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.

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Comments

Submitted by Garrett - April 10, 2008 at 6:14 am -0500
"the criminal use of lunacy proceedings"

LOL... Hypocrisy at its finest!
Submitted by MaskedPixelante - April 10, 2008 at 6:36 am -0500
ha ha, that'll learn him.
Submitted by JC - April 10, 2008 at 6:56 am -0500
@Lard

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.
Submitted by Exe - April 10, 2008 at 7:41 am -0500
@Lard

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....
Submitted by Awol - April 10, 2008 at 8:22 am -0500
Quick Jack the FBI is part of the video game mafia.. Contact the NSA maybe they can help. Wait what if the NSA is in on it too! Man who could you go to maybe MI6 or some outside foreign intellegence service! Quick send the emails.
Submitted by MRK - April 10, 2008 at 8:21 am -0500
@GP
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.
Submitted by nightstalker160 - April 10, 2008 at 11:22 am -0500
@ Lard

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.
Submitted by gs2005 - April 10, 2008 at 12:07 pm -0500
lard has trolled here before, as jccalhoun has correctly cited...
Submitted by Vinzent - April 10, 2008 at 12:20 pm -0500
Lard is not one of us. he does not understand the ritual. He does not understand that JT must fall for the corn harvest. Sweet succulent corn.....;p
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 12:29 pm -0500
DavCube got the point of my post. My email likely got as hacked as JT's did. Though I was looking for humor in my posting, instead of the lies to get false pity that JT was doing.

Nice reply Cullarn, I laughed a bit about needing to run from the "further testimony."
Submitted by swat - April 10, 2008 at 2:31 pm -0500
hes a real fucking lunatic.
Submitted by SrA Grandpa - April 10, 2008 at 4:28 pm -0500
@ doomgaze3

"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.
Submitted by Ragnaar - April 10, 2008 at 4:45 pm -0500
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.

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!"
Submitted by Jack Wessels - April 10, 2008 at 5:12 pm -0500
I'm so sick of his claims of conspiracy. Every time he loses, so in other words, every time he takes a case, he says their out to get him. Then he threatens to have them sued, arrested and/or impeached.

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...
Submitted by Jack Wessels - April 10, 2008 at 5:17 pm -0500
@Loudspeaker

Fox. They love putting him on the air, and they only cancel good, quality shows. So anything with Thompson in it will be safe.
Submitted by PeterWDawson - April 10, 2008 at 11:05 pm -0500
This isn't a triumph for JBT, it's proof that the FBI is in on 'it.' Apparently Dennis, Take-Two, EA, Rockstar, Penny-Arcade, Blank Rome, Howard Stern and many others have gotten to the feds.
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 11, 2008 at 7:41 am -0500
Nope.

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
Submitted by shaoron - April 11, 2008 at 11:51 am -0500
I wonder when the "angry video game nerd" start lambasting JT like he lambasted all those bad games...

but then again... i wonder if the AVGB is afraid of a JT lawsuit...
Submitted by DarkTetsuya - April 11, 2008 at 2:08 pm -0500
Ix:

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)
Submitted by Meteor - April 12, 2008 at 5:17 am -0500
"@Meteor

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
Submitted by Sam - April 10, 2008 at 5:46 am -0500
Sweet, just... sweet. How many more days until he's disbarred?
Submitted by Tallimar - April 10, 2008 at 5:46 am -0500
i think that's all that's really left to say about JT; LOL.
Submitted by JC - April 10, 2008 at 5:48 am -0500
Enjoy the LOL'ing Dennis. You deserve a good laugh. It's hilarious though.
Save the email as a priceless gem for making us laugh this morning, and more importantly, making you LOL ;o
Submitted by Monkeythumbs - April 10, 2008 at 5:49 am -0500
WE LOVE YOU, DENNIS!


I wonder how many people would shout that for JT? ;)
Submitted by Grifter_tm - April 10, 2008 at 5:50 am -0500
Is JT's insanity contagious? I hope nobody else catches it.

I guess there's nothing more to say about this guy. All his credibility just went down the toilet, if he had any left.
Submitted by DavCube - April 10, 2008 at 5:51 am -0500
Well, he already claimed the DoD from some state was 'in on it...' i suppose the FBI was the next logical step up for him to include in his crazy, self-created conspiracy.

...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.
Submitted by Thomas Henry - April 10, 2008 at 6:04 am -0500
Hehe, it seems sad really, maybe he should pick a more reasonable cause to crusade for like corporate corruption? Not that all corporations are corrupt, but I swear walmart is aiming to take over the world, and even the clerks are in on it!
Submitted by Black Patriot - April 10, 2008 at 6:05 am -0500
It is only a matter of time until the whole world starts to ignore Jack, and on that day I'm sure he will curl into the fetal position and lose what ever was left of his sanity for good. On that day I will feel sorry for him, but only on that day...

