Haha, relief he needs. I get it.

Or maybe my mind is just so twisted it sees sexual innuendo in everything nowadays...

its nice to see him describe one of his own law suits as superfluous. More evidence against him me thinks?

Oh just retire already, Jack. We're all tired of your antics.

Hey, maybe all this is just part of him getting ready to retire.

Ok legal eagle types (The Attorney (plays "Welcome Back Kotter" theme song), Mark Standridge, and all you other wonderful, knowledgable folks...

CAN John Bruce constantly file, then after a time, withdraw from cases such as these, creating, in effect, a stall tactic? Or will someone, somewhere, in the legal system put their foot down and say "ENOUGH!" (or my more popular favorite Belushi quote from The Principal "NO MORE!")?

Just curious if the law sets a limit.

Nightwng2000
NW2K software

"Thompson submits nothing beyond wild accusations of a vast conspiracy against him…"

So how did he pass the sanity test? Isn't this the definition of paranoia?

Wait a second, Dennis, please give Jack his full due on this suit.

In March, long before the gay porn suit, he sues the Florida Bar and the entire Supreme Court of the State, and most of us laughed at as a foolhardy and ridiculous.

Then he gets into the suit, and asks the court to amend the suit not once, but twice.

Then he has to face numerous motions to dismiss by the Bar. so he pleads for a mediator, then he moves for clarification, then he moves for recusal of the judge, then he moves for disqualification of the judge, and then he moves for special hearings, all of which are denied, denied, and denied.

Then after he is bounced out of court once and again, he asks in August for more time to Amend his Complaint so he can perfect his claims, and guess what, he never does, announcing that the judge is too unfair to hear his case, and then finally, he gets what he always sought- a hearing, a forum, an opportunity to wax eloquently before the jurist about his cause of action- AND WHAT DOES HE DO ???

On the day of the hearing, he files a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of all his claims of action, the very claims he sent out in news releases last March were going to shake the foundations of the Florida Bar forever?????

The Court should fine him for filing a frivolous suit that wasted the time of the court and the Bar and they should move to tax costs against him, and continue to expose him for the nonsense he causes.

In others words, Jack felt he had no chance of winning this case with a judge who said he has nothing but wild allegations and conspiracies, so Jack's hedging his bets that he has a better chance with a judge he e-mailed hardcore gay porn to.

Folks, you can't make this stuff up.

"To keep things, um, straight, let’s call this one the gay porn case..."

Oh, my... beautiful pun, sir!
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What I find odd is that several judges/blogs/even Thompson himself throws the 'conspiracy' word around so much I wonder why no one is snatching on that particular aspect of Jack and asking him to go quietly into the good night...

*DING!* *DING!* *DING!* *DING!*

The match is over! Due to surrender, the winner is...JUUUUDGE HUUUUUCK!!

*Punch-Out crowd cheer and camera flashes*

"The Huck case is superfluous, as the other case is the one that has the relief I want and need."

In other words, he couldn't bully the judge, so he ran away with his tail between his legs.

It's a tactic. He's sowing many seeds, and will cultivate the most promising sprouts. The Kotaku case got nerfed, that's all.

Yeah, that's right. Run away like the coward you are, Jack. Don't even bother bringing your "Warrior of God" in the "Culture War" crap into any of your other cases as it is irrelevant. Just sit down and take the beating you so deserve, that way it won't be so bad.

@ Iniquus & VioletSon

I'm not so sure. You maybe giving Jack too much credit. He did send a Judge gay porn after all. If that's all part of some "master plan", its gotta be a pretty screwed up plan.

I love playing devil's advocate, so let me throw this one out here: what if Jack really _is_ the smartest man in the legal system? Would any of his tactics seem relevant to us, the ignorant public? They laughed when Ford said people would love the Edsel, but now... uh... crud.

Is this the same case as the one he mentioned Penny Arcade and Gamespot as being part of a racketeering effort?

the other case is the one that has the relief I want and need.

That's right, the other one's got gay porn in it.

I, of course, have said, in the past, that I live in Wilmington, NC.

But, if I lived in or near Miami, FL, and I knew a radio station which John Bruce, Judge Jordan, and Norm Kent all listened to, I think I would make a dedication that would go something like this:

DJ: Andrew Rhodes, from Wilmington, NC, known in some online circles as Nightwng2000, called in for a dedication to Attorney John Bruce "Jack" Thompson. If any of you Miami folks aren't familiar with this individual, there are plenty of online sites, including Wikipedia, to look up his antics.

Andrew calls in regarding recent events pertaining to John Bruce, who has recently had several lawsuits against the Florida Bar, who also have several lawsuits/complaints against John Bruce. One of the most recent suits filed by Mr. Thompson included several rather graphic images filed with the court regarding gay porn and a complaint by Mr. Thompson against Attorny Norm Kent. Needless to say, there are plenty of ways to Google to find more info on this. But, Thompson ended up getting into trouble with the court over the filings of the actual images of gay sex porn.

John Bruce has now dropped one of his suits against the Florida Bar while continuing with this one. When asked why he kept this one by GamePolitics.com, Thompson responded in part "The Huck case is superfluous, as the other case is the one that has the relief I want and need." (The "Huck case" being the one he dropped.) As some posters on GamePolitics have pointed out, this is a rather hilarious (and we agree) comment considering it has to do with gay porn images.

As such, Andrew offers up this excellent choice of dedications to Thompson, with props to Norm Kent and Judge Jordan, the latter two working hard to keep the legal system we know and love from being further mutilated by dishonorable and unethical attorney's like John Bruce "Jack" Thompson and make certain that attorneys like Thompson...

CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3jxmWU5lFA

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

@ Jabrwock

I was just wondering about that. How can filing suits and then dismissing them when they don't look to be going your way be considered ethical? How can someone get away with that? In theory, you could just keep filing a claim and then dismissing it until things go your way. Sure, it would take a long time, but since Jack is a "ethical" "Warrior of God" who fights the good fight for the souls of teh childrens, he maybe willing to do that. Can Kotaku sue him for frivolous law suits in this case?

By "...relief I want and need.", is he referring to the impending relieving of his license to practice law?

That's it, my ability to tell what from this man is a planned strategy, and what is a consequence of his delusions, is completely broken.

I guess he's just following the modern practice of pundits and flinging as much poo as possible until it starts to consistently stick. But he doesn't have nearly as much clout as BillO or Rush does, which is necessary to ensure you're never held accountable for any such statements or actions.

Maybe the gamers of the US could bring a class-action suit against Thompson for slander and defamation of character?

@Matthew

What a great idea! Maybe I should start referring to those game-dropping jerks as "thompsons" from now on.

@nightwng2000:

> CAN John Bruce constantly file, then after a time, withdraw from cases

Pretty much. But all it takes is one counterclaim and the case is still open, just with the shoe on the other foot. The defendant can also move to have the case dismissed with prejudice and put JT on the hook for legal fees.

No one is hiring Jack Thompson, no one is paying his bills. He's been finished as a lawyer for years now. Disbarring him is just a formality that will make it slightly more difficult for him to file, that's all.

Jack didn't take Judge Huck's tea-bagging so well in last night's Halo3 match it seems...

"Judge Huck scheduled oral arguments in the Kotaku case to begin today."

i sure hope that somebody explained to jack what 'oral arguments' mean

Chuck,
Yeah, that's crossed my mind too. If he's putting so much time and effort into these "crusades", is he actually EARNING any money?

I mean, think about this:
If he's fined for ANYTHING, who's paying the bill? If John Bruce isn't actually working and earning money, then who's paying?

No, I'm not trying to bring "family" into this, GP. I AM, however, pointing out something that makes him look all that much more pathetic.

He runs around, firing off suits and filings (which COST), and facing many many fines, like he doesn't give a crap. Really, truly, he acts like he's got money to burn. BUT IT (most likely) ISN'T -HIS- EARNED MONEY!

And it's not like he isn't physically or mentally (questionable I know, but that's because of his own actions, not nature or accident) incapable of working and earning his OWN income. He SUPPOSEDLY has the education and the license to earn his own way. But what does he do? Doesn't really earn his part of the family income, and flitters away what income DOES come in on... what? His own irresponsibility?

And, certainly, his claim of not being afraid to go to jail is legit. HE WON'T LOOSE ANY INCOME BECAUSE HE ISN'T ACTUALLY WORKING! And the money being paid for his actions doesn't come from him, so apparently he doesn't care what he does.

Pathetic. Absolutely Pathetic.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

But insurance also costs money. Filing court cases costs money. Depositions cost money. Traveling around to appear at protests costs money. Paying for a psychiatric exam costs money.

And insurance costs also tend to rise when you make a claim against that insurance (my homeowners insurance went up after a tree fell against the house and did $3500 in damage, for example).

I'm assuming he's getting some cash for appearing at debates and such. I can't imagine his book is bringing in a whole lot of money at this point. (And seeing as how the book was full of glaring spelling and grammatical errors, I wouldn't be surprised if Jack paid for the printing costs on it to begin with -- I forget the term for this type of publishing.)

Vanity Publishing. That's the term I was looking for!

/need more caffeine...

That second paragraph wasn't aimed at anyone, even if it looks like it is, apologies, bad wording :)

By calling the case superfluous, doesn't that mean that it was frivolous? I'm pretty sure there's something against that.

~Otaku-Man

GP,
And something else that crossed my mond regarding those 31 years:
He holds in low regard anyone who HASN'T been an attorney for 31 years as if they aren't respected or even intelligent.

Uh, HE'S worked as an attorney for 31 years... Just how many of HIS peers (attorneys/judges/etc) who've worked in the legal profession for half as long up to twice as long as he has holds HIM up with ANY regard? Maybe, just MAYBE, a couple or even a bare few. But any REAL significant number? Based on the negative law blogs that I've seen mentioned here and elsewhere, I doubt it very, very much.

So, he's one to be looking down on other people when so few look at him as equal, let alone in high regard.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

Jack, Jack, Jack,

Of course it WASNT about gay porn, now it is thanks to your pathetic attention grabbing antics. You've turned your own suit against you by posting that garbage into a publically release document so of course it's about gay porn now as the judge descides to dismiss the case with prejudice thanks to your arrogant stupidity, or descides to slap you with a contempt of court.

GP:

I believe there is footage of him taking time out to pass pieces of paper about like some lovestruck 10 year old to Janet Reno?

Man i love when dennis pwns jack like that...damn that is good

Ugg...seriously, with this public of a meltdown, as JT hasn't been charged for frivolous filings, disbarred, and committed already, at least this shows us why our law and mental practices are so inept when it comes to catching things that matter. It's hard to convince people that both practices aren't hopeless when they miss things like this.

Seriously, how can we convince the average person to trust them to do their jobs with things like actual important rulings or catching the school shooting types before they blow when they can't even stop a man who's throwing his craziness out there for everyone to see (and shouting, "look, look at me make an idiot of myself!).

D'oh... inbetween the leaving and re-entering the room there was supposed to be some maniacle laughter and pauses for breath... :(

"There must be some way out of here," said Jack-O to the Judge,
"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,
None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

"No reason to get excited," the Judge, he kindly spoke,
"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,
So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

:)

@jds

He doesn't have relevance now and that doesn't stop him.

Coming Oct 2007! Jack Thompsons new and exciting book 10 steps to sinking a legal career!

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