have promised. Destructoid has sent Jack Thompson's medal through the mail.

Why is he not dead yet? :evil:
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#2 nivet14
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Will somebody just shoot this guy.
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#3 trup522
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That's a good idea, use his son for personal gain. What a great guy!
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#4 jmorey01
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Maybe Jack T should play BioShock so maybe he wouldn't hate games anymore.
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#5 wiirdawgs
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please somebody end his miserable life.
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#6 The_Ish
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That's a good idea, use his son for personal gain. What a great guy!trup522

And to top it off, he proves that parents seriously need to learn how to monitor their kids...

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#7 Runningflame570
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Its always the **** who live longer than anyone expected or hoped for, thats why.
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#8 marioraider
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Wow, what a jerk.
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#9 dackchaar
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I bet his son goes and plays Bishock, while Jack is so worried about other people's children.
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#10 rhaigun
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I wonder if he sent his son in to buy the movie 300, if he'd walk out with a copy of that too. Does that make it WB's problem? No, it's Best Buy's. It happens in all forms of media. Not just videogames.
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#11 chikenfriedrice
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what a bad parent
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#12 omgimba
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Red alert was rated M.. yet I played it when I was 7... I never murderd anyone... ESRB ratings are pure ****
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#13 ELJUDEZ
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So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?
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#14 chikenfriedrice
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So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?ELJUDEZ

lol

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#15 Jamani
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lol at yall wishing death on a person its his JOB guys and hes right little kids shouldnt be able to buy these games because they annoy me on x-box live lol.
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#16 Verge_6
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Wonder how messed up his son is...
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#17 xboxrox11
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wait, his son hasnt killed himself yet?
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#18 GarchomPro
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So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?ELJUDEZ


:lol:
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#19 goodlay
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The problem with Thompson is that he doesn't play any of these games, he just reads the back of the box, "Hm, blood and gore, extreme violence, sexual themes" It would be like someone bashing every R rated movie and saying that its ridiculous that people are allowed to see these movies underage, without knowing what the movie is even about, or the context of it. Im sure Thompson will be leading the charge that RE5 is "racist" :roll:
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#20 Runningflame570
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So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?ELJUDEZ

Yep and his sister if he was just fighting general prostitution...you don't even want to KNOW what he would do to fight animal fetishists..

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#21 GarchomPro
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Wonder how messed up his son is...Verge_6


these are the only type of games hes allowed to play..

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#22 goodlay
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[QUOTE="Verge_6"]Wonder how messed up his son is...GarchomPro


these are the only type of games hes allowed to play..

One things for sure, he doesn't play games like Warhawk, MP3, or HS.

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#23 Verge_6
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[QUOTE="Verge_6"]Wonder how messed up his son is...GarchomPro


these are the only type of games hes allowed to play..

...You are TOTALLY oblivious to the fact that that horse is being oppressed. Mark my words, Jacko's gonna bring his reighteous wrath on the horse ranches next.

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[QUOTE="ELJUDEZ"]So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?Runningflame570

Yep and his sister if he was just fighting general prostitution...you don't even want to KNOW what he would do to fight animal fetishists..

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[QUOTE="ELJUDEZ"]So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?Runningflame570

Yep and his sister if he was just fighting general prostitution...you don't even want to KNOW what he would do to fight animal fetishists..

He'd do that one himself.
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#26 club-sandwich
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[QUOTE="Verge_6"]Wonder how messed up his son is...GarchomPro


these are the only type of games hes allowed to play..

I would suicide before playing that thing v_v
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#27 MikeE21286
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good old JT can burn and die
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#28 BumFluff122
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What exactly is "Jack Thompson tryign to do anyways? Is he tryign to ban every video game that isn't rated G from being sold in the US?

I wonder if he'd have a problem with Barbie's Horse Adventures 2. "It's too erotic and should be labelled XXX! The site of a beautiful cartoon woman riding a horse isn;t for children!"

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#29 Runningflame570
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xboxrox11

That was the idea. :)

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#30 mike7677
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Did the kid get the game?

I think what Jack was trying to do is to see if a 15 yo kid can buy an M rated game.  

Best Buy's corporate palicy is to card everybody buying said games.  Hell, I got carded buying a T rated game.
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[QUOTE="ELJUDEZ"]So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?Runningflame570

Yep and his sister if he was just fighting general prostitution...you don't even want to KNOW what he would do to fight animal fetishists..

Why would he fight himself?

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#32 PotatoSan
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That's so freaken stupid...

I think he just raised his score on the idiotmeter to a 10.

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#33 Homesrfan
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I don't support Jack Thompson at all.. but he has a point about this.

Although I am 15, I don't think kids should be able to walk into the store without a parent and pick up an M rated game. There are ratings for a reason, and if Best Buy, Gamestop, etc. can't inforce them... then there is a problem. The parents are mostly to blaim in these situations. I don't think that video games can severly affect a person negatively, but a 12 year old kid shouldn't be allowed to go pick up Manhunt 2.

I don't like Thompson's attitude, his views, or him AT ALL, but this is a problem. It's the retailers fault and the parents fault, not the video game itself.

I find it interesting though, that he sent his kid to Best Buy. I wonder how many Gamestop's he tried... :rolleyes:

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#34 xboxrox11
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[QUOTE="xboxrox11"]

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Runningflame570

That was the idea. :)

hehe you like that? that gif is one of my personal favorites

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#35 Hman321
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So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?ELJUDEZ

Hahahaha

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#36 Platearmor_6
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I wonder how many times his kid had to try before being sold the game.
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#37 xDonRobx
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lol at yall wishing death on a person its his JOB guys and hes right little kids shouldnt be able to buy these games because they annoy me on x-box live lol.Jamani

Someone who defends Jack Thompson?..

Wow and your a gamer :shock: wtf

Thats like being Catholic/Christian and defending the devil.

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#38 Dualshockin
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His son must be in private school :lol:
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So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?ELJUDEZ
owned :lol:
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#40 II-FBIsniper-II
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So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?ELJUDEZ
I laughed so hard at that!
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#41 LoG-Sacrament
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and i bet it came with a pack of cigarettes too
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#42 MrDziekuje
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It never said whether or not they let the kid buy it.
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#43 Harden_hawk
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[QUOTE="Runningflame570"]

[QUOTE="ELJUDEZ"]So if he was fighting underage prostitution would he send his daughter?thriteenthmonke

Yep and his sister if he was just fighting general prostitution...you don't even want to KNOW what he would do to fight animal fetishists..

Why would he fight himself?

Are you okay there, Jack?

>.>

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#44 Cor-WII
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JT is a tool and so is his son

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#45 redmetal86
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lol, he should have hired one of those girls who look underage, but are actually 18+ , like on dateline nbc.
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#46 thriteenthmonke
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JT is a tool and so is his son

Cor-WII

His son is a tool of a tool

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[QUOTE="Runningflame570"][QUOTE="xboxrox11"]

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xboxrox11

That was the idea. :)

hehe you like that? that gif is one of my personal favorites

:|

Really....

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#48 Harden_hawk
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[QUOTE="Cor-WII"]

JT is a tool and so is his son

thriteenthmonke

His son is a tool of a tool

Not just any tool either, aPOWER tool.

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#49 Serraph105
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Jack is the only man i know of that continuosly fights against something that doesnt harm anybody and unite all the people of system wars against him at the same time
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#50 Wanderer5
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What the... And he using his son.:?