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Jack Thompson: Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is "dead meat"

Posted Mar 30, 2009 at 2:07PM EST by Glenn M.

Listed in: News Tags: Jack Thompson, Mark Shurtleff

After getting his video game and movie bill vetoed by Utah Governor Jon Huntsman last week, a frustrated Jack Thompson turns his attack to Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who expressed concerns about the legality of HB 353. Thompson sent an email to Salt Lake Tribune, and a copy of it to GamePolitics, saying that Shurtleff is "dead meat" in the header.

The email basically said that Thompson wants Shurtleff to move against major retailers, such as BestBuy and Target, for what Thompson claims is "the distribution of pornography to minors in violation of state law." He then threatened that he will "proceed" against the Attorney General if he fails to comply. Thompson even added a few links in the email showing strip club and hooker scenes from Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, Xbox 360).

GamePolitics sought Rep. Mike Morley, the sponsor HB 353, for comment, and he replied: "I know nothing about that."

If you wanna see the full emails from ol' Jack, they're posted on GamePolitics in the source link below.

Flame bait, I know. But easy on the comments, okay guys?

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por·nog·ra·phy (pôr-nŏg'rə-fē) Pronunciation Key

n.

Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.

The presentation or production of this material.

Lurid or sensational material: "Recent novels about the Holocaust have kept Hitler well offstage [so as] to avoid the ... pornography of the era" (Morris *****stein).

[French pornographie, from pornographe, pornographer, from Late Greek pornographos, writing about prostitutes : pornē, prostitute; see per-5 in Indo-European roots + graphein, to write; see -graphy.]

por·nog'ra·pher n., por'no·graph'ic (pôr'nə-grāf'ĭk) adj., por'no·graph'i·cal·ly adv.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

(thanks to dictionary.com for this definition and others)

as you can see this doesnt fit the bill of "pornography" it isnt intended to incite sexual arousal and seriously... whos aroused by GTA and the likes? at best its a sexual situation no greater than the things we see on primetime network television shows. Law and Order: SVU is by far more sexually suggestive, and NYPD blue has actually shown naked man a.s.s on it. these just earn a rating warning parents what may be shown to their kids. this guy is definately not in the know, and quite likely half retarded.

# heh, well — FreePlay 2009-03-31 10:38

Wacko Jacko considers violent video games "lurid or sensational", so it does (for him) fit that definition.

but he's still a total farking nutter.

# i bet — xche78x 2009-03-31 23:39

jt played super mario brother on the nes,

a friend played for a while and got 125 lives and left

then jt took over the contoller at stage 3-3

and used all 125 lives and never defeated bowser.

since that very day he said to himself, i will abolish video games even if it cost me my future title as an attorney and my life.

# idiocracy... — zeroabg 2009-04-14 07:53

jesus, this letter would not have even gotten past the bum sleeping on the bench at the end of the white house lawn. if this is in fact his opinion maybe he should try educating parents into teaching their children the differences between RIGHT & WRONG??? have you forgotten how to do that???

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