KaranB Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law 1172 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 111 Coral Gables, Florida 33146 April 21, 2008 Mrs. Zelnick Strauss Zelnick, Take-Two Chairman's Mother New York, New York Via e-mails to intermediaries Re: Your Son, Strauss Zelnick Dear Mrs. Zelnick: Your son, as you may know (or maybe you don't know), is Chairman of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc., whose most popular video games are the Grand Theft Auto murder simulator games banned in some countries but sold to children here. Your son last week was reported to have said the following about Grand Theft Auto IV, due to be released Tuesday, April 29: "We've already received numerous [GTA IV] reviews, and to a one, they are perfect scores. My mom couldn't write better reviews…" Taking your son's thought, I would encourage you either to play this game or have an adroit video gamer play it for you. Some of the latter gamers are on death row, so try to find one out in the civilian population who hasn't killed someone yet. What you will see in your son's game, if this iteration of GTA is anything like its predecessors, is incredible interactive violence aimed at police officers (whom you can shoot in the head and see the blood spray), innocent bystanders (whom you can run over with your car just for the heck of it), and of course the plentiful female prostitutes you can have sex with and then filet with a knife or stomp with your feet in order to get your money back. Experts note that the recent plethora of cop killings is caused in part by your darling son's entrepreneurial energy. There are three policemen dead in Alabama because of Grand Theft Auto. I was on 60 Minutes about it. I hope Strauss has provided you with a flat screen tv to see the grief of the bereaved families that fills the screen. The pornography and violence that your son trafficks in is the kind of stuff that most mothers would be ashamed to see their son putting into the hands of other mothers' children, but, hey, your son Strauss has recently assured the world that he is "a Boy Scout, everybody knows that." I'd love to see the merit badges that Scout Troop handed out. Is there a Ted Bundy merit badge? If so, your loving son deserves one now. It should be red and green, for obvious reasons. With Passover having just come and gone, it is appropriate to note the following from the Old Testament, Proverbs 22:6: "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Mrs. Zelnick, did you train up your son, Strauss, to make millions of dollars by pushing Mature-rated video games to children? Any kid can go right to little Strauss' corporate web site and buy GTA IV with no age verification. Strauss is even marketing the new Grand Theft Auto IV on World Wrestling Entertainment tv shows seen by millions of kids. If you trained up Strauss to do this, then shame on you. But maybe the explanation for your son's corporate sociopathy is to be found in Old Testament Proverb 29:15: "The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame." Maybe you, Mrs. Zelnick, were so taken by your handsome son that you spared the rod and spoiled the child. That would explain why he has brought you, by the way he presently acts, "to shame."There's another mother you would do well to talk to. Mrs. Crump in Alabama had a son who was a police officer. He's now dead because a teenaged boy unwittingly trained himself to kill him on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. She has a grief she carries every day that only a mother can know.There are other such mothers in the heartland of America whose inhabitants your son simply sees as commercial targets. Your son, this very moment, is doing everything he possibly can to sell as many copies of GTA IV to teen boys in the United States, a country in which your son claims you raised him to be "a Boy Scout." More like the Hitler Youth, I would say. Happy Mother's day, Mrs. Zelnick, which this year is May 11, two weeks after your son unleashes porn and violence upon other mothers' boys. I'm sure you're very proud. Sincerely, Jack Thompson Copies: Media Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
rory990 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 wish that guy would give up :@ Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodlydoo Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Happy Mother's day, Mrs. Zelnick, which this year is May 11, two weeks after your son unleashes porn and violence upon other mothers' boys. I'm sure you're very proud. /Facepalm when will He stop? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbaren Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimumPx Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 If people ignored him then he wouldn't have any power you know. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
*MURDOC* Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Thats f*cking harassment right there. f*ck YOU JACK! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA-US Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Is this for real? If so it sounds like a great ad for GTA4. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilfered Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 he is an EPIC FAILURE Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDR Midian Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 What a c*nt. Going after someone's f*cking mother? That's a new low. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887079 Share on other sites More sharing options...
