Judge Spanks Jack Thompson for Including Gay Porn with Court Filing
That gurgling sound you hear could be Jack Thompson’s legal career swirling down the ‘loo.
The frequent video game critic, already facing professional misconduct charges from the Florida Bar which could see him stripped of his license to practice law, has outraged a U.S. District Court judge by including images of men having sex in a document filed with the court last week.
It’s difficult to fathom what Thompson was thinking, but here’s how it all, um, went down:
As GamePolitics has previously reported, Thompson has a pair of lawsuits underway against the Florida Bar in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. One of the cases, presided over by Judge Adalberto Jordan, has been the recipient of a flurry of motions by Thompson in recent weeks.
In a document filed with the court on September 19th, Thompson criticized the Bar for allegedly collaborating with Norm Kent, a criminal defense attorney from Fort Lauderdale. Thompson and Kent have a contentious legal history dating back nearly two decades. From Thompson’s motion:
The Bar’s demonstrable mindset is that the “enemy of my enemy is my friend,” as indicated by The Bar’s enthusiastic, recidivist collaboration with Mr. Kent, over a twenty year period, at Thompson’s expense. Lunacy proceedings have been sought and secured, Bar complaints have recently been maintained for nearly three years.
Kent, who publishes the National Gay News website, was criticized by Thompson in last week’s court filing for “distribution of hardcore porn to anyone of any age.” Not content to make that alleged point in writing, Thompson attached several gay porn pictures to his motion with Judge Jordan. The pictures apparently do not come directly from the National Gay News site, but rather are contained on sites linked from NGN’s adult links section.
In any case, His Honor was not amused.
In an order issued on Monday, Judge Jordan directed Thompson to show cause as to why he should not face sanctions, including possible contempt charges. Judge Jordan wrote:
The attached exhibit, which includes several graphic images of oral and genital sex between adult males, was filed electronically in the docket in this case, without prior permission from the court…
To the extent that the other attorney’s alleged conduct is in any way relevant… there was no need for Mr. Thompson to file these graphic images in the public record. A simple reference to the website and its alleged links would have sufficed…
Through his actions, Mr. Thompson made available for unlimited public viewing, on the court’s docketing system, these graphic images.
For this reason, by October 5, 2007, Mr. Thompson shall show cause why this incident should not be referred to the court’s Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions, Peer Review, and Attorney Grievance for appropriate action.
In the wake of Judge Jordan’s order, Thompson has filed (at last count) four responses. In the first, he proclaims that he is ready to go to jail over the issue:
Thompson may have more to say in his own defense as to his alleged contemptuous behavior, but at this juncture, with all respect, he does not apologize for nor regret what he has done… if this court desires to throw Thompson into jail for trying to sound the alarm in this dramatic fashion… then Thompson is prepared to go there.
In another response Thompson likens his actions to those of a rather more famous American:
To hold Thompson in contempt for alerting the federal court system to the criminal activity… is akin to arresting Paul Revere, in 1775, for “disturbing the peace” with his midnight ride…
Via e-mail, Thompson told GamePolitics:
I’m not the one in trouble. The judge found a certain lawyer’s material obscene. I absolutely love it. This is the best thing to happen to me in a long, long time. Check my [case] filings, sweetie.
We have, and this isn’t the first time Thompson has been warned by a court not to include suggestive photos in those case filings. An April 12th entry in the Florida Supreme Court docket covering the Florida Bar’s case against Thompson includes this notation:
…the Court notes that [Thompson] has attached inappropriate and pornographic materials to his petitions that are irrelevant to his arguments. Respondent is warned that should he continue to submit such inappropriate filings, the Court will consider imposing sanctions which may include, but are not limited to, a limitation on Respondent’s ability to submit further filings without the signature of an attorney other than himself.
GP: As we said earlier, it’s really hard to imagine what Thompson thought he might have been accomplishing by including the offending images.
What he has apparently succeeded in doing, however, is seriously upsetting the judge who must decide the merits of Thompson’s attempt to block the Florida Bar from taking action against his license to practice law.
UPDATE: We’ve received comment from Norm Kent:
On a legal note, I am thinking most heterosexual lawyers… could better advocate their cause and arguments in the United States District Court than by… seeking, searching out and subsequently then downloading homoerotic images, that may or may not be found within our advertisers website content, over which I have no authority or control.
September 26th, 2007 at 9:55 am
Oh SNAP!
had to be said
September 26th, 2007 at 9:58 am
What the hell was Thompson thinking?
September 26th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Wow, I swear this man tries to amuse us on purpose. I guess Thompson’s next book will be “How to Get Out of a Failing Legal Career.”
September 26th, 2007 at 10:00 am
Ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!
How will he troll the web from jail?
So let me get this straight… Jack Thompson fights the good fight of keeping violent and sexual content out of the hands of minors by filing graphic pictures on a public website?
Of course he might say, “How many kids go to these sites and peruse legal matters?” To which there could be several replies; such as, “Most kids that read this hilarious story” “Children looking to research the legal system for school” “Many more kids that would go to the gay news website”.
Oh, man, this is SO funny!! I swear if he had a knife he’d probably cut out his eyes to spite his mind.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:03 am
I have just spent this morning laughing hysterically. Just when I find Thompson starting to get a little boring, he pulls something like this
@Soul Says: Obviously, he wasn’t.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:04 am
Oh dear oh dear…..
I really am at a loss for words, there’s absolutely nothing I can say to top this…..
September 26th, 2007 at 10:04 am
The man’s a genius.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:06 am
I just find the image of Jack sitting at his desk browsing and saving Gay Porn to be infinitely hilarious….
September 26th, 2007 at 10:06 am
Two words. “Self Owned.”
September 26th, 2007 at 10:07 am
@jds
there are also “kids” that find this shit (legal info) more intresting then anything they have to pay for >_>
September 26th, 2007 at 10:07 am
HAH! Jack Thompson has really gone off his rocker.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:09 am
“I’m not the one in trouble. The judge found a certain lawyer’s material obscene. I absolutely love it.”
He loved the obscnene material? Hah.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:10 am
“The pictures apparently do not come directly from the National Gay News site, but rather are contained on sites linked from NGN’s adult links section.”
Way to fail at the inter-tubes, Wacko Jack-o. Seriously, it’s always been a pet peeve of mine when people don’t know where one site ends and its links begin. Idiot. Or maybe he’s just playing on other people’s ignorances and he’s just a liar. Neither one surprises me.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:11 am
The man is a gigantic fail-machine.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Words fail me.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:12 am
This headline alone has seriously made my morning. Oh JT, what won’t you do?
September 26th, 2007 at 10:13 am
Thompson is completely bat-shit crazy. It’s obvious he views himself as some sort of crusading American hero, what with comparing himself to Paul Revere and all, when in reality he’s just another ignorant zealot and a really bad lawyer to boot.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:13 am
Is it me, or is Jack Thompson doing an amazing impression of Daffy Duck.
Maybe when he saw the pictures on external links (which I am sure, if you look on the website of this person he’s taking to court - has a disclaimer about the content of external sites not being that site’s responsibility) he got this feeling inside him, but could differentiate between anger and arousal?
September 26th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Maybe he’s just trying to end his career with a “BANG!”
