Star Jones has a job?

Sorry.. I can't think of anything witty to add, after Zigs and Zippy.

I don't know what to say. Are we supposed to be honored to have this topic on a show featuring a failed singer/actress?

Is that how things work these days. You no longer want to work in entertainment so you move to law and politics?

@Zachary

She was a lawyer who became a legal analyst who was then hired for the View who then became a "celebrity train wreck" who then became a legal analyst again.

So where does she go after that? Prostitution?

Sorry misread it as CNN. I have my DVR set to record it since I"ll be at work. Have something to look forward to when I get home tonight. ^_^

At this rate she is well on her way to being the next Nancy Grace. All she has to do is get a boyfriend/husband murdered and whore it up for the camera. Oh, and berate her guests into suicide. Well on her way none the less.

@ Zigs

I have very little respect for Senator Yee and his stubbourn refusal to accept that his way is not the best to ensure kids do not have access to inappropriate media, but I have even less respect for someone who would use a racist remark like that.

I can agree with people who would berate him for his policies, his actions and his statements in the past, but to insult him because of his ethnicity? If I were moderating this site I would ban you. In making a comment like that, you conform exactly to the stereotype that the anti-gaming brigade has created, an aggressive, hateful, immature person.

why do we always get these Tivo Alerts the morning of the show? By then we are all at work and can't fire up jack squat, much less the tivo.

@Shoehorn O'Plenty

How exactly is calling Leland Yee's mother a whore and father JT racist? Offensive, and this is definitely isn't the place for such insults, but I wouldn't call it racist.

o, and what Gray17 said

"she will tell you that the video game industry people are afraid to go on the air with me."

Star Jones and Leland Yee sure are industry people all right.

I understand that there will also be an attorney who has represented the game industry against game legislation, so that may be what he is referring to

The problem I had with the statement is that he was using the same tactics as Jack Thompson, attack the person, not their message, opinion or deeds.

Remember when Thompson described Rockstar employees as "Scottish sociopaths"? What does their being scottish have to do with their work? I have said in the past that he is stupid for believing that video games make people into killers, and that he is ignorant for refusing to accept other's point of view. What if I said he was stupid and ignorant because he was an American? Or becuase he was white?

I probably am overreacting a little, but I still think it's idiotic to bring a person's ethnicity into a debate regarding a television appearance they will make and their previous actions against video games. It adds nothing to it.

@ Jack Thompson:

"So, the great, self-righteous defenders of freedom of expression, of the marketplace of ideas, and who also say that I am a joke and having nothing to say are such sissy cowards that they won’t go on a cable news program because they are frightened out of their sorry wits that they can’t stand up to the facts of this issue."

So when your psychologist said "He said that he realizes that he may have offended some with his ad hominem writings, and he will be more moderate in his writing style in the future.", this is the result? Seems like you kept quiet long enough for them to perceive you as reasonable, then when you had your positive report you went straight back to being the rude, deluded person we are so familiar with.

@ Jack Thompson

I agree with Zachary here.

You see Jack, the reason why most people don't like you, is not because of your views...its because your an asshole. You supply some decent facts from time to time, but they are instantly forgotten because soon after you post them, you fling an insult.

Why on earth would the industry want to go on t.v. with someone like that? Its like debating with a child. Because once the debate gets good, you start pitching hissy fits and calling people names.

You just have a real unorthodox way of portraying your views.

I mean Janet Reno? Wtf? Or Penny-Arcade? Gabe and Tycho owned your ass with that check they wrote...and you know it. And you only have yourself to blame for that one.

@Zigs... your comments are over the top, today, my friend. See our comments policy.

I would prefer not to wield the ban stick, so please adjust accordingly.

Sen. Yee, by the way, is an American citizen - and I don't believe that I can ever recall any cooperation between Yee and Jack Thompson.

-GP

[...] Tivo Alert: Court TV Looks at Video Game Legislation [...]

Hmmmm watch this or food network?????

meh what the hell i'll check it out

@ Cullarn

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

It's obvious than any show willing to have a clown like Thompson in it is not interested in any real debate and is not worth anyone's time. People who actually get things done have better things to do than getting out of their way to debate a retard. Of course I wouldn't expect someone who sees a massacre as just another opportunity to get his face on TV to be able to even comprehend something like that.

