Jack Thompson Faces Disciplinary Hearing 231
CoolC writes "Gamepolitics is reporting that attorney Jack Thompson is to face a disciplinary hearing before the Florida Supreme Court. The attorney faces five counts of professional misconduct, three of which are correlated with his ongoing campaign against violent video games. Thompson faces the possibility of disciplinary action up to and including disbarment."
Re:i'm hoping... (Score:2, Interesting)
http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blog/post/629
Finally justice. (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:i'm hoping... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Finally justice. (Score:3, Interesting)
But seriously, before video games, it was rap music (in fact, it still sorta is), D&D, comic books, rock and roll, movies... And if you want to go back far enough in history, violence was caused by witches and Jews.
Color me cynical, but as much as I'd love to stop seeing parents blame todays massive surge in teen violence (which, if I may be so bold, would like to point out DOESN'T EXIST. Despite school shootings being all over the news, these are still isolated incidents and overall, youth violence is way, WAY down) on video games, I know it'll only be temporary. Something will ALWAYS be society's scapegoat. In recent years, it's felt like America is easily the worst when it comes to this random blame-game (if simply because I have friends in Europe who point out lawyers don't carry the same negative stigma over the pond, where many of these lawsuits would be laughed out of court), but it's still all over the world. In 2010, gay marriage will be causing all of society's ills. In 2015, it'll be gay divorce. In 2600, it will be people who haven't converted from Christianity to Oprahism, and in 4576, it will be those of us that refuse to welcome our new cockroach overlords.
Wherever people go, the scapegoat will always be right behind.
Re:Meh... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:i'm hoping... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Department (Score:3, Interesting)
That'd be fantastic.
What motivates this guy? (Score:3, Interesting)
John Walsh from "America's Most Wanted" is motivated by what happened to his son, what happened to Thompson?
Re: I'm hoping... (Score:5, Interesting)
NOW, sending tens of thousands of troops to a foreign country in a war of aggression and occupation and subjugation which results in 40,000 civilian casualties. THAT is violent.
But I guess context is a silly thing. We don't need that.
Re:What motivates this guy? (Score:3, Interesting)
He's an attention addict, who keeps getting his fix because everyone keeps on paying attention to him long after it's clear he's an immoral lunatic.
Here's what is really sad.. (Score:2, Interesting)
Only a fool represents himself. Jack Thompson will more than likely continue practicing, no matter where he is.
Re:i'm hoping... (Score:5, Interesting)
The difference is that he's before the FL Supreme Court now, the same people that just two months ago fired a renegade district judge for egregious behavior when no one else would. They don't seem to tolerate such misbehavior very much, especially when presented with a record like Thompson's. Here's hoping he's forced to find an alternate career.
Re:Are you sure? (Score:3, Interesting)
By the way, I'm agnostic, but remain confused by the radical right wing Christian groups that appear to have lost the second half of their book somewhere and ignore most of the first half.
Wrong with America (Score:3, Interesting)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Evelyn Beatrice Hall