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[Feb. 24th, 2006|02:49 pm] |
I finally Passed my PT test: 71 push ups in 2 minutes, 76 situps in 2 minutes, and the two mile run in 15:54
Brian and I tied for 1st at KFA in Parli debate, next weekend is Ohio state. |
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[Nov. 13th, 2005|11:12 am] |
Hey everyone, how is life going? Hopefully all is well, and that everyone is staying healthy, happy and on top of school work, unfortunately for I a tournament at Berea, has thrown me for a loop. Nicole and I made it to Octo with a 5 – 1 record, as we were simply tearing up the competition, (in fact Wes probably could have broken here, well maybe) we made it to Octos, and while the round proved to be the largest facecrush ever, we dropped. I am really e-mailing you to vent so I apologize, but this decision was ultimately the most unfair decision I had ever heard.
The resolution stated “This House Believes Education Trumps National Security” as a result, Jenny advised us to run a policy, and we defined believes as: enough to warrant policy action. We tagged this with 4 points explaining how policy was good and continued by passing the dream act (allowing illegals to receive post secondary education). The advantages were stock; it ends discrimination, bolsters the market place of ideas, and helps the economy. Our inherency started out by stating that there are 10 million immigrants in the states, which seems superfluous now, but will play a large role in a moment.
I deliver my PMC and get no questions, and as expected the first off case of the debate is a topicality, one on National Security, in which we had to favor National Security over Education (dosen’t make much sense I know) and the other was on Believes. Aside from not impacting it or applying standards, they merely call it a voting issue, and continue on with the debate. They make several generic arguments in a non structured D/A that wasn’t quantified, and sit down before touching case.
Nicole then went to jump right into her MG speech, and as usual it was great, (though I beat her in speaks this weekend, haha) she destroyed the T’s, cross applying our rhetoric from the definitions and employed counter standards and RVI’s on both. She extended the Case, and eliminated all of the generic D/A’s or turns at the bottom, whatever the people labeled them. Once more she gets no questions, and we continue the round.
The then MO takes to the podium, ignores Nicole’s arguments, and reiterates theirs, she then makes their new arguments on case:
1. Mexicans coming to America is good.
2. Mexicans need to stay where they are. (Literally stating low end jobs)
3. This takes money away from other areas.
Finally she states that because Mexicans coming to America is good, that it shouldn’t be seen in observation 1, Inherency and Harms. Flustered she sits down, and her partner proceeds with a train wreck. Once more ignoring Nicole’s arguments simply tries to reiterate her partners. She puts out six voting issues, including 1 it’s my partners birthday so vote for us, and sits down.
Then it is up to me, I extend every single drop they make, from RVI’s to counter standards, simply annihilating their argumentation, I say that the reason sub point A. Stated 10 million Mexicans was because of inherency or the status quo, and I extend our other inherency points talking about an attitudinal barrier in congress preventing the passage of plan is thus overcome, This is fundamentally one of the best speeches I have ever given, not only on pretty factor, but on the flow, and analytics as well. I completely destroy every one of their new points labeling them not only as new but addressing them as well. I swear my time allocation was spot on, and there was nothing left on those T’s. At the end of the round the two female judges were smiling and nodding their heads something they hadn’t done for the opposition, and I knew at the very least we had them, and that it should be a 3 – 0. I end the round with a Barry Fields style story, and essentially clench the victory, or at least I thought so.
My timer goes off and our teams exchange hand shakes, and in my mind, I think we are prepared to go to quarter finals. That is until Judge Morris from Transylvania stands up and asks if the other judges need time, before ripping into us. His ballot still blank in his hands is set upon the table and he looked at us. “I have judged three rounds on Immigration at this tournament, and each one, which should have been a value case, was run as a policy. I am tired of this, it is abusive, wrong, and you are destructive to debate, you abused the opposition, and thus destroyed the education in this round.” He eyed us up and sat down.
My heart sank, we were probably going to loose, before any judge had signed their ballot this mans rhetoric came into play. All of us exited the room, my mom’s jaw hung open as did the Nicole’s parents as well as several spectators. We are told there is no way we could have lost, but idle comfort does not apply in all circumstances. Distraught I peer back into the room seeing the adjudicators talking to one another while writing their ballots. And within a few hours I discover that we had indeed lost. Dropping to a D team from Cedarville. For the rest of the tournament we help Barry and Ashley who in Quarters beat the same team, with the same judges, though this time the round called for a policy, and Jenny was present.
Barry and Ashley end up dropping in Semi-Finals, to which Jenny shamed Burgdorf (in round) for going off on a coach. As usual spec-tatting from the back of the room both Nicole and I thought we could have won the round, but at Berea, I guess skill does not matter. Later that night we get our ballots, and I “eagerly” accept my Octos, award, which was actually quite nice a hand made cup. It was better than the finals award of a small plaque, which was comforting to some degree, but still aggravating at the same time. At least we knew we earned this one, I smile and sit down, after about 2 hours of awards, we grab our ballots and make our way to the van. Once everyone was on board, I opened our packet and proceeded to read the Octos Ballots, Judge Morris, a strict interventionist wrote the following, in no particular order:
1. This is a values case, you ran a policy, you are destructive to debate
2. This is nearly cheating, hell it is cheating, can’t you think for yourselves, be creative. This was blatantly unfair. Learn the Basics of debate before doing so again.