"I was scheduled last night and this morning to be on this Starr Jones segment. I am now not going to be on. Want to know why? …the video game industry people are afraid to go on the air with me."

OMFG! Court TV has surfed the internets!

"I am now not going to be on. Want to know why? …the video game industry people are afraid to go on the air with me."

It doesn't bother you that CourtTV cares more about the VG industry than about your presence during the show? No ranting about a conspiracy to keep you silent?

I'm disappointed.

jt was scheduled until they had the interns hit westlaw and researched his cases then they dropped him like a biohazard container

Who cares? This will be another pointless debate where nothing gets solved.

Jack is just like Free Waterfall Jr. on the Futurama episode "The Problem With Popplers": always muttering 'Shut up' or, in Jack's case, 'Uh' when other people are speaking.

Damn, if only jack had agreed to PAX, that would be one amazing debate to see....

TIme to decode JT's bullshit yet again.

I was scheduled last night and this morning to be on this Starr Jones segment. I am now not going to be on. Want to know why? Dennis, you can call me, and I will play the producer’s voice mail for you. Better yet, call Beth at 212-973-xxxx, and she will tell you that the video game industry people are afraid to go on the air with me.

So, the great, self-righteous defenders of freedom of expression, of the marketplace of ideas, and who also say that I am a joke and having nothing to say are such sissy cowards that they won’t go on a cable news program because they are frightened out of their sorry wits that they can’t stand up to the facts of this issue.

If I were the “retard” that they say I am, they would die to be on the air with me to make a monkey of me.

I’ve been on the Today show eight times and 60 Minutes twice for a reason. I know what I’m talking about, and the industry is scared to death of me. They should be. Hooah!

1. I was scheduled last night and this morning to be on this Starr Jones segment. I am now not going to be on. Want to know why? Dennis, you can call me, and I will play the producer’s voice mail for you. Better yet, call Beth at 212-973-xxxx, and she will tell you that the video game industry people are afraid to go on the air with me.

Starr Jones segments are, of course, great ways to get reliable information. And by the way, what do you call your segment with Adam Sessler? The industrty kicking your ass up and down the interweb.

2.So, the great, self-righteous defenders of freedom of expression, of the marketplace of ideas, and who also say that I am a joke and having nothing to say are such sissy cowards that they won’t go on a cable news program because they are frightened out of their sorry wits that they can’t stand up to the facts of this issue.

Oh my, such Ad Hominem. To start off with, every time that you have been challenged, you ahve backed out for some bullshit reason or another.

3.If I were the “retard” that they say I am, they would die to be on the air with me to make a monkey of me.

I’ve been on the Today show eight times and 60 Minutes twice for a reason. I know what I’m talking about, and the industry is scared to death of me. They should be. Hooah!

They would die to be on the air to show the world what a joke you are; sadly, you weasel out of debates like a snake out of a cage. You've been on Today show eight times and 60 minutes twice, and each time you made up the same bullshit, none of which is backed up with any fact, only your supposition.


SO, MR JACK THOMPSON, I, AUSTIN LEWIS, CHALLENGE YOU TO A DEBATE ON ANY SHOW OF YOUR CHOOSING AT ANY DATE. LET'S GO.

Or are you so afraid of us you won't even debate a 20 year old college student?

"So, the great, self-righteous defenders of freedom of expression, of the marketplace of ideas, and who also say that I am a joke and having nothing to say are such sissy cowards that they won’t go on a cable news program because they are frightened out of their sorry wits that they can’t stand up to the facts of this issue."


Those "sissies" have kicked your ass in court time and time again. So I guess that makes you the sissy's bitch.

Also with the continued usage of "hooah" Jack Thompson once again proves that he does not respect our armed forces that protect his sorry ass' freedom to spew verbal sewage.

watching now, "Star" just claimed she was going to get to the bottom of this ....


umm yeah.... riiiiiight


I can barely stand watching this show, oy. its "E-News" for CourtTV

yuck

After his last couple of appearances in the wake of the VA-Tech massacre and how he conducted himself - and after the royal ass-handing Chris Matthews gave him - I had a feeling that most major news programs would think twice about having him on their shows once they realized what an unprofessional asshole he was. Looks like I was right.

