Jim Sterling recently took the liberty of trying to see what kind of response he could provoke from the infamous attorney, Jack Thompson, over the recent decision to release Manhunt 2 in the UK after nine months of dispute. The conversation speaks for itself, so I’ll let you have a read:

Jim Sterling: The BBFC has been overruled by the Video Appeals Committee and Manhunt 2 will go on sale in the UK. Isn’t that awesome, Jack? Censorship is never good, and now we’ve seen a huge victory for freedom of market decision. I’m so happy!

Jack Thompson: Keeping adult products from children is not censorship.  Also, censorship is a ban on material, prohibiting its sale to anyone.  Don’t you own a dictionary?  What are you, a moron?

Sterling: Um, you DO realize the game’s sale was prevented from everyone in the UK by the BBFC, right? It WAS banned, not just from children. So yes, it was censorship. Now it’s unbanned, rated 18, like it should be. HOORAAAAAY!

Thompson: Why don’t you just molest children directly rather than through Rockstar.  It would be more personal that way.

Sterling: Did you just accuse me of child molestation, Mr. Thompson? As a man who pursues many cases of libel against him, you really should learn to not be a hypocrite. Go read the story. I don’t even want to play this game. But I want the choice to not play it to be mine. Have you no respect for freedom of choice, sir?

So much for wanting to protect the people, right?

Destructoid

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