wow... first the delayed release of Yu-Gi-Oh GX Tagforce 2, then the release of Final Fantasy Tactics - War of the Lions, and now this.

Tuesday is going to be awesome.

of course the judge won't bow out.

Why did thompson ever think it would work in the first place?

I'll refer to what has said before (I believe by norm kent) that "if all a lawyer had to do to get the judge removed was to make him a defendant in the current case, then lawyers in general would be able to pick and choose their judge, which is not what the legal system is about" (I'm paraphrasing here)

Oct 9th? Did they just speed up what he was trying to delay? Ow!

RE - Memoirs of a Communist

++COMMS BEGIN++

To Do List:

1. Ivan spilled Vodka on jeans again. Throw in Volga.

2. Nikita is being fool. Says Americanski Walked on Moon. Send to Ukraine to inspect Chernobyl "Nuclear Technicians Convention".

3. Preznit Bush lost to me in Poker. Again. Make Cheapskate pay up or boot in arse treatment shall be used.

4. Send muffins to following :-

Raul. Not his brother. Doctors orders.
JFK. Remember Scotland Address.
Gena Feist. Woman told me how to use answer machine.

5. Send [poisoned] Cigars to following :-

Old Boss.
New Boss.
New Boss'es son. Little Jackass he is..

6. Stop writing Memo's on internet. Da, pull the other one.

@Norm,

Thanks for the info, as they say, Fame makes a fickle master.

That whole 'You started it' thing actually was a bit creepy...

@Baggie

If only...he'll probably do it more if anything, and blame us for it. After all, there's a massive conspiracy against him.

Man Jack you sound like that ex-girlfriend that wont leave Dennis alone.

I guess all the gay porn surfing has been getting to ya.

Chill out and have some hot coffee.

"Dennis McCauley, either you post here the fact, which ou have known for two hours, that Judge Jordan has now stayed the referral of the disciplinary matter to the Ad Hoc Committee, or you’ll wish you did."

So now you're the only one in the country that can make threats anymore? What happened to all the others you said you'd 'get'?

And Dennis isn't an internet drone, stalking your life. He has a LIFE, and he'll update HIS blog whenever HE finds it convenient. Not whenever you feel like it. Shut the hell up.

Hey Jack,

Being a complete prat and threatening people to post information that they have known for "2 hours" is not a requirement by law for GP or any journalist. Guess what? You just told people yourself by commenting here (or get your own damn website, if anyone will bother to read it). And guess what else? Dennis isn't your fucking slave!

Noone is at your beck and call and if you don't like the idea that press and journalists will post and write things in their own goddamn time, then publish your own hourly newspaper.

I hereby revoke my previous comment, which held concern for your mental health and your families well being by your continual and ultimate self-destruction. You treat people like crap and you deserve no pity. To paraphrase 'The Royale Family'; "Christian? My arse!"

I have to agree that disbarment won't likely curtail Jack's insane, attention-whoring behavior and may likely make him worse than he was before he was disbared. It's actually the legal profession and the public that'll benefit more from an outcome of bisbarment when that comes about. But I wouldn't be surprised if it caused a major shift in Jack's attention and his crusade ceased to be the destruction of violent video game makers and distributers and, instead, became the Florida Bar and anyone and everyone who he believes contributed in any way to his being bisbared.

However, maybe someone close to and concerned about Mr. Thompson will take his disbarment for the obvious sign which it is that the man desperately needs some kind of professional help and can exert enough influence over him to quitely lead him away from the public spotlight and towards that help.

"In my opinion, the content of the numerous filings submitted by Mr. Thompson indicate that he has difficulty separating the legal issues in this case from broader social issues on which he has strongly-held beliefs. Mr. Thompson unfortunately appears to believe that every act taken against him, and any judicial ruling adverse to him, are part of a vast conspiracy designed to silence him and destroy him."

seperating legal issues from social issues... thats an accurate point actually.

Beyond pwnd. As IGN would say, BEYOWND. Kiss your law license goodbye Jack.

P.S. Hooah!

Dennis :

what Chuma said.
404 alert!

which was the case where he tried to Subpoena George Bush & his brother?

I just marked my calendar! I can't wait to see what happens to this douche.

Blage : Yes, although if you look at things over the past, its a fair conclusion to reach, every time someone says something critical, they're immediately denounced with whatever stereotype JT can bring to bare.

If a judge were required to recuse whenever a litigant threatened to sue him, disgruntled parties would be able to forum shop by the simple expedient of filing a civil action against the presiding judge.

I am so glad that the judge is seeing right through Thompsons actions. It makes the whole thing move along smoothly.

Is it just me, or does the judge sound like he feels sorry for JT in parts of this? I'm not saying that's a bad thing, just wondering if I'm the only one who sees that.

I know I'm personally worried. Jack's been pulling out all the stops on this. He's clinging to his license. I'm wondering how much it'll affect him to lose it.

-Mike Schwinger

I want a transcript! I'll pay monies for it... Or muffins. Whatever I have more of.

Actual link: http://www.gamepolitics.com/images/legal/JT-jordan-conspiracy.pdf

Dennis was just missing the /legal/ in the link on the front page.

Oh, and by the way, Jack... take a good look at that order the Judge issued. See that? That's what a *real* legal document looks like. Notice how it's professional and follows a clear path of logic? And how different it is from your ranting, blog-like venom?

Maybe when you're all grown up, *you* can file legal documents like that too! Won't that be nifty? And you'll be able to point to it and say 'I did that all by myself! I'm a big boy now!', and it'll be the proudest moment of your life.

@flettz:

Thanks for the correct link! Thompson just got the legal smack laid down on him... The judge pretty much blasted everything he had using *logic* and *case law*, two things Thompson has a lot of difficulty with.

My only regret about this whole thing is that it's not on CourtTV. =)

please someone just but JT out of his missery...He's made himself a living joke. I personally will make sure JT, after this whole embarasment will never be on any talk show news broadcast spewing his lies.

Ghede Wins.