murgo Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 source? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soton Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 "murder simulator" wtf is he, a jackass simulator? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snudly Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 well i'm sure it won't be long before someone will write a letter to HIS mother. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jops Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I hope Zelnicks mom sends Thompson a snappy comeback Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr-rulz1990 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Give it up Jack, no one gives a sh*t what you think! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieScream Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 It's too bad a complete douche bag like Thompson exists. How old is this guy? Surely time will finally put an end to this waste of oxigen soon?? ...Please? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadalcameron Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Wow, someone has alot of time on their hands to be writing up fake letters from jack thompson to people. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kool_J_rap Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Damn, thats pushing it, getting dudes mom involved. That is some snitch-ass bitch made fa**otry, If I was Zelnick it would be ski-mask time, Jack Thompson would never walk again Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
masser120 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Wait, did that fool just sent a letter to the chairman's mother? That just low and pathetic! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo_33 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Maybe he tries to Drag his mother. WHAT A DOUCHEBAG. It reminds of my 3rd grade: "Mommy, Jack cant stop punching me, please make him stop"... It sounds barely like that. There's another mother you would do well to talk to. Mrs. Crump in Alabama had a son who was a police officer. He's now dead because a teenaged boy unwittingly trained himself to kill him on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City LOL!!! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigili Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I was on 60 Minutes about it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887130 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo. Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 What an arrogant prick. To write a letter to someone he doesn't even know and acuse her of being a bad parent. And how can holding a video game controller teach you how to use a gun? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogwaimon Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 There is so much wrong with this.... 1. Zelnick didn't even MAKE the game, he's just the CEO of the company that publishes it. 2. How are cop killings linked to GTA in any way or form?Violence has been around since the dawn of time, and there are plenty of people who don't play games that have killed cops. Hell, did Ted Bundy play GTA?Did the Unibomber?Al Qaeda?Sheesh. 3. If Jack was smart, he would not have complained about GTA being marketed to children on World Wrestling Entertainment, of all things!WWE is rated TV-14, the equivalent of the ESRB's MA rating. The children 'technically' shouldn't even be watching that anyways, it's not T2's fault that the show they're advertising on happens to be seen by children, although it really shouldn't be. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Bellend Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 He should get stabbed in the face. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLard Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 who is this c@nt? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo_33 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 There's another mother you would do well to talk to. Mrs. Crump in Alabama had a son who was a police officer. He's now dead because a teenaged boy unwittingly trained himself to kill him on Grand Theft Auto: Vice City THATS THE BEST Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaranB Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 Source : http://kotaku.com/381876/the-week-in-grand...uto-iv#c5292410 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieScream Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I was on 60 Minutes about it. You were on 60 minutes? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlterEqo Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 This guy has given up and this letter proves it. I doubt the way to his mother's heart is to insult her at the end of the letter. He also failed to mention he got handed a new one on sixty minutes. They totally tore him apart. It was the most rediculas defenses I have ever heard. He really needs to go live in Alaska, his life is totally ruined. Oh and the guy who killed the cop was totally nuts it has nothing to do with GTA. Which is why Take 2 won that lawsuit. I supposed everyone who kills a cop is innocent becuase of GTA? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTAfan89 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I was on 60 Minutes about it. [/b]You were on 60 minutes? Really? Who are you? Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oanswat Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 WOW!!! What an Asshole. I can't imagine sending anyones mother that letter. It's only digitized pixels Jack. It's not real people. 21 million people bought San Andreas alone, does that make them murderers? Besides, the game is all volountary anyway, the only way to kill a hooker is to force your character to do it, it's not in the game as a mission. By that logic, you can do all sorts of fun and nice things too. If you wanted to you could go drinking with your buddies and then take a taxi cab back to your cousins place and help him out with the business "Crazy Taxi" style the next day after you've sobered up. You could then take that money and go out and buy a car of your own. You could then take that car and go work for some folks that picked up your resume off of the website you loaded it onto and then after work you can go hang out with your girlfriend. Then as you walk home from her place you notice someone getting mugged or hurt so you run around the corner and call the police or an ambulance. Does anything I said here sound like a murder simulator? It all depends on how you WANT to play the game. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/330481-jack-thompson-sends-letter-to-take-two-ceos-mothe/?do=findComment&comment=1057887169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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