The news programs do believe you have nothing to say, Jack. They're just being nice in not telling you. Yee is just as thickheaded as you, but the reason why he's being allowed on and you're not is because unlike you he can keep a civil tongue in his head.

BTW, there's something else on CNN tonight Dennis that you might also be interested in. It's part of a 3 part series hosted by Christiane Amanpour entitled "God's Warriors." Tonight's segment focuses on the Evangelical Christians with part of it dealing with the so-called "Culture War."

One segment deals with a movement called Battle Cry; an organization of teens who are opposed to popular entertainment and are being encourged by their leader Ron Luce to reject and protest against violence in popular entertainment including TV, movies, music...and video games.

They show footage of one of their rallies. It's like freakin' Nuremberg in Triumph of the Will. It freaked the hell out of me. This was exactly the kind of brainwashing and indoctrination I was referring to, only on a much grander scale. Ladies and gentlemen, here is the next generation of Jack Thompsons.

Here's a link to the website. Take a look at the video for "The Culture War" under Christianity.

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/gods.warriors/

Also here's a link to the Wikipedia article for Battle Cry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Cry_Campaign

I think we ought to keep an eye on this Ron Luce guy. He seems more charismatic and influential than JT could ever hope to be.

I think we ought to keep an eye on this Ron Luce guy. He seems more charismatic and influential than JT could ever hope to be.

they always start out that way cause no ones really watching give him some time . . .

Oy...Watching this now. it's painful to watch. And it seems like it'll be the last thing they talk about..gonna have to sit through this entire crappy show.

@ Capgun

I know what you mean. It looks like it might only be a 5 minute segment just so that she can spend the entire show on Hollywood gossip. What do you think are the chances that Yee will get 4 of those 5 minutes and that the attorney will only be able to get in a 1 sentence blurb?

Damn. I knew it. They brought up Columbine.

this show is not getting to the bottom of ANYTHING

I will do as the guest is suggesting and think about what media I will expose myself to...


CLICK!

I LOVE the video game industry's lawyer!! Damn straight that there are parental controls! She's been saying we all have been saying here.

Jones, a little biased to the other side, but I think she was faily objective. Let the parents work things out and the likes. She concluded with a "middle-ground" sort of things.

Wish I could have seen it, but at least I can close the italics tag.

I've gotta say I'm dissappointed. They're bandying about the same old arguments about how games may and/or may not be bad for the children. They brought in the Columbine survivor for sheer emotional shock value and nothing else. It's slightly more balanced than I expected, but it's reaching out towards the people who may not actually know anything about the debate itself.

All in all, I think it's unbalanced when presented to the mainstream viewer for the sheer fact that Columbine is still a fresh wound in many peoples minds. No casual viewer is going to walk away without a bias.

Well, I was worried at first but I thought it was well played. Both sides had an equal share and rather than play to public fear, she said the same thing we've always said: Parents need to be Parents. The Columbine thing wasn't necessary but still helped to remind everyone of what started the video game legislation movement.

I wish I could earmark my tax dollars as "Pays for anything but Yee's stupid bill"

I really think a Judge needs to rule that the politicians themselves need to pay for this, out of their own pocket, and can't touch any tax money.

Mr. Thompson... they're not scared of you. You don't 'debate.' You just preach your theories and whine when someone gets to talk for more than five seconds. And you back out of other, perfectly reasonable, debates for no particular reason. YOU'RE the one that's scared here, not 'the industry,' which, somehow, you're adding Court TV as a part of in the context of this article.

"Starr Jones segments are, of course, great ways to get reliable information. And by the way, what do you call your segment with Adam Sessler? The industrty kicking your ass up and down the interweb"


Lmao God i loved that debate right there...adam pwned his ass like there was nothing to it..i would love to see jacky boy get pwned by both morgan and adam though now that would be awesome


go away jack no one wants you here

@ deathnote

I'm not sure, but what I didn't like is when he described that, to me he made it sound like it was the first time Harris held a gun. There is video proof that they practiced with the guns they used in the mountains.