To John Bruce Thompson:

Sweetie, when you can pass the BAR on your first try without having a nervous breakdown due to the sudden glaring hole in your superiority complex, and can move beyond simply "practicing" law to being a "legal professional", as many others have, we'll be interested in hearing what you have to say. Well, maybe.

ApokalypseNow, Sane and You're Not

PS: H.U.A. (Head Up Ass)

Watching Jack stumble and bumble his way through the last two years has been like watching a monkey hump a football.

I believe JT was also talking about personally suing the judge- so that may be on the table for a later date.

It sounds like Judge Jordan continues to be very tolerant. His order states in very plain English that we have interpreted the legal situation correctly. So the I'm-a-lawyer-and-your-not argument was absolutely wrong.

So, this is... what... the third Judge to state that Thompson alleges conspiracies? Or is it just two?

"Thompson unfortunately appears to believe that every act taken against him, and any judicial ruling adverse to him, are part of a vast conspiracy designed to silence him and destroy him."

Isn't this evidence of a persecution complex?

@JT, Recipient of Ethics Complaints and I'm Not

Do you honestly think you have a chance next year of becoming a judge yourself?

ApokalypseNow, Not Filing Porn as Evidence and You Are

It's a bout time a Judge called out Jack Thompson.

It seems way too many times JT has found a way to delay the inevitable, but this time it seems someone is finally standing up to the school yard Bully.

You should check that link JT thats what a real legal document should look like, ya know not just incoherent rambling which the Judge so lovingly pointed out in his order that you do.

So sweetie have fun continuing to dig your hole because I have a feeling you haven't stopped yet, I mean seriously is self control even in your vocabulary?

Justice and sanity (mostly sanity) will yet triumph!

Hooah!

I've thought it over for a while now, and when it comes to court cases, JT isn't a bully, he's a spoiled brat. The only reason he's upset is because he's not getting his way, and when he did something wrong an authority figure called him on it.

The conspiracy is vast indeed...it reaches right down to me, and I'm not even involved!

You have to realize at this point that the legal processes against Jack (including the previous settlement with Take Two) are our legislative process of explaining to the public that Jack is a nut.

When will he jump in to this discussion and declare "It's all part of my master plan to bring expose the Video Game conspiracy" or somesuch crap?

Well, Disbarment is a major action to take, it may not go as far as that at first, it depends largely on Jack in that respect, if he goes into the courthouse, eats humble pie and admits that he's let his judgement and professionalism get clouded by his own moralistic views, then he'll probably get away with little more than a slap on the wrist, however, this is Jack Thompson we are talking about, so expect a full marching band with accompanying flotilla, and a stream of accusations of corruption for daring to question his view of events.

Yet another excellent start to the workday.

@Flettz

Thank you for the link, that was fun reading. Here is a Stack of Muffins for you.

@TriceFallen

Noticed that myself. Heck I am guilty of it. Jack is not worthy of hate. He is an ineffective attention seeker, Pity and annoyance is about all he can generate anymore. Would be like Hating a yapping dog.

@Lard

Maybe we should get together and send him a copy of that title. Salt in the wounds is fun at times (yes yes it is also petty and small but Jack is owed that much) and JT needs all the help he can get.

And as I called for yesterday.. I would like a call upon a show of support for Judge Jordan.

What's the bet Jack goes in dressed as a Man of the Cloth?

I'd really like to see him in a Waffen SS getup. It would be very reflective and entirely appropriate.

i note that whenever there is little trolling, and sensible written out posts, JT doesn't seem to post.
i feel, from reading this, that people are looking forwards to future endeavours by Mr Thompson, as one would look forwards to a game sequel. (incedentally, and because i cannot control my glee, there're only 6 days till HL2:E2 is realeased!!!!)

...he has difficulty separating the legal issues in this case from broader social issues on which he has strongly-held beliefs....

Kind of ironic when you consider his 'angle of attack' when talking about computer games.

RE - Plot #674

++COMMS BEGIN++

American "Lawyer" John Bruce Thompson - Discovered Comrade Stalin's Plan. Attempting to expose. Eliminate immidiately.

Discredit or assassinate. Preferably with GTA fan/ Eastern European Criminals in City of New York.

++COMMS END++

Jack Thompson, losing his license.

@KGB
Funny as hell.

ROCK AND ROLL! \m/!!

(Still got it..)

Thank you, thank you. I could do Penny Arcade with that material..

Having said that, I've got another one in mind..

Silly Icehawk, you almost gave away our whole master plan. Just think of the damage a "Crusader" like JT could do if he knew the truth...

Scratch that, there's nothing to see here... really...

On a more serious note, I'm pleasantly surprised that this has happened so quickly. I had been expecting it to take a while longer to get this far. With the date coming up fast and since there's no question of 'if' one must wonder what JT will do 'when' he gets disbarred. I'm thinking with 31 years of experience already, he'd make a great clown.

KGB/BlackIce, I look forward to your continued posting, gave me a good laugh when I saw what name you'd posted as.

Nuts, lost it.. Now taking suggestions - Until I remember what I forgot.

Is this Christmas come early?

I know you are excited people. I myself cannot say that the prospect of Jack throwing his career in the crapper doesn't excite me as well. But unless you are a member of the armed forces please do not use the "H" word that Jack closes his trollish rantings with, its disrespectful.

@Erik

Which armed forskins? Uhh.. Armed forces?

@Erik

Or instead of harassing us.

@KGB/BlackIce

The US army uses it, and they borrowed it from the Marines.

When I was in the service (Army) it was used to indicate you understood the orders you were given. Don't believe it was ever used for anything else so as far as my experience with the word, no one's used it correctly here yet (as far as I've seen, I'm relatively new here though). I don't know what all the Marines used it for before the Army borrowed it, but I imagine it was used for the same purpose, especially given some of the murals in the buildings we both used on base (which had marines using it the same way we did).

As far as I know only ground pounders use it, so I believe the Navy and Air Force don't use it, could be wrong though. Anyone got more info on this?

