Jack Thompson zou Jack Thompson echter niet zijn als hij het daarbij zou laten zitten, maar dat hij daar goddelijke krachten bij in zou schakelen had waarschijnlijk niemand aan durven zien komen. In een klaagbrief (of eerder klaagrant) gebruikt hij niet alleen quotes uit de bijbel aan maar prijst hij ook de Almachtige Heer om hem bij te staan in zijn queeste. De hele brief kun je hieronder lezen:
Dear Gamers and Gamer Publications on the Internet and Elsewhere:I have been praying, literally, that Take-Two and its lawyers would do something so stupid, so arrogant, so dumb, even dumber than what they have to date done, that such a mi tep would enable me to destroy Take-Two. With the filing of this SLAPP lawsuit last week, my prayers are finally answered.
This lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, is, without a doubt, the single dumbest thing I have ever seen any lawyers do in my thirty years of practicing law--while in continuous good standing to do so with The Florida Bar, I might add, the shock radio and video game industry's efforts notwithstanding.
I encourage folks to read Psalm 35, a Psalm of David, which is brilliant in its entirety (since God Himself wrote it), but for those who don't own a Bible or who think their hands will catch on fire if they touch one, here is the salient portion that applies to this lawsuit:
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit,
which without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares;
and let his net that he hath hid catch himself:
into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD:
it shall rejoice in his salvation.
The pit Take-Two has dug for itself will be patently clear next week when I strike back. Oh, and by the way, the entire Take-Two management and board will be gone on March 23, so this pit-digging comes at a very bad time indeed.
Amen, and Praise be to God Almighty, maker of Heaven, Earth, and yes, the maker even of video games.
Jack Thompson
Wat hij juridisch gezien met deze brief probeert te bereiken is een raadsel, maar aangezien zo'n beetje alles mogelijk is in Amerika, zijn we er vrij zeker van dat de strijd tu en Thompson en Take Two nog niet gestreden is.