That went well. Star did a rather impressive job of moderating, even pointing out to Yee how she likes to balance the sides when she starts to feel that the bias is going too far one way. Also, her best points as far as I'm concerned are that she first pointed out how as a lawyer she's not in support of running afowl of the first amendment while at the same time wanting senators to do everything they can to restrict sales (though she did clearly imply that it can't be done), and she pointed out how the link argued by Yee was correlative as opposed causal and Yee even agreed that it was correlative. Now if only it were prime-time TV as opposed to daytime...

As for Yee, though I don't agree with many of his points, he was very respectful and let the host control the show. He kept the hyperbole to a minimum, and had a very respectful tone and didn't try to shout over Star or the industry lawyer. What I didn't like is his assertion that when you're playing a video game, the button presses are somehow "literally" the same as murdering someone or (Yee's words) "urinating on women." Also, he said that Judge Ron White said in his ruling that the state has an interest in regulating games, so he sees that as carte blanche to try again. I disagree with this myself as 8 other judges have not said such a thing. I will, however, give him credit for only mentioning being a child psychiatrist once, and very quickly towards the end and not shoving credentials/show appearances down our throat.

The industry lawyer could've been better, but she did a fair job of arguing the legal side of things. Star opened talking with her by mentioning the 8-0 winning streak that the industry had, and then when the industry lawyer corrected her by pointing out that it's now 9-0 with the California ruling, Star was receptive of the correction and even laughed about it a bit. The single best part about the industry lawyer's bit, and possibly the entire debate, was that although Star and Yee said that there aren't tools in the consoles themselves for parents to limit what games kids can play, the industry lawyer pointed out how all the new consoles have parental controls that allow parents to set passwords.

That was actually a very good debate despite opening with a Columbine survivor (for the heartstrings, I would assume) arguing for government regulation of violent media. I will at least commend him for not restricting it to video games despite that being what the debate was about, but other than that, no comment.

Its been said before but.. yeah. Somehow I doubt that the industry is scared to debate you on air Jack. Your the one that keeps ducking out of any sort of debate with a prepared or knowledgable opponent.

Although reading about how it went, I kind wish Jack was there. Because we all know how bad a job Jack does behaving and it would have been nice to see him getting reprimanded or even storming off from the debate.

Sounds like they coulda picked someone better to represent the industry tho.

Yes Thompson they fear you. They fear your ignorance

Does it surprise anyone that Jack Thompson, at the drop of a hat, can recite off all of the times that he's been on television? I mean, perhaps I'm the only one in finding this odd? I can't of a single other "public figure", for lack of a more fitting term, that can do that. I'm surprised that he has yet to see how absolutely transparent his arrogance and egocentrism truly is, with acts such as this.

Additionally, if no one's noticed, he never responds to users, he simply trolls and hopes to god that people read what he writes. I doubt that he would even take the time to read any of the legitimate comments written on this board, primarily due to the fact that he most likely is too busy bashing Dennis and calling game industry figure cowards.

What I don't understand, really, is the attack on individuals' character. There are plenty of people who are opposed to video game violence who go about it in a somewhat professional manner. Actually citing evidence, not jumping on TV at the first chance that one gets, not demeaning other peoples' character. Jack Thompson has taken the art of debate and argumentation back to pre-kindergarten levels. It's not the evidence, it's not the students who shoot up schools, it's not those dying. It's how much crap he can get his hands on to fling at other people.

How come people who are denied speaking always say "They're afraid of what I'll say." It could be true, or it could be political fluff to make themselves sound more important.

Hell I'd be afraid to be in the same room as Jack, cause somewhere in the middle of the debate he would snap and start trying to kill me.

critic: I can see it happening. He desperately wants to be feared, and reminds me of those skinny kids from middle school who were obsessed with serial killers and making stupid "scary" comments. I also remember him making a "stone cold killa" style death threat against anybody who would try to burgle his home during an interview years back.

If his house had a basement he'd be living in it.

