The crap Jack slings is so dumb that its not even funny. He's pretty much saying that big companies have to police the dumb fucks that misuse their products. Why not make McDonalds responsible for the kid whose parents buy him three cheeseburgers every day and then bitch about what a fat little bastard he is.

Echoing what Eisen said. Performing internal audits on members would only make it that much easier for Jack to file his next suit.

As the article says, who will police this? Starting to deny sales to stores will quickly prevent all sales of all games to anyone. Jack's idea is a child's black-and-white concept. No one will ever admit to selling a game to a minor. If discovered, someone may get fired, but what incentive do you have to report your own store?

Jack's other actions seem whimsical at best. Therefore, it's a safe bet to also take this as whimsical. He'll be back to shaking his fist in protest in no time.

As I said on Joystiq, Thompson is attempting to put them in a lose lose situation. They let him in, he looks for info and such to bring them down, the don't and he'll label them once again as mental child molestors because they chose to keep him out of their clubhouse.

Freekill: Just like the Spaniards thought they were doing the Aztecs a favor by forcibly converting them to Christianity then burning all their books when they discovered the Aztecs still practicing their cultural traditions in secret, right?

In an e-mail to departing ESA boss Doug Lowenstein and ESRB president Patricia Vance, Thompson suggested that the game publishers warn the game retailers not to sell M-rated titles to those under 17. According to Thompson's plan, if retailers failed to comply, the publishers would simply stop shipping games to the offending stores. And then all of this nasty video game legislation would go away.

Am-....am I the only one who sees this on the box?

You know, I really doubt Jack's trying to be helpful here. My best guess is he wants this to happen because he assumes they'll be no enforcement from the game stores. No enforcement means no sales, no sales means no games. no games means the death of gaming, hoo-ha, and all that jazz.

I have to say, very Grima Wormtongue-ish. Doesn't chance the fact that it's poorly planned though.

Make all of the industry's legislative troubles go away?! That's by far the funniest part, I think. Every time the industry has challenged a state's law (to restrict sales of games to minors), they've won! And been awarded legal fees!

Does Paramount Pictures check up on theater chains to make sure they are not letting kids into R-rated movies? Of course not.

/whines But that DIFFERENT! ;)

His offer presumes a degree of clout extending far beyond his own keyboard, as in, "if the industry does this, I'll make all of its legislative troubles go away." But how would he do that? Where is Jack's coalition?

Duh, it's Jack & Jesus. He's on a mission from God, and if you can't take God's word... Er, but you're taking Jack's word that he's speaking for God... Nevermind...

Third, the video game industry simply won't parley with Jack Thompson. That is largely his own fault.

Never! Burning bridges worked for GWB, it's gotta work for JT! ;)