3. To the opposition: I apologize to you for being denied your right to debate.
4. Aff does not solve for harms.
Haha, the 4th point gets me because the Negative never made that argument. The Funny part is, each additional ballot in the 3 -0 decisions against us said the same thing: T, then not solving for Harms. Same order, pretty much nothing more nothing less. The sad part however is that had we won that round, Ashley and Barry with a 4 -2 record would have ceded to us, and we would have at least been given the right to debate in Semi-Finals; Which, given that the judges thought Ashley was being mean, we could have possibly picked up. Haha, oh well Nicole took first in Extemp, and 2 in Impromptu, while Barry took first in Crit. None of us of course got speaking awards, and in the end the tournament was a wash, at least in my perspective. |
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[Oct. 11th, 2005|07:06 pm] |
I had my Army physical fitness test today…the second one in a month, and to a large extend, I did rather well, though I once again failed, running 5 seconds late on the mandatory 15:54 minute 2 mile, I got 15:59…..I swear to god. Backtracking to this weekend, a debate tournament at Mizzou! I did better than I thought, and though I went 3/3 in LD and 3/3 in Parli, I had a great time, and I truly love my team. In parli, my partner failed to go on the line by line, so several debates we should have won, fell through the cracks, thus reducing my chances for a speaking award…sigh, however I was next out in LD, actually tying 16th place, and only failing to break on Judges preference…a half a speaker point away from winning a leg to nationals, on my first tournament…next time.
The time I spent out in Missouri was not only exhilarating, but served as a bonding experience as well. From an impromptu game of two hands touch football, to accidentally sleeping in on Sunday. I entered this tournament skeptical of my future, and apathetic about debate, but once I got that taste of blood, a mix from my busted nose, and more from others feeling my developing skill, I was back at home, forcing the last kid to forfeit as tears rolled down his face.
We left on Monday morning at 5 am, and though I had a hard time getting sleep on the road, the conversations that ensued were deep, and revealing about my team, apparently some assumed my dark humor reflected my true views, unfortunately now they know different. Much to my chagrin I missed my Army PT test, but I made up for it today, ha-ha, it was rough, the make ups were today, and since they were only four of us, all activities were back to back, rather than including a leisurely 10 minute break between events; I was still short of breath from sit-ups when I lined up for the run, but oh well. My first tests are this week, but things are coming into shape, this could truly be the start of something great. Below are my PT Scores
Push Ups 2 Minutes: 60, 5 were thrown out for improper form. – Last time 55.
Sit Ups 2 Minutes: 70 – last time 56
2 Mile Run: 15:59 - last time 16:10 |
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[Oct. 4th, 2005|08:59 am] |
In the past I have been overwhelmed, but never in my opinion to this extent. The pressure is mounting for the debate tournament in Missouri this weekend, and a maelstrom of proverbial shit is about to hit the fan. It is not to say that I cannot hold my own, but to infer rather that I will find it difficult to allocate free time in the week or so. Today alone is but a taste of what is to come. Last night at midnight (I know technically this morning) I was awoke to the sound of a fire alarm. After approximately 1 hour of walking around campus, we Rodes Harlin residents were allowed to return to our humble abodes. Apparently in someone’s infinite wisdom, baking cookies at 12 am, or attempting to do so, resulted in a small kitchen fire. For those few who actually read this spiel, please, don’t try anything new in the culinary department when:
1. No one is awake to benefit from your tasty treat
And
2. You are to fucking retarded to cook fucking cookies that you take out of a fucking package!
Once back in my dorm, my wonderful roommate found it necessary to play table tennis online for at least an hour, much to my dismay, I received absolutely no sleep last night. While this is often an exaggeration when individuals state that they had no sleep, I assure you that I consciously watched the minutes tick away on the clock, as I tried in vain to enter REM. P.S. Counting sheep does not work.
At 6:25, (I sat up before my alarm) I took the elevator downstairs and made my way to diddle stadium, or whatever it is called. From there PT ruled me for the next hour, though I was pleasantly surprised that running stairs wasn’t entirely horrible. From there I realized I not only had a practice debate in class today, but I was informed that Ranger club would be rappelling from the 80 ft parking structure this afternoon, on top of an already exhausting day. I am truly blessed, but thankfully, I have only a week left of hell. Monday is the PT test, and that will follow the van ride back from Missouri….Sleeping pill addiction, here I come. |
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[Sep. 16th, 2005|03:52 pm] |
| Your Brain's Pattern | 
Structured and organized, you have a knack for thinking clearly.
You are very logical - and you don't let your thoughts get polluted with emotions.
And while your thoughts are pretty serious, they're anything from boring.
It's minds like yours that have built the great cities of the world! |
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[Sep. 14th, 2005|08:18 am] |
Alright, I haven't updated in a while, but I intend to make at least a run down:
Wednesday Morning: I went to ROTC aquatic PT test, though I nearly drowned while carrying my M - 16 and Full LBE, I tried again and made it easyily. Passed with flying colors.
Thursday Night: ROTC party,I got drunk, went swimming in a hot tub, and left around 2 am, with LT. Carter, I puked in his new truck, then passed out in Rodes Harlin Hall elevator.
Friday Night: Nothing, really nothing, I was pissed.
Saturday: WKU vs. EKU, I got to stand guard by money pitts in my full BDU's, then I got sick, food poisining from none other than taco bell, I puked, then felt better.
Sunday, nothing too new, although I went to Red Lobster for all you can eat shrimp.
Monday: Morning PT: Rough, ran at least 1.5 miles, plus countless situps, and pushups, which have literally etched holes in my back.
Tuesday: More of the same, plus a stadium run, however tuesday night also started ranger challenge.
Today: Hell so Far, and is is only 8 am, WTF, Ranger PT, Indian Runs, Weights, and weird shit that is really hard, lunges, butt lifts, and rock climbers, afterwords, at least three of us had issues raising our arms.
oh well
additionally just fill this out if you can:
1.)Whats my sexual orientation?
2.)Whats my political orientation?
3.)Whats my favourite colour?
4.)Whats my phone number.....or easier, whats my area code?
5.)What subject in school is my worst?
6.)When was the last time I went to a school oriented social (dance)?
7.)Holy crap, There is a Tropical Storm like thing outside my window. True or False.
8.)Whats my dream job?
9.)Who is my best male friend?
