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09-22-2007, 02:34 AM
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#1 | | FALCON...PUNCH!
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With the video game event of the year - the Halo 3 launch - just days away, game-hatin’ attorney Jack Thompson is apparently seeking to re-create one of his greatest non-triumphs.
Although he failed miserably with a similar bid against Rockstar’s Bully in 2006, Thompson hopes to have a Florida court declare Halo 3 a public nuisance and block its sale in the Sunshine State. He promised as much late last year (see: Jack Thompson Vows More Public Nuisance Suits Against Games in 2007).
No surprise, really, that Halo 3 is in the media-hungry attorney’s crosshairs. Thompson seems to prefer rattling his saber against high-profile game releases. In his latest attention grab Thompson has released the text of what appears to be a court filing in the 11th Circuit, the same jurisdiction in which he failed embarrassingly during last year’s Bully case.
Once again, Thompson is basing his claim on a Florida statute which defines public nuisances as that which:
…tend[s] to annoy the community, injure the health of the citizens in general, or corrupt the public morals
To get an idea of what the law was really designed for, the types of places named in the statute include:
…any house or place of prostitution, assignation, lewdness or place or building where games of chance [i.e., gambling] are engaged in violation of law or any place where any law of the state is violated, shall be deemed guilty of maintaining a nuisance…
GP: Not a video game retailer in the bunch.
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09-22-2007, 06:29 AM
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#2 | | Bote-bote-bote-bote-Botejin
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Besides that's like standing in front of a tank to stop it from rolling into your town?
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09-22-2007, 09:58 AM
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#3 | | consider numbers
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Originally Posted by Destructoid.com Thompson aims to have Halo 3 declared a public nuisance in Florida in a tactic identical to his failed attempt to stop Bully going on sale last year. Recycling failed ideas, Mr. Thompson? Bad form, old chap. Of course, the main issue here is that no videogame can be tried as a public nuisance, as it doesn't involve gambling, lewd conduct or prostitution. Any competent lawyer would know that, but Thompson is preparing to try it anyway, for the second time in as many years. | He will fail miserably. | |
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09-22-2007, 10:30 AM
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You know, it's obvious to me what he's trying to do. I really don't think he's that incompetent of a lawyer, but by trying to file this suit, the news will get out, and he'll try to make some bad press for the game, then little Johnny's parents will hear on the news that omg some lawyer tried to prevent it, and they'll think "hey a lawyer says it's bad, sucks to be you little Johnny."
That said, it's a horrible fucking idea, amd it's not worth career suicide. Martyrdom belongs in the bible, and we all know how that turned out.
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09-22-2007, 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Novasonic of /flex  That said, it's a horrible fucking idea, amd it's not worth career suicide. . | ...It's Jack Thompson...ALL of his ideas are bad. I'm sure he knows it's career suiside that may happen to him. But hey, he's Jack, he never stops.
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09-22-2007, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Novasonic of /flex You know, it's obvious to me what he's trying to do. I really don't think he's that incompetent of a lawyer, but by trying to file this suit, the news will get out, and he'll try to make some bad press for the game, then little Johnny's parents will hear on the news that omg some lawyer tried to prevent it, and they'll think "hey a lawyer says it's bad, sucks to be you little Johnny."
That said, it's a horrible fucking idea, amd it's not worth career suicide. Martyrdom belongs in the bible, and we all know how that turned out. | The only difference between martyrdom and suicide is press coverage oh snap I went there. Quote:
Originally Posted by Shazza ...It's Jack Thompson...ALL of his ideas are bad. I'm sure he knows it's career suiside that may happen to him. But hey, he's Jack, he never stops. | You. Suicide.
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09-22-2007, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by BUFF FLEXINGTON The only difference between martyrdom and suicide is press coverage oh snap I went there. |  | |
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09-22-2007, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Shazza ...It's Jack Thompson...ALL of his ideas are bad. I'm sure he knows it's career suicide that may happen to him. But hey, he's Jack, he never stops. | Just be glad he is not President.
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09-22-2007, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ashura96 Just be glad he is not President. | That I AM glad for. 
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If he blocked the release in Florida, couldn't people just order it from the internet, or would that be blocked as well? | |
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09-22-2007, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by stuartwood89 If he blocked the release in Florida, couldn't people just order it from the internet, or would that be blocked as well? | It's not going to happen, but if it theoretically did, then yes they could order it online just fine.
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09-22-2007, 10:36 PM
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jack thompson has an overinflated idea of his own importance or, to phrase it better at this point, relevance
no one in the legal community is going to give a shit about this and halo will proceed to steamroll its way through florida as planned Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashura96 hurrgh blarf i don't know what the executive branch does | cool | |
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09-23-2007, 02:24 PM
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Honestly, why does Jack Thompson even bother anymore? Everything he tries is less and less believable, and he's just ruining his own credibility. I can kind of see what he's getting at, but it makes no sense at all to approach things in this manner. | |
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09-23-2007, 04:20 PM
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This guy is amusing.
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09-24-2007, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by THE BRIAR PATCH????? jack thompson has an overinflated idea of his own importance or, to phrase it better at this point, relevance
no one in the legal community is going to give a shit about this and halo will proceed to steamroll its way through florida as plannedcool | ExtraLife - Scott Johnson’s Comics, Podcasts, Blog, Artwork, Humor and MORE! » Blog Archive » Jack Thompson actually gave me a “cease and desist”.
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