I look forward to his antics during the coming Bar hearing
September 26th, 2007 at 10:15 am
To sum my reaction up nicely… “Uh-WHA?!” o.o;
September 26th, 2007 at 10:15 am
JT things he’s a modern day Paul Revere? What’s he doing, running through the streets screaming, “The gays are coming! The gays are coming!”?
Sounds like he just made his homophobia public knowledge and just got another group of citizens on our side. Honestly, can you think of no nobler cause than stopping the linking of gay pr0n to potentially under-aged children? I cannot. War, starvation, and a collapsing economy have nothing ont he importance of this terror!
September 26th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Never thought I’d see the words ‘Judge’, ‘Spank’, ‘Jack Thompson’ and ‘Gay Porn’ in the same sentence….
September 26th, 2007 at 10:17 am
I’ll bet Janet Reno has a few words to say about this.
Anyone else think so?
September 26th, 2007 at 10:17 am
“Yeah, so I’ll just check Gamepolitics real quick and then whaholdonWHAAAAT!??”
Oh… oh man. This… I just… how.. why…
This man is insane. In-fucking-sane. At this rate, we won’t have to wait for November.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Wait….huh….wha? It is official JT has broke my brain with this antics this time. How do pictures of gay porn have to do anything with the case at hand? Or was he trying to point out that Mr. Kent has a website that offers adult links to people who are of age? He even says of age, not that he is giving free access to porn to kids. I will be surprised if he is not held in contempt for this little fiasco, my mind can not contemplate any logical reason as to why even Jack would try something like this. I know his past actions at times might be from deep in left field but this…this is completely out of the ballpark.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:18 am
1) He called Dennis “sweetie”.
2) He distributes gay porn to other men.
Conclusion: JT is a homosexual.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:20 am
“Your Honor, today I will prove to you beyond the shadow of a doubt that Fox News is a terrorist Orginization and that Bill O’ Reily works for Usama Bin Laden!”
“O RLY?”
“YA RLY. You see, while I was watching ‘The No Spin Zone’ Bill discussed a video Bin Laden made and actually showed it on the air which means that he is a terrorist as is his employer.”
judge: *FACEPALM*
September 26th, 2007 at 10:21 am
Oh, just perfect. Apparently, now he thinks he’s the only one on the planet, aside from gamers, who’s smart enough to know how to use the internet.
Did he honestly think this would make his point more apparent? Why not be a normal human being and just explain the details of the pictures IN WORDS? Or does he think the judges can’t read because they’re ‘in cahoots’ with gamers, who he thinks can only read words like ‘lol.’
This man is sickening. As if his previous acts didn’t assure his downfall soon enough, this will definitely be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:21 am
What tricks will John Bruce Thompson, unsuccessful anti-video game attorney, and professional massacre chaser (and he can’t even do that very well), do next as the star of his own circus? Clearly, he’s unable to jump through hoops of fire without getting singed for starters.
I’m guessing the Florida Bar lion will bite his head completely off…
September 26th, 2007 at 10:22 am
Let’s give it up for Jack “Don Quixote” Thompson…
–Ray
September 26th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Also to Jack I want to make something clear. You are not Paul Revere. You are a Red Coat. Ready and willing to stamp out freedom wherever you see it. Oh yeah and the Red coats also lost.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:23 am
Sorry for the double post, but i just noticed this.
“This is the best thing to happen to me in a long, long time. Check my [case] filings, sweetie.”
“Sweetie?” He. Called. Dennis. Sweetie? JESUS, THIS MAN IS SCARING ME.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:28 am
I don’t see at any point that its suggested that the judge has any issue with the website in question, just Jack Thompson’s decision to file hardcore porn in the public domain, where anyone, including a 4 year old if they so wish, has the right to view it.
Jackie Boy, your career as a attorney is over.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:31 am
I knew his disbarrment was coming eventually…..but just not this soon!
Merry Christmas everyone!
September 26th, 2007 at 10:32 am
We had better start planning that party now..
Brilliant. Absolutly fucking brilliant day.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:32 am
i never actually thought jack thompson was mentally ill until now, sure i thought he was an ignorant, intolerant sob, but not truly mentally ill. now i think he is. mr. thompson has my pity and sympathy. it’s so sad to see a man, no matter how much you dislike him, crash and burn in such a spectacular fashion. get help soon jack, you need it
September 26th, 2007 at 10:38 am
I don’t know what to laugh at more. What he did, or the fact that he thinks that this is a win for him somehow.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:40 am
This is truly a wonderful day.
First Warren Jeffs is convicted, then Jack Thompson destroys his career in an instant.
“Is this a great country or what?” Oh yes. Yes, it is.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:43 am
Has it occured to anyone that this might be another tactic of his? If he pisses off the judge presiding over his case, he may have grounds to have the judge disqualified for bias against him, further delaying his disbarment.
Either he’s an evil genius, or he’s just insane. Either way, he’d make a good comic book villain.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:46 am
GP,
A prior post, apparently by John Bruce, had claimed that Mr. Kent was undergoing surgery. Despite the callous attitude John Bruce showed, and despite his penchance for outright lying and deceiving, I did go to Mr. Kent’s law firm site and emailed him my wishes for a speedy recovery in case this was one of the rare times John Bruce was telling the truth.
I, too, have not heard back from him. And I can’t recalling seeing Mr. Kent’s posts lately, as I know he has posted here before.
Since the case is still active, I would ASSUME that Mr. Kent is alive and well enough to take part in legal proceedings? Or is that assumption incorrect? As you say, you haven’t heard from him yet.
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
September 26th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Jack will maintain that any sanctions visited upon him for his actions (making porn available via the court filings) should also be visited on his rival Norm Kent since, in Jack’s mind, Norm has engaged in the same behavior (making porn available via links from the adult section of his web site).
When he is punished and Kent is not, he will cry favoritism and collusion or some other nonsense.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:47 am
@ point09micron
Except that, if it IS a tactic, anyone who’s spent any time in law school would be able to tell that and use it AGAINST him.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:47 am
OMG here I am clicking on Gamepolitics and I see this article.
This is the end my friends…. JT is heading down kicking and screaming the whole way.
I love how he tries to make himself a martyr out of it by saying he is willing to go to jail over it… over what JT finding porn in the adults only links? wow just wow.
Anyone gamers in Florida wanna have a party with me let me know lol.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:52 am
@nightwng - I did email Norm Kent speedy recovey wishes and heard back a brief thank-you several weeks ago.
I’ve no further info on his condition - it would be good to know that he is doing well.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:54 am
At first, when it was written images of gay sex, I thought it was only going to be two boys kissing. Isn’t that gay sex?
September 26th, 2007 at 10:54 am
“Through his actions, Mr. Thompson made available for unlimited public viewing, on the court’s docketing system, these graphic images.”
Doesn’t this make JT a distributor of porn to minors since anyone can view the dockets?
Way to JT, you became what you despised
September 26th, 2007 at 10:55 am
@ GoodRobotUs
Quite the memorable headline, isn’t it?
“Through his actions, Mr. Thompson made available for unlimited public viewing, on the court’s docketing system, these graphic images.”
Maybe I’m jumping the gun here but…is this court-documented proof of JT providing pornographic material on the internet without any form of age identification?