@Ix:

From a quick Wiki search:

The Russian Army battle cry had traditionally been "Ura!" (pronounced "oo-rah," thought to mean "Hurrah!" coming from the Turkish word for "kill"). Many nations use a battle cry or shout of acknowledgement that has a similar sound to this, although explanations can vary wildly. For example, the U.S. Marines also shout "Oo-rah" — although the derivation is different — and the U.S. Army shouts "Hooah!". The U.S. Navy SEAL Teams use "Hoo-YAH!" for motivation in training. The Argentine Navy shouts something that sounds like "Ua! Ua! Ua!", while the Greek Army battle cry is "Aera!", i.e. (sweep them away like the) wind.

Only Battle Cry i've used was "Fire!"..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooah

That should quell the "hooah" argument. Turns out I was mistaken when I was telling Jacko to stop using it - its an ARMY thing, not a MARINE thing. Either way, its not something he should be using.

@Ix and JackDon'tKnowJack:

Jack's use of it most likely comes from Pacino though, in Scent of a Woman. In the movie he was a Colonel, although I'm not sure if it was Army or Marines, and would shout "Hooah!" all the time. So JT, as usual, has completely misappropriated something and tried to apply it where it does not belong. gg.

@chris

One can dream... when one is not married. Or working.

I fail to meet one of those qualifications.

@chris, who wrote:

"I thought it was physically impossible but jack just goes to show you CAN repeatedly kick yourself in the crotch untill you pass out."

That's the kind of phenomenom which mesmerizes me. How can anyone not be entharalled by watching someone do that?

Looks like Mr. Thompson has no one but himself to blame for his legal woes.

RE - Memoirs of a Communist

++COMMS BEGINS++

Find Thompson, Shoot Thompson, Get Caught, See LaRouche, Buy Milk, Feed Cat.

Not enough hours in day..

++COMMS END++

Speaking of, I wonder how Jack's self-predicted deposition of Bush (President and/or Governor) went?

RE - More Memoirs of a Communist

++COMMS BEGIN++

7. End COMMS properly.

++COMMS END++

@JackDon'tKnowJack

Hmm good question. I have been sitting here trying to remember all the things he has claimed to fight for and against.

It seems obvious that he has personal (and often odd) knowledge of people and places he has never actually met, the goings-on inside companies, government offices, judges chambers and peoples heads.

I wonder if Bush (either one) is out to get JT as well.

@Ashla

Its been 3 days and 4 topics (one getting 280+ posts) since he walked amoungst use little people... I starting to feel the first pangs of withdrawl....

I wonder which way his worm is turning now?

@BlackIce

It's physically impossible for you to add anything of merit to a discussion isn't it?

@cccp crusader:

He is somewhat funny so let him be.

@cccp crusader:

In a "thinking man's humor" kinda way.

@cppcrusader

I'm doing my best. Truth is, i'm having fun. That's a lot better than my usual mood.

Granted, the last two were piss poor, but i'm trying.

John Bruce Thompsons psych file UNCUT:

Mr Thompson has a rare combination of mental disorders that are so far unique to this man alone. He has schizophrenic masochism in which he constantly and consitently percieves the world to be against him and himself a sole force for good in the world while his practice and behaviour show the opposite.
If such unhealthy and ludicrous delusions were not already in need of severe psychological help his schizophrenia is supplimented by an overwhelming and subconscious desire for humiliation of both his intellect and social standing.
this creates a dangerous cycle in which he gains positive reinforcement through negative response, exacerbating his schozophrenic tendencies to dangerous levels. A mind exposed to such a vicous cycle cannot withstand long before retreating in unto itself in self loathing delusions which can if gone untreated result in radical release that is possibly a danger to himself or others.

I would reccomend immediatatly detaining Thompson in the itnerests of public safety, before he reaches this critical point. This unique blend of metal functioning must be intesely studies to help treat others in the future, although it may be too late for Thompson, as some consilation schizophrenic masochism shall be henceforth be referred to as 'Jack Thompson's Disorder' under the DSM V.

USMC uses Hooah (or Oo-Rah) as a motivational affirmative. e.g. 'who wants to run 10 miles up hill in the pouring rain? Hooah!'

or... 'who wants to see Jacko disbarred? Hooah!'

btw, navy doesn't use it, unless you want to invite scorn from usn and usmn alike.

The only reason he uses it is because it annoys people, and that's what he loves to do, to me, as a UK citizen, it simply makes him sound like an Ape that has sat on it's own banana.

No offence to the Army, they are using it in a known context, but when a lawyer starts throwing it into completely unrelated posts, it just makes him sound even dafter, to be honest, if it didn't wind people up, he wouldn't use, it's a classic trolling activity.

I've always found that word fairly amusing. Troll.. Heh.

As the flapping lips of censorship fade, so rise the grasping hands of the DMCA....

Actually, HOOAH comes from the acronyms Heard, Understood, Acknowledged, and Head Up your Ass.

USMC uses OORAH.

Navy Seals use BOOYAH.

Army uses HOOAH, though its most often heard in Ranger units and in SF units.

Airforce doesn't have one, to the best of my knowledge.

Hooah has evolved into many meanings for one word.

Yes, fuck, shit (oh, hooah...) COME ON!, and of course our battle cry.

It's the Army Verbal version of a swiss army knife. It means everything anything.

Mnementh2230

If that's the case, he's a piss-poor Marine. They don't say Hooah, just like we don't say Oorah. Hooah's ours, Oorah's theirs. We have a mutual respect and disdain.
To all,

HOOAH! HOOAH! HOOAH HOOAH HOOAH HOOAH!

Sorry for my slow response; been slightly busy.

I love my job, I play with rifles that aren't mine, then go home and play with mine.

Ok, where's Jack with his "This judge is commiting professional suicide HOOAH" message?

@Komitet (BlackIce)

I think the marks are just your perception
And I blame Dennis for the lack of an edit button, although it's a good idea. If we had one, then Jack Thompson could delete his own comments and preted they never happened.

No, really, they are tiny. I can see the letter i fine, but the exclamations are a joke..

