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Jack Thompson likening himself to Barrack Obama - what ever next? | |
Great, trust a few to make the many look bad :| | |
Freedom of speech. That is all. EDIT: I did not know that they were threating him. I retract my previous statement. | |
I just joined that group because of him, like 2 mins ago. Suck it Jack Thompson | |
Oh, Jack, you're such an arse. | |
Clearly Jack Thompson is unaware of the concept of hyperbole. | |
Wow, is it just me or is he getting thicker, the only one with a hint of seriousness in is the one about the video. this is just some ridiculous attention seeking scam, like babies throwing their toys out their pram. The Obama one was about death, no-one cares enough about Jack Thompson to have the chance of prison for him. | |
Freedom of speech/freedom of expression. His argument is invalid. | |
Hey, he has to make his comeback somehow right? Might as well slight some more technology. | |
Is this a mistake or does he really refer to himself in the third person...? | |
Why are we talking about this prick? I think I'd rather watch my fingernails grow. | |
Yay! Go Jack! Burn Facebook, buuuuurn! I dislike Facebook very much, and what Jack is doing now is awesome. | |
damn idiot G4m3rZ making us look bad | |
People are asshole trolls on the internet. Get over it. | |
Of course Jack Thompson doesn't have the Secret Service to protect him. He's not worth protecting... | |
Oh Jack Thompson, you're so nutty. | |
Man, what a great lawyer, he should know his case has no merit, so why even file it? FOR ATTENTION!! | |
someone send link of this group so i can join | |
Every time I read an article about Jack, my brain hurts. | |
Bloody hell. It's like he was somehow traumatised by Pong at an early age or something. | |
If freedom of speech was really the Monopoly "Get out of jail free" card of life, then slander, libel, copyright, and many many other laws wouldn't exist. | |
Honestly, Jack Thompson and Facebook inhabit the same compartment of my heart that is reserved solely for the fiery hatred I have for destructive, evil forces of humanity. In this case, then enemy of my enemy is not my friend. He is still my enemy... I would like to see someone follow through with the punching of good 'ol jack..and accidentally kill him. THEN Thompson's family could actually have a case against Facebook: that it allowed people to openly and forwarnedly plan the assault and accidental killing of another person. Then they'd both be gone forever! Yay! | |
Can I just say, love your avatar :) I went to see them in Glasgow last October :D EARGASM! OT: Jack, Jack, Jack. When will you learn to STFU? He never wins, so just give up. | |
Can we sue Jack Thompson for comparing himself being punched, in any way, to the outrageous questioning of whether President Obama should be shot? (Hoping that some audio will be leaked from Mr. President a la Kanye West...) | |
Well he has a right to complain, just because he's against vidja games doesn't mean he can get his ass kicked. | |
There are anti-Thompson groups on Facebook? Why didnt I think of that earlier? I'm gonna go join it.. | |
Awwww Jackie got his feelings hurt... | |
Slander/libel wouldn't apply in this case because Jack Thompson has made himself a public figure. However, this might fall under laws against threatening speech. Since it's on the internet, though, it'll be muy dificil to press criminal charges against those who posted the "threats" ... hence why Jackie Boy went with the good ol' American standard, a lawsuit. | |
meum cerebrum nocet , hey jack take a chill pill already , you can't fight the net , as for facebook , yeah it sucks but the escapist rules | |
It is a dark day indeed when I can picture his next step having the headline "Jack(ass) Thompson sues the interwebs" (Hell as crazy as he is I'll probably get sued for this message) | |
We need more cheese for this whine over here!! Seriously he needs to stop taking it to heart and grow up, many people get abused/bullied these days and you cant go around suing people for it. Be the bigger man. | |
This may possibly be the most credible case that he's ever thought of. Let's hear it for the guys who put up the bounty. We'll just hope no one is dumb enough to take them up on the offer. Still a flimsy case of course. Let's see him sue the entire internet when Google redirects you to an anti-Jack Thompson site. | |
But Freedom of speech is words that they will bend. | |
Uh oh, soon enough he'll sue The Escapist for having Thompson haters on it. | |
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Jack Thompson Sues Facebook
Former lawyer Jack Thompson has sued Facebook for allowing anti-Thompson groups to post messages that have caused him "great harm and distress."
Thompson was permanently disbarred in September 2008 but that didn't stop his vocal criticism of the videogame industry, nor did it soften the attitude of videogamers toward Thompson and his strident rhetoric, many of whom have come together in Facebook groups to share their frustration with his antics. But Thompson says he feels threatened by some of the messages posted by those groups and on Tuesday, he filed suit against Facebook for letting it happen.
There are hundreds of Thompson-related Facebook groups, according to SFGate.com; one potentially dangerous group that's mentioned in his suit is named "Jack Thompson should be smacked across the face with an Atari 2600." He also cited a message posted by a user who offered to pay $50 to anyone who sent him a video of themselves punching Thompson in the face.
He said his situation is similar to that of U.S. President Barack Obama, who was recently the subject of another Facebook controversy caused by a poll asking whether or not he should be shot. Facebook administrators quickly removed the poll but as Thompson noted, "Unlike our President, Thompson does not have the Secret Service to protect him."
But Thompson's suit against Facebook, like most of his others, has little chance of going anywhere, according to WiredSafety.org Executive Director Parry Aftab, who noted that the U.S. Communications Decency Act exempts services like Facebook from liability for what people do with them. "They are no more liable than the phone company would be for anyone who is calling in a ransom demand," she said.
Regardless of the legal merits of his case, however, this isn't the sort of attention gamers need. It may seem like a joke to anyone familiar with Thompson (although in the case of the $50 face-punch bounty, it's hard to say there's not some measure of seriousness involved) but to those on the outside looking in, it can appear more serious. Would anyone ever smack Thompson across the face with an Atari 2600? Of course not. (Those things cost money, you know.) But without context, it looks like a threat; and we, the gamers, end up looking like juvenile idiots or, worse, the violent psychos Thompson has worked so hard to make us out to be. Thompson never learned how to tone it down and it cost him his career. We don't need to make the same mistake.
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