Posted on 09/25/2008 3:19:45 PM PDT by Domandred
Executives throughout the video game industry may be breathing a big sigh of relief. That's because it looks like one of the industry's biggest critics, Florida lawyer Jack Thompson, has had his voice cut off at the knees, to mix a metaphor or two.
According to a Thursday report on the popular video game blog Kotaku, Thompson has been disbarred by a Florida judge who ruled he has been guilty of some seriously unbecoming conduct.
Essentially, according to Kotaku, the court ruled that Thompson "made false statements of material fact to courts and repeatedly violated a court order...communicated the subject of representation directly with clients of opposing counsel...engaged in prohibited ex parte communications...publicized and sent hundreds of pages of vitriolic and disparaging missives, letters, faxes and press releases to the affected individuals...targeted an individual who was not involved with (Thompson) in any way, merely due to 'the position (the individual) holds in state and national politics'...falsely, recklessly and publicly accused a judge of being amenable to the 'fixing' of cases," and so on.
Thompson might best be known for his withering attacks of Rockstar Games for the sexual content that was hidden in its hit game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. But he has also been vocal in his criticism of countless other games for what he saw as too much violence and sexual content.
Kotaku also said Thompson sent it a note explaining his situation and including the following language: "The timing of this disbarment transparently reveals its motivation: This past Friday Thompson filed a federal civil rights action against The Bar, the Supreme Court and all seven of its Justices. This rush to disbarment is in retribution for the filing of that federal suit. With enemies this foolish, Thompson needs only the loyal friends he has."
A big question, of course, is whether Thompson's disbarment will do anything to stop his broadsides against the video game industry. His stark anti-game press releases don't require a law degree, and he's still going to be famous and the source of good quotes, so don't expect him to go silent just because he can no longer take law clients.
Still, his inability to make a living as a lawyer may force him to take up other pursuits that could occupy his time and leave him little room for pursuing his anti-game agenda. Knowing him to be a fan of publicity, I would expect no less.
I could take this guys out with a quick ambush, backstab, kidney shot then rupture from my WOW Rogue.
ilthbran
Lvl 70 Night Elf Rogue
Duskwood
PS, yeah i’m a vid geek.....
jackpeace?
Used to be a guest on South Florida talk radio a lot.
Gives conservatives a bad name.
The Al C. Hastings of the Republican party.
jack if you are reading this I challenge you to some Quake deathmatch. (Quake1 to be specific). The level will be e4m3, elder god’s shrine.
Batjack!
THAT’S IT! Pretty sure
I believe you're correct
something strange 99 - 00 - 01 ??
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Watch out...he might still be able to threaten you with a lawsuit even if disbarred!
Instead of Alcee Hastings, I was thinking of Fred Phelps.
Oh, yeah. Jack was a, ah, “vigorous” FReeper. I had a couple of quite cordial exchanges with him but as time went on he became increasingly strident, confrontational, and difficult to get along with even if one agreed with him. A very angry individual, as I recall.
Screwball to the extreme.
I have a female Gnome that can kite you indefinitely with level 1 Frostbolt. :D
Yep he was umm....an interesting character. Couldn’t get along with anybody toward the end. IIRC he bought/took over the Capitol Hill Blue website.
A lawyer with unbecoming conduct? That is quite shocking! /s
Yep...he'd come back all reformed and nice.
And be bonkers and tossed again within a week.
Na NA Na NA Na NA Na NA Na NA Na NA Na NA Na NA BAT-JACK!
IIRC he bought/took over the Capitol Hill Blue website.
I was wrong. It wasn’t Jack Thompson but Doug Thompson to began Capitol Hill Blue website.
Yup those were the days. That was about the same time we had a freeper named “ToiletMan”.
Oh yes...he sent me some nasty e-mails when I disagreed with something he said/did. I guess that was about 10 years ago.
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