@Jack Thompson, Attorney

You do your best to talk over people, interrupt, plug your fire tinder book, insult anyone who isn't on your side.... I think the question would be, who does want to interview with you? No one. Not out of fear, but because you're a pompous jerk.

After taking that in, check out that "God's Warriors" special on CNN tonight and watch for this guy Ron Luce who's the head of Battle Cry and indoctrinating the next generation of anti-gamers with his Nuremberg-style youth rallies. If that doesn't skeeve you out I don't know what will.

yu passed up the chance to debate with hal but
seemz to eagr to prove that yu ar better than us?

It was better than I expected, but still not that great.

Never heard of this show in my life.

Transcripts please.

No one is scared of you, Jack. You have no power anymore.

On the issue of all the shows John Bruce brags about being on:
Frankly, I couldn't care less how many shows he's been on. It doesn't impress me one little bit seeing as he goes on shows to use, abuse, misuse and exploit the tragedies of individuals, families, and communities just to push his own personal, religious, and/'or political beliefs just so he can gain support as a tin-pot-dictator-wannabe.

As to the "industry" not brave enough to face him:
I haven't had time to read everyone's posts, so one or more folks may have mentioned these:
Tom Buscaglia., the Game Attorney, vs. John Bruce "Jack" Thompson
Tom agreed, John Bruce backed out.

Jason Della Rocca vs. John Bruce "Jack" Thompson
Jason agreed, John Bruce backed out ('cuz he wouldn't have been paid).

Penny Arcade vs. John Bruce "Jack" Thompson
Penny Arcade tried to set it up, John Bruce backed out (by violating the reasonable rules set forth)

Hal Halpin vs. John Bruce "Jack" Thompson
As GP pointed out, Hal agreed, John Bruce cringes in fear.

Now, the only one I can think of that John Bruce, mind you I say JOHN BRUCE, not me, would say the "industry backed out", would be the recent PopZArt article. Quite frankly, my opinion is that the "debate", while not handled directly, still existed by way of GP's own 4-part article in which John Bruce could have participated, which, in a way, he did. So, technically, that isn't the "industry backing out" (and since GP is tied to the ECA, not the ESA, it really isn't even "industry" but "consumer" linked).

Maybe someone else can think of ones that JOHN BRUCE (not US, but JOHN BRUCE) would say the "industry backed out"). Or even ones he backed out on.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

What did Craig Scott say? His father spoke at my college, but didn't really mention video games other than a passing reference at Harris and Klebold's modified Doom levels. What was that story about Harris being hit with a gun, and what did that have to do with regulating media violence?

@xlorep darkhelm

What, opening his mouth isn't enough? Darn, guess it's not that easy.

@nightwng2000:

So that's 0-4 by default? (What does that make his losing streak again? I forget... how sad is that when I can't even keep track of his losses anymore?)

Nope. Nice try. They refused to show up with me on the show because they're afraid of me. How sad.

Dennis, I didn't nix a debate with Hal Halpin. PAX pulled the plug, I didn't. You smoking the weed tonight, Dennis?

tell us about the hearing today, Jack...

Yes Jack, tell us about this "new complaint" that you think you're entitled to file in your lil' Federal court case that appears to be careening towards dismissal.

@GP if its anything like the hearing of jack on youtube I hope someone has a tape or a transcript. I dont know if it was talking over the judge or bringing in giant signs but it was just sad.

JT honestly seems like someone who has seen too many lawyer movies and thinks himself the righteous underdog, maybe thats why he loses all his cases.......enjoy it while you can jack, you wont be a lawyer for long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWJm5cZ3SNM

Jack, what were you smoking when you came up with THIS bullshit about how the VT Massacre was done by a guy that "trained on murder simulators", even though they found he wasn't a gamer.

I think David Gregory put it best when he said "Jack Thompson, an attorney who specializes, uh, terribly in these crimes."

@ cullarn

None at all, right? That's exactly how much I give him as well.

That picture reminds me of the Crypt Keeper. Oh, and the dead movie stars in Rose Red. I don't think she's human.

