Jack Thompson Just Won’t Give Up
Jack Thompson, Attorney at Law, has sent a fax to Take-Two, threatning to sue them if they don’t send him a copy of the game Bully. He and his fellow suits want to “review” the game, to see if it would, as Jackie puts it, “pose a threat of copycat violence in our schools“.
Check out the highlights from the fax after the jump.
Via Bit-tech.net
The Fax:
Subject: Bully will never be released
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
XXX XXXXXXX
New York, New York
C/o Blank Rome
S. Robson Walton, Chairman
Wal-Mart
Bentonville, Arkansas
Via Fax to XXX-XXX-XXXX
Re: Bully
Dear Mr. Eibeler, Take-Two Directors, and Mr. Walton:
Take-Two has until five o’clock p.m., Eastern time, Monday, August 14, 2006, to inform me in writing that it will forthwith provide me with a copy of Bully so that I and others can analyze it to determine whether it still poses a threat of copycat violence in our schools (See Miami-Dade School Board’s unanimous Resolution), or the following will occur:
I shall file a lawsuit against your respective companies to stop the game’s October 1 release.
Regards, Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson, Attorney
Land line: XXX-XXX-XXXX, Cell: XXX-XXX-XXXX
XXXX South Dixie Hwy, Suite XXX
Coral Gables, FL USA XXXXX
Highlights from the 40-point suit:
“Parties:”
- 3. Respondent Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (hereinafter Take-Two), is a foreign corporation doing business in the State of Florida by virtue of a) its distribution and sale of millions of units of its video games in the State of Florida, most notably the hyperviolent Grand Theft Auto franchise of video games linked to numerous killings around the country,
“Facts” (the quotes are appropos here):
- 10. Bully is a video game that will allow the player to rehearse violence upon his classmates and teachers in retribution for their bullying. This is the unfortunate scenario known to have occurred in violent school incidents known as “Columbine,
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