Like, not even a CREDIT CARD? =) (/wave JT’s son)
There’s so much comedy gold in this story, I don’t know where to begin.
Someone should make a forum avatar of JT’s head calling Dennis “Sweetie”.
This is like waiting for the series finale of a comedy, but the network is putting it off for a couple of months, dropping 5 minute webisodes to keep us hooked. The end of the Yack Thompson Show should be well worth watching.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Please… Please post somthing retarded Jack!
Also, pornography causes peadophilia!
“Recently an Assistant U.S. Attorney, licensed by The Florida Bar, traveled to
Michigan to have sex with what he thought was a five-year-old girl. He was able to make
that “hook-up” through the Internet, the same Internet through which obscene material is
made available to pedophiles. Any person with a brain, lawyer or not, knows that
obscene images made available through that same Internet are not only making such
encounters more frequent but also more desired. Anyone who can read the Attorney
General Edwin Meese’s Commission on Pornography Report knows the linkage between
pornography/obscenity and sexual crimes. Thompson has had the pleasure of sharing the
podium with Attorney General Meese at LSU Law School years ago on these issues at
the very moment that The Florida Bar was harassing Thompson the last time about this
successful activism against this sewage.”
This is genius and wins my IRONY OF THE WEEK AWARD!!
To celebrate i’m off for a wank…
September 26th, 2007 at 10:56 am
@point09micron
“Has it occured to anyone that this might be another tactic of his? If he pisses off the judge presiding over his case, he may have grounds to have the judge disqualified for bias against him, further delaying his disbarment.”
Yeah I was thinking the same thing.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:56 am
Wow. I almost busted out laughing at work. Not cool Dennis.
I can’t believe Jack tried this. He even goes so far as to say that kids don’t go to the Pacer site looking for porn. That is not the problem. The problem is that kids go to the Pacer site to look at court documents and now they may stumble across porn because of Thompson.
This is nuts and his disbarment can’t come any sooner.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:57 am
When I came to site this morning I did a quintuple take when I saw the headline. I know we’ve proclaimed “JT’s lost it” before, but this time I think he *really* lost it! The irony here is just staggering.
September 26th, 2007 at 10:59 am
What he has apparently succeeded in doing, however, is seriously upsetting the judge who must decide the merits of Thompson’s attempt to block the Florida Bar from taking action against his license to practice law.
Par for the course.
Step 1: file a case
Step 2: piss of the judge
Step 3: whine when the judge throws the case out, claim bias
Step 4: profit?
The pictures apparently do not come directly from the National Gay News site, but rather are contained on sites linked from NGN’s adult links section.
So is the phone book company guilty of distributing porn to minors if an adult video store who’s phone number is contained therein happens to sell to a minor? After all, they are providing you with the means to locate said porn store… /sarcasm
September 26th, 2007 at 11:00 am
“i’m not the one in trouble”
Jack, you’re in so much shit right now..
September 26th, 2007 at 11:01 am
That’s impressive, even for Jack. Open mouth, insert foot.
I love the Ahminedejad reference in the first document. Technically, we can compare Jack to Ahminedejad, due to the fact that they blatantly resist the facts, even when they are staring at them right in the face. Comparing Jack to Paul Revere is like comparing a wolverine to a taco - there’s nothing to compare.
Like I’ve always said, “The person that will ultimately lead to JT’s downfall will be JT himself.”
September 26th, 2007 at 11:02 am
This is definitely one of the most interesting headlines we’ve seen.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:05 am
Well, I will say I find the links to porn on the site are little out of place, considering the the site is obviously a news and information outlet, I will say whyt the heck does Jack Thompson care?
I even clicked on the links, and while I’m straight, it’s obvious these links are for porn and the ads themselves do not show anything inapropriate or indecent, until you actually click on the links. But, ads for porn are everywhere on the web and considering these look like Google ads, I’m actually surprised Jack Thompson didn’t try and bring Google into the mix as well.
I have a family member that is gay and I find Mr. Thompson’s actions and comments obviously descriminitory and a blantant attempt to make a mockery of the judicial system.
You Mr Thompson will get what you deserve once Judge Jordan and the Florida Bar get done with you. I hope you enjoy a long time in jail for contempt. Oh, and remember, don’t bend over for the soap!
September 26th, 2007 at 11:06 am
There is really only one word to describe this
LAWL
How he hasn’t been banned from practicing law by now is beyond my comprehension. The day he is, though, will be the happiest day of my life.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:14 am
Jack Thompson: the gift that keeps on giving.
What was he doing looking at homosexual material anyway?
September 26th, 2007 at 11:14 am
…
…I…uh…well…I guess if you gotta go, go with style. Maybe the crater that Jack leaves behind will become a tourist attraction.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:15 am
After reading through a few of the filings. It still amazes me how Jack Thompson makes many references to things that have absolutely nothing to do with the matter at hand. Mentioning video games again? The President of Iran? What does these things have to do with his present situation? How can he take himself seriously?
September 26th, 2007 at 11:17 am
Jack’s just a crazy little monkey, splicing gay porn images into his legal filings. And do you know what we do with monkeys that throw around gay porn in such a way? We spank the monkeys!
…That came out wrong. But, yeah, I’m not really sure how this would have ever seemed like a good idea to JT. Perhaps the intricacies of his plan are such that I cannot divine them; this is entirely possible. But it’s also entirely possible that his plan is such that no one outside of JT’s own twisted logic can fully divine it. That’d either mean that JT is the smartest person on the planet, or that he’s insane. I’m guessing that he’s not the smartest man on the planet.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:18 am
I’m still waiting for the “If Dennis were a real journalist” commetns from Jackie Boy himself.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:19 am
@Josh Martz
Well, they are both hated figures in Britain. Thing is though, Paul Revere is popular in the US, JT is not.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:20 am
LOL that is amazing. Who would think he would be into gay porn…Oh wait.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Jack, I thought you were crazy but now I see you’re nuts, lol, had to say it.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Someone take the shovel away from JT.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:24 am
@Josh Martz
“Comparing Jack to Paul Revere is like comparing a wolverine to a taco”
Best laugh I’ve had all week!
I want a wolverine taco now. Topped with Jackie boy’s special legalese BS sauce.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Hahhahaha, hhahahhaha, uhhuhhahhahhaha
My stomach hurts! Can I sue Jackhole for causing me distress?
I can NOT stop laughing.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:27 am
I can see how pointing out that it’s easy to obtain pornographic material from a website without proof of age is a valid argument, but to present the material itself in a filing that is publicly-viewable by anyone? That’s like a 10 o’ clock news report on how much sex and violence there is on cable channels and then cutting to a 5-minute uncensored sex scene from a cinemax flick.
Yes, it is eye-opening and brings great attention to your point… but it’s also illegal and downright stupid.
I imagine in the next 48 hours there will be a response from JT on this very article saying
a) this action is a win for him;
b) he will gladly be a martyr for his cause; and
c) everyone posting comments here is not a lawyer and should shut up.
Seeing as the end of his legal career is now within plain site, I think we know that all three of those points are incorrect.
