Talk:Jack Thompson (activist)/Archive 5

message: As these things are played world wide, but it only seems you Americans go around trying to kill people for real :)
You Americans?  That's a pretty broad statement. How can you assume everyone is American? I'm not, so don't apply that to me. 
Maluka 08:29, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Perhaps Violent games should only be banned in America? 

message: [edit] Right'o. No need for that anymore now.
Whoever wiped the shingding, naughty boy, I hope you break a tooth chewing on a rotten fruit. (FYI couple minutes ago someone wiped both the discussions and the article) 82.80.1.104 06:10, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oh, come on! 

message: Thompson also misspelled the URL to Penny Arcade's website in his letter, mistaking pennyarcade.com - an unrelated website - for the actual URL, penny-arcade.com.
This act, though careless on Thomson's part, in not needed in his article, and provides no neutral benefit to the section. I am removing it.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.95.123.207 (talk • contribs) --JiFish(Talk/Contrib).
:While we're on the subject of irrelevance, JT also misspelled Philadelphia on his website. 82.80.1.104 22:33, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irrelevant line 

message: Anybody wanna update the article to reflect the events described here? I don't feel like getting involved but this seems worthy of posting... Nrbelex (talk) 01:06, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Added a small bit about it DemonWeb 03:27, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Game, Match, Set. Pwnt. ^_^ 82.80.1.104 05:50, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Anti-game activist Jack Thompson under investigation" 

message: Edited this to say "Thompson claims to be a Christian." Like many religions, "Christian" is a self-defining term - that is, those who are Christians generally decide what common traits define themselves as a group. Since it is demonstrable that many of those within the Christian faith would disagree that Thompson does indeed share their core values, by evidence of his behavior, it is more appropriate to say that he claims to be a member of that group, rather than state his membership as fact.
He does more than claim. He has stated publically he's on a mission from god. Sound familiar? I have to disagree with you on it being more appropriate to say he claims to be Christian. Either one is Christian or not and by saying he "claims" to be makes him sound like some sort of religious poser. Maluka 05:42, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "He has stated publically he's on a mission from god." You're saying he's a part of The Blues Brothers? I guess he sort of looks like an older version of Aykroyd...--BorgHunter (talk) 12:22, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Why not have "Thompson identifies as a Christian" -- it removes both the factual wishy-washiness of an encyclopaedia declaring just what Thompson is, while removing the negative sounds of "claims to be". Professor Ninja 14:28, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds good to me. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 14:32, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Second that notion. 82.80.1.104 15:50, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Thompson is a Christian" 

message: I just removed a large chunk of text because it is duplicated later in the article under the heading "A Modest Video Game Proposal". --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 11:58, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: If you'd read it all, you'd find he's gong after Fox and Rupert Murdoch which is NOT in "A Modest Video Game Proposal". Maluka 13:29, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That information can be added to the "A Modest Video Game Proposal" section instead. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 13:33, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That information has nothing to do with the game proposal. He's taking  them on due to ads for video games  aired during a hockey match. It wouldn't make any sense there. It's had a rewrite and title change. Man, this is tough! Maluka 13:59, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry if any additional information got zapped while I was removing duplcated material from the "A Modest Video Game Proposal". Feel free to re-add any information of this type. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 14:10, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I had another look that edit and I can see any information about hockey that I have removed. Are you perhaps thinking of a different edit? --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 14:47, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

text: /claps hand to head and manages a smile. I wasn't talking about the game proposal edit. It was never in there. It was never included anywhere except in the article I've been defending. I hope that clears it up.  Btw, are you from NJ? Maluka 15:11, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: What's NJ? --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 16:55, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Duplicated Information 

message: Yes, the whole controvery is overwhelming and stuff, but I don't think so much as to miss the inexcusably missing info on this man's bio!!! 
What city was he born at? When was he born?
Aren't these questions a BIOGRAPHY of someone DEMANDS being answered within? I really think so, how 'bout you??? Kreachure 22:29, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point. :) Jabrwock 22:46, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vital info missing!!! 

message: http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/ Here is another article about thompson. Granted, it doesn't amount to much more than a hillarious rant, but I think it might do as a cute little footnote in the "Responses" section. What do you think? Zainker 02:44, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That was great. Thanks Maluka 04:33, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fully Ramblomatic article