Videogames and films, violent or otherwise, are helping decrease violent crime rates, according to two economists.
Their logic is simple; violent films and videogames appeal to young men with violent propensities. And during the time these violence-prone people spend in the theater or in front of the TV, they are not out committing violent acts.
And this logic is supported by the data, according to Gordon Dahl of UC San Diego and Stefano DellaVigna of UC Berkeley. Continued…
I went to the GamePolitics web site to catch up on Jack Thompson’s disbarment, and found the front page loaded with newsworthy and alarming stories. Rather than repost everything, here’s a list:
Yikes. Link to GamePolitics.
Today, controversial videogame censorship advocate Jack Thompson appears in U.S. District Court to defend against allegations of unethical behavior made by the Florida Bar Association.
If Judge Adalberto Jordan rules against Thompson, the Florida lawyer could be disbarred.
Last week judge Jordan dismissed Thompson’s suit against the Florida Bar and Judge Dava Tunis, the referee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to preside over the case. Thompson also attempted to subpoena several of his critics in the media, including the proprietors of GamePolitics and National Gay News. The he tried to subpeona President George W. Bush. Thompson also sent gay porn to the judge in the case. No, really. Continued…
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| ATTENTION: This is NOT real Jack Thompson porn. To our knowledge, Jack Thompson has never posed naked. To our knowledge, Jack Thompson has never BEEN naked. |
Yes, pro-censorship lawyer and media personality Jack Thompson, a self-described fundamentalist Christian, is in danger of being reprimanded for distributing gay porn.
GamePolitics.com has been covering Wacky Jacky’s recent legal troubles, involving charges of professional misconduct filed by the Florida Bar Association. As reported previously, Thompson is counter-suing both the Bar and the judge in his own case.
That judge, Adalberto Jordan, is now pissed because Thompson attached unredacted images from gay porn sites in an electronically-filed motion. Continued…
Gamers like to speculate on the mental stability of censorship advocate Jack Thompson; not necessarily because he believes videogames turn otherwise God-fearing young Christians into maniacal black-trenchcoated murderers, but because of his other inexplicable behavior. He tried to “out” Janet Reno, and accused her of “assault” when she touched his shoulder; sued a radio station for $200,000 just for mentioning his name; sued videogame makers for creating a “defective” product because Thompson didn’t like the content (the suit was thrown out); tried to get the police to arrest the Penny Arcade guys because they made a charitable donation in his name; declared his own bar association “unconstitutional”; and even tried to insert himself in the Anna Nicole Smith case.
Maybe that’s why the Florida Supreme Court ordered him to undergo a mental examination. Continued…