@ JT (preemptively): Just stop, please. You’re embarassing yourself and your entire profession. This does not prove nor solve anything and will, in the end, be a footnote in the history of video games. Not one person capable of performing a Google search cares what you have to say anymore.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:27 am
@ Dennis McCarthy
Just becareful with that sauce. It has a bad after taste.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:32 am
He… wait… he actually believes, that as there is a tenuous link between the pornography *he* included in his filing and Mr. Kent, that it is Mr. Kent who’s in trouble? He *actually* believes that?
Good lord. The man is the single most self-deluded inconsequential comedian I’ve ever encountered.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:37 am
I just find it odd that the entire defence of his position seems to be ‘Well, the Bar want to discipline me, and Norm Kent has complained to the Bar about me before, and Norm Kent is Gay and his site has Adult links on it, therefore I shouldn’t be disciplined.’
Sometimes I wonder if Jack has some kind of Legal version of the Magic 8-Ball.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:38 am
@NecroSen
It’s not even that. His filings can be basically resumed as “The Florida Bar likes Norm Kent better than me but look Norm Kent’s internet site has links to gay porn sites so I’m right! Here’s proof, images from the porn sites!”
September 26th, 2007 at 11:45 am
This has nothing whatsoever to do with videogames. Why do you bring those news?
Do we have to read everything about this lawyer, just because he’s badmouthing videogames? I think not. It’s off topic. Please let’s focus on the game controversies and keep our eyes on the ball. That lawyer isn’t the ball. Symbolically speaking - that lawyer is just one player on the field, and right now he’s munching popcorn, sitting at the sidelines, playing Phoenix Wright on his DS.
Watch that ball. Watch the teams.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:47 am
Next step, Jack Thompson Goatse’ the entire supreme court.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:48 am
AAAHAHHAHAHAAHA
OH GOD
Jack Thompson, always ready to give gamers a hearty laugh.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Sounds to me like the crux of the issue is that by placing the images in the PUBLIC record he has committed the very offense which the case is meant to punish! Therefore my proposed resolution is to allow the case to proceed and at the conclusion any sentence given Kent should be extended also to Thompson (especially any resulting criminal record).
September 26th, 2007 at 11:49 am
@Tammej
You just answered your own question. “Watch that ball. Watch the teams.”
Technically Thompson IS the other team so we have to watch him. Albeit, slightly out there and not a good spokesman against our “team” but still an opponent nonetheless.
And even if you don’t consider him the entire team, he is still a player on that team and if you watch the team, it means watching the players that make up that team.
Even then, it is still hilarious.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:50 am
[…] I just saw this. I mean what the fuck is this guy thinking? I’m at a loss for words. […]
September 26th, 2007 at 11:52 am
Just when you think Jack has reached the limit of craziness he pulls something like this off… I’m actually quite interested in (or possibly scared at, not sure yet) how he could possibly top this one though
Best quote is this one i think
“I’m not the one in trouble. The judge found a certain lawyer’s material obscene. I absolutely love it. This is the best thing to happen to me in a long, long time.”
Remind anyone else of the old Iraqi information minister? (who was busy proclaiming victory even as the capital city centre was falling)
It’s highly amusing that jack actually thinks he’s winning when it’s blatantly obvious to everyone else that he’s failing miserably in the most stunning way possible.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:54 am
I agree with you to a degree Tammej were it not for the fact that Thompson is still legally active against Video games. Not very effectively, I’ll admit, he can’t even get his dates right, but he’s trying.
I think what this boils down to in part is things we cannot see, Thompson is famous for harassing people, not just them, but their families, their employers etc, he’s actually pretty much a stalker, he’s already harassed Dennis’ employer and left some really creepy messages on his home phone, and it’s not the only case, I’m sure people remember the ‘I know who you are, I know where you live’ comment he made on Tycho’s cell phone at PAX.
So I think it’s partly about Jack involvement with Video Games and partly to do with the fact that he finally recieving the payback for all the hatred he has spewed at those who don’t agree with him over the years, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there IS a hint of satisfaction for Dennis to report this, Jack tried to destroy (and that’s a direct quote) his opponents through various nefarious means on numerous occasions, and all he’s succeeded in doing is destroy himself.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:54 am
I actually refuse to believe this Jack Thompson could possibly be real!
You’re making him up aren’t you?!!!
It’s getting so ridiculous that I’m actually wondering whether i’m reading a comedy blog disguised as a gaming politics blog.
It’s like watching the farce escalate in an old episode of fawlty towers or something
:D
September 26th, 2007 at 11:56 am
What was he thinking?! This is the complete antithesis of what he’s trying to accomplish. He wants people to think he’s sane and rational, and then does stuff like this?!
Seriously, y’know what I think he should do. Before filing any motion, he could consult his wife or close friends. He should ask them ‘does this sound alright?’ or ‘Would it be a good idea to do this?’. At the very least, he’d look less insane. Come on, John. Submitting gay porn with a court filing? How does that play into anything?
We understand you don’t like gay people, and y’know what? That’s fine. I don’t care what you like or don’t like, but before you do something like this, you could at the very least consult somebody regarding what you’re doing.
You’ll be less of a laughing stock that way.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:58 am
I like the way Jack implies that, by offering ads on his gay news site for gay porn sites, Kent enabled a US attorney to comment heterosexual pedophilia? Can someone diagram that carefully structured argument for me, please?!?
September 26th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
@Tammej: It’s a somewhat sad but true statement that GP readers are interested in JT’s activities. That, and JT does remain a very high-profile person in the gaming world, even if it is for all the wrong reasons.
GP reported on GamerDad being hospitalized for heart surgery not long ago. This technically was not news related to any games or any political actions - it was a report on a guy who went to the hospital. But since the guy in question is a somewhat important part of the gaming and political scene it was entirely appropriate in my opinion that the story appear. Same thing here - if JT suffers disciplinary action as a result of this then it’ll certainly have a major effect, so it is appropriate that we be informed of the series of events leading to any potential disciplinary issues.
I’m also curious - the crux of JT’s argument against Kent is that Kent has adult content linked to his LAW website. If the links are off of NGN, and Kent does not advertise his legal business on NGN or otherwise use it to solicit business, then even if he owns the website it doesn’t make him any different from any other operator of websites. And NGN, from what I gather from the story, doesn’t have adult content on it but simply links to sites that do. So NGN isn’t even specifically an adult-themed website.
I can see the argument if a lawyer was operating a pornographic website (even if done legally it does cast lawyers in a somewhat negative light. I’m not saying that it should definitely not be allowed, but it’s an argument at least worth the arguing.) But Kent’s website is apparently not pornographic. Even if its key theme is of a controversial topic, there’s no wrongdoing that I can see.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
How does Joke Thompson manage to outdo himself week after week? If only he could use these powers for good instead of evil…
September 26th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Jack, although many of us here are against censorship, I stand by everyone here by saying nobody wants to see you naked.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
…Is Jack Thompson THAT desperate to suicide his own career?
September 26th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
GP, have you ever sent any judge or panel any of the material JT has sent you? Especially when he was being evaluated, I can honestly see the insane things he has typed down here could really reflect his insanity.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
You know, if Thompson gets disbarred for making Pornographic material available to the public, I think I will take up a religion, because you simply HAVE to believe in Karma after something like that.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
so he sits around all day trolling forums and surfing the internet for gay porn.
Why do we even give this loser the time of day any more?
