JT + FBI = LOL
JT + FBI = LOL
April 10, 2008
The Federal Bureau of Investigation apparently has had enough of Jack Thompson.This bit of news comes from Thompson himself, by way of an e-mail that the embattled anti-game crusader shipped out yesterday. The message was cc'd to GamePolitics and dozens of others. Addressees include U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, the chief federal prosecutor in south Florida.
The e-mail alleges - yet again - a conspiracy by the Florida Bar and Florida Supreme Court to persecute Thompson. It also claims that Thompson's personal e-mail account was hacked recently. He sees the Bar's hand in that, as well. Regarding the FBI, Thompson writes (emphasis GP's):
Despite your forwarding this matter, Mr. Acosta, to the FBI, the FBI has done nothing and refuses to talk to me.
With all respect, either the FBI takes this seriously—the computer hacking, the criminal use of lunacy proceedings, the whole nine yards... or I and others will do what we need to do.
As GamePolitics has previously reported, the Florida Supreme Court recently sanctioned Thompson by refusing to accept any filings from him. Now, it appears that the FBI has shut him out as well.
GP: Although I've never revealed it publicly, since 2005 Thompson has reported me to the Miami and Philadelphia offices of the FBI on at least five occasions, alleging all sorts of things, including violations of the Patriot Act.
Nothing ever came of these ridiculous allegations. I was never even contacted about them by the FBI. But I can tell you that being reported to the FBI is a frightening thing. It caused me a great deal of concern.
So, please forgive me if I LOL over Thompson's whining that the FBI is ignoring him.
Comments
LOL... Hypocrisy at its finest!
You're welcome to leave if it bothers you that badly. Do you understand the concept of a "blog?"
Unless you're an ECA member, you really have no right to complain what Dennis does with his site. If you are, you can stop supporting the site. Stating Dennis is in a scam is an insult, especially since he does this for his love of games.
Unless you have interesting comments, please leave. It'll make the people who love this site happy, and you'll be happy too.
You started off by telling GP to stop expressing what he wants to express, then after you get the same reaction directed at you, you play martyr? Take a chill pill Mate....
Its a pretty sad day when people are scared of being reported to the FBI even for baseless crimes. It says to Me: "I don't trust the federals to look out for the innocent". Which is pretty much true.
So let me see if I understand this:
You think Dennis should stop posting JT stories, in fact you demanded he do so. Thereby infringing on his freedom of speech (and probably freedom of the press by the way). Then you get upset when people yell at you to shut up and go away saying THEY are infringing on YOUR freedom of speech.
Yeah, that is totally logically consistent, you're definitely practicing what you preach there.
Two quick observations for you:
1. Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like, it protects speech you hate
2. Freedom of speech includes the freedom of others to tell you to shut up
As people said, you don't like it, you don't have to read it. You can read the many other fine articles Dennis posts. It's not like he hides JT articles under fake headlines, you don't like them, scroll past and click the next one.
The fact that you seem to post almost exclusively to JT articles indicates to me that you are interested in them and looking for them (if only so that you can criticize them) which kind of defeats your own argument. If Dennis were to stop posting them...what would you do? Start posting about how there are no more JT articles for you criticize?
You also suggest that Dennis should put a stop to the attacks on you. Well guess what, Freedom of Speech includes the freedom of others to criticize you. There is no such thing as the "Freedom from offense."
So long as people aren't threatening you, making legally "obscene" comments, or inciting others to "imminent lawless action" they're comments, insulting though you may find them, are covered under Freedom of Speech.
So you champion Freedom of Speech on the one hand, yet imply that Dennis should be blocking comments that you feel are offensive towards you.
I will say this, I do not agree with the personal attacks directed at you, that is not appropriate. But I wholeheartedly agree with the "You don't like it, well don't read it" suggestion that has been made.
Also, do remember this is not a news site. It is a political issue blog, an editorial/commentary page. It is not anymore journalistic than the editorial page of a newspaper or a political commentary show such as "The O'Reilly Factor." It should not be considered an objective news source, if you are thinking of it as so you are wrong, pure, plain, and simple.
