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[[Image:JT-bw-enhcontrast.png|right|frame|Jack Thompson]]
'''John Bruce "Jack" Thompson''' (born [[July 25]], [[1951]]) is an American [[attorney]] and activist against [[obscenity]] and [[violence]] in media and entertainment. Based in [[Coral Gables, Florida]], he grew up in [[Cleveland, Ohio]] and attended [[Denison University]]. He went to law school at [[Vanderbilt University]], where he met his wife, Patricia.<ref name=Batman>Philips, Chuck. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60081339.html?dids=60081339:60081339&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+18,+1990&author=CHUCK+PHILIPS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=The+%60Batman'+Who+Took+On+Rap+Obscenity:+Lawyer+Jack+Thompson+put+his+practice+on+hold+to+concentrate+on+driving+2+Live+Crew+out+of+business.+In+Southern+Florida,+he+is+loved+and+loathed. The 'Batman' Who Took On Rap Obscenity]". ''Los Angeles Times'', [[June 18]], [[1990]]</ref> Thompson describes himself as a Christian conservative and a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref name=Provenzo>Provenzo, Eugene F., Jr. and Jack Thompson. "[http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1019/p09s01-coop.html A political odd couple's advice on finding common ground]". ''Christian Science Monitor'', [[October 19]], [[2004]].</ref>
After an initial foray into politics, Thompson concentrated his efforts on activism against [[obscenity]] in [[rap music]]. More recently he has focused on violence as well, particularly in the content of [[computer and video games]] and their effect on children. This includes lobbying for legislation restricting distribution of these games and filing lawsuits on behalf of the victims of crimes committed by juveniles allegedly inspired by violent video games.
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==Campaign against Janet Reno==
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Thompson and his wife moved to Florida in 1976, where he worked as a lawyer and then a fundraiser for a Christian ministry, while she practiced corporate law.<ref name=Batman/> In 1988, he ran for prosecutor against incumbent [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Dade County]] State Attorney [[Janet Reno]]. At the time, Thompson was involved in a feud with local radio host Neil Rogers, and Reno had declined his request to prosecute Rogers.<ref name=Evans>Evans, Christine. "Challenger attacks Reno as too liberal". ''The Miami Herald'', 1B, [[November 6]] [[1988]].</ref> Thompson sued the station that aired Rogers for $200 million for violating a December 1987 agreement to end on-air harassment against him. Thompson had complained to the station after Rogers solicited homosexuals to join him on his vacation; Rogers aired Thompson's address and phone number. After the December agreement, Thompson recorded all of Rogers' broadcasts and documented 40,000 mentionings of Thompson's name over the next eight months. He claimed that one of the terms of the December agreement was that the station had agreed to pay him $5,000 each time his name was mentioned.<ref name=ABA>Blodgett, Nancy. "Say 'Jack 40,000 Times". ''ABA Journal'', [[October 1]] [[1988]].</ref>
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Thompson's campaign was reportedly also prompted by rumors that Reno was lesbian. He gave Reno a letter at a campaign event requesting that she check a box to indicate whether she was homosexual, bisexual, or heterosexual. Thompson said that Reno then put her hand on his shoulder and responded, "I'm only interested in virile men. That's why I'm not attracted to you."<ref name=Vick>Vick, Karl and David Dahl. "Stigma of a middle-aged, single woman". ''St. Petersburg Times'', [[February 17]], [[1993]].</ref> He filed a police report accusing Reno of [[battery (crime)|battery]] for touching him, so she asked Florida governor [[Bob Martinez]] to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate.<ref name=Battery>"Opponent accuses Reno of battery". ''The Miami Herald'', 2D, [[September 9]] [[1988]].</ref> The special prosecutor rejected the charge and concluded that Thompson did it as "a political ploy." Reno was ultimately re-elected with 69% of the vote. Thompson repeated allegations that Reno was lesbian when she was nominated as [[United States Attorney General|U.S. Attorney General]], leading one of her supporters, lieutenant governor [[Buddy MacKay]], to dismiss him as a "kook".<ref name=Vick/>
