Friday, September 26, 2008
Jack Thompson: Unemployed!
Joining the ranks of the unemployed next month may very well be our favorite game-hatah, "Wackie" Jack Thompson. He has been officially disbarred in the state of Florida, effective in 30 days, though he does have a chance to appeal. And he has already filed for a stay of the order. So nothing is for sure.
According to GamePolitics, Judge Tunis reported, "Over a very extended period of time involving a number of totally unrelated cases and individuals, [r]espondent has demonstrated a pattern of conduct to strike out harshly, extensively, repeatedly and willfully to simply try to bring as much difficulty, distraction and anguish to those he considers in opposition to his causes. He does not proceed within the guidelines of appropriate professional behavior, but rather uses other means available to intimidate, harass, or bring public disrepute to those whom he perceives oppose him."
Sometimes there is justice in the world. It may be slow, but it is there.
I don't know if that will affect his standing with Fox News in the slightest. I'm not really sure they check credentials for their "experts" anyway. And I'm sure he's going to remain an activist. He just no longer stands to make a mint off of legal fees by being a jerk and chasing ambulances anymore. He'll have to find a partner who is both as crazy as he is and in good standing as a legal professional to do that.
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He has been officially disbarred in the state of Florida, effective in 30 days...
Couldn't have happened to a better person IMHO.
I'm sure he'll find other ways to harass gamers and games though. It's his destiny. It's the dark side.
Couldn't have happened to a better person IMHO.
I'm sure he'll find other ways to harass gamers and games though. It's his destiny. It's the dark side.
According to hte court order itself, he can only appeal if he gets someone other than himself to file the appeal for him. He's very explicitly barred from filing any of that kind of thing. He needs someone else to sign it. Good luck with that. :P
Interested in doing a "post mortem" on his video-game related stuff? I'm curious, since I'd hardly heard of him. What's this about chasing ambulances? Maybe you could fill in those of us who are out of the loop?
Interested in doing a "post mortem" on his video-game related stuff? I'm curious, since I'd hardly heard of him. What's this about chasing ambulances? Maybe you could fill in those of us who are out of the loop?
Yo'el - GamePolitics has already done just that. Check Out Their Timeline. It's hardly complete - just including some of his violations in the name of justice, but a lot of his game-related attacks are there too.
Basically, whenever there's been a mass shooting committed by someone under the age of 30, Jack Thompson has tried to turn it into a "video games made this kid a psycho" story (because something like 85% of people under the age of 30 play video games), and THEN has fished for a class action lawsuit against publishers on behalf of the "victims." He's been trying to get rich off of this for years.
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Basically, whenever there's been a mass shooting committed by someone under the age of 30, Jack Thompson has tried to turn it into a "video games made this kid a psycho" story (because something like 85% of people under the age of 30 play video games), and THEN has fished for a class action lawsuit against publishers on behalf of the "victims." He's been trying to get rich off of this for years.
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