@icehawk: nah, he actually singled me out and called me a nitwit and a moron. He's up to his normal tactics of insulting people online.

@ Orange Soda

He's not really a thorn, he doesn't speak uncomforrable truths. It's just that we haven't finished milking this lulzcow for all it's worth.

@ Orange Soda:

JT is beginning to remind me of Dr. Claw.
Every time he is thwarted he lets out a deep throaty bellow "I'll get you next time GamePoliticsFloridaBarGodlessPissantsGaysTheWorldandAnyoneElseIForgot, NEXT TIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMEEEEEEE!!!!!!!" Then he strokes MadCat and escapes in a pimped out rocket car.

@ Andrew McGregor
I'd definitely like to see him disbarred. It's not like he's fulfilling some manditory job . Once he is gone, we might have some respite from this nonsense.

Although I find his antics highly amusing, I cringe to think of all the money being thrown in the toilet because of his courtroom shenanigans.

...that, and he's a complete ass. the submarine force also has a motivational saying: 'and the stupid shall be punished.' :)

We gamers hate Jack Thompson!!!!!!!!We wished that he would lose his license to practice law and amazingly it might even happen!Just if he didnt send the gay porn sex pics to the judge he might not lose his license but somehow he did it.Is this a messege from God?God hates Jack Thompson to probably.And like I always say at the end of a comment from now on,''Leave our fucking entertainment alone!''.

@ Austin Lewis

Thanks for the info - very informative.

Perhaps he DID pick it up from the Army (he's a reservist now). Or perhaps I misheard him.

Dunno man.

Wups - apologies to Mnementh2230, I meant to @jack thompson is gay, I meant nothing in regards to Mnementh's post.

Also Thompson has pissed off so many people in the law profession that he is never going to win the argument, he has effectively neutered himself. He is harmless, he is a like an annoying wasp that cant sting anyone.

The general point of the metaphor was more about our reactions to the things he does. He has become a symbol.

Through various secondhand, thirdhand, and so on accounts, various spins, hyperboles and parodies, we are now either unwilling or unable to see him as a mere human. It's the same reason as why seeing videos of Hitler's family life on the History Channel are so unnerving, if you'll pardon the invocation of Godwin's Law.

Then again, maybe I made that more confusing instead of less. I don't have time to explain any more right now, though.

Ahhh, it's like watching the dominoes tap into one another, one by one. The only fun here now is simply to see how much of a noise it makes when it (as in, Thompson) completely goes, and whether there's a cute or funny image at the end of it.
JT: It's not a case of we hardly knew ya, it's a case of we hardly cared about ya. Have fun ranting and raving on FOX News without any shred of respect or power now.
And now, in German!
Herr Thompson ist eine berliner, eine hamburger und eine frankfurter!
(Mr Thompson is a doughnut, a hamburger and a sausage!)
And as for the guy claiming JT is gay, erm, yeah, go back to Halo mulitplayer already.

I think that Thompson being replaced by someone respectable would be a good thing. The debates would be more even and better informed. There would be no name calling and dirt flinging.

Personnally I like Leland Yee as an opponent. He may be flawed in his reasoning, but at least he is willing to listen to the opposing arguments instead of yelling on top of them.

@jadedcritic - no sweat dude, I know who you meant. :)

@KotatsuNeko:

Assuming he still has the ability to practice law if he grows up...

@ApokalypseNow:

LOL, good show. :P

@Judith:

Nah it's GTA's fault, don't you know anything?

@IceHawk:

More or less yeah.

@Thad Ex Machina:

Do I even have to bring it up? XD

And quite possibly Walt Disney, the Statue of Liberty and the Good Year blimp..... ;)

Sad part is that he's gotta be doing some amount of collateral damage to the reputation and standing of his wife in the legal community -- if only through guilt by association. Can Mrs. Thompson proudly walk the halls of her law firm offices, holding her head high, while junior associates snicker behind her back because she's married to a public laughing stock?

I'm surprised there hasn't been a Jack siting in this thread.

Oh, and lets not forget that JT is busy getting this website shut down:

http://jaablog.jaablaw.com/

@potatojones83

Your logic is flawless. As I understand the christian system (I am or was a christian but am suffering burnt-out) JT has done a few things that are.... questionable. The 7 Deadly Sins are right up there of course, there is also the matter of claiming that HE will return to smite the sinners (those that put violent games in the hands of minors) but to ice it off I would quote.

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

He has admitted (grundingly) that he is a sinner (hard to step around as a christian) yet seems to have no problem slinging whatever comes to hand at whatever target is convient and without regard to fallout. In that regard he is a bad as the violent gamer types he refers to.

Wait I think I understand:

He sexual preferences are not relevent (I am not sleeping with him) but I think he is a Closet Gamer ;)

Norm Kent
Attorney at Law

Gamers Note

Well, Jack's newest motions this afternoon ask that I be jailed by the State Attorney by this evening at dinner, and prosecuted now for Extortion as well. And, hard to believe though it is, he has filed two more motions asking the judge to recuse himself, not satisfied with being so denied twice.

But Jack has become more than the laughingstock of legal blogs in Dade and Broward. It is you the gamers who are really getting under his skin.

Look at the words from this new verified/sterilized/and emergency new motion to disqualify the judge, who according to Thompson is akin to Attila the Hun. Actually, Judge Jordan is a jurist renowned on the bench for his dignity, demeanor, and patience.

Judge Jordan is a very distinguished former federal prosecutor, who, as Chief of the Appellate Division is used to dealing with scholarly briefs, not the rantings and ravings of a lawyer who fancies himself to be Paul Revere.

However, I just thought you should all know the significance of Dennis covering the case on Gamepolitics.com. It has made you all aware of Thompson's actions, and he knows it. Here is what Thompson submitted to the court today, in apparent total frustration with the way things are unfolding to his detriment.

"'The court intentionally went out of its way to create what is now an international news story by itself going after my law license. The video game press now is issuing hourly updates on what your latest Order is smearing me. I didn't start this; you did. You started it."