I have to agree with Jacko on this one. The Penny Arcade guys wanted to keep the debate a secret to make it a surprise. Jacko wanted to send out a million emails and faxes promoting it. So it wasn't as if Jacko refused to debate, but he and Penny Arcade couldn't agree on the terms.

The way it is phrased seems like a cheap shot at Jacko implying he was afraid to be part of the debate and that doesn't seem to be the case. There are a million reasons to take shots at Jacko so taking cheap shots just seems kind of petty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f66KEPGNSzk&mode=related&search=

If you haven't seen enough of Jack's "words of wisdom", take a look at this...some may even recognize stuff posted here. This should have been sent to the psych examination.

"Nope. Nice try. They refused to show up with me on the show because they’re afraid of me. How sad."


To be afraid of you, wouldn't you have to be a threat or something? But please feel free to try and back up your statement with facts. I'm curious to how you came to this conclusion.

And no, your paranoid "Everyone is out to get me! delusions don't count as fact.

“GP: Mark, I don’t know all of the details, but he’s filed a notice that he now intends to add 30+ people as defendants. Basically all of the FL Bar hierarchy and anyone was served as a governor since 2004. That plus the fact that he is now requesting mediation and that he’s not crowing about it tells me it didn’t go his way…”

omg jack has turnjed into jonathon lee richards!!!!!!!

that means this is definitely gonna be at alot of legal sites and a great joke

(for those that dont get my joke jonathon sued 57 pages worth of people/objects {yes you read that right inanimate objects such as the book mein kampf the planet of pluto}) for the record though jon was not a lawyer he was a prisoner going pro se

@cullarn

reminds me of jacks 37 page doosie, implicating penny arcade and bloggers in the vast antijack conspiracy.

"I’ve been on the Today show eight times and 60 Minutes twice for a reason. I know what I’m talking about, and the industry is scared to death of me. They should be. Hooah!"

Anyone else find it kind of sad that a few tv appearances seem to be the highlight of Jack's life? I mean most of the rest of the "Save the children from the Video Games!" crowd has reasonably successful political careers, or large organizations they're responsible for to be proud of. Yet the only thing Jack's got is a few minutes of talking head time. He's never even had a successful legal career to look back on with pride.

thompson, I still call bullshit. As was stated earlier, the only coward is you. Buscaglia challenged you to a debate, you pulled out. There have been others as well. That lawyer for the industry that was on the show would have eaten you for lunch and still have room for seconds.

What I find ironic is that Jack Thompson is stirring up all this negativity. He's the Kyle Sandilands of America if you think about it.

(For those of you who don't know, Kyle Sandilands is a sorry excuse for a radio host in Australia, he's rude, beligerant and throws a tantrum everytime someone shoots him down. He breaks the rules and complains when he gets caught out. The guy couldn't even last 5 minutes in the Big Brother AU house because he wouldn't follow the rules and got punished for it)

I've been a lurker here for a long time and I will say this, Jack Thompson is no different then any other televangical out there who tries to make a quick buck with outragious claims. Once he's had his 5 minutes in the spotlight, everyone will move on again and he'll fade into a dim memory. We're already seeing this now and the only reason that he's causing such a commotion is he knows that his time is nearly up.

did anyone else notice that in his little list of tv shows he's appeared in he "forgot" to mention his brief appearance on G4?

@venomandcarnage:

That wasn't one of his one-sided 'shooting fish in a barrel' "debates" that he "won", so of course he didn't include it.

@DarkTetsuya

Another factoid Jack conveniently forgets si that the point of a debate is not to "win", it's to come away with a better understanding of the opposite, but, since JT prefers ignorance being bliss, he'll take any victory he can get.

There a clip anywhere, I was at work yesterday

HEY, HAL: PUT YOUR MOUTH WHERE YOUR MONEY IS! HOOAH!

