Gamers Against Jack = OPEN!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:20 pm

Not much yet.

http://www.gamersagainstjack.com/
http://www.gamersagainstjack.com/news
http://www.petitiononline.com/readjack

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:24 pm

This is stupid, this isn't going to do anything to influence his or anyone elses opinion about video games.

xxxeagle · Post by **xxxeagle** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:24 pm

Did you make that site? Its cool but I would change the petition a little bit. Its too short and needs to look more proffesional. But still a nice job. If you advertise that site around it will get big fast.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:25 pm

Yeah, but it was fun to make I guess.

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:26 pm

I'm not sure if the petition would stop him. After all it is a right of a US citizen to say what they like. First ammendment states free speech. Though I did sign the petition...

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:28 pm

Online petitions never work, because 80% of the signitures are usually not even names.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:33 pm

nos_slived wrote:Online petitions never work, because 80% of the signitures are usually not even names.

I added a petition for randomness.

Post comments in the news!

Drain555 · Post by **Drain555** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:44 pm

nice site, probably be a good idea to take his email address off of it and take out the defamitory stuff it just adds fuel to the fire but other than that nice site

Lethis · Post by **Lethis** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:48 pm

I totall agree. It's like those "I hate Jack Thompson". I don't hate anyone, I severely dislike the man, though...

sam · Post by **sam** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:14 pm

are... not our...

jellywerker · Post by **jellywerker** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:41 pm

check the spellling, many little problems make it like liek it was written by an "illiterate gamer" it ruins any vestige of proffesionalism you were lookign for.

superdeformed · Post by **superdeformed** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:21 pm

I usually try and avoid these topics, but I've gotta say what's on my mind on this one.

To put it bluntly, I think this is a very bad idea. Sure, lots of people "hate" Jack Thompson. Everything I've read about him annoys me, but I've simply brushed it off; emailing him or reacting in any way towards him isn't going to help at all. Putting up a petition like this is serious, and if your only reason for it is because it was fun to make, then you really ought to rethink it.

As far as the content goes, if you actually are looking to be taken seriously then the site needs to look serious. Things like "Email Hitler...err...Jack" are way out of line and could be interprated as harassment. The "By the way..." lines, especially the second one, throw away any credability and would only serve to give Jack another arguement regarding the "bad influence of games". In the petition itself, having an "Is Jeff Cool? :P" field completely blows off any reason for it to be taken seriously at all. And if you're trying to make this big, lacking any citation or credits for news articles certainly isn't going to help. Simply put, calling out a petition against a public figure is not something that should be taken this lightly.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 12:46 am

LOL!! your site header is "your site title here"

Mr. Cool · Post by **Mr. Cool** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:57 am

superdeformed wrote:I usually try and avoid these topics, but I've gotta say what's on my mind on this one.

To put it bluntly, I think this is a very bad idea. Sure, lots of people "hate" Jack Thompson. Everything I've read about him annoys me, but I've simply brushed it off; emailing him or reacting in any way towards him isn't going to help at all. Putting up a petition like this is serious, and if your only reason for it is because it was fun to make, then you really ought to rethink it.

As far as the content goes, if you actually are looking to be taken seriously then the site needs to look serious. Things like "Email Hitler...err...Jack" are way out of line and could be interprated as harassment. The "By the way..." lines, especially the second one, throw away any credability and would only serve to give Jack another arguement regarding the "bad influence of games". In the petition itself, having an "Is Jeff Cool? " field completely blows off any reason for it to be taken seriously at all. And if you're trying to make this big, lacking any citation or credits for news articles certainly isn't going to help. Simply put, calling out a petition against a public figure is not something that should be taken this lightly.

Lightern up dude. Jeff just made this site for fun, and to make some sort of statement, and your getting all mad at him because its not proffesional enough for you. One of the most annoying things in the world, is when you post something important to you, and then some noob goes and makes fun of you. If you dont like it. say that in a sentence or two, and thats it. I know a lot of members dont like jeff for spamming and stuff, but dont just make fun of him, because you think hes an easy target, and everyone will like you for it.
Bullies arent cool man.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:51 am

Look why not just make it a site to keep track of Jack Thompson and this whole feasco.

Speaking of Jack, digg has a story about him and his quote unquote case. The defendants (RockStar, Wal-mart, and someone else) are working to have it impossible for the case make it to trial let alone have Thompson be able to practice law in Alabama. So if we're lucky the judge will see that the case is completely bull, if your unlucky they'll rule in favor of the pantives and playing violant videogames will make you look like a serial murderer before you pickup a weapon.