I know, I know, it sounds like a little kid screaming in the schoolyard, but he also adds that since this court entered its order to show cause against Thompson, "hundreds of Internet sites are reading, thanks to this court, as if this judge were the Chairman of Take-Two, Interactive press releases on Thompson...."

So congratulations on your efforts in giving Jack the international attention he so often sought and now gets. Unfortunately, to quote the Bible he likes to say he believes in but never seems to live by, : "He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind."

And he's no Dorothy, is he?

Forgot to add that Jack also has himself to blame...the guy spams his filings across the internet and then wonders why the news gets out on him.

Hey, Jack, this is why people stay anonymous and don't post personal info on the internet!

I feel a P.O.D. variation coming on.


WE ARE WE ARE! THE GAMERS OF A NATION!
WE ARE WE ARE! THE GAMERS OF A NATION!

ROFL! Wow... Jack has really lost it.

But as you're surely out there Jack, I hope you keep your license. We need you out there to be the champion against videogames. You're a boon to the fist amendment rights of gamers everywhere.

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it." - Voltaire

All this just keeps getting better and better. I think it's safe to say that Jack isn't going to get off scot free this time. And maybe he can do stuff in the sure to be lots of free time he'll have when he loses. Like, read 'I Am America (And So Can You)' which ALSO comes out on Oct. 9th.

hehe man I wonder if jack thompson is going to have a nervous break down.
(that would be awesome)

Maybe he will come out of the closet when that happens. After he is already calling dennis sweetie.

Man thats a bad image.

I begin to suspect that Jack must suffer from some sort of inability to conduct any rational thought process between the dawning of the idea to him that he should file a given document with a court and his ultimate filing of that document. He may be filing these documents implusively or compulsively, but it damn sure can't be thoughtfully. His "sane filing/insane filing" brain-switch has gotta be malfunctioning. Like people with Tourette's who can't help themselves but to blurt out obscenities.

I wonder if we can get social services to take his child away?

I mean he is unfit to be a parent by his own accord. Giving his child his credit card then forcing him to buy M rated games. What next have access public records to look for gay porn? Or have him use ur credit card to buy porn on the internet?

Man I feel sorry for Jacks child. It just hurt to see children used in manipulative schemes for there parents gain.

My favorite quote from document:

"Mr. Thompson is bound by, and must follow, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the
Local Rules of this court."

Following "Civil Procedure" is something Jack (and a fair number of other people) could benifit from outside of the courtroom.

@ Norm Kent could you copy/paste the entire motion?


BTW, the way I've heard the sayign it's "you called down the thunder, now reap the whirlwind"

@Dais

Noes! I needs teh internets! It's where I keep my e-stuff!

Er... for naming reasons? Whuh?

To Mr. Kent,
I may not live your lifestyle, but I appreciate that we have your help in the continuing quest for knowledge.

"He’s terrified of gamers now? Gee, I wonder why.

Have you ever poked a wasp’s nest with a stick?"

I think this needs commenting.

I agree with Jack to a very small extent. That being that Violent Video Games do not belong in the hands of minors. I think most of us agree on that. Jack does not believe that the ESRB rating system works because overworked store employees sell games to his child. (I'm going to forgo ranting on his ridiculous "sting operations." I just don't even care enough, and it's been ranted into toast.) I believe the ESRB system works as long as parents take time to get informed, both about the system, and their children's lives. In my house, the system works. (I don't have children myself yet, but my wife routinely has my young nephews in, and the system is enforced.)
I am strongly Anti-Jack. Why? Because of the way he treats his fellow human beings. I have read this forum when he has made blanket statements that all Gamers use drugs, that Gamers are time-bombs waiting to happen, and just a few weeks ago, when GamerDad was in the hospital, I was here when Jack came in with an remark that simultaneously wished GamerDad a speedy recovery, and slapped him and what he stands for in the face. It was, in effect, a message of "Get well soon, and call me so I can tell you what a baby-murderer you are." This was followed up with another remark that came across as "Oh, and stop being such a fat fatty."
Jack has claimed his intentions were peaceful, but who can say, after listening to a man who has spewed so much hatred to our community? Even after a group sent him flowers, trying to reach out, Thompson continues his bile toward us.
Yes, Jack, everyone is watching you fall. Because you poked the wasp's nest with a stick too many times. Because you've insulted each and every one of us, sometimes collectively, sometimes individually.

Wait, that's bees, not wasps, huh? oh well.

Norm Kent's post was awesome. Thanks for telling us! Glad to see that this monster is really losing his cool.

@Norm Kent

Mr Kent, I was having an unbearably shitty night and reading that was a great uplift. Thank you

Like a hooked fish, it's a pattern with Jack to thrash about the closer he's reeled in towards the net. The more ground he loses in any given battle, the more bizarre (and ineffectual) his battlefield strategy and conduct become. It's usually on his way to being shown the exit that he comes up with his best doosies. We should expect to see him worsen as the noose tightens.

@JackDon'tKnowJack

Very off-topic here. Your name prompted me to re-install the game "You Don't Know Jack:The Ride". Great game if anyone has played any of the YDKJ games. Bit of irony, the first game I played after re-installing dealt with censorship.

@ KGB, US Gaming Branch. (BlackIce)

Your posts have provided the comic relief that I needed. But I guess I enjoy that kind of humor more than others.

@WarOtter

I too constantly see Jack as Dr. Claw. "Next Time, Life! Next Time!"

@GoodRobotUs

I don't know I see this whole series more as a sitcom. Jack used to piss me off, but now I laugh at him. I still like Icehawks name though.

@ Norm Kent

While I don't share your lifestyle, I do appreciate your input and as a result of your last two comments have developed a decent respect for you. Like many others I'd like to thank you for the information you have provided. I'd also like to invite you to continue to post here (if only every so often).

@ JackDon'tKnowJack

You made a good point. 20 years ago, no one would have the slightest clue what was going on in this case. We MIGHT get some information from a local newspaper IF you lived in Miami, but that's it. Today, I can learn about the Judges rulings before I've had breakfast. Ain't technology great?