John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law
1172 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 111
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
305-666-4366
amendmentone@comcast.net

August 24, 2007

Hal Halpin, President
Entertainment Consumers Association
64 Danbury Road
Suite 700
Wilton, Connecticut Via Fax to 203-761-6184 feedback@theeca.com

Re: Debate

Dear Hal:

I was interested by the statement yesterday at GamePolitics.com that you would have been willing to debate me on Court TV regarding the sale of mature/adult video games to kids, but you were traveling to PAX 2007 where Dennis McCauley reports I nixed a chance to debate you. In fact, as you know the Penny Arcade folks cancelled my visit. I did not, so I have to wonder also about his reportage of your unavailability for a debate on tv as well. Dennis gets things a bit confused quite often.

But moving on, I hereby take you up on your statement that you would be delighted to debate me. Fine. I’ll do so anyplace, anytime. Your sister-in-law, whom I trust you know, can set it up.

Doug Lowenstein, the former head of ESA and the alleged great proponent of freedom of expression and the value of the marketplace of ideas, refused all of my offers, for years, to debate anyplace, anytime. Doug’s approach on my free speech was to threaten Ed Bradley and CBS if they put me on 60 Minutes. Maybe Doug was afraid I would use his own traveling make-up artist and wind up looking as dapper as he always does.

Be that as it may, please don’t go the Lowenstein route and say one thing and then do another. I think we should debate this rather large issue. I scared everyone else in your industry off Court TV yesterday. I trust you are made of sterner stuff.

Call or e-mail me. Let’s do this as soon as we can, on a college campus, preferably.

Oh, and if I’m as crazy and inept as gamers say I am, you should be itching for the chance to make a monkey of me.

Regards, Jack

@ Jack
Sorry for the double post but I just watched another youtube video of you saying that kids "trained, literally" on Super Columbine Massacre RPG. Stop saying that, you know that's not true, you know what a turn based rpg, anyone who's been involved in the video game industry as long as you have, even if not directly, would have to know what an RPG is vs. an FPS, you know that as a turn based RPG there's nothing in the game that gives any form of applicable "training" for real life be it marksmanship, gun use or otherwise. You only say that because you also know that your audiance probably is unaware of the content of SCMRPG and therefore your able to just say whatever you want even though it has no factual basis.

Oh he understood, he used the clause on purpose so by violating it PA cancelled and not him, so he could place the blame on them rather than being seen to chicken out himself.

Fortunately the gamer audience isnt as gullible as the general public.

I think its basic law that jack doesnt understand not just contracts.

I mean watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QT30Iwp2wNM

It honestly seems like jack is just someone whose seen too many lawyer movies (I'd say played too much phoenix wright if it werent ole jack), always thinking himself the undedog against the world, with his crucial piece of evidence (which is ultimately insignificant against his own misconduct) to show the villains for what they are. He has no grasp of the proceedures that make up the legal system, hence why he is forever losing his cases.

lets hope his disbarment goes well.

Hey Jack, put YOUR money where YOUR mouth is and regale us with the story of yesterday's hearing before Judge Jordan.

@ Jack
Not every one is afraid of you, I saw you debating Adam Sessler a few months ago he obviously wasn't afraid (although I have to say I'm not a big Sessler fan and frankly you came out of that looking like the more calm and prepared of the two, of course it was on G4 so everyone's mind was already made up.) That being said Halpin's a much better orator than Sessler and as a lobbyist is far more used to speaking with people whom he disagrees with and will probably tear you a new one.

@ Jack

"Nope. Nice try. They refused to show up with me on the show because they’re afraid of me. How sad."

You have any evidence of this, or is this another manifestation of your N.P. complex?

"Dennis, I didn’t nix a debate with Hal Halpin. PAX pulled the plug, I didn’t. You smoking the weed tonight, Dennis?"

PAX pulled the plug because YOU nixed the confidentiality they wanted. You may not have nixed it yourself, but announcing their plans when they TOLD you they wanted them secret had the same effect. Oh, nice comment about the smoking weed, dumbass. You're lucky he lets you post here at all, and you go and insult him instead of merely correcting him (even though you're STILL wrong)

"In fact, as you know the Penny Arcade folks cancelled my visit. I did not"

Incorrect. They set the rules for the debate, you declined. So it wasn't them that canceled, it was you. Just because there wouldn't be a camera in your withered mug to stroke your inflated ego you decided it not worth your time.

You "bearing false witness" is truly revolting.

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Good work. Keep it up....