PS2 - Judge Gives Bully The OK

PS2 News by Lyndon M STAFF 581 days ago

Earlier this week Florida lawyer Jack Thompson was telling the press to expect ¨a historic ruling¨ in a complaint he put in about the upcoming game Bully from take-Two Interactive. Take Two was ordered to submit a copy of the game to the court for assessment behind closed doors to see if the charges were merited.

However, the wind soon came out of Thompson´s sails as the judge ruled there is nothing in the game to warrant preventing Bully from being shipped.

¨There´s nothing in the game that you wouldn´t see on TV every night,¨ Friedman is quoted as saying. The judge added he wouldn´t want his kids to play the game, ¨but that shouldn´t mean that the game won´t ship.¨

According to reports Thompson will not be appealing the decision as the game is scheduled for release this Tuesday and any appeals would be too late.

Update - While it might be impossible for him to appeal the decision Jack Thompson is not letting the matter go quietly. In a letter distributed to various press outlets he gives Judge Ronald Friedman and Take Two´s lawyer Rebeccah Ward some blasts regarding the decision. Some quotes:

¨What you conducted in your chambers, Judge, was the equivalent of Iran leading UN weapons inspectors around the country taking them to places where the illegal activity was not occurring.¨

¨Now that you have consigned innumerable children to skull fractures, eye injuries from slingshots, and beatings with baseball bats, without a hearing as to the danger, let me tell you a few things, with all respect for your office and with no respect for the arbitrary way in which you handled this matter. The way you conducted yourself today helps explain why a great Dade County Judge, the late Rhea Pincus Grossman, could not abide you.¨

¨How dare you, Judge, promise a hearing today and then prevent that hearing from occurring. How dare you, Judge, petulantly order the production of the game after it is released on Tuesday morning. I didn´t even ask for that. You did that out of spite, and you were smiling when you did that. You really enjoyed that one, didn´t you, Judge? Next time you promise a ´hearing,´ I´ll bring a parent with me whose kid is in the ground because of a kid who trained to kill him or her on a violent video game. Try mocking that person, I dare you.¨

Anyone wishing to read the letter in its entirety can do so by clicking the attatchment link below.

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