10.)If I could be anywhere in the world, where would I go? |
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[Sep. 6th, 2005|03:49 pm] |
Purdue, now just a week away, well a week in three days, but no matter. WKU is a phenomenal place, from the people to the class room, I could not be happier with this school. ROTC is interesting, and has sincerely changed my life to where I now have a sense of camaraderie, one which was really missing in high school, for the exception of Debate, and Baseball conditioning.
This morning was rough, but I did fairly well. The alarm woke me from a restless sleep at 0540, and the day began at its normal, frantic pace. Throwing on my uniform (Running army shorts and t-shirt) I yawned and made my way down stairs, and out into the frigged cold (by comparison to earlier days). After a few moments of banter outside the rec. room, the squad and I entered the auxiliary gym for our PT test. Our goal, at a minimum, 42 Push Ups, 50 Sit-ups, and a 2 mile run in 15 minutes and 54 seconds. The first two I easily surpassed. 55 push-ups and 57 sit-ups; The Run however, the thing I feared the most, and rightfully so, wasn’t as bad as I had presumed. My two mile time, fell 16 seconds short of Army standards, meaning, had I enlisted today, my improvement would only have to be a meager 16 seconds. If only I could have kept pace.
So alas, although I merely failed my PT test, I believe that I can make great improvements in due time. Tomorrow is the aquatic test, for which I am much better suited, and in a few weeks, I will be rappelling, shooting, and as an aside, hopefully competing in debate on a reasonable level (Parli Rocks, LD scares me). |
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[Aug. 9th, 2005|09:02 pm] |
Alright, now I know I haven’t updated in a while, however after the events of this last weekend, I finally found it pertinent to do so. The past five days down at the Carlson’s house boat, was not only an extremely new experience, but one that culminated a tedious, and often dull summer (for the exception of my trip to Myrtle Beach) on a rather good note.
Leaving directly from work on Thursday, around 1:00 pm, I drove for approximately three and a half hours, until I arrived at Dale Hollow Lake, where surprisingly I was greeted on shore by Michael and Eric, who by happenstance, were just walking back to their boat, when they noticed my Jeep. After parking, which resulted in me accidentally breaking a guide rope with the front of my Liberty, I unloaded my duffel bag onto All Hands on Deck (the name of their boat) before enjoying a great slice of prime rib. Following dinner, we made our way to the lower end of the dock from which we boarded up on a smaller boat, a Malibu, and took off towards a deeper end of the lake, for some wakeboarding.
Though Mr. Carlson (who shall be called Bob in the rest of this post) gave me thorough instructions, as to how to perform and direct the board, I still failed on my first several attempts; however as luck would have it, I eventually managed to stand up for a brief time, before once more introducing my face to the water, at a moderate rate of speed. Around two hours passed, before we wandered our way back to the house boat, and prepared it for launch, while the sun was sinking low against the horizon.
All Hands on Deck was great boat, with five bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a hot tub, as well as a living room with surround sound. The ship seemed more like a hotel than a boat. My first evening down, was tiring, but entertaining all the same. The ship found a nice little cove to settle in for the night, and we tied her up.
Following a brief dip in the lake, Eric, Tom, Michael and I watched Dirty Work, before retiring to our respective rooms. The next morning, or day for that matter, would pretty much play as the rest of my time at the lake.
Around 9:00 am I awoke to people scurrying about on the upper level of the boat. After rubbing my eyes, I walked up stairs and was offered a chance to go bare footing, which I eagerly accepted. Michael had yet to wake up; however, it didn’t deter Tom, Eric, Bob and I from doing so. That night, Michelle showed up, and we dumped the waste tanks off at the dock, which had been filling the air with a strong fecal aroma. The evening was only slightly different, though this time, the movie was replaced by a game of crazy rummy and beer, I had two, along with two white Russians, and a Gin and Cranberry juice. Needless to say I soon had trouble holding my cards and Bob took over practically on my behalf, in a game I would usually have no problems playing. Later, a quick jump in the water cleaned us up, and we all went to sleep.
Saturday played out fairly similar to the day preceding I arose bright and early, much unlike Michelle and Michael (who slept until noon), and once again found myself out on the lake trying things I had never done before, like tumble turns, and more bare footing on a higher boom. I apparently have an odd form, but it worked, and I had a great time. Afterwards, everyone made their way back to the boat for lunch, and we once more went out for a run, Michelle and Michael joined us this time, but Michelle’s run was cut short by a nasty fall on the crest of the wake behind the Malibu. Once more I forgot some basics of Wake boarding, and it took two runs to get out of the water (IE, the cord was ripped from my hand before I could make it up on the board), realizing that my progress in wake boarding had apparently stagnated, Bob introduced me to water skiing, which I took to much easier.
Later in the evening, anticipating a party at another boat, Bob, piloted the Malibu to another end of the lake, which was shrouded in fog. Unfortunately the party was rather tame, and involved sitting around and watching the Movie Hitch, while a Bacardi bottle stared back at me, it wasn’t bad, simply boring.
Sunday started out like any other day, the morning ski run was followed by yet another in the afternoon, however somewhere along the way, fate took an odd turn. Given the choice between diving and jumping off a cliff, I along with a majority of the others chose the latter, much to my dismay later on. Realizing that the Malibu needed gas, Bob, preceded to the dock where he filled the small boat with gas. It was here he ran into a friend who apparently had sold their boat and was throwing a party to celebrate. After my ill-fated jump from the cliff, one which jutted out 35 feet above the water, I accepted my losses and went back to the house boat (a belly flop, and minutes of humiliation as I contemplated the jump forced me to only one free fall). Within minutes Eric, Tom and I decided to do one last wake board trip, while All Hands on Deck went back to dock. I once more tried some new tricks, one which involved climbing out on the boom while driving, though the falls eventually got the better of us, resulting in a trip back to Wolf Creek Dock.