September 26th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Guys! i think i’ve finally figured out JT’s actions:
He finally realised his political career is going nowhere, so he’s trying to break in to the comedian profession. (certainly makes me laugh)
It all makes sense now!
September 26th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Dennis, did Thompson just hit on you?! I’ve never heard a straight man refer to another man as being a “sweetie”. Hey, there you go, maybe he sticks around so much because secretly he’s got some romantic feelings for you Dennis. lol
September 26th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
OK. THIS is funny. And what a nice Birthday present from Jack. The gift of laughter. It’s great.
Still.. whatever happened to the bar complaints? Wasn’t there supposed to be a hearing on Jack’s behavior earlier this month? I really wanted to get news of that today (or at least this month).
September 26th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Aww, Jack didn’t have any arrogant, ignorant boasts to make this time.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Magnificent. Just awesome. Crazy like a fox or just plain loco roco, his shenanigans always puts a smile on my face.
I’m not so hot on the gay porn in a professional resource, but I suppose there are some other objectionable images there albeit for more appropriate reasons. Regardless: *slow clap*
September 26th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
You hear that ? That’s the sound of the final nail in the coffin of Jack Thompson’s carreer .
September 26th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
I think he WANTS to destroy his career at this point
September 26th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Dennis,
You have done the unthinkable. You turned a cruddy morning into the best one ever. I owe you big time!
You’re doing God’s work, friend.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Boom! Self-inflicted headshot!
-P
September 26th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
If I recall, Jack is trying to get the hearing pushed back so he has more time to pull stunts like this one.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Well, we wondered a little why Jack was quiet over the last few days. Apparently it was because he was looking up gay porn.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Finally get rid of that douchebag, he attacks anyone what an asshole, and a waste of human flesh.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
If Jack Thompson is willing to go to jail over this issue, then I hope that for his sake he studied those sites he linked, really well.
-Auto
September 26th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Why bother trying to do anything to this guy? He’s able to murder his own career and reputation all by himself.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
I need to forward both this and the report of that conference he was at last week to my second cousin. I’m sure he’s pretty active in the gay community. He’ll have a good laugh about this.
You’ve just got to be astounded at the man’s delusions of grandeur. To compare himself with Paul Revere? Giving an advance warning about an imminent attack by enemy forces and warning against people of an alternative lifestyle are two very different things, but I guess Jack’s mind makes no such distinction.
I think Jack has more in common with Mahmoud Amhadinejad than he would care to admit. Both men are known to make bold, outrageous statements wich they have no intention of backing up or following through on. As was noted earlier, they refuse to face the facts in spite of overwhelming and obvious evidence. And finally, both are due to get a good thumping soon from all indications. I think JT might want to consider moving to Iran and applying for a position in his cabinet after he loses his license. They’d probably get along great!
One difference though: Amhadinejad was willing to visit a country that was largely hostile to him and where there was probable cause to fear for his life. Yet Jack wouldn’t go to PAX because he feared for his safety from hostile gamers. Say what you will about Mahmoud, but I at least have to give him some credit for that.
“I’m not the one in trouble…”
Man, what denial!
September 26th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Ok, wow. I’m not sure why I’m surprised considering the person we’re talking about, but..
This made my morning, thanks for the laugh Dennis.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
“Taps” is the bugle song they play at a funeral, right? I think someone should go ahead and play Taps for JT’s legal career. It’s dead as a doornail.
1) He’s already been warned.
2) He attached the obscene material WITHOUT getting prior permission from the court. He has also since the second warning, provided no solid REASON to include said images.
3) Jack’s got to be even dumber than he thinks since the images weren’t from Kent’s site, but rather a site that Kent’s site LINKS to, and it is noted as being listed under “Adult Links”. Jack has absolutely no ground to stand on.
4) He said he’s willing to go to jail if it means not backing down from his beliefs.
Guess we’ll be seeing him in the slammer. I can’t wait!
~Otaku-Man
September 26th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
By Jack’s only fallacious logic, we can now say that Jack Thompson distributes porn to minors. I love it.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Over a hundred comments now. It’s time for the old man to deliver his “if Dennis were a REAL journalist” post and give an explanation about why we’re all wrong here.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
I’m actually starting to feel a little sad for Jack.
Just a tiny bit.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Could some kill him, please?
September 26th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
This reminds me of the McCarthy era of anti-communist hysteria. As you people might know, Senator McCarthy made ridiculous allegations about the infiltration of society by Communists. He even said that he had lists of names of people in the government who were communist. Although there were communists , they were often never in the position to cause any harm to the United States.
My point is that during the McCarthy era, even being neutral to anti-communism was considered supporting communism. The smallest aspects of peoples lives were used to defame and ultimately to marginalize “unsavory” people. Jack Thompson is basically acting out the entire McCarthy era in his ongoing tirade on whatever he believes offends him.
Just like in the McCarthy era, if you arent part of the solution (IE You arent buying into Thompson’s hysteria) you are part of the problem (basically everyone and everything else).
September 26th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Bahahahahah. Good god way to make me spit my ten dollar morning coffee all over the barista as I read this shit. XD!
September 26th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
“What he has apparently succeeded in doing, however, is seriously upsetting the judge who must decide the merits of Thompson’s attempt to block the Florida Bar from taking action against his license to practice law.”
So… he’s pissing off the one person that can save his sorry ass form total annihilation?
Well, I guess we’ve got nothing to fear here.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
This is terrific. I was wondering what the plan was going to be when Jack got disbarred, because it wouldn’t stop him from filing pro se, wouldn’t stop him from whispering in legislators’ ears, wouldn’t stop him from being a talking head on TV that lazy producers would tap as an “expert”, and so on. I mean, it’s not like he’s ever been effective as a LAWYER, so I was really concerned that disbarring him might have an Obi-Wan effect, making him more powerful than ever.
Then this. Oh man. “Jack Thompson, disbarred and facing criminal contempt charges for sending gay porn to a judge.” That just sums it all up. Not only is his LEGAL career done for, his PUBLIC career is pretty much going down with the ship. Sic transit Jack Thompson.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
@KIlraven - is that comment really needed? come on
September 26th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Is JT targeting gays more lately? Perhaps he is tired of failing against videogames & gamers and is looking for “better” targets. Many more people hate gays than gamers.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
“is akin to arresting Paul Revere, in 1775, for “disturbing the peace” with his midnight ride…”
One more pun for the pile, heh. I just got done reading The Snapper, so Irish slang is fresh in my mind.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Ah, but Dennis, what you don’t know is what is REALLY going on. I’m having fun!
Oh, an why don’t you tell the kiddies what the Judge called this material, what legal term he used? You have purposely deleted the “o” word from the Judge’s description. Shame on you, Denny Doo.
Jack Thompson
GP: yada, yada… Jack’s point (if you can call it that) here is that Judge Jordan called the pix obscene. And in Jack’s mind that means that Kent was illegally purveying obscene material.
Except that the pix were not on Kent’s site. They were on a site linked to from Kent’s site under a heading that was clearly labeled “adult.”
Bt that logic, GP is pushing those same images, since we linked Kent’s site in the article.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
@ Nytro
And just like McCarthy, JT is being undone by his own zealotry. His picking on Halo 3 is the equivalent of McCarthy’s picking on Fred Fisher. All we need is a Joseph Welch equivalent to yell at him, “You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” and we’re done.