Until then, I will LOL with the rest of you...
Submitted by Talouin - April 10, 2008 at 6:19 am -0500
These are the last flailings of his dying career. Enjoy them.
Submitted by Brandon - April 10, 2008 at 6:21 am -0500
LOL. Even the FBI hates Jack Thompson. XD Classic.
Submitted by RollicRillics - April 10, 2008 at 6:22 am -0500
Silly, JT. Doesn't he realize a conspiracy as large as he claims would require at least some FBI input to pull off?

The Florida Bar using hacking to reach their ends? How progressive.

It is quite an interesting imaginary world he lives in.
Submitted by JT + FBI = LOL - April 10, 2008 at 6:23 am -0500
[...] wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe Federal Bureau of Investigation apparently has had enough of Jack Thompson. This bit of news comes from Thompson himself, via 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. [...]
Submitted by Altair - April 10, 2008 at 6:25 am -0500
[quote]So, please forgive me if I LOL over Thompson’s whining that the FBI is ignoring him.[/quote]

No Dennis, we don't blame you one bit, because i'm sure alot of us are doing the same thing. xD
Submitted by Dracis - April 10, 2008 at 6:26 am -0500
@GP: This is a little off topic, but I had to laugh about your comment about being threatened about being reported to the FBI. While I know it's serious, I have a file there myself (ex-military stuff), I had to share this with you.
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.
Submitted by Altair - April 10, 2008 at 6:26 am -0500
Ok, thats it, im giving up on quote tags.
Submitted by BlackIce, Dragunov Marksman - April 10, 2008 at 6:31 am -0500
Dennis mate, I don't think you need to worry about any illegal activities that JT sees you doing anymore.

Assuming of course, he can infact recognise you.
Submitted by BearDogg-X - April 10, 2008 at 6:32 am -0500
What a crybaby. He cried wolf one too many times.

Practice what you preach, Jack: Grow up and get a life.
Submitted by Yuki - April 10, 2008 at 6:36 am -0500
Ouch, that made my brain hurt.

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.
Submitted by Void Munashii - April 10, 2008 at 6:42 am -0500
"I and others will do what we need to do."

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.
Submitted by nightstalker160 - April 10, 2008 at 6:43 am -0500
Thompson is starting to remind me of this crazy woman we used to hear from when I interned at a Sen. office a few years ago.

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
Submitted by Lard - April 10, 2008 at 6:47 am -0500
Wow.

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.
Submitted by WarOtter - April 10, 2008 at 6:48 am -0500
@Void: His new job- "Would you like a lawsuit.... err fries with that?"
Submitted by WarOtter - April 10, 2008 at 6:50 am -0500
@Lard -   stop visiting the site if you are so goddamned upset. Save us all a few brain cells...

Toll:  your feelings about others posts you may express, but insults use you may not.
Submitted by Salen - April 10, 2008 at 6:51 am -0500
Wait... he reported you based on the Patriot Act? For what? Being an evil terrorist/video game news reporter?

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.
Submitted by Buncha Kneejerks - April 10, 2008 at 6:54 am -0500
Must be a bad day for JT, seems he earned himself a ban over at Rumpoles Justice Building blog. Shame for him, Rumpole was more than willing to give Jack his voice if he could behave himself.
Submitted by Shoehorn O'Plenty - April 10, 2008 at 6:54 am -0500
"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."

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.
Submitted by Buncha Kneejerks - April 10, 2008 at 6:58 am -0500
Hey WarOtter, you don't like what posters in an open forum say, then ignore it and don't reply.
Submitted by JC - April 10, 2008 at 7:01 am -0500
@Shoehorn

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.
Submitted by PHOENIXZERO - April 10, 2008 at 7:01 am -0500
Jack Thompson is a terrorist, how many more fax machines have to die before he's stopped?!
Submitted by Nekowolf - April 10, 2008 at 7:09 am -0500
"or I and others will do what we need to do."

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!
Submitted by Lard - April 10, 2008 at 7:10 am -0500
@JC and WarOtter

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.
Submitted by Arashi - April 10, 2008 at 7:12 am -0500
I. LAUGHED. SO. HARD.

This officially made my day. Thank you.
Submitted by AgnostoTheo - April 10, 2008 at 7:13 am -0500
@ Pheonix:
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.
Submitted by AgnostoTheo - April 10, 2008 at 7:14 am -0500
Oh and Dennis? Rock on, man.
Submitted by Nekowolf - April 10, 2008 at 7:15 am -0500
@Lard

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.
Submitted by Lard - April 10, 2008 at 7:17 am -0500
@AgnostoTheo

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.
Submitted by AgnostoTheo - April 10, 2008 at 7:23 am -0500
@lard.

