Jack Thompson Walks Out On Hearing

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

[Carthag]

Everyone knows it's a good idea to stick around when an NPC is talking. You might learn something interesting, or get a side-quest.

Re:fp

[Tenebrousedge]

Reign of terror? You must be thinking of a different Jack Thompson. This seems more like a punch line to me.

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!

[Toasty16]

I for one will not stand for this kind of shabby treatment! How dare you impugn the integrity of Jack Thompson, the legal mind who gave the great state of Florida it's most famous legal document [slashdot.org]!

Isn't he always complaining...

[i kan reed]

Isn't he always complaining that games lack consequences that are meaningful for evil action.

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

[Starteck81]

All that pent up anger of his is finally coming out. I wouldn't be surprised if he went on a shooting spree like the troubled people he says were driven to violence by video games. I think he should try a violent video game and see just how cathartic it can be.

obligatory

[naz404]

I, for one, welcome our new Jack Thompson-disbarring overlords!

top secret inside information: GTA5

[Lazy Jones]

In GTA5 you'll play a lawyer who has had enough ...

Re:Hasn't he...

[Anonymous Coward]

Hasn't he been disbarred yet? I can say without exageration the man is quite delusional.

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!

Re:Obviously he's not a fan of computer games

[Kjella]

You might learn something interesting, or get a side-quest.

I think he's already intensely devoted to his main quest.

Re:fp

[Majik Sheff]

I consider this a colostomy for the legal system (one less asshole).

Re:Ten years is unusual

[camperdave]

Maybe an enhanced disbarment is just like a regular disbarment, but with the additional stipulation that you cannot go into actual bars for ten years.

Re:How dare you!

[Anonymous Coward]

He gave Florida a 404?

Re:Loyalty oaths? Say what?

[glittalogik]

Roger that, Thompson. Golf Tango Foxtrot, Over.

Re:Ten years is unusual

[Anonymous Coward]

Attach a bunch of printed gay pornography to your next court submission and see how much the judge likes it. Extra points will be given if the Judge in question is a strictly observant southern baptist. Make sure and not tell the judge it's in there so he's sure to see it in all it's glory.

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

[adona1]

From TFA:
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 /. story, please!

Re:Obviously he's not a fan of computer games

[b0r1s]

Clearly, he forgot to turn quick quest text: on.

You fools!

[Anonymous Coward]

You foolish slashdotters. Don't you realize that Jack Thompson came closer to giving us what we want than anyone else?

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.

Re:obligatory

[Kingrames]

for one? you must be new here.

Re:Ten years is unusual

[crawling_chaos]

Enhanced disbarment also has a period of double secret probation I think.

A question

[Monkey_Genius]

Did the door hit him in the ass on the way out?

Re:Such anger

[moderatorrater]

I wouldn't be surprised if he went on a shooting spree like the troubled people he says were driven to violence by video games

Would that be proving his point? After all, if people didn't play violent video games, he never would have been driven to this point.

Re:Good rid(d)ance

[Ebirah]

Like he won't be getting one of those crazy person websites, the ones with the big text, lots of animated .gifs and liberal use of the <blink> tag.

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

[pete-classic]

Only Jack Thompson has the power to disbar Jack Thompson.

Jack Thompson is the new Chuck Norris.

-Peter

Re:Good ridance

[sentientbrendan]

Huh, I didn't know they had that in vista, as I don't have it installed.

Re:What not to do in a court room

[ichthyoboy]

Especially in a Jamaican courtroom, mon.

Re:Good ridance

[the_Bionic_lemming]

Violin.

And a big fire... //points at Nero

I see a bright future in GOP politics

[gelfling]

A Congressional seat with all graft his two little greedy arms can sweep up, at the least. Perhaps even a governorship.

Re:fp

[lucas teh geek]

overrated maybe (it's appears at to be 1 to me), but troll? what the hell are you smoking? did JT get mod points ./ or something?

Re:Good ridance

[KermodeBear]

Are you kidding me?

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.....

[Daswolfen]

I'm just waiting for him to go on a shooting spree just so he can 'prove' video game violence causes real life violence.

Re:fp

[Hawkeye05]

I get your point however a colostomy isn't actually the removal of the anus. I can't find what that procedure is called but the colostomy just changes the location for the function of the anus. No removal actually occurs from what I can tell.

Jeez, what's in your anus?

Re:obligatory

[afaik_ianal]

*whoosh*

Re:fp

[The Clockwork Troll]

I can't find what that procedure is called [for removing the anus].

Is that because you are retaining your own so vigorously?