Nice reply Cullarn, I laughed a bit about needing to run from the "further testimony."
"The message should be clear to Jack at this point: “You are an embarrassment. Go away.”
Brief and to the point. I like it. Very well said.
He reminds me of the RIAA rep in the South Park episode that also included the Chewbacca defense... and that mantra the character kept spouting... you know the one.
"I am above the law!"
I'm just waiting for him to harass the wrong person til they snap and Thompson ends up in a full body cast... But then again that's probably the video games talking...
Fox. They love putting him on the air, and they only cancel good, quality shows. So anything with Thompson in it will be safe.
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
but then again... i wonder if the AVGB is afraid of a JT lawsuit...
Well imagine one of JT's press releases in that size font? Yeah that's reason enough to have it off by default. (Cause lord knows he'd abuse it like he's abusing our judicial system. :P)
I fail to see the logic in that equation. How is JT + FBI equal to QFT? JT + FBI = LOL I get, but where did you get JT + FBI = QFT? MIND-BOGGLING!!!"
JT + FBI = LOL
QFT = Quoted For Truth
JT + FBI = LOL = QFT
Perhaps I should've added brackets.
(JT + FBI = LOL) = QFT
Save the email as a priceless gem for making us laugh this morning, and more importantly, making you LOL ;o
I wonder how many people would shout that for JT? ;)
I guess there's nothing more to say about this guy. All his credibility just went down the toilet, if he had any left.
...Seriously, how can he think that a freaking State Bar is behind EVERYONE that goes against him? It's a State Bar, they're busy with REAL PEOPLE and REAL CASES alongside the senile old bums like JT who don't even take their own damn advice.
Until then, I will LOL with the rest of you...
The Florida Bar using hacking to reach their ends? How progressive.
It is quite an interesting imaginary world he lives in.
No Dennis, we don't blame you one bit, because i'm sure alot of us are doing the same thing. xD
Not long ago, some how someone got a hold of the email I don't give out to anyone but family and I was getting the Nigerian scam emails, at least 3 to 4 per day. At first I ignored them, then after a few weeks I got sick of it. I started replying to them, by giving them their IP address back and letting them know I reported them to the FBI, Interpol, etc, and low and behold the emails stopped. I never actually reported them, but because I knew their IP address, they knew I was serious enough to report them.
Sorry, I know it's way off topic, but I had to share that with you. Don't ever take JT too seriously, if the government did, we wouldn't be able to post here, nor would GP be able to write about these things.
Assuming of course, he can infact recognise you.
Practice what you preach, Jack: Grow up and get a life.
I'm glad nothing ever came of his rantings against you Dennis. Is it just me, or does he seem to get more paranoid and unstable the longer this goes?
To quote Ben Yahtize "He someone who should have been sanctioned under the mental health act before he had a change to claim conspiracy against every person on the planet. A person whose sole motivation is total commitment to being a bastard isn't looking at a good write up".
I thnk thats kinda what he said anyway.
I'm thinking that would be freshen up the ol' resume, and start looking for a new line of work. I think JT would be well suited to be a village idiot somewhere.
@Thomas Henry
Walmart is planning to take over the world; they've partnered up with Starbucks for the takeover.
She claimed her ex-husband was the son of the Devil (literally) and that he was single handily responsible for all evil in the world, everything from you stubbing your toe right on up to 9-11. According to her:
Winston Churchill was alive and deeply involved in the conspiracy
Richard Nixon was still alive and involved (after all it isn't a conspiracy until Nixon is involved)
Bush was involved
etc...
She used to send us literally THOUSANDS of pages of printed google and yahoo searches.
Memorably, she claimed that all people on MySpace were actually being held captive at a ranch in Texas to be sold as sex slaves. MySpace was apparently a catalogue for this.
I didn't think anything could be funnier than this woman...but Jack is getting REALLY close
And here GP goes again, being the eternal hype wagon for JT.
Is this news?
No.
Newsworthy?
No.
Pointless?
Yes.
This endless diarrhea of pointless JT news has got to stop Dennis. Now.
I don't know what you and JT have cooked up together, but I, for one, am tired of the scam.