==Rap music==
Thompson came to national prominence in the controversy over [[2 Live Crew]]'s ''[[As Nasty As They Wanna Be]]'' album. On [[January 1]], [[1990]], he wrote to Martinez and Reno asking them to investigate whether the album violated state obscenity laws. Although the state prosecutor declined to proceed with an investigation, Thompson pushed local officials in various parts of the state to block sales of the album, along with [[N.W.A]]'s ''[[Straight Outta Compton]]''.<ref name=Philips1>Philips, Chuck. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60010849.html?dids=60010849:60010849&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+7%2C+1990&author=CHUCK+PHILIPS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=2+Live+Crew%27s+%60Nasty+Lyrics%27+a+Bum+Rap%3F+The+law%3A+Politics+and+prurience+mix+in+Florida%27s+reaction+to+2+Live+Crew%27s+album+%60As+Nasty+as+They+Wanna+Be.%27 2 Live Crew's 'Nasty Lyrics' a Bum Rap?]" ''Los Angeles Times'', [[March 7]], [[1990]].</ref> In his campaign, Thompson cast himself as a [[Batman]]-like character, a solitary figure helping law enforcement when it was unable to protect the public on its own. He portrayed 2 Live Crew frontman [[Luther Campbell]] not as Luke Skyywalker (his stage name), but as the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]] "peddling obscenity to children".<ref name=Batman/>
The members of 2 Live Crew responded to these efforts by suing the [[Broward County, Florida|Broward County]] sheriff in federal district court. While they were granted an injunction because law enforcement actions were an unconstitutional [[prior restraint]] on free speech, the court ruled that the album was in fact obscene. An appellate court reversed the obscenity ruling, however, because simply playing the tape was insufficient evidence of the constitutional requirement that it have no artistic value.<ref name=Luke>''Luke Records Inc. v. Navarro'', 960 F.2d 134 (11th Cir. 1992).</ref>
As the debate continued, Thompson wrote, "An industry that says a line cannot be drawn will be drawn and quartered".<ref name=Billboard>Thompson, Jack. "Clean Up Record Lyrics--Or Else" ''Billboard'', [[October 6]], [[1990]].</ref> He said of his campaign, "I won't stop till I get the head of a record company or record chain in jail. Only then will they stop trafficking in obscenity."<ref name=Cox>Cox, Meg. "Music Industry Composes Counterpoint as Demands to Censor Lyrics Increase" ''The Wall Street Journal'', [[October 19]], [[1990]].</ref> [[Bob Guccione Jr.]], founder of ''[[Spin magazine|Spin]]'' magazine, responded by calling Thompson "a sort of latter-day [[Don Quixote]], as equally at odds with his times as that mythical character was," and argued that his campaign was achieving "two things... : pissing everybody off and compounding his own celebrity".<ref name=Guccione>Guccione, Bob Jr. "Nothing Should be Legally Obscene" ''Billboard'', [[December 8]], [[1990]].</ref>
Thompson wrote another letter in 1991, this time to Minnesota attorney general [[Hubert H. Humphrey III]], complaining about the N.W.A album ''[[Efil4zaggin]]''. Humphrey warned locally-based [[Musicland]] that sales of the album might violate state law against distribution of sexually explicit material harmful to minors. Humphrey also referred the matter to the Minneapolis city attorney, who concluded that some of the songs might fit the legal definition if issued as singles, but that sales of the album as a whole were not prosecutable.<ref name=Harrington1>Harrington, Richard. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74733170.html?dids=74733170:74733170&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Sep+4%2C+1991&author=Richard+Harrington&desc=Brewer%27s+Ads+Rapped Brewer's Ads Rapped]". ''Washington Post'', [[September 4]], [[1991]].</ref> Thompson also initiated a similar campaign in Boston.<ref name=Reibman>Reibman, Greg. "Anti-obscenity lawyer looks to get rap group N.W.A banned in Boston". ''Boston Herald'', [[August 9]], [[1991]].</ref> Later, Thompson would criticize the Republican Party for inviting N.W.A member and party donor [[Eazy-E|Eric "Eazy-E" Wright]] to an exclusive function.<ref name=Philips2>Philips, Chuck. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61145221.html?dids=61145221:61145221&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+20%2C+1991&author=CHUCK+PHILIPS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=Rodney+King+Gets+Rap+Offer Rodney King Gets Rap Offer]". ''Los Angeles Times'', [[March 20]], [[1991]].</ref>
