Ok, Could someone get this think scanned or pdf'd please?

Wow I never knew any of that about his son. Well, I did know that he used him to buy an M rated game in Best Buy (that's probably why I've been carded buying M rated games in Best Buy). But now that he has basically admitted that his son is ashamed of him, even if he didnt say that it was implied, I can't believe that he continues this faux crusade against nothing. Kinda gotta hope that they DO argue about this. It might make him see the error of his ways. If nothing else, his son may publicly denounce his father or (hate to say it) they may argue so much JT kicks him out. Wouldn't that last one tarnish his "family values" claims?

@Black Manta
Are you serious? He really does chase ambulances? I always thought that was a joke! So how does he find time away from his "crusade" to take care of business?

@ Brer
Thank you for the link to the qoute from Zappa! It was quite enlightening. Have you considered e-mailing that to Wacky-Jacky? Might make him Shut Up!

One other thing. The whole "I like Frank Zappa" thing means nothing. Hitler loved animals and one if his favorite movies was Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. It doesn't remotely excuse what he did. Evil is evil, and in the end Jack Thompson is still an evil man.

@Kharne

Yeah, they did mention that little sting operation at Best Buy where his son (then 10, he's 14 now) went in to buy a game with JT "crouched behind the door with a video camera." Made the whole thing sound sleazy and dishonest. Which, really, it was.

I remember JT saying in a radio interview that his son was "a little clone" of himself. But this interview casts serious doubt on that, especially now with him being a teenager and wanting to make his own identity. And especially with him being a gamer. Like others have talked about, he's of a generation that grew up with video games and thus they aren't foreign or frightening to him like they probably are with his old man. With that groundwork laid down, and that teenagers are prone to argue with their parents, I can forsee some heated ideological arguments arising in the near future.

Yep. Things are going to get very interesting in the Thompson household!

Oh, and just how does he support himself? Well, it's not living off his wife like we thought. Apparently he pays his bills with run-of-the-mill medical malpractice suits (remember, that's his primary specialty). So this anti-video game and otherwise "cultural crusade" is kind if an extracurricular thing with him. I can now see why he compares himself to a superhero. "Jack Thompsom: Ambulance-chasing attorney by day, Bible-thumping cultural warrior for God by night!"

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* Thompson sees his crusading as combat. “Within the rules, you try to destroy your opponent,” he told Kushner.
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Thompson is a closet gamer.

I think that JT finally got what he wanted, publicity. Rolling Stone coverage of him just provides that and I hate to say it, but he got what he wanted.

I'll chime in with my agreement that his fondness for Zappa, if true, is deeply, deeply ironic.

http://www.joesapt.net/superlink/shrg99-529/p52.html

The next claim he's going to make is that the video games warped his son, and that's why the kid is ashamed of him.

Oh man, someone has to get this article PDF format soon. we gots to see it

@Zerodash

Yes, I was surprised that Doug was quoted. He generally tries to pretend Thompson doesn't exist.

I think I'd rather read about Jon Steward and Stephen Colbert, than about JT. At least they might be entertaining, but in a good way.

Wow. I don't wanna resort to plain flaming and derogatory comments, but to put this censorship crusade over his family life is, well... beyond words. I knew old JT was a little off centre, everyone does, but how can he keep going on with this when even his kid refuses to acknowledge him to others. If he wasn't such a complete douche I would pity him, but he brought this on himself. I'm willing to bet 100 bux that while his daddy's off fighting the great moral crusade, this kid is sitting in the lounge room playing a borrowed copy of San Andreas, or Dead Rising.

For shame, John Bruce T, for shame.

@ Thefremen

Anything JT says must be taken with a grain of salt- the man is a proven liar time and time again.

Jack likes Frank Zappa, Bush likes Ozzy, Tipper Gore likes Devo. I find this disturbing.


(kidding about Tipper Gore)

Anyways, Jack has denied time and time again that he is out to destroy the video game industry, just to inform those who are unaware.

Thompson likes Frank Zappa (explicit lyrics and all?), telling Kushner, ” I think Zappa was prescient…”

Ironic, considering that Zappa helped cripple Tipper Gore's campaign against music.

I find it ironic that the issue's cover has both Jon Stewart and Stepehn Colbert on it, two guys who'd be more than happy to take JT to task.

Thompson is a closet gamer.

No joke.

@ Black Manta

The article said Thompson defends doctors who are being sued for medical malpractice . . . I think, I better re-read it.