Re:How dare you!

[syousef]

He gave Florida a 404?

Nope, that was your presidential elections a few years back.

Re:fp

[Majik Sheff]

Ok, then we'll go with this. The asshole is still there, it just doesn't have the official capacity to spew shit anymore. See, my analogy still works.

just playing the game....

[meglon]

Obviously he's been reading up on the game on cheater sites. It's widely known that you have to threaten the entire bar, and insult the judge before you get flagged for the shotgun power-up on level 3. If you don't get that, you're really screwed by the time you hit level 5 and have to get past the mental institute guards to get to see the alien.

Re:fp

[AuMatar]

And yet he'd still be closer to reality than O'Reily.

Re:Good ridance

[Captain Sarcastic]

While losing his license was not directly responsible for his current status, if he had never lost his license, he likely would never have done anything more than be a local shrink.

"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

Re:Good ridance

[Mr2001]

Hmm. That's interesting, because I've read that computer monitors (CRT as well as flat panel) give off electromagnetic radiation, and this radiation is correlated to the type of software that's running on the computer. Televisions also give off the same radiation, correlated to the signal they're tuned into. There's even some evidence that non-electronic objects such as books and people can passively reflect this radiation, selectively absorbing parts of it and causing a characteristic disturbance.

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.

Re:fp

[Barny]

You can't be anally retentive without an anus :)

Re:Good ridance

[Killjoy_NL]

It's one the reasons I love the Nero cd burning suite.
In the old days it had the name:

Nero Burning Rom- :D

Re:Good ridance

[Anonymous Coward]

I suspect the previous AC meant Eminem.

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.

Re:fp

[Anonymous Coward]

I consider this a colostomy for the legal system (one less asshole).

I bitterly weep for your once promising career as a surgeon. A colostomy, in fact, creates an additional asshole.

Re:fp

[hostyle]

I can't find what that procedure is called

s/://;

Re:fp

[JosKarith]

And here I was thinking that it was "Add another 8 lawyers, wait for the cement to dry and get ready for the best game of whack-a-mole of your life."

Sounds like a Mel Brooks sketch...

[Hognoxious]

Applicant: I'm a disbarred lawyer, a nutjob, a crack case, a quack and a disbarred lawyer.
Fox HR man: Hey! You said disbarred lawyer twice!
Applicant: I like being disbarred!

Re:Good ridance

[dintech]

I think watching movies and games that have an age limit a good few years higher than you would is a rite of passage for any kid. My childhood wouldn't have been the same without sneakily watching films like Die Hard, Aliens, Predator and Terminator 2 with my friends.

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.

Re:Good ridance

[Hognoxious]

Disbar me and I will become more of a pain in the ass than you can imagine.

Re:Good rid(d)ance

[revengebomber]

lots of animated .gifs and liberal use of the <blink> tag.

Nothing about Jack Thompson is liberal.

Re:Good ridance

[ShannaraFan]

I don't think I could be any more involved in my 16-year-old son's gaming and circle of friends. After hearing that I was a Counter-Strike addict in a former life, they introduced me to Call Of Duty 4. After I proved that I don't completely suck, they all now invite me into their games. They also like hearing "stories" about how things were before the Internet - dialing in to individual BBS systems, acoustic modems (yes, just like in Wargames), saving programs to cassette tapes, etc.. In the late 80's, I wrote a war-dialing program that found its way onto several BBS's, and still lives on the Internet today (it's even referred to in at least on computer security book, found on Google Books). They all thought that was just the coolest damned thing ever, so I'm seen as the "uber hacker".

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...

Re:fp

[mopower70]

Good lord. I just googled that operation. I will not be sleeping any time soon.

Re:fp

[mopower70]

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].

Has he ever acted under the pseudonym "Internal Server Error"?

Re:fp

[oahazmatt]

Jeez, what's in your anus?

That's the worst Visa marketing campaign, yet.

Re:fp

[Anonymous Coward]

I vote from this day forth, we call it a "Thompsonectomy."

Re:fp

[MoldySpore]

Actually I think Clinton "got off" wayyyyy before he was brought up on impeachment charges...HA

Re:obligatory

[yuriyg]

I, for one, welcome our new understudy.

Re:fp

[Muad'Dave]

What good is your retentiveness, Mr. Anderson, if you don't have an anus?

Re:Good ridance

[SterlingSylver]

After all, what do we do to people who say video games make us violent? WE KILL EM!

Re:Ten years is unusual

[Chris Burke]

Now keep in mind a disturbing number of the populace is increasingly kook.

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!