This push to label various musical performances obscene was not entirely limited to rap, however. At one point, Thompson campaigned against sales of the racy music video for [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]'s "[[Justify My Love]]".<ref name=Philips3>Philips, Chuck. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60990399.html?dids=60990399:60990399&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+4%2C+1991&author=CHUCK+PHILIPS&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997&edition=&startpage=1&desc=Anger+Over+Madonna+Single+Pop+music%3A+The+Simon+Wiesenthal+Center+is+targeting+the+singer%27s+use+of+an+allegedly+anti-Semitic+biblical+passage+in+a+new+version+of+her+top-selling+%60Justify+My+Love%27+single. Anger Over Madonna Single]". ''Los Angeles Times'', [[January 4]], [[1991]].</ref>
In 1992, Thompson was hired by the Freedom Alliance, a [[right-wing politics|right-wing]] patriot group founded by [[Oliver North]]. By this time, Thompson was looking to have [[Time Warner]], then being criticized for promoting the [[Ice-T]] song "[[Cop Killer (song)|Cop Killer]]", prosecuted for federal and state crimes such as [[sedition]], incitement to riot, and "advocating overthrow of government" by distributing material that advocated killing police officers.<ref name=Harrington2>Harrington, Richard. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/74035960.html?dids=74035960:74035960&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Jul+8%2C+1992&author=Richard+Harrington&desc=Time+Warner+in+the+Line+of+Fire Time Warner in the Line of Fire]". ''Washington Post'', [[July 8]], [[1992]].</ref>
==Video games and juveniles==
Thompson later became heavily involved in criticizing a number of video games and campaigning against their producers and distributors. His basic argument is that violent video games have repeatedly been used by teenagers as "simulators" to rehearse their own violent plans. He has pointed to connections between such games and a number of school massacres. Also, he claims that scientific studies show teenagers process the game environment differently from adults, leading to increased violence and [[copycat]] behavior.<ref name=Tribune>Thompson, Jack. "Violent video games feed unhealthy ideas to young kids". ''Tacoma News Tribune'', [[January 8]], [[2006]].</ref> According to Thompson, "If some wacked-out adult wants to spend his time playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, one has to wonder why he doesn't get a life, but when it comes to kids, it has a demonstrable impact on their behavior and the development of the frontal lobes of their brain."<ref name=Drew>Drew, James. "[http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041121/NEWS08/411210370/0/NEWS Ohio sniper case may put video games on trial]". ''Toledo Blade'', [[November 21]], [[2004]].</ref> Thompson has rejected arguments that such video games are protected by [[freedom of expression]], saying, "Murder simulators are not constitutionally protected speech. They're not even speech. They're dangerous physical appliances that teach a kid how to kill efficiently and to love it."<ref name=DenverPost>Thompson, Jack. "Bloodlust video games put kids in the crosshairs". ''Denver Post'', [[May 30]], [[1999]].</ref>
===Litigation===
Thompson filed a lawsuit on behalf of the parents of three children killed in a [[Paducah, Kentucky]] school shooting in 1997. Investigations showed that the perpetrator, 14-year-old Michael Carneal, had regularly played various computer games (including ''[[Doom]]'', ''[[Quake]]'', ''[[Castle Wolfenstein]]'', ''[[Redneck Rampage]]'', ''[[Nightmare Creatures]]'', ''[[Mech Warrior]]'', ''[[Resident Evil (series)|Resident Evil]]'', and ''[[Final Fantasy]]'') and accessed some pornographic websites. Carneal had also owned a videotape of ''[[The Basketball Diaries]]'', which includes a high school student dreaming about killing his teacher and some classmates. The suit sought [[U.S. dollar|$]]33 million in damages, alleging that the producers of the games, the movie, and the operators of the internet sites were [[negligence|negligent]] in distributing this material to a minor, because it would desensitize him and make him more prone to violence. Additional claims included [[product liability]] for making defective products (the defect alleged was the violent features and lack of warnings) and a violation of the [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] for distributing this material to minors.<ref name=James1>''James v. Meow Media'', 90 F. Supp. 2d 798 (W.D. Ky. 2000).</ref>
