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Thompson says You don't know Jack

Jack Thompson, the infamous attorney that has been a factor in multiple anti-video game lawsuits, reportedly walked out of a hearing before the Florida Bar Association today. Thompson’s hearing went on without him and the Florida Bar Association recommended Thompson be disciplined with an “enhanced disbarment” stipulating that Thompson can’t apply to practice law again for a decade.

The reason Thompson cited for walking out of the courtroom was that Judge Dava Tunis, whom Thompson calls the referee, didn’t have the authority to hear his case. Thompson claims that Tunis has an invalid loyalty oath and that because the oath is invalid Tunis will be removed from office and can’t preside over his Bar hearing. Thompson also claims that Tunis forged a new loyalty oath to cover the fact that her original oath was invalid due to improper wording.

Thompson filed a massive and rambling 14 page document he titled “Thompson’s Formal Objection to June 4 Sanctions “Hearing””. Thompson points out in the opening lines of his objections that, “I depart from the traditional identification of myself, a party herein, in the third person and instead speak in my own voice in the first person directly to the referee.”  After all speaking about himself in the first person would make him sound crazy.

In the rambling objection document, Thompson claims that he has been denied is due process by not having the accusations against him made clear “in English any rational person can understand.” Thompson also claims that Tunis leaked the court document outlining that he was found guilty on 27 of the 31 counts raised by the Florida State Bar.

Thompson goes on to compare his quest to confront Howard Stern and his supporters to John the Baptist confronting Herod about marrying his brother’s wife.

The best sentence from the entire rambling document says, “The consequence of all of this post facto oath taking is that all that the Florida Supreme Court has done in this case is invalid and will be voided, and if you think I will not accomplish that end then a) you do not understand the lawsuit already filed, and b) you don’t know Jack.”



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Moron.
By Rugar on 6/5/2008 3:46:41 PM , Rating: 5
.... 'nuff said.




RE: Moron.
By Cobra Commander on 6/5/2008 3:59:45 PM , Rating: 5
I'm thinking "Crazy" might be more appropriate.


RE: Moron.
By BladeVenom on 6/5/2008 4:20:21 PM , Rating: 5
quote:
...in English any rational person can understand

Of course it goes without saying he isn't a rational person.

Comparing himself to John the Baptist? Don Quixote is more like it.


RE: Moron.
By bighairycamel on 6/5/2008 5:02:16 PM , Rating: 2
What a pompous egomaniac. This guy really does live on his own version of what we call "Earth".


RE: Moron.
By erikejw on 6/5/2008 8:36:05 PM , Rating: 2
God complex and narcissist


RE: Moron.
By aharris on 6/9/2008 12:14:17 PM , Rating: 2
What's the scientific term for that? I know a few people who could be described as such. =)


RE: Moron.
By eye smite on 6/9/2008 3:23:37 PM , Rating: 2
Hmm, 10 years in a new career, I wish him luck.


RE: Moron.
By SpaceRanger on 6/5/2008 11:10:47 PM , Rating: 5
He's living in Liberty City...


RE: Moron.
By amanojaku on 6/5/2008 5:48:28 PM , Rating: 3
quote:
Don Quixote is more like it.


Yes, he certainly is a donkey. ;-)


RE: Moron.
By Macelind on 6/9/2008 11:39:54 AM , Rating: 5
Does that mean he is a Jack-ass?


RE: Moron.
By Oregonian2 on 6/5/2008 8:10:54 PM , Rating: 5
I think you're insulting Don Quixote. Don was a good-guy trying to do good. This guy isn't that at all, IMO.


RE: Moron.
By Truxy on 6/5/2008 9:06:55 PM , Rating: 5
You can't blame him really. It was probably written in lawyer-speak. This man is no lawyer.


RE: Moron.
By CascadingDarkness on 6/6/2008 2:02:33 PM , Rating: 2
Actually Jack is the only State Certified "Sane" lawyer.

Once you understand the true meaning of that line. It is highly amusing


RE: Moron.
By ImSpartacus on 6/5/2008 4:28:26 PM , Rating: 5
This story is nearly biased. Good thing it's biased in the correct position; Thompson is a dumbass.


RE: Moron.
By Yawgm0th on 6/5/2008 6:08:02 PM , Rating: 5
This is a blog post, not a news story. If it were pretending to be unbiased we'd potentially have an issue.


RE: Moron.
By ted61 on 6/5/2008 6:40:06 PM , Rating: 4
This post appears to be in the news section.

Biased or not, I like the article.


RE: Moron.
By peldor on 6/6/2008 9:10:05 AM , Rating: 4
Even more weird it appears in the Science section. Psychology of self-destructive behaviors??


RE: Moron.
By ImSpartacus on 6/6/2008 1:30:15 PM , Rating: 2
DT should have a "dumbass" section. Something tells me most of the Thompson stories would find there way into the section...


RE: Moron.
By aharris on 6/9/2008 12:16:28 PM , Rating: 3
"Dumbass" section...

...I wonder if Thompson uses "the internets"?


RE: Moron.
By daftrok on 6/5/2008 7:23:01 PM , Rating: 5
A bias story is a good story when no one disagrees. And its guys like this that are slowing us down. What people fail to realize is that games are a form of art, be it good, bad, ugly, erotic, whatever. Paintings depict a moment in time. Music depicts a sound in time. Movies depict both of these elements. Games are the next step: interacting with the pictures and sounds.

Just because its violent and erotic doesn't mean its dirty and should be shielded from our eyes. The Bloody Massacre was horrifically violent:
http://home.apu.edu/~blamkin/BostonMassacre.jpg

Picasso was blatantly sexual:
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~jconte/Images/Picasso...

But we accepted it because it was on a canvas. The Godfather had both violence and sex but it is considered the greatest movie of all time. And games have reached this level as well. Games like Grand Theft Auto and Metal Gear Solid are considered to be one of the greatest games/series ever made despite the fact that its violent and erotic.

So I guess all I can say is this: if you don't want your kids watching it/playing it/pleasuring themselves to it, then show some god damned discipline and some back handing and tell them what's what. But don't give censor our games (Manhunt 2). This is America, freedom of speech. Just have 3 ratings (E, T, M) and explain to the parents what it means. If they can't grow some balls and deal with their kids, that's their problem, but don't make us suffer for their stupidity.


RE: Moron.
By GaryJohnson on 6/5/2008 8:24:14 PM , Rating: 2
There are some censor everything extremists, but I think the core violent game argument is wether or not games should be rated by some government agency or not. That's a bit more of a gray area.