That is where fun and hell began. Michelle made dinner I believe, some chicken wrap thing which was rather good, and being the nice person I was, (and trying to keep from being a useless drain) I did the dishes while the others partied. Soon enough though I made my way out to the dock and clasped a beer in my hand. A few of those later, and I was gone by sun down, the little joke I had earlier stated about being out of ammo prior to re-loading the coaster had become well run into the ground, by the time my sixth Natural Light was cracked open. The evening progressively wore on, as did the drinking, first with me chugging the remaining Gatorade and Gin, then tequila and tea, followed by a healthy dose of Mikes Hard Cranberry Juice, and finally some Gold slagger, or what ever the fuck it’s called. Needless to say I was quite toasted, but so was everyone else. Bob, who had enjoyed quite a few drinks himself, consistently reminded me of how crappy my corn-hole game was, and how bad Eric was as well.
Eric’s Friend Nick, then lead us to his boat where we watched him drink vodka, and made jokes about Michael while he stood there. Eric told me I was drunk, but I carried on until we made our way down to another boat called the “Luv Shack” where my head felt heavy and I vomited off the bow of the ship. I returned inside to assure everyone that I wasn’t an ass for some odd reason, but Eric was quick to the punch and cleaned all splatter from the cooler. He was a good man, and apparently drunk as well, as unless I had liquor, I wouldn’t touch anyone else’s puke. Actually that isn’t entirely correct as Sparky (the dog) puked inside, and I covered it, as Michelle was about to vomit herself. Anyways, feeling my consciousness slipping, I had Michael escort me back to his house boat where I nearly passed out on the couch, but he would have nothing of it. Laughing at my already intoxicated self, Michael forced me down the ships stairs and into my room, where I nearly vomited. This was around midnight.
Moments later, in a moment that seemed to be a blur, Eric woke me up and handed me a glass of water, telling me to drink up or I would have a hang over. I complied, but in doing so, puked into a plastic bag I had sat next to me. Eric then literally dragged me upstairs and sat me over the toilet telling me to induce vomiting and to drink more water. I tried, but I found it rather hard, given that Eric was heard saying “Oh My God, one of my eyes, it’s more dilated than the other!” I laughed, than puked. Being in no condition to feign a healthy nature, I dragged myself back downstairs and passed out.
8:00 a.m., my biological clock woke my ass up. With urine built up like water behind a dam in my bladder, I pulled myself to the bathroom to relieve the pressure before trying to sleep again. Unfortunately a mere fly prevented that, and I was wide awake. An hour later, Tom walked from his room, followed by Eric, then finally Bob, who tried to wake up, but went back to sleep until four. For that entire day, I tasted warm Tanqueray on my tongue, as well as Goldslagger, which tasted like hot vomit. Around four thirty I decided to leave. Eric intended to come, however a last minute ski run deterred him. So saying my goodbyes I left. The drive back was significantly easier and only took me three and one half hours, including my hour long dinner stop.
All in all, my trip to the lake was easily my most enjoyable vacation of the summer. The water was pristine, the weather gorgeous, and most importantly it was laid back and relaxing. I didn’t mention politics once, which for me is an accomplishment in its own right, but it was worth it. It has kind of added a drive in me to one day have a similar layout, a nice boat, good company and a great environment. But I learned something on this trip as well; while driving through the country side of our rural state, I watched the sun begin to dip low on the horizon, peeking in and out of the clouds, and casting gorgeous hues of yellow, purple, pink, and gold across the sky, touching the pristine landscape of our commonwealth. As some of us begin to think of destinations not only beyond our state, but our nation for that matter, they need to only look closed to that which surrounds them. From the green waters of the lake, to the rolling waves on our oceans, so often the things we seek abroad are right at home, waiting to be explored. |
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[Jul. 28th, 2005|09:27 pm] |
Before reading the following post of mine, of which I have yet again had my freedom threatened by Jack Thompson, the Florida Lawyer with an extreme distaste for videogames, and gamers as a whole, I advise you to read the following articles to acquaint yourself with the fellow I will soon be e-mailing yet again; the following links should provide sufficient information for the time being as to who I am dealing with:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/22/news_6129609.html
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=281819
http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/07/14/news_6129164.html
This should do for now, I will try my best to re-assemble these e-mails in order, but shall I fail try to piece them together yourself:
I lost my first message, but it was simply a defence of gaming through the first amendment. His response included a woman’s e-mail, and his retort:
Woman:
----- Original Message -----
From: Marylan Dean
To: jackpeace@comcast.net
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: I am Very Concerned
I just read Gamespot's article on Jack Thompson, and I am angry that
Mr.Thompson does not have all his facts straight. Even after the update,
He still believes the Sims 2 is a terrrible, terrible game. I want to
Reassure Mr. Thompson that the Sims 2 is a wonderful, non-violent game where I,
as a 46-year old Christian woman, can not only play without being offended,
but enjoy the official Sims2 website knowing how heavily patrolled it is to guard against inappropriate content. Both the website and the game are
very family-oriented.
The above image is taken from the Sims2 on my game. I have removed
The blur in my game, and this is how detailed Sims look when the blur is removed. This Sim is not modified in any way. I resent Mr. Thompson for
attacking the only PC game I play, and I want to assure parents of
gamers all around the world that this is simulated life without the real-life problems. The basic Sim theme is to build family dynamics.
Thank You, Marilyn S Dean aka NoRealLife2
Please feel free to contact me for any reason. I will be happy to talk toyou if you want to publish or forward my letter.
Now Wacko Jacko’s Retort:
Dear Marylan:
The picture you've sent [immediately below my letter] is objectionable
For a 13 year old as far as I'm concerned, particularly since it is
embedded in the Sims 2 game, unclockable easily with a simple cheat code that is
being distributed by the New York Times!
You don't walk around nude in your home with the blinds open, do you, Marylan, or in front of 13 year olds? If you think the below okay for
kids, then send me your address and I'll alert the authorities.
