I think the experiments about the relationship between the prison guard and prisoners really have something to them. There's such a natural pull to go a little 'mad with power'.

You know, I'm not sure what this guy was expecting to happen. If you post retardedness like this on the web someone is going to find it sooner or later, and if you leave clues to trace it back to your true identity, don't be surprised if you're asked questions about it. ESPECIALLY if you posted such claims from your work computer.

@darktetsuya

Jack.. have power?

Does not compute

he changed his handle to Deadwalk.

thankfully, that jerkface isn't on my server.

Friend of yours, DemonTestament? :D
Just kidding... I swear... PUT DOWN THE TASER!
:D

Seriously, I'm not sure if it was the brightest idea to make such comments from a work computer. Many of us post from work, but I think we mostly use common sense.

Should he be fired from his job? Misuse of the computer system might lead to some sort of action. But prosecuted? Depends if it pans out that he really abused his power or not. He could be all bluster and no action.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

Hey, maybe he's related to Jack!

His last name IS Thompson....

Coincidence? I think SO!

But you never know...

Yeesh. Creepy man. And he's 30 freaking years old.

Let's see another certain Thompson place a 'long-term affects' result on THIS case.

It should be noted that this coversation occured in the PvP forums... not surprising, just another example of why I really dislike the majority of the PvP community in CoH/V.

I bet this guy would love Manhunt 2.

At first, I thought that it was no big deal. It's true, folks like to plug themselves big on the internetz. And he could say what he wants, freedom of speech, especially outside of work, right? Not for a corrections officer, and certainly not if he posted from work. Even worse if what he said about the assault was wrong.

For some professions, be it teacher, police, or some kind of govt. official, you better make sure your past does not contain anything sexual. Polaroid or Porn, it's trouble. The media will have a field day, all over something done 15 years ago at a college party.

But what Thompson did was ultimately worse. He gloated over another's misfortune, publicly said so, & did it at a work computer. He writes like a 10 year old bully.

It sucks that the privacy of who you are and what you do on the side when not at work has become a common place public theater if you slip up once. But if it gets imbalanced people who carry guns & are supposed to protect us a new direction in life, so much the better.

Funny I share a name with this guy, and sadly as last name with GP's most famous troll :P.

Seems like a guy who thinks he has supreme power when he puts on his uniform and tazer.

It is sad that some people abuse what is given to them.

"It is sad that some people abuse what is given to them."

And it's these who inspire distrust in other of that profession, crooked or not

@ Zigs

I never have met a police officer who joined the force for that reason. All the officers that I know are in it to protect and serve.

Additionally, all the prison guards I know are not in it so thye have an excuse to abuse the prisoners. They do it to keep the peace for those prisoners who want to reform.

And yes I do know several police officers and prison guards.

I've worked medicine, where you sometimes 'clean up' after the police. Believe me, I know where I'm coming from.

@Zigs

You might have worked medicine but that's no excuse for that kind of generalization. The vast majority of people join the police in order to protect and serve the people. That is the reason the police exist. I'm sure that there are people who join for the express purpose of beating on others but, as was pointed out, they are in the minority. I'm sure the same can be said of those who become correction's officers.

That being said this guy was a jerk and got what he deserved under the law. I wouldn't be surprised if the victim's family sued him either.

Of course it is a generalization, but a few can embitter me against the mass. I've never been on the 'wrong side' of the legal system but have seen plenty of those who are, and they aren't treated much better than livestock. I guess I find our criminal justice system to be way too draconian. I mean, what other 1st world country executes?

This guy is just another arm of that evil. Society has deemed that this person is below me, so I get to torture him and treat him like an animal. It wouldn't surprise me if this sort of mentality is part of law enforcement education.

Remember kids, nothing on the interweb is anonymous.

I can't believe I share the same game with this asshole.

At least we're on different servers...

@Zigs

Actually, it isn't a part of police training. Most officers are afraid to ever raise a weapon on a suspect, but this can be dependant upon your area.

Also, if a cop is doing it just to beat ass, they likely had this superiority complex way before they thought of becoming a cop.

TAZE ME!! TAZE ME!!!

If his postings are accurate the guy ought to be fired and charged.

..I don't really understand how this relates to games in the slightest though.

@ Zigs

Rubbish! FOX News didn't go anywhere near the truth regarding the Legion of Anonymous!

@ xzero87

The message was posted on a City of Heroes forum. Practically you are right though. Then again, is Paris Hilton news at all? *groans*

Although... I find this report rather interesting, as I here now some guy in my own country has admitted to murdering someone last weekend, and has now come forward to the police.

@E. Zachary Knight

Actually there's a divided opinion on whether prison is supposed to be a place of reform, or a place of punishment. Unfortunately that lets abuses like this guy claims to have done crop up and have little to nothing done to fix them.

I'm of the opinion that a prisoners "punishment" is the fact that they are in a controlled life without the luxuries of the outside world. They should not be in an abusive or unhealthy envirnment.

But to me the goal of prison is to keep prisoners from committing crimes again and ending up back in prison. There are many ways to do this, but to me the best way to do it is to give them some constructive skills to use after they are released. If they don't have nay skills to survive in the real world, they will end up doing what they know, breaking the law. From what I have heard of most of our prison system is that too much of the prisoner's time is spent on idle activities. Idle hands are the Devil's play thing, or something like that.

I like movies like Gridiron Gang. These movies show that there are better odds for prisoners in a reform program than there are in a punishment program.

There is also the whole attention aspect of it. As humans we seek recognition and attention. If all we get is negetive attention, then we eventually condition ourselves to seek that negetive attention. This is very apparent in children, but can be seen in adults. Positive reeforcement and positive attention would go a lot further to lowering crime rates and prison population.

Bullshit I say! Fox News broke /b/ to the world. Now that they have been exposed by a local Fox News affiliate, /b/ is no longer able to terrorize the world with cyber threats and e-penises. Anonymous, Fox has your number... they just, y'know, misdialed or something.

@Kincyr

Nah, if that happened JT would talk big and then dart away the second it gets heavy saying "I warned them"

@E. Zachary Knight

There's nothing wrong with your opinion, I pretty much agree with it. I just remember that one article regarding games in prisons where the comments showed there was a couple schools of thought. One school held that prisons for meant to reform people, the other held that prison was a place of punishment where people were stuck to be made miserable for their crimes. The later school of thought helps give rise to abusers like this guy, and hinders work to improve the system.

So basically I'm saying that there's more to the issue than just the abuses.

*shrugs at Zigs* Doesn't matter that much.

@gameryno

I already did it for him.

@nightwng:

"Depends if it pans out that he really abused his power or not."

So when Jack does it its ok, apparently...

This guy is sick. Granting without accepting, even if he didn't do it, he just desecrated the profession of corrections officer as a whole. I understand that the job isn't really clean with the media reports of correction officers torturing their prisoners but you have to feel bad for the honest ones.

@EZKnight:

I am wholely in agreement.

@Anonymous

I really need to invest in those ol' /sarcasm tags. The Fox News thing was nothing, hilarious to those in the know, sensationalist to those unfortunate local viewers who now fear "Anonymous", and completely unnoticed by the rest of the world.

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