From Jack Thompson, with love: Kotaku to be hounded by FBI
Last week, Jack Thompson had spoken on FOXNews about the Virginia Tech shooting, saying that video games were somehow linked to the worst shootout in U.S. history. Later on, upon catching a video of ace attorney’s said stint on the new channel, Brian Crecente of Kotaku did a bit of analysis and dissected Jack Thompson’s statements on TV.
And with that article, Crecente seemed to have gotten the attention of Jack Thompson himself. It goes that Thompson asked Kotaku to pull down Crecente’s “dissection” article, but Kotaku declined to do so. The following note was then faxed by Thompson to the FBI in Colorado:
Dear FBI:
This web site at the below url is targeting me:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/virginia-tech/
breaking-idiot-thompson-blames-va-shooting-on-games-252702.php
I ask that something be done by the FBI to stop this or prosecute it:
Kyle81 says: Actually the VT shootings are now the biggest mass shooting in US history with 31 dead, not just school shooting. Jack should be shot for taking the opportunity to leech off a tragedy to push his own agenda 04/16/07 03:25 PM
Regards, Jack Thompson
Crecente has contacted the said agency and was told that “it was unlikely they would handle such an investigation, if one was even needed, but that the local police might look into it.”
Photo from Kotaku reader Torokun.
Last week, Jack Thompson had spoken on FOXNews about the Virginia Tech shooting, saying that video games were somehow linked to the worst shootout in U.S. history. Later on, upon catching a video of ace attorney’s said stint on the new channel, Brian Crecente of Kotaku did a bit of analysis and dissected Jack Thompson’s statements on TV.
And with that article, Crecente seemed to have gotten the attention of Jack Thompson himself. It goes that Thompson asked Kotaku to pull down Crecente’s “dissection” article, but Kotaku declined to do so. The following note was then faxed by Thompson to the FBI in Colorado:
Dear FBI:
This web site at the below url is targeting me:
http://kotaku.com/gaming/virginia-tech/
breaking-idiot-thompson-blames-va-shooting-on-games-252702.php
I ask that something be done by the FBI to stop this or prosecute it:
Kyle81 says: Actually the VT shootings are now the biggest mass shooting in US history with 31 dead, not just school shooting. Jack should be shot for taking the opportunity to leech off a tragedy to push his own agenda 04/16/07 03:25 PM
Regards, Jack Thompson
Crecente has contacted the said agency and was told that “it was unlikely they would handle such an investigation, if one was even needed, but that the local police might look into it.”
Photo from Kotaku reader Torokun.
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