Many parents wouldn't want their kids playing this game at the age level of "T," with no ID check at the time of purchase, given the amount of reproductive activity in the game and the ability to remove "the blur."
The problem, Marylan, is that there are a bunch of video game companies that are being deceptive, with the help of the ESRB, in slipping this into our
homes with no adequate warning that they are doing so. Electronic Arts is in
fact collaborating with the modders to put pubic hair, genitalia, nipples,
etc. on the Sims 2 figures, including the children. The pedophiles out
there love it, which is why the mods are all over the adult porn sites. You aren't concerned about that, now are you Marylan? You cherish
Your "freedom" more than the innocence of other people's children, now don't you Marylan?
You don't want me to be the arbiter of moral in America? Fine, the
Vast majority of Americans don't want the ESA and ESRB to be the arbiter of morals either nor women who think nudity distributed to other people's
kids is their business but stopping them is nobody's business, right Marylan? We're going to have legislative hearings all over the place now, now
That the ESRB was found to be totally inadequate to prevent the "Hot Coffee" fiasco. Let's decide, through a democratic process, whether the below hidden, embedded material is appropriate in a "T" game. I can abide the democratic conclusion on that, but I bet you cannot.
John B. Thompson, Attorney at Law
1172 South Dixie Hwy., Suite 111
Coral Gables, Florida 33146
305-666-4366
jackpeace@comcast.net
Interesting that his number is 666, I just noticed that but oh well. He also included a letter he drafted to Senators Lieberman, Clinton, and two moderate republicans to make it seem bi-partisan, interesting how he targets liberals in desperate search of a moral high ground.
July 23, 2005
Steve Bené, Attorney
VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Electronic Arts Inc.
209 Redwood Shores Parkway
Redwood City, CA 94065 fax: 650-628-1422 email: copyright@ea.com
Re: The Sims 2 and Porn
Dear Mr. Bene:
Mods are readily available via the Internet to turn the characters in your
company's The Sims 2 into nudes with exposed genitalia. This includes the children in the game. EA has made this modding easy by making it
Readily possible to remove "the blur" from the genital areas. Even the New
York Times' web site is providing this cheat code to remove the blur.
Adult "porn sites" are featuring, via free downloads, the mods that
Allow the consumer to customize the appearance of the labia, nipples, pubic hair,
and penises. As you know, The Sims 2 already features reproductive activities in this "T" rated game.
Such modding is made more likely by public statements by the game's
creator,Will Wright, that he supports the modding of the game.
To the extent that your company does absolutely nothing to crack down
On this apparent infringement upon EA's copyrighted material, which is in possible violation of its various software agreements and warnings, then EA collaborates, in every sense of the word, with the modders to put this material into the hands of consumers, many of whom are children, given
The inviting "T" rating on the game.
I urgently ask Electronic Arts to stop this modding activity by
appropriate means, otherwise the "T" rating given the game by ESRB means, for all practical purposes, nothing and breaches trust with parents
Regards, Jack Thompson
Copies: Media
U.S. Senators Clinton, Lieberman, Brownback, Santorum
California Assemblyman Leland Yee
My well aimed retort:
I first must reply to you by stating that I am not
> > Marylan, and the response you wrote to me has
> > absolutely nothing to do with what I previously
> > e-mailed you. However I do find a certain aspect of
> > what you wrote, was in need of a response. Far too
> > often, you claim that innocence of children was
> > worth
> > more than freedom; I respectfully disagree. Freedom
> > is
> > life; to extinguish one is to nullify the other.
> > Playing what you see as moral high ground, will
> > often
> > clash with others view as correct. Your stark
> > generalizations have exacerbated an issue, which
> > only
> > you would care to exploit.
> > Sir, regardless of what I write, your crusade will
> > carry on, although your numbers will dwindle, and
> > though as of now, you are riding high amongst the
> > momentum of internet spawned controversy involving
> > the
> > "Hot Coffee" mod, in a game made exclusively for
> > adults; your wave will soon crash upon the shore of
> > freedom, a personal responsibility.
> > Your seething attacks on the videogame industry,
> > and
> > their patrons, has been a calculated maneuver at
> > which
> > to further your agenda, which is far from the role
> > of
> > a responsible guardian that you so eagerly portray
> > whenever a camera is near. The modding community has
> > the right, to do with EA's game, as it wishes,
> > because
> > regardless of what Electronic Arts and Maxis wishes,
> > the owner of the game, ultimately decides what to
> > download.
> > Your equating of Rockstar as Nazi like, and the
> > Sims,
> > as walking around the house naked amongst children,
> > has
> > no validity, as well as no taste. Last time I
> > checked
> > it was not rockstar who killed six million Jews, it
> > was a self righteous vigilante, who did what he
> > thought was best for the "Arian Children." Rather
> > than targeting the problems that really face America
> > such as divorce, poverty, and abuse, you place
> > attention elsewhere to solve societal ills. Will
> > your
> > tag lines such as "Kill simulator" now be replaced
> > by
> > "Sex simulator" or "Pedophile Program" in which to
> > assail EA?
> > How about you let parents raise their kids as they
> > see fit? If a child is playing GTA and their parents
> > have no idea, than it is the parents fault for not
> > watching their kids. How about instead of going
> > after
> > difficult to install mods which only become popular
> > to
> > older teens who have seen much worse, you target the
> > pornography industry for easily accessible and often
> > violent images? Or most importantly why don't you
> > just let consumers decide what is important for kids.
> > I play games; I shoot skeet, and have a normal
> > temperament. My family was involved in a bitter
> > divorce, and gaming kept me sane while the screams
> > echoed through the walls of my house. People will be
> > people, and regardless of what you, or Hillary
> > Clinton try to say, freedom, will win, and if you look at
> > past examples of paranoid individuals such as yourself,
> > you are remembered for that what you really are, a man
> > who built himself on lies and the fear of our children.
