Jack Thompson
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John Bruce Thompson is an American activist and disbarred attorney. As an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity in modern culture. He gained recognition as an anti-video game activist, criticizing the content of games and their alleged effects on children.
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Grand Theft Auto IV is the gravest assault upon children in this country since polio. We now have vaccines for that virus...
Letter to US Attorney R. Alexander Acosta, quoted in cite news | date = 2008-04-28 | title = GTA IV sex video gives Thompson, other critics
You just watch. There is going to be a Columbine-times-10 incident, and everyone will finally get it.
This is not rocket science. When a kid who has never killed anyone in his life goes on a rampage and looks like the Terminator, he's a video gamer.
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About this person
John Bruce Thompson is an American activist and disbarred attorney. As an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity in modern culture. He gained recognition as an anti-video game activist, criticizing the content of games and their alleged effects on children. He also targeted rap music and radio personality Howard Stern.
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