The sad thing is, my beef with Jack won't end once he's disbarred. I'm still fairly certain that when it happens, he'll still be coming in here, still claiming he really won the day.

But once he's disbarred, (and it's not an if, it's a when,) I'm closing the book on him. At some point you just have to stop giving a child what it wants.

"The video game press now is issuing hourly updates on what your latest Order is smearing me. I didn’t start this; you did. You started it.”

I wish he would just take his ball and go home. Luckily for us, it looks like he's going to be grounded and put in detention.

Hmm... I wonder if him being barred from practicing attorney-ship will stop him posting crap on web forums.

Also Thompsons disbarrement won't mean the end of Thompson. We will still hear his rants, it's just there will be no legal threats against the industry.

And to you Mr. Thompson, you were a worthy ... well not a worthy foe but....
you were persistent. And annoying.

And his delusions rants in GP's comment sections seem to have slowed somewhat.

Dennis, for the sake of completeness, any chance we could get all of Jack's motions in a handy .zip or something? While the juicy parts are always nice to read in excerpt, I enjoy reading all of Jack's missives top to bottom so I can get the whole picture...

And now we play the waiting game.

...

Aw, this games boring. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos!

you know, for a game/politics site, we seen to have a damn large number of people up on military jargon.

@ JT
watch out! not only is this the breeding grounds for a vast gamer conspiracy, it looks like the potential is high for an effective military cabal!

Oooo, maybe if they actually bother to diagnose JT's craziness, he'll be banned from the Internet. It's common practice to keep psych ward patients from accessing the triggers to their "episodes" and the most common exacerbatory elements in their disorders. Then we won't have to worry about him, it wil be for his own health that he'll be kept from trolling.

@Anywho

But we've done such great things with it--just check out the T-shirts. If that "Hooah" adaptation bothers you, I don't recommend going to any Air Force training schools, you'll shudder.

And really, "Hooah!" is the only way we can get through the day with some of the morons in charge. There's nothing like knowing your Captain is both the least intelligent and least educated person in the room while they suggest policies that will result in soldier injury at best, to make respect take a nosedive. It is in times like those that it's so nice to be able to say "F you, sir!" or "Yeah, right, I'll get on that about...never," without actually SAYING those words.

What's really fun is guessing exactly which meaning the word has when it's used. Then again, our official unit mottos ranged from bending down to touch our toes while saying, "The [Unit Name] Position"; to "BOHICA!" (seriously). So we may have had a bigger problem with untrained and incompetent officers than typical.

To Quote Bananarama,

'It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it.'

I don't think Jack's enjoying the results.

@JT

No, really, if you look at your past behavior, it is not difficult to see that you were the instigator. It was, in fact, YOU who started it. You started this rivalry between yourself and the gaming community when you took it upon yourself to insult and demean our hobby and members. You started your legal issues when you violated ethics rules, resulting in ethics violations complaints. Finally, you started the current row with this judge when you didn't follow the proper filing procedure (in several instances).

All that aside, the PROFESSIONAL response to this situation isn't "He started it!" - you'd think that someone who has been an attorney for 31 years would know that. But then, you'd also think that they'd know how not to violate ethics rules, how to follow proper filing procedure, how not to piss off the judge, etc.

Guess you still have a lot to learn.

Hmmm... where's Jack? He's probably stocking up on canned and other nonperishable goods in an attempt to survive once he has no job.

Just read Jack's quote (thanks Norm Kent), and I can't stop comparing it to the episode of "The Office" when Dunder-Mifflin Scranton had to recall the paper due to a bad water-mark. Specifically, Jack is comparable to Michael Scott (in more ways than I can say) because they both believe that the "international spotlight" has been thrust upon them. Yeah, I still believe that Jack's psychologist should have his/her license revoked immediately.

Norm Kent
Attorney at Law

It was less than an hour ago on this Friday afternoon that Judge Jordan just dispatched as specious and without merit another one of Mr. Thompson's legally insufficient motions, this one the preposterous representation that Judge Jordan could be added as a party defendant to the dying duck of a case Thompson has against the Florida Bar.

What is happening here in this case, unlike many others, is that this Court is scrutinizing each and every claim that Thompson makes every single day, and wasting no time in dispatching them to the legal scrap heap, articulately publishing an order detailing how Thompson's motions are without merit or legal foundation.

Today, his motion to amend was ruled out of order, and outside the scope of the rules of federal procedure for what is called joinder of claims. To paraphrase Thompson's own insulting words to this distinguished jurist, any 'first year law school student would have known that.'

Normally Thompson will file these motions and courts in the routine course of business will get to them in a matter of weeks. But Judge Jordan is having no part of Thompson's nonsense. Within 24 hours of filing one of his tortured pleadings they are torn apart and discarded by the jurist.

And so too will Thompson's latest writ fall flat on its face. The real question for Thompson is if he will have the guts to show up in court on Tuesday and engage in oral argument about his claim. It might be worth the price of admission to see if he is capable of standing on his feet and making a scholarly legal argument when faced with the questioning of a federal judge on sophisticated constitutional issues which require references to case law and citations and not Paul Revere gallopping through New England on a midnite ride.

The bottom line for Jack is that the noose is getting tighter, the hours shorter, the time it takes for judges to knock his claims right out of the box quicker and quicker......

I am continually impressed with the sophisticated thoughts that are periodically presented on this blog, and the analysis so many of you have for Thompson's conduct.

Wo0t for the update. Nice to see that they're not taking anything sitting down this time. They're not believing his random rantings and taking his word. It seems clear that the legal community in florida has become wise to his pitiful stall tactics, and poor legal conduct, and is no longer letting him squeak by the law. And now that he can't just cry until he gets his way, he clearly is grasping at any last straw that he may have available. It's very comforting to know the judge isn't buying it.