> > Much like McCarthy and the red scare, people will
> > eventually wizen up to you. But until that day,
> > continue riding your wave of popularity, because we
> > may not know when, we simply know that sooner or
> > later, it crash ashore.
> >
> > John Morris
> >
> > 1 502 387 1119
Now once more I receive a generic response which I will spare you the details of simply to save room, and let you know that my next response was just a re-tooling of the previous letter with a different introduction:
Once more, I ask not for some generic reply, being
> that from a posted news article, but one genuinely
> from you, to the letter below. I will continue sending
> this, until, a civil message is returned in regards to
> what I have typed. Prove to me that you are capable of
> defending your actions, rather than simply
> regurgitating what others have written about "your"
> flawed assertions.
And finally his threat:
Uh, John, you keep sending it, with my request now that you stop, and
I'll have you arrested. got that?
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Morris" <lone_wolf_4001@yahoo.com>
To: "Jack Thompson" <jackpeace@comcast.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Sims, Still attacking, or backing down?
Okay, we need answers, this man is truly nuts, he first calls games such as halo Kill simulators and blamed Halo for the beltway sniper shootings, now he threatened to lock me up. This battle is far from over, but I need your help too, From Simmons to Catie, to Carlson, we need to win this battle, e-mail Clinton and others, and tell them to ignore this whacko. As for me, a new AOL account, as well as some new messages will continue this fight. Simmons, you need to portray a father or mother who has seen their child spiral down because of these simulations, if you could. People like this are a direct assault on freedom, and they must be stopped. As for his threat since his e-mail was publicly published, what sort of legal repercussions could I face, if any? I just want this man’s crusade halted before more impressionable senators tighten the noose on this free state of ours. |
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[Jul. 28th, 2005|02:33 pm] |
You can ask me any 5 questions ANYTHING YOU WANT, No matter how personal, inappropriate, or random.
I promise to answer the
questions 100% truthfullly.
Repost this and see what
people want 2 ask you.. |
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[Jul. 23rd, 2005|01:07 am] |
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Dances With WOlves is a fantastic Movie. Not really an update, but I am going to list all of my movies soon. |
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[Jul. 11th, 2005|10:27 am] |
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It's My Birthday!!! 19 years old...One year closer to my death!!! Hurray...I don't put much stock into birthdays, actually the thing I was most looking forward to when I turned 18 was voting. |
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[Jul. 10th, 2005|10:43 pm] |
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Life is rough now...it shouldn't be, but my mother always finds interesting ways of making things worse than they should be. I love her, while simultaniously hating who she is...45 days left before I move out...and I am wondering will it be the light at the end of the tunnel, or just a false vision...I will know soon. |
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[Jul. 10th, 2005|10:57 am] |
1. Take this list, post it into your own LJ, and mark the movies you've seen.
2. Add five more movies to the end of the list.
3. Count how many X'es you have. If you've seen more than 70 movies, you are a ~*~ Movie Whore ~*~.
4. Post the score of how many movies you've seen in your LJ-cut text.
5. (optional) Question your friend's taste in movies.
x1. Napoleon Dynamite
x2. Saw
3. White Noise
x4. White Oleander
x5. Anger Management
x6. 50 First Dates
x7. Friday The 13th
x8. Scream
x9. Scream 2
x10. Scream 3
x11. Scary Movie
x12. Scary Movie 2
x13. Scary Movie 3
x14. American Pie
x15. American Pie 2
x16. American Wedding
x17. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's (Sorcerer's) Stone
x18. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
x19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
x20. Resident Evil
x21. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
x22. The Wedding Singer
23. Little Black Book
24. The Village
25. Donnie Darko
x26. Lilo & Stitch
x27. Finding Nemo
28. Finding Neverland
x29. 13 Ghosts
x30. Signs
x31. The Grinch
32. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original)
33. White Chicks
x34. The Butterfly Effectx
x35. 13 going on 30
x36. I, Robot
x37. Dodgeball
x38. Universal Soldier
x39. A Series Of Unfortunate Events
x40. Along Came A Spider
x41. Deep Impact
x42. Kingpin
x43. Never Been Kissed
x44. Meet The Parents
x45. Meet The Fockers
x46. Eight Crazy Nights
47. A Cinderella Story
x48. The Terminal
49. The Lizzie McGuire Movie
50. Passport to Paris
x51. Dumb & Dumber
x52. Dumb & Dumberer
x53. Final Destination
x54. Final Destination 2
x55. Halloween
56. Halloween 2
57. Halloween 3
58. Halloween 4
59. Halloween 5
x60. H20
61. Halloween: the Resurrection
x62. The Ring
x63. The Ring 2
64. Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
x65. Practical Magic
66. Chicago
x67. Ghost Ship
68. From Hell
x69. Team America: World Police
70. Hellboy
71. Secret Window
x72. I Am Sam
73. The Whole Nine Yards
x74. The Day After Tomorrow
x75. Child's Play
76. Bride of Chucky
x77. 10 Things I Hate About You
x78. Just Married
79. Gothika
80. A Nightmare on Elm Street
81. Sixteen Candles
82. Bad Boys 2
83. Joy Ride
x84. Seven