September 26th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Can anyone else get the PDF docs to load?
September 26th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
@Ghost coins
For some reason, Firefox refuses to display pdfs for. Saving and viewing them in Acrobat works for me.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
It seems like Jack is just one step away from the abyss. And the funny thing is that nobody would need to push him, he would step forward himself.
BTW, Jack. Sidewinder would like to inform you that only people with mental disorders or minimal IQ would speak about themselves in third person. The shrink cleared you, so Sidewinder thinks that the latter option is more likely.
(Paul Revere, did he have something to do with the American revolution?)
September 26th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
(Paul Revere, did he have something to do with the American revolution?)
“The British are coming! The British are coming!”
September 26th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Here’s something for your guys who need a visual of how Thompson looked that day.
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2186/jackthompsonhardgaynm1.jpg
September 26th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
@ chuck
I would like to think that legislators and news producers wouldn’t listen to a man that was disbarred. Being disbarred is like being given a dishonorable discharge from the military in my mind.
Jack maybe an incompetent lawyer, but without his own license he would find it difficult to file claims like his ridiculous effort to have Halo 3 declared a public nuisance. True, he could still do it, but do you really think a claim from a disbarred attorney (even if he had other representation) would hold much water in court? More importantly, he couldn’t leech onto some unfortunate people who just lost a child in a violent crime and convince them that a video game pulled the trigger.
But hey, he’s willing to go to jail over this, so I say we let him. Maybe then he’ll learn what true criminals are and what truly motivated them.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Dear Jack Thompson:
Please die.
….
And if you try to sue me, I live outside that legal hell call USA.
So, do not waste my time.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Step 1: Decide to work on getting pornographic images removed from enemy’s website.
Step 2: Show said pictures around to everyone in an inappropriate fashion???
Step 3: Profit?!
September 26th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
“is akin to arresting Paul Revere, in 1775, for “disturbing the peace” with his midnight ride…”
No, it’s more like arresting Paul Revere, after he tries to warn the British are coming, by shooting fellow Americans…
September 26th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
(Paul Revere, did he have something to do with the American revolution?)
He provided advanced warning of British troop movements for the opening battles of the American Revolution. The result was a nasty surprise for the British.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
Jack, keep up the good work! The conspiracy keep getting bigger and bigger but you seem to able to dig down and find the truth no matter where it takes you.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
What I want to know is why JT gets his panties in a bunch and spoils everybodys fun. Man, if you don’t like it you don’t have to ruin it for the world. Jerk.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Jack Thompson STEALTH ATTORNEY: places obscene material in the middle of court documents to highlight the hot coffee scandal but rather than provide an explanation claims the persecution defense. WHOOPASH!
September 26th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
@retrogamer88
Its different for “Men of God”- they exist to push God’s agenda. They call themselves “Culture Warriors”, but I think their actions and fanatacism is more akin to “Culture Terrorist”.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
@zerodash
I have said it before, but JT is about as “Christian” as Jim Jones, David Koresh or Fred Phelps. He is an extremist, nothing more.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
“Ah, but Dennis, what you don’t know is what is REALLY going on. I’m having fun!”
Sweet damn you are a delusional fuck. Yes the judge called the pictures obscene. The pictures that YOU put into a legal document were obscene. YOU provided pornographic material to the judge. YOU are in trouble. I know you’ve been railing your whole career against personal responsibility, but everything here does seem to point to YOU.
Jack Thompson provided these obscene photos, not Norm Kent. Well see how much fun you have with a contempt charge held against you.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
@chuck
It wouldn’t stop him, but it would sure as hell kill his credibility. If he got disbarred for any of the reason they’ve listed, he’d pretty much be blacklisted. Nobody would want an attorney who was disbarred the way he would be as a “close advisor” or “expert witness”.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:35 pm
“Ah, but Dennis, what you don’t know is what is REALLY going on. I’m having fun!”
Having fun? Looking at gay porn.
Man, I don’t even NEED to come up with a punchline for that one.
-P
September 26th, 2007 at 1:36 pm
You know, I was starting to think Jack was losing his touch; afterall, he’d fallen back to his old tricks of harrasing R*, attempting 11th hour appeals to stop the release of popular video games, using his Son to perform stings operations on retailers.
Old hat really.
But this, This is right up there with supenaing GWB in the department of ridiculous legal stunts.
Let’s say for the hell of it that Kent did in fact have pornography on his website. How is this an issue relating to his personal legal troubles?.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Christ I don’t know how this guy keeps his job. Come on Jack, we need someone as incompetent as you to fight the Game Industry! Otherwise someone who is actually good at their job might take your place!
September 26th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
HIlarious! Priceless - what a human freakshow! Are we so certain he wasn’t making a pass at the judge?
September 26th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
You have to give Jack some credit though. The fucker keeps a positive outlook no matter what. His house could be on fire and he would just sit there smiling and saying that “everything is going to plan.” He just threw his career away and yet he thinks he’s winning. Brilliant.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:40 pm
“Ah, but Dennis, what you don’t know is what is REALLY going on. I’m having fun!”
That has got to be one of the creepiest things I’ve ever read.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Attention jackasses (i.e. KIlraven and Initial): Comments wishing somebody to die or asking if someone can kill someone are not cool, even if they are pointed at Thompson. Grow up, kids.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Christ I don’t know how this guy keeps his job.
He doesn’t have an actual job. He’s not a member of any law firm I’m aware of, and it’s been decades since he did any legal work for money.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Ah, but Dennis, what you don’t know is what is REALLY going on. I’m having fun!
I’m sure the judge would not be pleased at Jack’s self-confessed attempts to game the legal system at their expense if he read that.
Oh, an why don’t you tell the kiddies what the Judge called this material, what legal term he used? You have purposely deleted the “o” word from the Judge’s description.
Yeah, and way to go leaving out the “d” from “and”.
Shame on you, Denny Doo. Jack Thompson
Again, this coming from someone who’s supposed to be a professional. ::rolleyes::
September 26th, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Thank God. If he goes to prison, keep him there for the rest of his life. And if possible, put him in a cell with a con who loves games and hates him.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Did I read what I thought I just read? Or did my eyes go crazy?
Among his bloopers, this has got to be the deed that ends his career.
@Orange Soda
I agree 100%
September 26th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Put him in with a high school shooter, if possible.
September 26th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
[…] [Game Politics] […]
September 26th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
By this account, Jack is doing more to display these “obscene” pictures. That website only provides a link whereas Jack provided pictures. Shame on you, Jack!
September 26th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Video games don’t corrupt children.
Jack Thompson distributing gay porn through public records corrupts children.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Ok, so here’s a guy, a crusader for the parents and voice for those who are afraid to speak up about the wrong doings of the video game companies. He’s educated in legal matters and, as such, is trying to show the fallacies of the Florida Bar. He has spent years turning his personal goal into reality by making motions that have affected the material, sales, and other aspects of video games. Now, with that in mind, we now see this same man show that he is capable of doing similar to that which he is trying to stop.