@Norm Kent

Wow, you're getting in here a lot more often than I thought you might, given your recovery. I guess we can take that as a good sign that you're recouperating well. Considering how few *REAL* legal professionals we have on this blog (not to say that we don't have ANY, I know we've a few - I don't want to alienate our current legal stable), can we expect your presence on further legal matters once this Jack Thompson issue has been ground into the dirt? I only ask because having another attorney who is able to thoughtfully comment on matters legal never hurts this community, though I would understand if you declined - gaming is not for everyone, afterall.

Regardless, though I cannot speak for the community at large, thank you for your praise, and thank you for your ceaseless efforts to rid your profession of this moral blight upon its reputation. Best wishes on your speedy recovery and the success of your website.

- Mnementh2230

@Norm Kent

Thanks for letting usk now Jack will be keeping the Miami courthouses nice and toasty this winter.

@Jack Thompson:

A little unsolicted strategic advice for your Show Cause Hearing before Judge Jordan next week:

1. Make up a 3' X 4' cardboard blow-up of your favorite section of the RICO Act (extortion, I believe?).

2. Hold your cardboard blow-up aloft and wave it in the courtroom as much as possible. Especially whenever Judge Jordan's speaking from the bench.

3. If Judge Jordan orders you to stop waving you blow-up, ignore him.

4. Interrupt Judge Jordan while he's ordering you to stop waving your blow-up and out-shout him with, "I have a First Amendemnt right to wave this blow-up, Judge, which this court can't deny me. Govern yourself accordingly."

5. Inform the Court that you've discussed the matter with Superlawyer Geoffery Fieger and of Mr. Fieger's opinion that Judge Jordan did indeed "start it," not you.

6. If the Court summons additional federal agents to the courtroom, glare menacingly and defiantly at them, then ask, "You got a problem?"

7. If all else fails, threaten to run for Judge Jordan's seat.

8. Remember to smile for the cameras (and, please, don't wear the yellow and brown paisley tie).

Good luck.

@Jack Thompson:

I don't know whether or not joinder of claims is a subject that every first-year law student knows, but I do know that you don't know a God-damned thing about federal joinder of claims. So, lemme help you out by putting the concept in simple terms which even you can understand:

Every alleged conspiracy, no matter how vast, has an outer limit beyond which a court will not allow a plaintiff to find alleged conspirators.

Dennis McCauley, either you post here the fact, which ou have known for two hours, that Judge Jordan has now stayed the referral of the disciplinary matter to the Ad Hoc Committee, or you'll wish you did.

GP: Thanks for breaking your promise of just yesterday never to contact me again...

"or you'll wish you did"

/yawn

Or what? You'll threaten never to return here? No,no, we couldn't get that lucky.

"Dennis McCauley, either you post here the fact, which ou have known for two hours, that Judge Jordan has now stayed the referral of the disciplinary matter to the Ad Hoc Committee, or you’ll wish you did."

You would have thought that at some point in his 30+ years of practicing law Jacko would have learned that threatening people is bad.

I guess when you have lost as many cases as Jacko you tend to get a bit desperate...

So what does stayed the referral... mean anyway?

@Dave:

A "stay" is the "pause" button, if the court was a disc-player. And, like a disc-player, from there the court can hit either "stop" or "play" -- or leave it in "pause," if it wants.

Ah ok. Thanks JDKJ for the analogy even I can understand. :)

jack thompson said he would never speak to dennis again????

Gee thats only happened around 300 times since 2005

Notice how Jack wants to trumpet the fact that possible disciplinary proceedings against him have been stayed by Judge Jordan? As if that's a victory of some sort worthy of a screaming "Hoaah!"

He completely ignores the part about the only reason he was up in Judge Jordan face playing the fool in the first place was to put a stop other disciplinary proceedings already underway against him. Which ain't nothing but the ol' "one step forward, one step back shuffle."

@JDKJ:

All it needs is a 'Fast Forward' so we can get to my favorite part:

"John Bruce "Jack" Thompson, you are hereby relieved of your license to practice law. I want you out of the office by 4PM." :D

@ JT - I guess your word couldn't stand in the way of your ego, eh? This is GamePolitics, and funnily enough, the only reason Dennis is covering this stuff is because we're looking forward to watching you fail. We don't want you disbarred because you're a threat, we want you disbarred so we can LAUGH at you.

2 whole hours, wow... seems to me like your ego is REALLY getting out of control. Its either Narcissistic Personality Disorder or an unhealthy obsession with attention, either way - you're sick. 2 words: Seek Help. You may have been certified sane about ten years ago, but that (and your recent and rather incomplete evaluation) doesn't mean you're sane now. You're more obsessed with yourself than we are, than Dennis is, or anyone else for that matter. Go cry in a corner, you weak pathetic fool. We're just going to continue to laugh at you while your life crumbles around you. The only way you'll even get an ounce of pity is if you can muster the willpower to get some psychological help. As it is, you're not only a nutter, you're a nutter who is too stubborn or weak-willed to admit he's got a problem, and that brings nothing but scorn and contempt. The best part (for me) is, as the fragile shell of lies that is your life continues to fall apart, you'll be reminded of this very post, and you'll KNOW how it is that you were the orchistrator of your own swan song.

@ Mnementh2230

Yeah, everytime Jack Thompson opens his mouth, you automatically want to deduct 1,000 I.Q. points from Thompson.

Awwwww, whats wrong Thompson? Mad that the judge isn't playing your way? Getting slapped around and paying for your actions?

Well boo fucking hoo.

This is completely you own fucking fault. You file gay porn on public record, you insult and try to jail anyone who doesn't agree with you, you try to destroy entire companies, you're as anti free speech as they come, and when your's is threatened you cry and moan and bitch about it. Get a goddamn life loser.

OMG

From http://nationalgaynews.com/content/view/1810/173/

"Despite being told by United States District Judge Adalberto Jordan to cease and desist from the filing of duplicative motions, Coral Gables attorney Jack Thompson launched a new attack on NGN Publisher Norm Kent and Game Politics webmaster Dennis McCauley late Friday evening.