x85. Ocean's Eleven (Old and new)
x86. Ocean's Twelve
87. Identity
88. Lone Star
x89. Bedazzled
x90. Predator
x91. Predator II
x92. Independence Day
x93. Cujo
94. A Bronx Tale
95. Darkness Falls
96. Christine
x97. ET
x98. Children of the Corn
99. My Boss' Daughter
x100. Maid in Manhattan
101. Frailty
102. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
103. She's All That
104. Calendar Girls
105. Sideways
x106. Mars Attacks
x107. Event Horizon
x108. Ever After
x109. Forrest Gump
110. Big Trouble in Little China
x111. X-Men
x112. X-Men 2
x113. Jeepers Creepers
x114. Jeepers Creepers 2
x115. Catch Me If You Can
x116. The Others
x117. Freaky Friday (the original)
x118. Reign of Fire
x119. Man on Fire
x120. Braveheart
121. Cruel Intentions
x122. The Hot Chick
123. Swimfan
x124. Miracle
125. Friday Night Lights
x126. Old School
127. Ray
128. The Notebook
x129. K-Pax
x130. Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
x131. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
x132. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
133. A Walk to Remember
x134. Sweet Home Alabama
135. Moulin Rouge
x136. Boogeyman
137. Hitch
x138. The Fifth Element
x139. Star Wars episode I: The Phantom Menance
x140. Star Wars episode II: Attack Of The Clones
x141. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
x142. Star Wars episode IV: A New Hope
x143. Star Wars episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
x144. Star Wars episode VI: Return Of The Jedi
145. Swimming with Sharks
146. Trainspotting
147. People Under the Stairs
148. Blue Velvet
x149. The Sound of Music
x150. Parent Trap (the original)
151. The Burbs
152. SLC Punk
x153. Meet Joe Black
x154. Wild Things
155. A Clockwork Orange
156. The Order
x157. Spider-Man
x158. Spider-Man 2
159. Amelie
x160. Mean Girls
x161. Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
x162. Shrek
x163. Shrek 2
x164. The Incredibles
x165. Collateral
x166. The Fast & The Furious
x167. 2 Fast 2 Furious
168. Sky Captain & The World of Tomorrow
169. Closer
x170. The Sixth Sense
x171. A.I. - Artificial Intelligence
172. Love Actually
x173. The Sweetest Thing
174. Shutter
175. Ella Enchanted
x176. The Princess Diaries
x177. The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
x178. The Breakfast Club
x179. October Sky
x180. Remember the Titans
x181. Titanic
182. Boondock Saints
x183. American History X
x184. Fight Club
185. Heavenly Creatures
186. Stealing Beauty
187. Like Water For Chocolate
188. Powwow Highway
189. Secretary
190. But I'm A Cheerleader
191. I <3 Huckabees
192. Ripley's Game
193. Coffee And Cigarettes
194. Taxi Driver
x195. Silence Of The Lambs
x196. The Exorcist
197. If Lucy Fell
198. Lady Jane
199. When Harry Met Sally
x200. Me, Myself & Irene
201. Kung Fu Hustle
x202. Sin City
x203. Labyrinth
x204. Much Ado About Nothing
205. The Cowboy Way
x206. Paulie
207. Blazing Saddles
x208. Galaxy Quest
209. Guildenstern & Rosencrantz are Dead
210. Citizen Kane
211. You Can Count on Me
212. Young Frankenstein
x213. Raiders of the Lost Ark
x214. Starman
215. St. Elmos Fire
x216. Coyote Ugly
217. The Other Sister
218. Rainman
x219. Little Shop of Horrors
220. Chasing Amy
221. House of Sand and Fog
222. Mildred Pierce
223. The Big Lebowski
x224. Mallrats
225. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
x226. The Goonies
x227. Starsky & Hutch
228. Saved!
229. The Upside of Anger
230. Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
231. The Cat's Meow
232. The Rutles
233. Waking Ned Devine
x234. Pirates of the Caribbean
x235. Little Women
x236. Huck Finn
x237. National Treasure
x238. O Brother Where Art Thou?
x239. Dick (hehe, remember when you all found Dick in my drawer?)
x240. Howard the Duck
241. Garden State
242. Hero
243. This Is Spinal Tap
x244. Almost Famous
245. Before Sunrise
246. Before Sunset
x247. Troy
x248. Gone With The Wind
249. Chocolat
250. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
251. Now and Then
x252. Romeo and Juliet
x253. Ferris Bueller's Day Off
x254. Grease
255. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
256. Mr. North
257. The African Queen
x258. The Wizard of Oz
259. Country Girl
x260. The Philadelphia Story
261. Bringing Up Baby
262. The Aviator
263. An Affair To Remember
264. Sabrina
265. Holiday
x266. Conspiracy Theory
267. Stage Door
268. Rigoletto
269. White Christmas
x270. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
x271. The Wedding Planner
272. Arsenic and Old Lace
273. A Day at the Races
x274. Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
x275. Bend it Like Beckham
276. Troop Beverly Hills
x277. A Beautiful Mind
x278. Urban Legend
x279. Dead Poet's Society
x280. Kill Bill vol. 1
x281. Kill Bill vol. 2
x282. The Royal Tenenbaums
x283. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
x284. American Beauty
285. A Chorus Line
286. Iron Jawed Angels
x287. Phantom of the Opera
x288. A League of Their Own
x289. Stuart Little
290. Notting Hill
291. A Lot Like Love
x292. Along Came Polly
x293. Billy Madison
x294. Happy Gilmore
295. Igby Goes Down
296. Sid and Nancy
x297. Bruce Almighty
x298. The Usual Suspects
299. Chances Are
x300. SWAT
301. House of Wax (the original w/Vincent Price, thank you very much)
302. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
x303. Gladiator
304. Gosford Park
305. The Jacket
x306. Red Dragon
307. Hannibal
308. Elizabeth
309. Quills
310. Velvet Goldmine
311. Chuck and Buck
312. Titus
313. The Pillow Book
314. Queen Margot
x315. Sex, Lies and Videotape
316. His Girl Friday
317. Persuasion
318. Party Girl
319. Top Hat
320. Singing in the Rain
x321. Spirited Away
x322. House of Flying Daggers
323. Goodbye Lenin
x324. Willow
325. Battle Royale
x326. Dude, Where's My Car?