Now, I’m not educated in law but I do have a few things about this that make me curious:
How can a website linked to another website through a 3rd party script be construed as a concious act of soliciting adult material? First: the linked website is not, by any other means than word association, run/operated/owned by Kent. Second: the script used to generate the adds is based on a search engine, which means that the links generated are based on “meta” tags and, without changing the script to the search engine, there is no way you can filter out all adult related material. Third: would this not then indicate that he [Thompson] could then bring not only Kent but; the company in charge of the advertisment script [Google], and each and every adult linked site through the advertisment script to court for makinging adult related material accessible to children?
Such a broad term for Thompson to make an allegation surely means that there is something behind these tactics. Either he is trying to pull off some “coup de grace” to his own carrer or he is going to try to pull off some stunt which, in light of these actions, will send him spiraling like a suicide bomber towards the Atlantic…
September 26th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Sorry for double post but:
@GP: considering the wording that Thompson used in his comments to you, wouldn’t it be appropriate to take actions to either stop or, using the same excessive force, bring Thompson up on sexual harrasment charges?
“sweetie”
September 26th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
I am reminded of when you beat up a strategist such as Sima Yi or Zhuge Liang on Dynasty warriors. “This retreat is all part of my plan!”
Suure it is.
You planned on looking like a Douche, right?
September 26th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Thank you Dennis for making my day. I was having a really lousy week until now. Warning for everyone else, don’t be drinking Iced Tea when clicking to GP. My nose just learned the hard way
I haven’t laughed this hard in a long long time.
Hey thompson, is that Dominos Pizza down the street still hiring Delivery Boys? Maybe you can work for them.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!
theres nothing to say hes fucking lost it
the marbles are rolling down the street as we speak
(and it sounds like hes ready to start dating dennis) we will cover you dennis head for the hills!!!
September 26th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
“Sweetie”, “Denny Doo” Do I need to go any further. Just the email in the article is creepy enough. Now we get the creepy comments from Jack.
Either he is nuts or that porn has changed him.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I fail to see the relevance to GAME politics here. This is site is however starting to come off as Jack Thompson Politics.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
I usually try to make a disturbing comment towards him on these articles. But he out disturbed me on this one.
“OOOOOH WAAH AHH AHH!”
-David Draiman.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Jack: so your point was to say: Look at this obscene material that is readily available to anyone of any age on this particular website and you included those images in a electronic report which, by law, has to me made available to anyone who wants to view it… including children
GREAT MOVE JACK
September 26th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
uh. wow.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
It’s party time…
September 26th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Unholy…
No! Jack, don’t! We need you to ridiculize the anti-video-game cause! Come back! Please!
Franckly this made my day. I’m going to have to hunt down some lesbian porn now, before JT’s goatse’ing of the whole universe.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
@neoSpider
Considering that only 5 days ago Jack Thompson filed a motion for an injunction on the sale of Halo 3 until such time as it could be declared a “public nuisance” under Florida law, he’s very much an important part of “Game Politics” today. His meltdown is equally important since he is someone that has helped draft numerous bills, crafted several lawsuits and attempted to bar the sale of many games because of their harm to minors.
Also, only 3 of the 20 stories on the front page involve JT…and this has been a busy week for him too, what with three legal actions (or threats of legal action) going on at once. I hardly think that qualifies as being “Jack Thompson Politics”.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
The funny thing is that Norm Kent’s site provides links to adult material. Jack Thompson’s public available court records will have such images directly. Brilliant Jack, you have made porn available to children. Shall we call you JackStar or Take-Jack?
September 26th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
IANAL, but my mother is (actually, she’s a judge these days). I have some understanding of court procedure.
It’s my understanding that paper filings (the sort of things that can be submitted to an automated system) are only supposed to be clear, factual TEXT statements of one side’s position.
Pictures are not text; they’re evidence. Evidence is not entered into the public record until the judge has reviewed it and determined whether it is: A.) relevant to the case, and B.) suitable for the public record.
If my understanding (as stated above) is correct, then Thompson attempted to do an end-run around a Judge’s authority to enter these pictures into evidence and the court record - something that is a very serious breach of protocol and procedure.
That is what disbarments are made of…
September 26th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
@Anonymous
hes gone . . . he cant come back
just wave goodbye and relax, we have won this battle without lifting a finger
September 26th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Oh, an why don’t you tell the kiddies what the Judge called this material, what legal term he used? You have purposely deleted the “o” word from the Judge’s description.
So you’re now proud of having submitted obscene material to a publicly viewed venue?
Shame on you, you pervert.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Ironically, contrary to poetic interpretation, Paul Revere was actually captured by the British and Samuel Prescott was the one who warned Concord of the imminent British attack. Revere had his horse confiscated and was abandoned in the countryside. The comparison may be more apropos than Jack intends.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Good Lord Jack! You seem ill-contented to simply be disbarred; you desire to go out with a BANG!
Way to shoot yourself in the foot.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
It’s like he WANTS his license to practice law revoked. What a maroon.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:42 pm
JT’s back ALREADY?! How long did that whole “swearing off GP” thing last? Two days? I guess I owe someone a soda.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
The judge used the word “obscene”, Jack, and you think that’s in your favor?
Jack, they might not have taught you this in lawyer school, but I’ll let you know: obscenity is a CRIMINAL charge. You are potentially facing CRIMINAL charges.
If you’d like, I can explain to you what CRIMINAL means.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Can someone be considered a martyr if they shoot themselves? I am thinking that Jack is making sure he goes down just so he can claim he is a martyr.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
[…] Judge Spanks Jack Thompson for Including Gay Porn with Court Filing [Game Politics] […]
September 26th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
I can just see it now….some legal historian going over old legal briefs..
Hmm…Suing a website because one of their links went to an adult site.
They definitely had some real misconceptions about how the internet works.
Lets see what he included….
A Goatse through time….
September 26th, 2007 at 2:56 pm
@EZK
Some extremist that blow themselves up are considered martyrs by other extremists.
September 26th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Every time I think Jack can’t get any more insane…
September 26th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
“GP has been unable to reach attorney Norm Kent for comment so far. Via e-mail, Thompson told GamePolitics:
I’m not the one in trouble. The judge found a certain lawyer’s material obscene. I absolutely love it. This is the best thing to happen to me in a long, long time. Check my [case] filings, sweetie.”
…Thompson has obviously decided to come out of the closet. “sweetie”? Saying he “absolutely love[s] it” in reference to the submission of hardcore gay porn?
Congratulations, Jack. It’s always a hard thing, when someone finally comes out. It’s even harder when they’re a public entity like yourself. How will your children take it, though?
September 26th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
I bet Jack likes to go to Airport restrooms. He probably has a wide stance.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
No lawyer in his right mind would do this … obviously he is not in his right mind.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:10 pm
I’ve been wondering for a long time whether Thompson was “crazy like a fox” and had some extremely convoluted plot behind all this, or just plain crazy. I no longer wonder.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
@BaronJuju
True, but Jack doesn’t have a religion or anything else backing him. No politician is going at this with the same mouth-frothing fervor that this moron is.
He’ll be a martyr to no one.
I have a hard time understanding how what he does doesn’t impact his wife’s career. I know she’s a SUCCESSFUL lawyer with a firm… but as I understand it, legal is a pretty tight. How can she go day-to-day with an albatross like him around her neck?
September 26th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Two words here: TOTAL IRONY.
yes, defends the kids and public from violent and sexy videogames, yet sends gay porn to a judge?
