After complaints about the previous photo, I have touched JT up just a tad.

Jack Thompson, in his typical flair, has denied having anything bad to say about Buzz! The Schools Quiz.

The US diva, I mean attorney, was quoted in British newspapers as saying:

Video games have hurt far more people than they have helped. I don’t see how they can be of any more benefit than normal teaching.

As I suggested, this was a pretty moronic and unsupported statement, where the self-funded Buzz! quiz was only a teaching addition for schools, not a replacement for traditional methods.

JT has now got in touch with The Daily Mail’s editor via an angry email, where he says:

I was NEVER contacted by anyone at your paper about this story, and I never said or wrote the below. I don’t think such a thing and thus would not have uttered it anywhere, anytime.

Fair enough, but being the diva he is, he likes to end his interlocutions with scorn:

Your writer lied about this, and he/she ought to be sacked for this utter fabrication.

Why not take them to court Mr. Jack? Then again, you don’t seem to fair too well there. DIVA!

Source: Play.TM.

Thanks go to MonkeyThumbs for the tip.

Tags: british_newspapers, buzz, diva, jack_thompson

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3 Comments » Monkeythumbs on January 18, 2008 7:09 am My pleasure! The Discombobulator on January 18, 2008 7:40 am Now thats more like it. Jack in drag. Amazing how the eyes are still the most messed up, and they are not edited! Thankyou for the chuckle Patrick! Patrick Steen on January 18, 2008 9:25 am I did make his eyes a tiny bit blue-er in this picture. But show your friends the crudeness of my photoshop skills! RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.