Toll: your feelings about others posts you may express, but insults use you may not.
How did the info about his communications with the FBI not make it into the BAR hearing? Seriously, its like JT was beaten with a stick of frozen stupid.
It's so funny to me every time I see him write something like this. EVERY SINGLE TIME he has a press release there is some little threat like this. And EVERY SINGLE TIME nothing ever comes of it. His deadlines pass, his demands go unnoticed and unheeded, his threats are ignored, yet he keeps making them.
On the other hand though, it is a little disturbing. What happens when he actually figures out that his bluster and threats don't work? Sending an e-mail likening the Florida Bar to a bombed out building is sinister enough, but when you take into account the fact that the man owns a firearm and is a proponent of being allowed to carry concealed weapons... This man is more at risk of becoming a spree shooter than any of the gamers he complains about.
Good question. Jack's previous methods just usually involved actually trying to file suits but they would get dismissed. Now that he can't file suits anymore, it is a good question of what he will try to do now. Probably go on Faux News and trying to get public idiocy advocates.
I don't think JT would attempt to take a life, I'd be more concerned about him trying to force someone to make him into a martyr. However, we don't know what he's capable of.
What? Send flaming emails and bitch in the comments at websites? MY GOD I'M SO SCARED!
QUICK! Someone hide Send/Submit buttons before it's too late!
So it's okay to fight for free speech for games, but when someone says something you don't like, they aren't allowed to say it?
Pretty hypocritical.
This officially made my day. Thank you.
Won't SOMEBODY think of the fax machines! Why won't they think of the children-- I mean fax machines!
@ Lard
And this is hype for JT... How, exactly? It's a bit of humor that Dennis, in his gamepolitc blogging goodness, decided to share because the VAST MAJORITY of his readers LIKE to see JT fail.
It's nice that you have an opinion, really. But disparaging the author just because you don't like what he's doing is moronic, counter-productive, and (in this case) Not going to get you anywhere.
And do you know what those behaviors make you? They make you Jack Thompson. Jack Thompson sans leagal threat.
So do us a favor. Stop whining.
Stop bitching or shove off. If it bothers you so much, make your own fucking site.
Is this news?
Yes.
Newsworthy?
Yes.
Pointless?
Not to me. What's pointless is a pregnant half-man/woman transsexual and what's this year's hot new spring fashion.
I like to see JT fail too. But does 80-90% of the articles on the site have to be about him? No. It's just endless promotion that draws attention to a whacko that doesn't deserve it.
As for "whining", it's pretty much what I figured. People will fight for free speech - but only *their* kind of free speech. Anything they don't like needs to clamped down on immediately.
People like you and JC and WarOtter are no better than JT himself.
Go look at the front page. Do the work. If you can honestly tell me you think that 80% of those are JT related, you need a crash course in remedial math.
As for speech, your argument has little to do with it. You're entitled to your opinion. You hate JT a lot of JT stories. Unfortunately, you're forgetting that we're entitled to ours. And we LIKE JT stories. Just because we outnumber you, doesn't give you the right to pretend you're a martyr, protesting for all the world that we're putting you down. So quit your bitching.
"You hate a lot of JT stories."
Well, technically they're using their right of Free Speech to tell you off. See, the big thing is, you're free to say what ever you please, but so is the other guy.
And that's why it seems JT gets mentioned a lot... he doesn't know when to stop and think before opening his mouth.
Freedom of Speech - Giving you the right to look like a moron since 1791.
Ad hominem attacks aren't the best way to end an argument.
Not saying you don't have a right to say what you want, in regards to whatever the hell you want, but at least keep it civil.
Pretty hypocritical.
That isn't hypocritical of me at all. I only stated if you don't like it, you're free to leave. As a blog, the author posts his/her personal taste on the website. It can be as simple as them taking a crap and complaining it was bad. If you don't like reading about what the author (In this case, Dennis) you're free to leave. He isn't here to entertain you, he's doing this for his own enjoyment.
If you have invested into the site since the ECA funds this website you'd have reason to complain that some of your money is funding this blogger. However you're saying that I'm restricting your free speech? Free speech doesn't exist on the internet unless it is your own personal blog. Dennis has a right to remove whatever comments he wishes.
