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Thompson Backs Down On Racketeering Accusations

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Thompson Backs Down On Racketeering Accusations
Mon, Apr 2, 07 @ 18:24
Posted by madjo
Registered: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 18
Get with the program Thompson.. most games that Take2 puts out aren't for minors in the first place.. that's where the ratings come in.
The law should not be a replacement for parenting!

Or does Thompson really only want to play these games before anyone else can?

btw, is he really using "we" in his statement? Who are the others, or is this grand-standing?


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Thompson Backs Down On Racketeering Claim
Mon, Apr 2, 07 @ 20:58
Posted by RiseFromYourGrave
Registered: 17 Jul 2006
Posts: 687
Replying to madjo [go]
haha he realised hed screwed up with that whole racketeering thing, retracted the statement and is now acting like he didnt concede anything, that it was part of his plan. this is schoolyard stuff, but i wouldnt expect anything less (more?).


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Re: Thompson Backs Down On Racketeering Claim
Mon, Apr 2, 07 @ 21:06
Posted by madjo
Registered: 17 Feb 2006
Posts: 18
Replying to RiseFromYourGrave [go]
RiseFromYourGrave wrote:
this is schoolyard stuff

schoolyard stuff? :) Has 'good ole' JT been playing Bully, I mean, Canis Canem Edit, again?


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Thompson Backs Down On Racketeering Claim
Mon, Apr 2, 07 @ 21:12
Posted by Svend Joscelyne [mod]
Registered: 14 Jul 2004
Posts: 534
Replying to madjo [go]
"We know what we are doing and you don't."
Who's we, you got a turd in your pocket?

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Thompson Backs Down On Racketeering Claim
Tue, Apr 17, 07 @ 15:24
Posted by Stuart
>>>Anonymously posted
Replying to madjo [go]
you'll see. we know what we are doing and you don't.

Hmmm. Is it just me, or does that quote sound like it be followed by either a) Maniacal Laughter, or b) 'Nerr nerr na nerr nerr'?

The guy (Thompson) is a complete loon. Anyone capable of walking into a university and shooting 32 people dead, then committing suicide, has a real problem, which no doubt existed before they picked up a joypad and played a computer game. Mr Thompson seems to think that gamers are unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality, but it's not gamers, it's psychopaths like this guy in America that are unable to distinguish in that fashion - they don't need to play computer games to have deep-rooted issues. I'm unsurprised to see it, but Thompson shamelessly uses this tragedy to further his own 'cause', and that, my friends, is the sign of a sick person. Rather than say 'this is a tragedy', he says 'Look! He might have played computer games once! Burn them all!'. The people that commit these tragedies don't need computer games to justify their actions, they have a problem inside them, at the point where 'normal' people would say 'no, this is wrong', they carry on without a thought for their actions. Is it down to a computer game they played once, or is it down to the fact that their Mother didn't say 'I love you' enough to them? Who knows?!

Frankly, I welcome the Take 2 / Thompson lawsuit - roll on being heard openly, although should Thompson be told that he's being a loon, no doubt he'll find a way to dismiss the findings against him as a collusion between the forces of darkness and the American legal system.


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