Jack Thompson Walks Out On Hearing 522
Erik J writes "Apparently Jack had heard enough.
The Florida Bar asked for an 'enhanced disbarment' in the disciplinary hearing of Jack Thompson, held earlier this afternoon. The recommendation means Thompson would be disbarred and prohibited from applying to practice law again for ten years, according to 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida spokesperson Eunice Sigler.
Thompson's disciplinary hearing apparently ended in the attorney walking out of the courtroom after saying the judge did not have the authority to hear his case."
Obviously he's not a fan of computer games (Score:5, Funny)
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Seriously, when it comes to ambulance-chasing frothing-at-the-mouth nutcase walking jokes, Ol' J.T. takes the cake. And then sues Hostess for making it...
How dare you! (Score:5, Funny)
Isn't he always complaining... (Score:5, Funny)
Well... Here you are jack, consequences for your arrogant actions. This is no game though, I'm sorry you don't have a save point to revert to.
Such anger (Score:4, Funny)
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top secret inside information: GTA5 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hasn't he... (Score:3, Funny)
But then he probably qualifies under the Americans With Disabilities act and he'll sue for discrimination.
It's not like he has anything else to do!
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Re:Ten years is unusual (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Loyalty oaths? Say what? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Ten years is unusual (Score:5, Funny)
Court clerks do read the stuff first -- it's almost certain the judge got a heads-up call first, likely starting with "you're not going to believe this, but..."
We can ignore him now (Score:5, Funny)
You have been so cruel and at the same time so foolish as to call my pleadings herein "propaganda." That word means something, given how propaganda was used in the last century by the Third Reich in Nazi Germany
He Godwinned himself straight out of the gate. Next
Re:Obviously he's not a fan of computer games (Score:4, Funny)
You fools! (Score:5, Funny)
If Jack's plan had succeeded for Halo 3, GTAIV, CoD4, etc, then I would never have to listen to a 11-year-old child screaming in my ear about his prepubescent views on life while he rapes me 15 kills to 4, since it's all he does all day, every day. In fact, he could get his xbox live account cancelled if I lost to him and decided to report his underaged cowlick.
You hear the name "Jack Thompson" and shriek like banshees, but in fact, he was going to keep underaged gamers out of our servers, and for that, he would have been a savior to the online FPS community, not a villain that you portray him to be. Think for yourselves on this.
Thanks to this blind tomfoolery, things will never get better, because no one will dare enforce age guidelines lest they receive a similar fate, and you'll be losing to castrato-voiced 9-year olds telling you how your mother was the last time they slept with her for the rest of your geriatric lives.
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A question (Score:2, Funny)
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Re:Good rid(d)ance (Score:2, Funny)
Admittedly he probably won't be quite so much in the public eye after this though.
Re:What not to do in a court room (Score:3, Funny)
Jack Thompson is the new Chuck Norris.
-Peter
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And a big fire...
I see a bright future in GOP politics (Score:3, Funny)
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Whenever I see a Jack Thompson story these days, I know that I'm going to be laughing my ass off. This is no different. His antics are hilarious.
I'm certain that disbarment will not stop him from continuing with his grandstanding and other general silliness, and, as much of a PITA he has been for some people, I'm hoping that he will stick around for years to come. He is simply too entertaining.
Jack Goes Postal in 3.... 2....1..... (Score:2, Funny)
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Jeez, what's in your anus?
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Is that because you are retaining your own so vigorously?
Re:How dare you! (Score:4, Funny)
Nope, that was your presidential elections a few years back.
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just playing the game.... (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Good ridance (Score:4, Funny)
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
Re:Good ridance (Score:5, Funny)
Many species are able to detect this type of radiation -- and this might seem far-fetched, but I have a hunch that humans might be able to do it too, at least with the proper training. If a parent could learn to distinguish between different games, movies, etc. by detecting patterns in the electromagnetic radiation they emit, they might be able to figure out what their kids are up to.
Clearly, this needs to be studied more before we can draw any conclusions, but I'm willing to do the research if someone wants to fund it.
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In the old days it had the name:
Nero Burning Rom-
Re:Good ridance (Score:1, Funny)
Anyway, he's wrong. Where there's a relationship between political climate and music, it's the music reflecting the political climate rather than the other way round.
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I bitterly weep for your once promising career as a surgeon. A colostomy, in fact, creates an additional asshole.
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Sounds like a Mel Brooks sketch... (Score:4, Funny)
Fox HR man: Hey! You said disbarred lawyer twice!
Applicant: I like being disbarred!
Re:Good ridance (Score:3, Funny)
Lets not forget that Doom was certificate 15 here in the UK. The films I mentioned about were certificate 18, except T2 which was 15.
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Hilarity ensued one night when several of them were at our house - one of them brought a laptop. In my house, Facebook and Myspace are banned, blocked via several methods (Squid, Dansguardian, and OpenDNS). The "lead hacker" at the time thought he could get around my blocks by using another open proxy. The entire time he was messing around, I was upstairs watching the logs, watching all this take place. I let him struggle for about 15 minutes, then went down and casually asked "Who's trying to get around my firewall?". His face turned beet red, he stammered around for a few seconds, and then said "I didn't even know you could block proxy servers." The rest of them all laughed hysterically, and my son chimes in "Dude, my Dad gets paid to protect computers!". From that point on, I was seen as "l33t". Imagine, me, "l33t". Hilarious...
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I always get a kick out of these stories, because Jack Thompson is the name of a famous Australian actor. You might have seen him in a movie [padawansguide.com].
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Re:Ten years is unusual (Score:4, Funny)
It's true, which is why I signed up for classes in speaking Kook at my local community college. I figured it'll be useful in the job market. It's pretty rough though, because the entire class is taught in Kook. I guess that kind of immersion is the best way to learn a new language, but it makes it hard to keep up. The prof says "Nipples turn children into Hitler" and I'm so busy trying to figure out what he meant that I miss what he said next. A buddy in the class said it was "Gays cause droughts and if they marry it causes earthquakes", which he thinks is some kind of homework assignment. And that was the first class!