So Jack calls out Della Rocca to defend video game violence in a debate but Jack wants to get an agent to get them booked at colleges to do these debates. Della Rocca says he doesn't want to "turn a profit" from these debates and so he wants to do the debates for free.
Read the emails between Jack and Della Rocca here
"here it was in black and white. Thompson, whose initial news release challenged Della Rocca to "put your mouth where your money is", was looking to get paid $3000 or more debate the issues, with the possibility of this being more than one event. After Della Rocca suggested doing the debate for free, Thompson responded in yet another email:
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From: “Jack Thompson”
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:22:19 -0400
Money is evil but games to practice killing people are not?
So your answer is no. too bad. "
Read the emails between Jack and Della Rocca here
"here it was in black and white. Thompson, whose initial news release challenged Della Rocca to "put your mouth where your money is", was looking to get paid $3000 or more debate the issues, with the possibility of this being more than one event. After Della Rocca suggested doing the debate for free, Thompson responded in yet another email:
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From: “Jack Thompson”
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:22:19 -0400
Money is evil but games to practice killing people are not?
So your answer is no. too bad. "