The suit was filed in federal district court, which dismissed it for failing to present a legally recognizable claim. The court concluded that Carneal's actions were not reasonably foreseeable by the defendants, and that in any case his actions superseded those of the defendants, so that the latter could not be the [[proximate cause]] of the harm. In addition, the judge determined that "thoughts, ideas and images" in the defendants' materials did not constitute "products" that could be considered defective.<ref name=James1/> The ruling was upheld on appeal.<ref name=James2>''James v. Meow Media'', 300 F.3d 683 (6th Cir. 2002).</ref>
Despite the failure of this suit, Thompson returned to file a lawsuit in Tennessee state court in 2003, on behalf of the victims of two teenage stepbrothers who had pled guilty to reckless homicide, endangerment, and assault. Since the boys told investigators they were inspired by ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'', Thompson sought $246 million in damages from the publisher, [[Take-Two Interactive]], along with [[PlayStation 2]] maker [[Sony Computer Entertainment America]] and retailer [[Wal-Mart]]. The suit charged that the defendants knew or should have known that the game would cause copycat violence.<ref name=Yi>Yi, Matthew. "[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/10/23/BUG0N2H5M41.DTL Gamemaker sued over highway shootings]". ''San Francisco Chronicle'', [[October 23]], [[2003]].</ref>
Thompson was involved another similar suit in Alabama in 2005, on behalf of the families of police personnel killed by [[Devin Moore]], a teenager who was reportedly a compulsive ''Grand Theft Auto'' player. However, his participation in the case ran into a dispute over his [[pro hac vice]] admission to practice law in that state. The opposing attorneys sought removal of this privilege, arguing that his conduct was unethical and claiming he had threatened and harassed them in letters and emails.<ref name=DeWitt1>DeWitt, Robert. "[http://tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051108/NEWS/511080361/1007 Attorney in Fayette case bows out]". ''Tuscaloosa News'', [[November 8]], [[2005]].</ref> The judge added that Thompson had violated his gag order during Moore's criminal trial. Thompson tried to withdraw from the case, but his request was denied by the judge, who went ahead and revoked Thompson's temporary admission to the state bar. For his part, Thompson said he thought the judge was trying to protect Moore's criminal conviction at any cost.<ref name=DeWitt2>DeWitt, Robert. "Judge denies attorney’s request to withdraw from Devin Moore case". ''Tuscaloosa News'', [[November 19]], [[2005]].</ref> He also complained about the judge's ethics, saying a local attorney who claimed to have influence on the judge had assured him the case would be dismissed unless the attorney was on Thompson's team.<ref name=DeWitt3>DeWitt, Robert. "Judge stands by Fayette decision". ''Tuscaloosa News'', [[November 22]], [[2005]].</ref>
===Activism and lobbying===
In addition to lawsuits, Thompson has pushed for measures against similar games in a variety of public settings. He wrote a joint article in the ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'' with [[Eugene F. Provenzo]], a University of Miami professor who studies the effects of video games on children. Originally brought together to provide opposing viewpoints on ''[[60 Minutes]]'' in the aftermath of the [[Columbine High School massacre]], they said they had become friends and were collaborating on a book. They described themselves as having "a shared belief that first-person shooter video games are bad for our children, teaching them to act aggressively and providing them with efficient killing skills and romanticized and trivialized scenarios for killing in the real world."<ref name=Provenzo/>
