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Jack Thompson sends 15-year old son to buy BioShock from Best Buy

Posted Sep 13, 2007 at 10:10PM by Nicolo S. Listed in: Off Topic, Bioshock, Games Tags: Best Buy, ESRB, Jack Thompson, PS2
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Anti-violent video games lawyer Jack Thompson doesn't spend his free time educating parents about M-rated games. Instead, he sends his own 15-year old son in a mission to get a copy of Take-Two's BioShock (Xbox 360, PC    ) something that should be in the hands of adults. Back when the child was 10, he also made him purchase Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

According to the email Thompson sent Joystiq, the ace attorney is trying to prove that "hyperviolent and sex-themed Manhunt 2 (Wii, PSP, PS2) and Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360, PS3) will be widely sold to kids of all ages despite promises by Take-Two, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), and major retailers."

Thompson also demands to fire the Best Buy's store manager and the female clerk who sold the game to his son. "The entire video game age rating system is a fraud perpetrated upon American families from sea to shining sea," he said after using his own child to demonstrate such fraud.

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   by CrimsonTears - 2007-09-14
 » 1
What a *****ing douche bag! Jack is an *****.

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   by danb91 - 2007-09-14
 » damn
i really feel bad for the clerk and manager. they dont deserve to be at the mercy of that crazed lunatic. sure they shouldnt have sold the video game to his son. but being fired? that quite extreme. and as people said, theres no law saying a clerk cant sell an M game to a 15 year old

   by spinout059 - 2007-09-15
 » kiss my ass
I cannot stand jack thompson.... maybe vic vance could be sent on a mission to eliminate him... this guy is a waste of a pathetic life... a bum has more reason to live than this pathetic peice of *****!

enough said



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