x327. Drop Dead Gorgeous
x328. Josie and the Pussycats
329. Romancing the Stone
x330. Mystery Men
331. Bound
x332. Crossroads
x333. Dawn Of The Dead (the original)
x334. Shaun Of The Dead
x335. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
336. Angels with Dirty Faces
337. Deathrace 2000
x338. The Terminator
339. Unforgiven (1992)
340. Virtuousity
341. A Life Less Ordinary
342. The Crying Game
343. A Company of Wolves
344. Brotherhood of the Wolf
x345. Dirty Work
346. Chutney Popcorn
347. Love in the Time of Money
x348. The Life of David Gale
349. Wimbledon
350. Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood
x351. Stuart Little 2
352. Rocky Horror Picture Show
353. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
354. Star Trek: Nemesis
355. Flight of the Phoenix (I presume the original....you know, the good one)
x356. The Mask of Zorro
x357. Selena
358. Godsend
359. Enough
360. Murder By Numbers
361. Cube
362. Thought Crimes
x363. Van Helsing
364. The One and Only
x365. Uptown Girls
366. Requiem for a Dream
367. Kontroll
368. Kinsey
369. Touching the Void
370. Whale Rider
x371. Shark Tale
x372. Stargate
x373. Black Hawk Down
374. Madagascar
x375. Finding Forrester
x376. Shakespeare in Love
377. Get Over It
x378. Mary Poppins
x379. Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade
x380. Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom
x381. Daredevil
x382. Green Mile
x383. 8 Mile
384. Clerks
x385. The Thomas Crown Affair (1998)
386. The King and I (original -- the Yul Brenner version)
x387. Striptease
388. The Void
389. One Special Night
390. Victor/Victoria
391. The Bridges of Madison County
x392. Something's Gotta Give
393. Murder by Death
394. Marnie
395. One, Two, Three
396. Stage Door Canteen
397. Sister Kenney
398. Mame
399. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
400. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
401. The Pirates of Penzance
402. Movie Movie
403. Circle of Iron
404. Kentucky Fried Movie
x405. The Mask (Jim Carrey)
x406. The Shawshank Redemption
x407. Minority Report
408. The Graduate
409. Shock Treatment
410. Phantom of the Paradise
411. Taxi
412. Benny & Joon
413. Brain Candy
414. The Wrong Guy
415. Fried Green Tomatoes
x416. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
x417. Girl, Interrupted
x418. Ghostbusters
x419. That Darn Cat (the original)
420. Moonstruck
421. Bubba Ho-Tep
422. Gigantic: A Tale of Two Johns
423. Can't Hardly Wait
424. Punch-Drunk Love
x425. Office Space
x426: Pee-wee's Big Adventure
x427: Sleepy Hollow
428: Ed Wood
x429: Big Fish
430. Sleepers
x431. The Princess Bride
432. Being John Malkovich
433. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
434. A Mighty Wind
x435. The Muppet Movie
x436. Schindler's List
437. The Secret of Roan Inish
438. The Shining
439. Princess Mononoke
440. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds
441. Castle in the Sky
x442. Akira
443. The Last Temptation of Christ
444. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
x445. Blade Runner
446. Being There
447. Waking life
448. Solaris (The old one)
449. Scotland PA
x450. Monster's Inc
451. Unleashed
452. Yours, Mine & Ours
453. My Fair Lady
454. McClintock
x455. It's A Wonderful Life
x456. Second Hand Lions
x457. Laws of Attraction
x458. Legally Blonde
x459. Legally Blonde 2
460. The Pacifier
I will Add the Following: The Ugly Dachshund, Jurassic Park 1, 2, and 3, and For Your Eyes only |
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[Jul. 1st, 2005|08:18 pm] |
Off to Myrtle Beach in the Morning!!!!
I will have my cell phone on me so in case any of you decide to call, or in case simmons gets lost, the number is 1 502 387 1119. |
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[Jun. 23rd, 2005|09:01 pm] |
What do you think about my...
[1] Personality:
[2] Eyes:
[3] Face:
[4] Hair:
[5] Clothes:
[6] Thoughts:
[7] Views:
[8] Tastes:
[9] Criticism:
[10] Leadership Skills:
By the way, I got Hostage on DVD, it rocks hardcore, Bruce Willis kicks ass, he is the ultimate bad ass. He was married to Demi Moore, he slept with Lindsey Lohan, and he tried to enlist in the army, but he was too old. I aspire to be that man. Oh and we played kickball wednesday night, with around 13 people at various times, it was alot of fun, though do to one of my ill-concieved slides into first, my right leg is oozing puss and another clear liquid. |
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[Jun. 20th, 2005|11:27 am] |
I am extremely tired of all the immature bullshit, which seems to consume many of you these days. I have, for quite some time, ignored that which could be said, and has been said, however I believe that from the hypocrites among you, who speak of that which you do not know, fuck off. This is not a heated passionate post, but one of serious consideration, that is equally, if not more so directed to those who refuse to even give a name, a face to put to such words, trust is something that is extremely hard to earn from me, and for one of you…while bridges may mend, and time may pass…never again will I open myself to even such a minute betrayal. It is funny how many double standards exist among you people, and how quickly you ignore your very same actions. Whoever it is out there, who feels the need to make such claims, is not only slightly younger than I, but is doing the very same thing you accuse me of, only, your friend is slightly better to you, than they are to me. I have an idea of who you are, but mostly I am perturbed with one individual who likes to play both sides, who takes advantage of friends, and consistently wonders why. For now, I apologize about this rant, but I cannot, and will not allow this manipulation to continue. For now, I am off to the couch to get my news like the rest of us, before heading to work, a word rarely used by the others.
P.S. True friends stab you in the chest, not the back. |
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[Jun. 17th, 2005|01:00 pm] |
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Wow, more Morris related relatives are in town....Hurray for me, the free loaders. I swear these people drive me up a wall. In other news I backed into my sisters car accidently, causing damage...she used it as a reason to fix the rest of her cars problems...Kudos to insurance. Hate for higher premiums! |
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