Thompson Still Wants Bully Out

Jack Thompson isn’t letting Bully off the hook that easily. It looks like the video game hater is trying a new angle on the game Bully, by accusing the game of having “homosexual activity,” that may be harmful to minors.

Thompson has written an e-mail to Paul Eiberler, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, with the subject line of “Gay Sex in Bully Video Game; Retail Sale of Sexual Material Harmful to Minors.”

The letter stated the following:

It is my legal opinion that the sale of this game to minors, which is presently occurring at your stores in Florida, violates Florida’s “Sexual Material Harmful to Minors Statute”, Florida Statute 847.102. Each such sale to a minor constitutes a separate felony.

He goes on, I suggest strongly that all of you cease and desist all such sales in the United States immediately. Neither the game’s maker, Take-Two, nor the Entertainment Software Rating Board, told you of this homosexual content, which constitutes a fraudulent and deceptive trade practice, in my opinion, on their parts, and I have alerted the Federal Trade Commission to this.

As always, Mr. Thompson is avoiding a handful of games that deal with what he is trying to explain, and just going for Take-Two Interactive games. It’s known that the main character in Bully can kiss other boys in the game, but there is no gay sex as Thompson accuses it for. I’m sure this entire situation will be settled and ignored within a week.

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