I like to see JT fail too. But does 80-90% of the articles on the site have to be about him? No. It’s just endless promotion that draws attention to a whacko that doesn’t deserve it.
As I stated before, if you really feel 80% of the attention goes to JT, then you're welcome to leave, no one forces you to read this website nor is holding a gun at you. Complaining that it somehow shouldn't be put there is trying to restrict a blogger's freedom of choice of what he puts onto his own blog. If anyone is trying to restrict speech, it is you, in an ironic way.
As for “whining”, it’s pretty much what I figured. People will fight for free speech - but only *their* kind of free speech. Anything they don’t like needs to clamped down on immediately.
Which is kind of funny as that's what you're trying to attempt to Dennis right now. It isn't constructive criticism. It is blatant slander on your part.
The only one being hypocritical is you.
People like you and JC and WarOtter are no better than JT himself.
That's a major insult to me, I really wish you keep such comments to yourself as apparently only you have shown yourself to be a hypocrite. You don't know me, nor do I know you, but you're obviously not being very polite to anyone here by insulting people.
Hats off.
Good man.
@Lard - At no point did anyone say "You can't say those things. You have to leave right now!" That would be an example of other people claiming you do not have the right to speak freely here.
Conversely, what was said was more along the lines of:
"We do not agree with your opinion. We find your comment annoying. If you do not like what you read, you are free to go read something else which would mean none of us would be bothered."
Your baseless, knee-jerk reaction claim that your 1st Amendment Right is under attack is weak. You have your opinion. I have mine. The rest of the community has their own.
If you don't like what you are reading, feel the need to insult the writer, and trample the spirit of free speech with your martyrdom, then maybe you need to take a few days off to work some things out.
Again, very entertaining news story.
Kindly shut the hell up. Dennis doesn't post 5 JT articles a day. Outside of 'series' involving him (of which, IIRC, there were only two in the entire 3-year lifetime of the site) he maybe posts 5 articles about him in the span of a couple WEEKS. Not HOURS.
We're not saying you're not allowed to say you don't like seeing stories about them. We're saying you're borderline lying about Dennis' behavior and overall being an asshole. There's a difference.
"...or I and others will do what we need to do."
No "figuratively speaking" there.
He's even finally been banned by Rumpole over at the Justice Building Blog. Not that I support banning anyone in general, as I've said before. But John Bruce gets himself in these situations and then blames everyone else for his getting punished. It's no wonder he supports the "blame media, not the criminal" (from his "blame video games" and "blame porn" stances) stance.
Seriously, Dr. Wunderman, are you regretting backing John Bruce yet?
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
I think JT deliberately went about it the wrong way, assuming I was ignorant of the law and the FBI's procedures and that his stature as a lawyer would have been enough to scare me (a common tactic on his part). He was wrong. I saw through his bullshit and told him to "make my day."
Like Dennis, nothing ever came of those actions. And to this day I consider myself a member of an exclusive club: People Who JT Reported to the FBI. I knew I had done nothing wrong, and if I was contacted by the FBI, I knew I had nothing to hide. Fraternizing with amateur porn stars and strippers by itself is not a crime. ;)
Nice to know the FBI has now officially shut him out along with Lieberman and the Florida Supreme Court. His downard spiral continues towards its inevitable conclusion.
After he gets disbarred how long will it take before he gets himself institutionalized? Actually, I hope he gets institutionalized before he actually hurts someone – because that’s what it sounds like is going to happen when he gets disbarred.
Ugh. Today my brain will be -10 interwebs
@lard
what part of 'blog' and what part of 'not public domain' of this website don't you get?
second of all, it's not like there's more than one article about JT per day, and this is news, because obviously if you don't hear it here, you'll hear about it somewhere else.
it's not like your being forced to come here at gunpoint lard. so just stop trying to pull a JT on us here.
Thanks for that info. I don't remember him specifically, but I do recall this being the third person I've seen complain about this.
