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yep, ole JT lost his job http://tinyurl.com/4v55tvIn an hour of Darkness a blind man is the best guide. In an age of Insanity look to the madman to lead the way. 
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Gunslinger wrote:yep, ole JT lost his job
http://tinyurl.com/4v55tv Never heard of him. But then very little comes from Florida that's worth paying attention to.
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Rikaelus wrote:Gunslinger wrote:yep, ole JT lost his job
http://tinyurl.com/4v55tv Never heard of him. But then very little comes from Florida that's worth paying attention to. he was an advocate for anti-video game violence and the like, tried getting games like GTA, Doom, Bully banned from the shelves In an hour of Darkness a blind man is the best guide. In an age of Insanity look to the madman to lead the way.
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Gunslinger wrote:he was an advocate for anti-video game violence and the like, tried getting games like GTA, Doom, Bully banned from the shelves Yeah.. read the article. He's a douche that just shouldn't be listened to. That's why games have ratings. If he doesn't think that ratings do enough then he should be waging his personal war there - not at individual games.
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There is no image macro sufficient enough to express my enthusiasm so I must resort to this  FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have yellow teeth!
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I was never able to sleep comfortably at night knowing that ol' JT was out there lawyering it up in the name of misinformed, misguided rage at video games.
Removing that man from a position of power that he clearly could not handle was the best, and also longest overdue, decision by the Florida courts.
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He might be disbarred, but people like that don't go away. get your ass to mars
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Filliam H. Muffman wrote:He might be disbarred, but people like that don't go away. Well look at Captain Bringdown! Nice of you to show up today.  TripleBam wrote:I was about to correct something but....no...it's all there.
Cantrip wrote:Holy fuck. J-Town is a genius! Brosnan wrote:Whole lotta words that add up to "hey everyone I'm a giant faggot" TripleBam wrote:I just remember chewing it for 5 minutes before giving up. I tried to fit the whole slab into my mouth and some of it started sliding down to where I started to gag on it. I ended up pulling the whole 7" piece by the very tail end from my esophagus before stuffing it under my seat cushion.
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Who cares? No more lawsuits makes him nothing more than an annoying commentator.
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Filliam H. Muffman wrote:He might be disbarred, but people like that don't go away. It's not like you cut off the head and it grows right back. Sure, there are plenty of other idiots who could replace Thompson, but few of them are lawyers, and even less of them are even employed at all. Not to mention the fact that with a decision like that, any potential Thompson replacements that exercise anything above a whisper about suing video game companies for being smutty will get an angry eye of scrutiny from the judicial system. "Man, modern entertainment really pisses me off. I've been thinking about legally attacking violent video games because I think there's a correlation between them and the shit in our society." "I think maybe you better hold off on that action. Didn't you see what happened to Jack Thompson?"
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Thompson's "credentials" were never really the source of his media power in the first place, he's just willing to bitch and whine loudly enough to make someone with a camera pay attention, and he's not going to stop doing that just because of this.
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Brosnan wrote:Thompson's "credentials" were never really the source of his media power in the first place, he's just willing to bitch and whine loudly enough to make someone with a camera pay attention, and he's not going to stop doing that just because of this. Yes they were. He got attention by suing companies. The media paid attention to him because he wasn't just your angry mom.
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Lead Salad wrote:Brosnan wrote:Thompson's "credentials" were never really the source of his media power in the first place, he's just willing to bitch and whine loudly enough to make someone with a camera pay attention, and he's not going to stop doing that just because of this. Yes they were. He got attention by suing companies. The media paid attention to him because he wasn't just your angry mom. Even worse, he represented EVERY angry mom! Besides he's being disbarred for like 10 years? By then he'll be 70 and we can leave him be and only worry about being nice and unstereotypically non-violent towards the next nemesis of videogame culture. "Videogames are bad for you? That's what they said about rock 'n' roll." - Shigeru Miyamoto  Hail Slither, The Eternal Champion!
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I thought it was permanent. it is permanent, check the OP
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Lead Salad wrote:I thought it was permanent.
it is permanent, check the OP Oh so it is. Awesome. "Videogames are bad for you? That's what they said about rock 'n' roll." - Shigeru Miyamoto Hail Slither, The Eternal Champion!
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