Thompson has argued in favor of legislation that would ban sales of violent and sexually explicit video games to minors. In response to [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] concerns, he argued that the games were a "public safety hazard".<ref name=Snyder>Snyder, David. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/805019011.html?dids=805019011:805019011&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Mar+9%2C+2005&author=David+Snyder&desc=Md.+House+Panel+Hesitant+On+Video+Game+Restrictions Md. House Panel Hesitant On Video Game Restrictions]". ''Washington Post'', [[March 9]], [[2005]].</ref> However, he rejected as "completely unconstitutional" [[Hillary Clinton]]'s proposed legislation to ban sales to minors of games rated "M" for Mature by the [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]]. Thompson contended that the government could not enforce a private-sector standard but had to depend on a [[Miller test|community standards test]]. He charged that Clinton was simply positioning herself politically, with the support of the gaming industry, by proposing a bill she knew would be unconstitutional.<ref name=Star-Telegram>Thompson, Jack. "What kind of game is Hillary Clinton playing?" ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', [[December 11]], [[2005]].</ref>
In July 2005, Thompson sent a letter to several politicians urging them to investigate ''[[The Sims 2]]'', alleging that the game contained nudity accessible by entering special codes. Thompson called the nudity inappropriate for a game rated "T" for Teen, indicating suitability for anyone 13 and older. Manufacturer [[Electronic Arts]] dismissed the allegations, with vice president Jeff Brown explaining that game characters have "no anatomical detail" under their clothes, effectively resembling [[Barbie]] dolls. Although the game does display blurred-out patches over body regions when characters are naked, such as when taking a shower, Brown said that was for "humorous effect" and denied there was anything improper about the game.<ref name=Wingfield>Wingfield, Nick. "Guess What's Hiding In Your Videogame; Flap Over Grand Theft Auto Highlights Wide Availability Of 'Secret' Added Content" ''The Wall Street Journal'', [[July 26]], [[2005]].</ref>
Besides including major retailers as defendants, Thompson has made them a focus of his other activism efforts. He once reported that he had videotaped a Miami [[Best Buy]] selling a copy of ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]'' to a 10-year-old. Thompson then wrote to company executives, saying that they had violated Florida law and he would do his best to see that they "pay a wicked price for this".<ref name=Morris>Morris, Chris. "[http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/29/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/ Crackpot or crusader?]" ''CNN/Money'', [[January 31]], [[2003]].</ref> In the aftermath of the Alabama lawsuit, he also lobbied the state attorney general to file a civil suit and call on retailers not to sell "cop-killing games".<ref name=Linn>Linn, Mike. "'Grand Theft Auto' comes under fire". ''Montgomery Advertiser'', [[March 13]], [[2006]].</ref> He again raised the possibility of a connection to ''Grand Theft Auto'' in the slaying of another police officer in [[Gassville, Arkansas]] by an 18-year-old, but investigators found no evidence that video games were involved.<ref name=Rotermund>Rotermund, Maggie. "[http://www.baxterbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060208/NEWS01/602080339/1002 Investigators: Video games not linked to shooting]". ''The Baxter Bulletin'', [[February 8]], [[2006]].</ref>
On occasion, Thompson has sparred directly with the gaming industry and its fans. In 2005, he wrote an open letter to [[Entertainment Software Association]] president [[Douglas Lowenstein]], making a "modest proposal" for the industry in which he offered $10,000 to a charity designated by Take-Two CEO [[Paul Eibeler]] if any company would create a game scenario he described in the letter. In the proposed game, the main character would murder a number of industry executives, including one modeled on Eibeler, and go on a killing spree at the [[Electronic Entertainment Expo]]. When video game fans promptly began working to take Thompson up on his offer, he explained that it was [[satire]]. However, [[Jerry Holkins]] and [[Mike Krahulik]], the creators of webcomic ''[[Penny Arcade (comic)|Penny Arcade]]'', stepped in to make the donation instead, putting in the memo field of their check, "For Jack Thompson, Because Jack Thompson Won't." Meanwhile, Thompson tried to get Seattle police and the FBI to investigate Holkins and Krahulik for orchestrating "criminal harassment" of him through articles on their site.<ref name=Kohler>Kohler, Chris. "[http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,69404,00.html Jack Thompson Versus Gamers]". ''Wired News'', [[November 4]], [[2005]].</ref>