Btw, don't let such comments get to you, relax and enjoy GP's funny post. ^^
Also, @ Altair
I think the GP blogs actually use a limited set of HTML try (if I'm wrong this will look funny)
I'm more familiar with the []'s of a lot of the forums (bbcode?), but here it mixes me up because it uses the greater than and less than symbols.
JT has to know the story of the boy who cried wolf. Only, in this case he is the boy who cried "T-Rex!" and after a while, everyone knows he is lying... also, the story ends without a T-Rex eating him because let's face it, there aren't any T-Rex's arround.
Wunderman has got to start to wonder if perhaps he shouldn't have done JT that favor. It didn't win him any brownie points.
you're a moron. Say what you want, you have every right to, but that still doesn't change the fact that you sir... are a moron.
on the subject of the article, good stuff. I really can't wait to see if he gets disbarred. I know he still won't shut up after this, but it definatly will severly damage his cause.
Lard = Jack Thompson Lite
That is indeed BBcode, used on forums mostly because of attack vectors available against a forum and it's readers that can be better protected against on a blog if they work at all. By simply restricting all HTML posting on a forum and replacing it with BBcode as needed the forum is more secure, and BBcode is a little more human friendly so people find it easier to deal with.
I have to agree about the crying T-rex, it's slightly believable in a museum where it might be falling over or something so you need to get away, but outside there's simply no way it's real. I would like to see it end with a T-rex eating him just for the dino factor, but this is one situation where my hopes and dreams will be crushed by the cruel harsh reality of the world. Unless we get really lucky, but my luck has been down all month.
"With all respect, either the FBI takes this seriously—the computer hacking, the criminal use of lunacy proceedings, the whole nine yards… or I and others will do what we need to do."
Once again with the threats. Jack I don't know if you know this pal, but threatening the FBI isn't really a smart move. They do no care about your insane conspiracy theories on how R* and the gaming community are working in secret with the Florida Bar and the US Government to get you disbarred so they can sell "Murder Simulators" to children and raise the next generation of psychopathic killers.
Does JT have multiple personalities that he believes support him now or something? I can't recall anyone else who actually supports him anymore, except maybe some fake news groups (Fox anyone?).
Anyone know someone who does publicly support JT?
Threatening the FBI is a pretty fast way to end up with a couple of agents or Federal Marshalls at your door. I really hope someone gets that on video.
I wonder if they are regretting making him their Jack-Of-All-Expertise now or if, in their eyese, this is how "experts" should act.
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
With such great lines as "I should've known you'd be a part of the conspiracy, but now you've tipped your hand and unwittingly given me the key to your destruction. Figuratively that is." and "I'll get you, and your little dog too." (after he's taken away and put in the padded room he belongs in).
i would pay to see jt on cops
And it's no surprise to me that the FBI is ignoring Jack. How many spurious claims has he filed with them and presented NO EVIDENCE of any infractions? Claims along the lines of "Somebody said bad things about me on the internet" are not worthy of the FBI's time. I'm sure the FBI has a big ol' file filled with Jack's rabid letters and threats and they take it out every so often and have themselves a good laugh.
JT's claim is that since his e-mail was hacked, it was CLEARLY the Florida Bar that was behind it. That's quite a leap of logic there, Jack. Especially since it could be anybody you've managed to piss off in the past couple of years. I seriously doubt that narrows the field down by a whole lot of suspects.
(P.S. This is why you don't put personal information out on the web, dumbass.)
I personally skim over most JT articles and look for relevant information (ie lawsuits that he has lost/had thrown out to public speaking points). I stopped on this one because GP is a part of my daily read and to see that a man that has taken it upon himself to claim conspiracy and make allegations against GP to the FBI and is now no longer taken serious by said group is a point I find interesting.
I also honestly find this more news worth than say a female who had a sex change and is now claiming she is a man who is pregnant (last time I checked you are still a female genetically which makes you a female that is pregnant), it also more news worthy than say the newest insult Hillary is throwing at Obama or the newest whine fest she is having over not being the lead in the popular vote.
Anyways just an opinion.
@Everyone -- stop responding to Lard. He's nothing but a troll. He was here a few months ago flapping his gums about the same crap.