September 26th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
*popcorn* *soda*
Keeps getting better.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
“The kind of things this man produce are absolutely horrrd and disgustingly obscene. Here let me show you some.”
Just when I thought he couldn’t dig his grave any deeper.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Wow
Just wow.
I already knew he was insane, but this is just a whole new level of crazy. There’s no question he’ll get disbarred now.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
BEST JACK THOMPSON MOMENT. EVER.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Since it was made visible to the public by him, cant a parent of an underage child who saw the material sue for it?
September 26th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Lol Lol Lol
In the words of a policeman who’s name I can’t recall “this really kind of speaks for itself” He really is insane, isn’t he.
@jdecamp
I’m with you.
*popcorn* *soda*
September 26th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Should his law career fail he may able to persue a career in comedy. No really it sounds like something taken right out a comedy show.
“This man produces disgusting gay pornography and sells it to children. Hardcore porn such as this: (Shows it on a projector)
And this:
*Click*
and this:
*click*
and even this
*click*
Mr. Thompsan is this really necessary?
Yes
*click*
September 26th, 2007 at 3:33 pm
Hahaha omg I saw this in 4chan.org’s Random forum, /b/ I was laughing sooo hard when I read this XD
September 26th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
LOOKIN’ GOOD THERE, JACK.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
shut up faggot
September 26th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
@ JT
You feel good about making pornography free available to children?
You feel good about sending gay porn to another man?
You feel good about being unproffessional?
September 26th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Wait… What WAS Jack doing on the NGN Website in the first place?
September 26th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
@VenomandCarnage
Man, I didn’t think it would only be a few days!!! Jack can’t even follow through with his own promises.
“The Thompson are coming! The Thompson are coming!”
September 26th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
I’m not sure if some of the people got this, but from the way I was reading it, he didn’t just e-mail the judge some gay porn, he put it up on the website for just about anyone to see.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Mr. Thompson has forgotten the first rule of the fanatic :
“When you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy.”
September 26th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
@ our honored /b/rother.
You weren’t the only one trust this anon, really.
Come on Jack, you can do better than that.
Would be fun seeing him getting v&ed though.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
@Father Time
Judge: Mr. Thompson, you do realize you are committing a felony by showing obscene material in a courtroom without prior permission, right?
JT: It’s freedom of speech! I have a right! Don’t oppress my religion you hack! I want your job! You were paid off by the industry! I’ll bet you are in league with teh gays! Child molester!
Judge: *sigh* Bailiff, fetch me some Tylenol, this is going to be a long day…
September 26th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
[…] Last week I wrote about some of Mr. Thompson’s wacky antics, perhaps this will become a weekly event. Jack decided to submit some gay porn to a U.S. District Court Judge last week and the judge didn’t seem to find the anal pounding relevant. Game Polictics has all the info, but Jack could be in some serious trouble considering he is already facing sanctions in Florida that could see him disbarred. The attached exhibit, which includes several graphic images of oral and genital sex between adult males, was filed electronically in the docket in this case, without prior permission from the court… To the extent that the other attorney’s alleged conduct is in any way relevant… there was no need for Mr. Thompson to file these graphic images in the public record. A simple reference to the website and its alleged links would have sufficed… Through his actions, Mr. Thompson made available for unlimited public viewing, on the court’s docketing system, these graphic images. For this reason, by October 5, 2007, Mr. Thompson shall show cause why this incident should not be referred to the court’s Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions, Peer Review, and Attorney Grievance for appropriate action. […]
September 26th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
@Timmay!
I’m not sure if some of the people got this, but from the way I was reading it, he didn’t just e-mail the judge some gay porn, he put it up on the website for just about anyone to see.
He filed it in the docket along with a tirade against Kent and the Bar for “looking the other way”, prosecuting Thompson for being a tool, while “letting” Kent “distribute” gay porn to children (through some weird and convoluted logic involving links that Thompson seems to have spent quite some time ‘researching’ on Kent’s website)
September 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Thompson doesn’t even provide a link to the material in his filing, he merely attaches some gay sex pictures, and considers that proof? LINKS YOU DOLT! Prove that they were on Kent’s website. Otherwise you’ve got nothing but some obscene pictures you pulled off of alt.gay.sex.lawyers…
September 26th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Isnt the ones that are usually against something so heartedly usually found out to be the ones that are into it.
Like u know the politicians doing everything in power to ban gays but later on are found out to be gay.
Hehe well now we know jack thompson surfs the internet for gay porn. I wonder what else he has on his laptop? Hot coffee?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Jack is really quite hilarious…there are so many other, less entertaining ways to dig a grave…
September 26th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
To me, this reeks of sabotage.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
rotflmao @ alt.gay.sex.lawyers
bwahahahaha
September 26th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
im still reeling
(my guess is this why you havent gotten a response from kent, hes in shock lol)
September 26th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Wow. JT’s career is becoming more and more like an anime or Takashi Miike film plot every day. He in undoubtedly being used as a case example of what NOT to do in court in classrooms around the world. Thank you JT for the schooling, and the horror.
Some have commented and said that he has become what he fights. I would say in some ways he is infinitely worse than any version of the enemy he could pull up. JT is a devious hypocrite, going against all that he is preaching is wrong. He is using explicit content to light a powder keg for what he believes is his benefit, a profiteer more massive than Rockstar could ever manage. Rockstar believes their content is desired and fit for a consumer base. JT is literally slapping the county, and by proxy the world with his smug arrogance to any principles whatsoever.
As others (including the judge) have said, this was for everyone to see. Giving the judge a baggie of smegma or feces would have served his purpose more than the photos. What if the website in question had been using youthful looking computer generated/edited images, young looking models instead of gay men, or a cooperative venture with Dateline NBC? He would have truly become someone worth castrating IMO. With good reason.
Tip in case you do end in prison at any point JT. Don’t let your pants sag, that’s code in prison meaning “I am available”. Also, avoid allowing yourself to be labeled as a punk. If anything, declare you are a jocker. The soap thing is obvious. When the cell stops laughing, pick a fight and hope you win. You have to show you are crazy early on.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
@cullarn
Of course he’s in shock. Jack just admitted to willfully browsing gay sex websites.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I think the Crazy Photoshop picture of jack would have been better suited to this story. Or maybe a Mug shot.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
Jack is a moron. The judge calls his action obscene and he acts like that is a good thing.
*Jack kills someone*
Random Person (RP): “What have your done!? Are you insane?”
Jack: “Why thank you.”
RP: “What? This isn’t a good thing!”
Jack: “Yes. Isn’t it wonderful?”
RP: “I’m gonna call the cops!”
Jack: “Oh? Let me help.”
RP: “Get away from me!”
@ Father Time
I can totally see that happening. I see it clear as a bell like it’s on TV right now.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Jack Thompson is confused!
It hurt itself in its confusion!
September 26th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
This just made a very boring work day so, so much better.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Did he seriously compare himself to Paul Revere?
How does riding a horse in the middle of the night equate to distributing and making publicly available hardcore gay pr0n? AFAIK, even ‘net nanny’ programs or filtering content wouldn’t catch this, because it is hosted on a public government website, so anyone can view it?
Congrats Jacko. Bravo.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:40 pm