Thompson then supported a campaign to discourage Take-Two's subsidiary, [[Rockstar Games]], from releasing a game called ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'', which reportedly included fights and other bullying in a schoolhouse setting. Thompson said he hoped that the pressure would get retailers to refuse to carry the game.<ref name=Pinzur>Pinzur, Matthew I. "[http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14084718.htm Secretive new video game might inspire school bullies]". ''Miami Herald'', [[March 13]], [[2006]].</ref> He also criticized [[Bill Gates]] and [[Microsoft]] for contracting with Rockstar to release the game on the [[Xbox]].<ref name=Tribune/>
Thompson asserts that the U.S. Military has been using video games to train and desensitize soldiers. "Military experts analyzing data from World War II found that soldiers were only willing to fire their weapons 15 percent of the time. They did not want to kill. Our military has searched for a way to disconnect in the soldier's mind the physical act of pulling the trigger from the awful reality that a life may end. Their perfect answer has been video killing simulators, for they make pulling a trigger consequence-free. Thus, the military's willingness to kill rate is now at 95 percent."<ref name=DenverPost/> Thompson also claims that some violent video games are based on technology from the Institute for Creative Technologies, which was created by the Department of Defense to help stem soldiers' inhibition to kill. According to Thompson, "The Army uses these games to break down the inhibition to kill of new recruits."<ref name=Worthy>Worthy, Kym. "Why violent video games may be worse than other media violence". ''Michigan Chronicle'', [[October 5]], [[2005]].</ref>
==Other activities==
Although his efforts dealing with video games have focused on juveniles, Thompson got involved in a case involving an adult on one occasion in 2004. This was an [[aggravated murder]] case against 29-year-old Charles McCoy, Jr., the defendant in a series of highway shootings the previous year around [[Columbus, Ohio]]. McCoy had been captured with a game console and a copy of ''[[The Getaway (video game)|The Getaway]]'' in his motel room. Although not representing McCoy and over the objections of McCoy’s lawyers, Thompson succeeded in getting the court to unseal a [[search warrant]] for McCoy’s residence. This showed, among other things, the discovery of additional games ''[[State of Emergency (video game)|State of Emergency]]'', ''[[Max Payne]]'', and ''[[Dead To Rights]]''. However, he was not allowed to present the evidence to McCoy, whose defense team was relying on an [[insanity defense]] based on [[paranoid schizophrenia]]. In Thompson’s estimation, McCoy was the "functional equivalent of a 15-year-old."<ref name=Drew />
In 2004, Thompson helped get [[Howard Stern]]'s show taken off a radio station in [[Orlando, Florida]] by filing a complaint with the [[Federal Communications Commission]]. Curiously, he later spoke in defense of Stern during the latter's legal dispute with [[CBS]] over promoting [[Sirius Satellite Radio|Sirius]] on-air before his switch to satellite radio. Thompson contended that the technology added by CBS to edit out profanity also could have worked to edit out Stern’s references to Sirius.<ref name=Arango>Arango, Tim. "[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/996225561.html?dids=996225561:996225561&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+2%2C+2006&author=TIM+ARANGO&pub=New+York+Post&edition=&startpage=038&desc=DECENCY+CRUSADER+BACKS+UP+HOWARD Decency crusader backs up Howard]". ''New York Post'', [[March 2]], [[2006]].</ref>
==See also==
* [[James v. Meow Media]]
* [[Strickland v. Sony]]
* [[Jack Thompson and video game players]]
* [[A Modest Video Game Proposal]]
* [[Jack Thompson and the Jacob Robida murders]]
* [[Flowers for Jack]]
==Bibliography==
*''Out of Harm's Way''. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2005. ISBN 1414304420.
==References==
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*[http://www.theflabar.org/ Thompson's website] (devoted to commentary about [[The Florida Bar]])
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