Seriously, I'll bet this is a non-issue. Remember when Jack assumed that everyone on LiveJournal was spamming him, when he had merely signed up to receive comments via email?
I'll bet his "hacking" is just stuff like spam bounces. We all get them, because return-addresses get forged. Only Jack would assumed they're caused by "crazy hackers" who have infiltrated his email account via his teeth...
I'm sure his wife supports him... oh, wait, you said publicly, huh?
There must be some pro-censorship people out there who publicly support him. The commercial free childhood wankers maybe? They seem to have their heads as far up their own collective rear as he does.
Jack Thompson, J. Edgar Hoover isn't head of FBI anymore.
@Dog Welder
Even if he got supporters, there will be a time where things will get out of hand and even them will see Thompson as who he really is: an attention seeker that isn't worth their time nor their support. Now that his means of actions are taken off one by one, they'll soon see him as the incompetent that he is.
Interesting, I guess a few people must support JT still. One now must wonder how much longer they'll support him? Especially after disbarment.
i dont mean to offend anyone but even hitler had his supporters
Is saying he is going to take the law into his own hands?
How unlike a video game......
I also noticed on the SCOFLA docket. After his bids for rehearing and oral argument were dismissed on 4/3, he tried to file things on 4/4... And the court clerk sent him a letter affirming the position he can't file any more on his own.
And I just thought of this: when he loses his license and gets arrested (which I'm sure will happen within minutes of him losing his license to practice law), he won't be able to claim insanity thanks to his friend Dr. Wunderman.
we cant be sure that his email was hacked at all, he has way too long of a history of crying wolf for anyone to even believe him bout the time of day lol
LOL, poor woman. I hope she got the help she needed. The difference between her and Jack Thompson is I feel bad for the woman, but for Jack Thompson, I just LOL.
Thompson is becoming more and more like the unruly child who seems to think that if he only screams for long enough, everyone will do things his way, and that's "all" he's asking, for everyone to do exactly what he says without question, or he'll scream some more.
Oddly enough, the FBI are using the same response that my Mother used on me 30 years ago when I threw tantrums in public places, she refused to give me the satisfaction of a response, and, in time, I learned to express my opinions like a reasonable, intelligent human being, and to accept that just because I thought I was right, didn't mean the world, or even the facts, agreed with me.
omg its cartman!
You know how disgustingly huge reality TV is these days right? Combine that with JT's inherent need to make sure he complains to anyone who'll listen about how oppressed he is, and I think maybe you've got the perfect solution.
JT Reality TV. Give him some wierd cable channel nobody watches and let him talk about how righteous he is, and what an expert he is; and how he's being oppressed -by the machine-. JT gets to satisfy his urge to broadcast himself, and would no doubt claim that it makes him an expert on everything, and when we want a cheap laugh we can watch like 20 min of it. (Mostly because I suspect most rational minds couldn't necessarily endure more then 20 min of prolonged JT exposure.) Some wierd cable access channel somewhere nobody ever uses. Maybe he can break it up with gay porn and pictures of the florida bar figuratively getting nuked just to spice things up.
It'd be like reality TV, except any guests he actually had would most likely WANT to be "chosen for elimination".
its called fox (faux) news channel
"Now choose! Either die, in the blackness of space!....or tell me how good you thought my arguments were!"
"Troll. Moron. Get Lost. Asshat."
Don't like what I have to say, so resort to personal attacks because it doesn't gel with your view of "freedom of speech".
And of course Dennis will let the personal attacks continue someone dared to criticise him on his site.
So much for defending freedom of speech, eh guys?
No wonder the gaming community gets a bad press, with such a thin skin.
That might have been a Freudian slip there... after all, Mr. Thompson has been known to liken himself to Jesus.
@jadedcritic:
Nice Hitchhiker's reference. His arguments do seem to be about as bad as Vogon poetry.
And yet you respond to them...? You're resorting to criticizing Dennis because, oh that's right, what he says doesn't gel with YOUR view of "freedom of speech". Hmm...
