Out of Harm's Way [Hardcover]

Jack Thompson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2005

Jack Thompson eats giants for breakfast. Just ask media giant and shock-jock Howard Stern, who ranted on air about the "one lunatic lawyer" who got him kicked off the air. Jack, an outraged father and activist lawyer, is on a mission to protect children from the violent and obscene video games, music lyrics, shock jock radio shows, and television programs he says are creating a culture of violence and degradation. Going beyond outrage, Thompson chronicles his own spiritual journey from bystander to activist and offers the sociological, medical, scientific, and legal evidence that will motivate all Americans--especially parents--to get involved.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (October 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1414304420
• ISBN-13: 978-1414304427
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,852,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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212 of 218 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Embarrassing, November 21, 2005

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E. Rousey - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out of Harm's Way (Hardcover)

It's sad in this day and age to see such an gross abuse of prose. Whatever one thinks of the author's controversial political stance, one thing that is undeniable is his poor command of the English language.

Jack Thompson writes as if English were a second language to him, from his ridiculous proclamations to a proclivity for grandstanding that would make Cotton Mather blush.

There are plenty of good books out their about violence and videogames. This isn't one of them.

358 of 373 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Modern Hypocricy, November 21, 2005

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Jessica A. Smith "et3smithja" (Grove City, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Out of Harm's Way (Hardcover)

How he can claim to be a crusader against the evils of the video-game and other forms of modern pop-media and claim to speak truths, yet not engage in any rational dialogue between himself and those people he so vehemently attacks is beyond me.

I respect a person's right to say what he wants to say, and I respect the way Mr. Thompson feels, however I cannot in good conscience give this book any higher than 1 star due to the fact that he claims what he says is full-truths and yet does not include any dissenting opinions of others in his book. Any good lawyer knows that for an argument to be complete it must include dissenting opinions and address those concerns in a respectable fashion. Otherwise all the claims you make is nothing more than a load of tripe, and is not worth hard earned money as you learn nothing from the reading.

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168 of 173 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Well..., November 20, 2005

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Maui (Portland, OR, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Out of Harm's Way (Hardcover)

There's always that man you hear about, and because his name kept popping up on the news, I found this book used at [...] and decided to give it a read. In all honestly, I wasn't suprised when I didn't agree with anything Mr Thompson had to say. But after reading it, I do believe the man is entitled to his own opinions.

As far as the book itself, it's terribly one sided. It reads as if theres a debate, yet only pushes his point of view without mentioning anything else. So in that aspect, I was rather disappointed. I also felt that the book lacked serious content. It seemed as if most of the book he was rehashing the same material. In my opinion, if you have to rehash your material over and over to get people to listen to you, I really don't feel you should be writing a book.