Digital Violence

Wasting no time in 2007, Jack Thompson is continuing his anti-game campaign and this time, he’s going after the big dogs. In a letter sent to various news outlets titled “Bill Gates in the Crosshairs”, Thompson have vowed to rally against the release of Grand Theft Auto IV (which is scheduled to release this year on the Xbox360 and Playstation 3).

“Thompson said that he would ‘undertake various means to prohibit’ the sale of GTA IV to minors, and added, ‘Please have your lawyers [Microsoft chairman Bill Gates’, that is] contact me in order that such sales will be prevented.;” (Prevented: as in, sold to minors. He’s actually NOT trying to stop the release of the game this time.)

Mr. Thompson claims that he is worried that the game will be sold to minors. He continued, “I am quite intent upon making sure that that does not happen. I and others will endeavor to stop Microsoft from participating in any fashion, directly or indirectly, in such sales to minors.”

On a side note: “I HATE Jack Thompson” tee shirts are available from Think Geek.

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