Jack Thompson Threatens a Comeback

[Amnestic]

I smell a lynching in the air. From what I hear, this guy is to America what Michael Atkinson is to Australia? An old, outdated bastard with unrealistic ideas about gaming?

Sweet. Because we needed another one of those.

Sort of. Except Michael Atkinson still has political power whereas Jack Thompson is a disbarred lawyer who no one except Hilary Clinton cares about.

 

[WorldCritic]

NO NO NO NO! Damn it! When will you just go away Jack? Alright fine, if he's coming back he'll just get himself into trouble all over again. I'll be watching as you get disbarred again Jack!

 

[happysock]

What an arse this guy is just read most of his wiki page and I mean seriously has this guy got nothing better to do

 

[SteakHeart]

Oil up the Bear Traps, boys, this sh*t's gettin' serious like Sam.

 

[Pegghead]

Im gonna go dig a bomb shelter, for when he alone declares war on gamers.

 

[Blow_Pop]

BOOO!!!!!! Burn him at the stake!!!!!!!! He's a witch!!!!!!!!

ah some days I wish we could do that to some people.

Personally I think he needs to be permanently silenced somehow and fully disbarred. my own opinion though.

 

[heyheysg]

I am a political anti videogame activist but I recently got disbarred for being delusional FML.

-Last Year

I am a political anti videogame activist and decided to go back to practicing law because of a technicality that made my disbarment illegal. They decided to disbar me again. FML

-This year

 

[Ninja_X]

Can we kill this guy?

Silenced Sniper rifle from all the way across town, he'd never see it coming.

 

[FinalGamer]

You know how it's cute at first when a kid is playing lawyer?

Then he turns obsessive and it's creepy?

 

[Klagermeister]

I swear this on my life-
The next time Jack Thompson unnecessarily bashes a violent video game, I shall feed him a live grenade.
...That is all.

 

[dududf]

I say we tied a rope to his balls, tie said rope to a car and take him on a cross country trip?
Submit 10$ in support of the gas money! =D
oh and if he's alive show off the pacific ocean in the car!

Silly annoying attention whores...

 

[amazinglettera]

Oh shit! Everyone, quick! Cover your copies of GTA:4 and Saints Row 2 with rainbows, glitter and unicorns so Jack doesn't suspect anything! Oh, and hide all your terrorist manifesto's, bomb threat letters, various cache's of assault weapon and anything else THAT ABSOLUTELY NO GAMER IN THE WORLD HAS! Oh Jacky boy, this never get's old, does it?

 

[AceDiamond]

Seeing as we have only his word on this, the same word that tried to get people arrested for calling his bluff, I say he's faking it.

 

[Headless Zombie]

I lol'd after reading the things he has said including something along the lines of "Computers and games are not protected by the first amendment as they are not speech but devices." So by that logic neither is printed material. By the way...

 

[raxer92]

Jack Thompson Threatens a Comeback

It's the one-year anniversary of Jack Thompson's permanent disbarment [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/86463-Jack-Thompson-Disbarred-UPDATED] and to celebrate the occasion, the disgraced former attorney has announced his imminent return to the practice of law.

It's been awhile since we've had any news from Thompson, the game-hating ex-lawyer who was permanently disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court for his crazy antics and gross misconduct both in and out of the courtroom. While he fought loud and long against the decision, he was ultimately forced to throw in the towel. Or so we thought.

But now, after several months of relative silence, he's back! Thompson sent an email to GamePolitics [http://gamepolitics.com/2009/09/25/one-year-ago-today] last week in which he claimed that, thanks to a technical error, he was never actually disbarred at all. "The Florida Supreme Court, in violation of the laws of Florida assigned to Thompson's case a referee from Florida's Eleventh Judicial Circuit, rather than from the state's Second Judicial Circuit, where he would have received a fair trial. Bar counsel hid this fatal defect not only from Thompson but from the Florida Supreme Court as well," he wrote. "What this means is that Thompson literally was never disbarred."

As a result, Thompson said he's going to re-hang his shingle on October 1 and has actually dared Mary Ellen Bateman, who's responsible for prosecuting the "unlicensed practice of law" on behalf of the Florida Supreme Court, to try to stop him. "Unless she acts, he's back in business," he continued, "and the children of this country will have returned to them the lawyerly labors of a man who... forced Grand Theft Auto: Vice City [http://www.take2games.com/], which cost Take-Two tens of millions of dollars."

I have absolutely no idea if Thompson's argument has any merit to it, but given his near-delusional behavior as his law career went up in smoke, I rather doubt it. Furthermore, GamePolitics said it asked "a few members of the legal community" to have a look at his argument and the general consensus is that Thompson "doesn't really have a leg to stand on."

It's less a question of the merits of his argument, then, and more a bet on whether Thompson just goes ahead and starts playing lawyer again anyway - and what will happen if he does. My inclination, based on his many past promises to rain down fire and destruction which ultimately came to naught, is that October 1 will pass quietly; but you better believe I'll be watching, just in case.


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My only thoughts on this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwEqEBimjy8

It pretty much sums up on what has returned to this world

 

[raxer92]

Oh dear god, everyone get out the torches, we're going to have an old fashioned murder bent angry mob

All i know is that sooner or later Jack thompson is probably going to go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VzTEtafuvg

if he keeps trying to pick a fight with gamers for no apparent reason

 

[Dr Ampersand]

As much as his hate is deserved, us gamers want him back. He fills the void in our gaming lives with notable moments. Imagine if you will, a world without Jack:

Bob Lemon has just been fired, gotten a divorce and scammed of his life savings; he is seriously considers suicide, and the next day he takes his own life.

Now a world with Jack: Bob Lemon has just been fired, gotten a divorce and scammed of his life savings; he is seriously considering suicide but when surfing the internet something catches his eye, Jack is sueing X video game company for having violent t-shirts in it. Bob Lemon finds this hilarious and laughs his head off. Bob has something to live for, with Jack he can see his hilarious efforts to stop video games.

I know that example is drastic but Jack is what makes things interesting, like a cousin who gets drunk at birthdays and does crazy things, he's annoying but at the same time an excellent subject to laugh at and make jokes about. Without him life wouldn't be as interesting.

 

[Royas]

Again, why the hell are we giving this idiot any more press time?! He's done, gone, not relevant. I'm tired of seeing his face and hearing his name. Might as well report on current Atari Jaguar games, it'd be just as newsworthy...

 

[FinalHeart95]

Jack, here's my response:
"Nobody likes you
Everyone left you
They're all out without you
Having fun."