This is NOT a news website. This is Dennis' blog. He can post whatever the hell he wants on here. If he wanted to talk about donkey poo he'd have every right regardless of whether or not it is "news" because, last I checked, this is a BLOG. Blogs are not designed to report the news but to post whatever the author views as relevant. If what he views as relevant doesn't jive with what you view as relevant then oh well.
However, when you come on his blog and tell him not to talk about something that he has every right to talk about, seeing as this is HIS blog, you're doing the very thing that you're criticizing others of doing. That's right: restricting the freedom of speech.
Likewise, I mean no offense to anyone when I say this. Hitler knew how to take advantage of a situation, speak to and work a crowd, and was a fairly competent leader in respect to his strategic thinking (yes, he had some bad ideas, and thankfully that was something that helped let us beat him). JT basically lacks all these skills, he's rude, arrogant, can occasionally speak well while on TV, but anywhere else that it would matter he has a complete inability to say anything that wouldn't piss people off at him. JT has no strategy, his only tactic being based on the perceived fact that there's some grand conspiracy against him that he'll somehow magically prove exists when he needs to. JT has had situations to take advantage of and has failed to successfully take advantage of them. This is why it's somewhat unexpected that he has any followers.
They both are very evil, but one was fairly smart and socially adept while the other lacks sanity, social skills, and the brain power to do much of anything right.
Not sure what your problem is mate. I have seen you pop in now and again (classic Troll) and attack Dennis and defend JBT. News flash for you. This is Dennis's (well the GSAs) site. They have much more right to post what they what then you do to complain about it.
You do not need to agree but you really should be civil or you can expect to be slapped down. Freedom of speech runs both ways, you cannot say something offensive then take offense at replies.
You can always find some other place to post but alas that idea is not likely as much fun to you.
@Dennis/GP
LOL. Soon methinks your journey will be complete and you can rest from you long labors of having to deal with one such as JBT.
@jadedcritic
Lol. Love that idea. Put JBT off somewhere where he cannot hurt anyone but him (few would be interesting in intervening to save jackie from himself). The question would beg though who would pay for it? Could money be made off of putting JBT in the magic talking box?
Personally, I'd recommend posting in some other subjects instead, by complaining about the quantity of 'Thompson' stories, by posting in here, you will elicit a quantity of responses defending the blog, in generating those responses, you increase the reply count, thus increasing the popularity of the story and increasing the likelihood of Thompson stories appearing again.
I'll not state my opinion on whether I think this blog has 'too much Thompson', the man is too controversial not have an opinion about, but psychology may work better here, if you don't like, or don't care for the story, the be more prolific about other subjects, it's kind of like a Blog version of 'voting down' a story.
Just try not to make your only posts being ones that complain about the content of Thompson stories, get involved in other areas, otherwise you are falling into the same trap as the Anti-Gamers, drawing attention to something in order to criticise it, thereby increasing its visibility.
I'm not judging you for feeling as you do, just suggesting that the best way to combat it is to take a leaf out of your own book, ignore it and get involved with topics that do care about.
Didn't you noticed that complaining just for the sake of complaining IS trolling. Up until now, no one violated the policies (or else, he would've noticed us), so no, no freedom of speech in violated.
If there really were a violation of the freedom of speech don't you think you'd have been banned by now? The very fact that you have posted what you have (in the past and now too) disproves your entire point.
You have posted libelous statements so far out there that if anyone had taken you seriously and caused Dennis to be able to show he lost business because of you, you would've been able to be taken to court and sued for it. You are stepping beyond speech protected by the first amendment, have been allowed to go this far, and still you piss and moan about how repressed you are. You have repeatedly ignored the reality around you as well, this is a blog and Dennis will post whatever he feels like, NOT WHAT YOU WANT HIM TO POST WHEN YOU WANT HIM TO POST IT. That right there is the real attempt to violate someones first amendment rights, and it's coming from you, not us.
At the social best you're simply too incompetent to understand the world you live in, at social worst you're a blatant troll who gets his pleasure/kicks acting like an idiot and being unpardonably rude to other people. Either way you're more than welcome to just quit visiting this site since no one is making you come here. Don't like a site online? JUST DON'T VISIT IT ANYMORE.
Or perhaps it's just that there's nothing of substance that anyone