In a ‘Notice to Court,’ Thompson, instead of apologizing for filing gay porn in federal pleadings, explained to the court it was a “necessity” to do so. Reiterating the story which has appeared on the NGN website all week, the anti-gay, anti-gaming attorney found himself the target of a District Court’s wrath when a legal stunt he attempted backfired.

The target of a Bar disciplinary proceeding, Thompson tried to show he was being treated unfairly and discriminated against as a Christian. NGN Publisher Norm Kent explained what Thompson filed with the Court to prove his claim: “He goes to my law office website, www.normkent.com, to prove that there is a link to www.nationalgaynews.com. Then he shows that NGN links to adult sites. Then he shows the adult sites, if you enter their links, open up to graphic pictures. And he retrieves those images and sends those pictures to the judge in a court pleading. The judge was not amused. That is how this guy who says he fights for decency was charged with indecency.”

Indeed, Judge Jordan issued a Rule to Show Cause Why Thompson’s actions should not be referred to the federal court’s disciplinary committee for attorney review. After filing 14 separate responses, the Court referred the matter to the committee, staying his final decision until after a hearing next Tuesday. Meanwhile, Thompson has unsuccessfully tried to sue the judge individually, recuse the judge, and get the case stayed by a higher court. Wrote Judge Jordan, “In my opinion, the content of the numerous filings submitted by Mr. Thompson indicate that he has difficulty separating the legal issues in this case from broader social issues on which he has strongly-held beliefs.”

Covered regularly on www.gamepolitics.com, gamers have been ridiculing Thompson’s court motions as the antics of a fool, referring to him as “ludicrous” and “obsessive.” One blogger wrote Thompson is suffering from a “persecution complex,” another indicated that he is manifesting “personality disorders” and a third that he has reduced himself to a “living joke.” In his latest pleading, Thompson equated Dennis McCauley, the successful publisher of gamepolitics.com, with Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of propaganda under Adolph Hitler.

Said one gaming blogger, “he made himself an international figure trying to sue to stop us from playing games, and the courts have reduced his claims to legal rubble and he is on the bottom of the heap. Why should we not talk about it, of course we will.” In denying one motion to dismiss, Judge Jordan added that “Thompson unfortunately appears to believe that every act taken against him, and any judicial ruling adverse to him, are part of a vast conspiracy designed to silence him and destroy him.”

In an order earlier this week, the Court ruled that this case is solely about Thompson’s disciplinary proceeding before the Bar, which he had hoped his lawsuit would forestall. But one of his two cases was dismissed this week, and the pending one is hanging on a thin limb, with the Court having entered a preliminary order in September stating it does not have jurisdiction and Thompson has yet to file a viable claim. Thompson amended it once again, and the final hearing is set for Tuesday in Miami. His Florida Bar trial is scheduled for November, but NGN learned today that the Alabama Bar Association also has a pending trial against Thompson for acts of professional misconduct in their state. (see update below)

In his latest pleading in the pending case, Thompson falsely represents to the court that “Kent has been collaborating with the video game industry for more than two years,” and that the “porn industry is using the Florida Bar and the court system to harm Thompson.” In the same paragraph, Thompson also accuses the Florida Bar attorney Barry Richards, once counsel to President Bush, of lying. Thompson said it is Mr Richards, not himself, who should be referred for discipline and “hung by his thumbs.” Thompson then accused the Court and judge of engaging in “reprehensible” conduct, by allowing the Bar to file “unethical” pleadings.

Claiming that the court has made him sick, Thompson added that he has “missed ten meals this week and slept very little,” because of “jackals” like Mr. Kent, who finds “it liberating to molest minors with this crap at his website.” Then Thompson proceeds to attack the Florida Bar’s designated reviewer on his disciplinary case, Miami attorney Steve Chaykin. Thompson proceeds in the pleading to accuse Chaykin of having a “bizarre, radical gay agenda,” being a “zealot” collaborating also with the Bar.

Turning his attention back to NGN Publisher Norm Kent, Thompson’s ‘Notice to Court’ then claims that “Mr. Kent has an obsession with pornography and people who oppose its distribution to children.” Mr. Kent, he adds, “should be prosecuted,” “and most likely will be,” transparently ignoring the Court’s prior admonition and order that this case is about his disciplinary proceeding, and not the alleged conduct of other attorneys who are not involved in the case.

Thompson then proffered to the court that the “video game industry and Beasley Broadcast Company’s lawyer are working hard to turn this case into a circus.” As his proof, Thompson submitted Kent’s commentary to bloggers at game politics and clippings from NGN articles covering the case. In another pleading, he placed Kent’s photograph into the record. Said Kent jokingly, “At least the judge did not rule that was porn…”

On a serious note, Kent defended the right of the National Gay News to cover the case, or to express his commentaries on gamepolitics.com. “Thompson is free to file whatever moronic pleadings he wants to, and I am a free man in a free world freely commenting anywhere and everywhere I can that his acts are legally specious, unsubstantiated by fact or law, and openly libelous. Nothing he says or does is going to stop me from letting the entire world know that an internationally known anti-gay attorney is being humiliated and embarrassed in courtroom after courtroom. Just like Senator Larry Craig could not cover up his toilet stompings in a bathroom stall, neither will our press permit Mr. Thompson to avoid publicity for his rantings and ravings in District Court.”


Also Accused of Misconduct in Alabama

Late Friday, Thompson filed yet another federal suit in the Southern District, this time naming the Alabama State Bar as a defendant, admitting the trial is set for this month. Thompson claims they too “are acting illegally and improperly” by not dismissing claims against him for violating their ethics rules.

In a rambling 23 page complaint, Thompson alleges he is the “victim of the Alabama State Bar’s selective prosecution,” and that the Bar has “grossly violated his constitutional rights.”

In Alabama, the Bar is proceeding against Thompson on numerous charges of lying to the court, conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, violating court orders, and filing false documents and pleadings about numerous litigants in the case. The charges evolve from a jurist who removed Thompson from a case for alleged misconduct. Thompson accuses the Judge and the Bar of bad faith and depriving him of due process. This lawsuit excludes Kent and National Gay News".

But he's having fun!