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.
Submitted by AgnostoTheo - April 10, 2008 at 7:24 am -0500
*edit
"You hate a lot of JT stories."
Submitted by Ben Zupan - April 10, 2008 at 7:26 am -0500
@Lard

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.
Submitted by Mark Lucherini - April 10, 2008 at 7:28 am -0500
@ Lard

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.
Submitted by Freak4all - April 10, 2008 at 7:30 am -0500
hmm I wish they didn't ignore him, I wished they pay attention to him long enough to send him to an asylum.....
Submitted by jccalhoun graduate student - April 10, 2008 at 7:31 am -0500
Somehow I think that this latest email might get the FBI to take Jacko seriously -- just not in the way that he wants. Threatening the FBI is probably a really good way to get them to take you seriously.
Submitted by JC - April 10, 2008 at 7:36 am -0500
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.

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.
Submitted by Twin-Skies - April 10, 2008 at 7:37 am -0500
You know it's bad when even the feds think you're crazy.
Submitted by Andy_UK - April 10, 2008 at 7:37 am -0500
Dennis.

Hats off.

Good man.
Submitted by CyberSkull - April 10, 2008 at 7:37 am -0500
http://digg.com/gaming_news/JT_FBI_LOL
Submitted by GameDevMich - April 10, 2008 at 7:37 am -0500
Very amusing story, definitely LOL worthy. It's difficult to get the FBI to notice you, and it's damn near impossible to annoy them to the point where they will not work with you...I mean, that takes some talent and commitment.

@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.
Submitted by DavCube - April 10, 2008 at 7:38 am -0500
@ Lard

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.
Submitted by nightwng2000 - April 10, 2008 at 7:38 am -0500
These ever increasing veiled threats by him should be the greater concern to the FBI.

"...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
Submitted by Black Manta - April 10, 2008 at 7:43 am -0500
JT also reported me to the FBI two years ago over what he percieved was a threat against him by me. He sent me an email, showing me that he had taken a screencap of my LiveJournal profile page, claiming to have sent it to the FBI's Florida office. I never understood this really; since I live in MD, wouldn't it have made more sense to have sent it to the FBI office there?

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.
Submitted by Vacavriach - April 10, 2008 at 7:43 am -0500
More proof that crazy knows no bounds.

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.
Submitted by kurisu7885 - April 10, 2008 at 7:45 am -0500
Yet another group who proved that they are not JT's personal speech suppressors
Submitted by WarOtter - April 10, 2008 at 7:58 am -0500
Better to not respond to Lard anymore, he is just a troll, I remember him from a few months back doing the same thing, bitching and moaning about how GP was in collusion with JT, and anyone that tried to either explain to him the truth or just to tell him to shut up and leave were subject to his reverse accusations.

Ugh. Today my brain will be -10 interwebs
Submitted by DCOW - April 10, 2008 at 8:05 am -0500
Warotter, I pretty much have to reply to lard, even if it's just once.

@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.
Submitted by JC - April 10, 2008 at 8:06 am -0500
@WarOtter

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. ^^
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 8:12 am -0500
Amusing. I have to agree with the post up above by RollicRillics about how if there really was such a great conspiracy against him, obviously the FBI would have to be in on it too.

Also, @ Altair
I think the GP blogs actually use a limited set of HTML try (if I'm wrong this will look funny)
<blockquote> "Quote goes here" </blockquote>
Submitted by mogbert - April 10, 2008 at 8:24 am -0500
test
test 2


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.
Submitted by lumi - April 10, 2008 at 8:39 am -0500
Okay, Dennis. The title (and content) of this article is FTW. :D
Submitted by mottom22 - April 10, 2008 at 8:40 am -0500
@ Lard

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.
Submitted by SrA Grandpa - April 10, 2008 at 8:47 am -0500
Looks like we're 2/3 of the way there. Now to get him disbarred (correct term?). I think its funny that the FBI won't pay attention to his incoherant ramblings. Till then, everyone get ready for the victory party but prepare for the next 'Jack Thompson' to appear.
Submitted by myrpok - April 10, 2008 at 8:48 am -0500
The boy who cried wolf... GETS IGNORED. What a child you are, Jack Thompson.
Submitted by SimonBob - April 10, 2008 at 8:51 am -0500
Because of the permanent brain damage inflicted on me by the likes of GTA and Killer7, today's piece of high Thompsonian drama has given me this remarkable idea for a TV series where Jack drives around in a panel van, solving gaming-related mysteries that the FBI refuses to investigate. Sort of a cross between X-Files, X-Play, and X-Scooby-Doo. The truth is locked away in the back corridors of Wolfenstein! Scientists are inspired to create gigantic mutant insects after playing SimAnt! Dang, I should get some more loglines together and pitch this to G4.
Submitted by myrpok - April 10, 2008 at 8:53 am -0500
Oh and guys... Lard is a troll. Seriously, his handle means "fat", can you really take him at face value? (don't feed him)
Submitted by Gray17 - April 10, 2008 at 8:57 am -0500
Hmm, claiming that Dennis is somehow profiting off of reporting on Jack... complaining that anyone telling him to shut up and go elsewhere is infringing on his 1st Amendment rights...

Lard = Jack Thompson Lite
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 9:01 am -0500
@Mogbert,

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.
Submitted by Demontestament - April 10, 2008 at 9:15 am -0500
Did he include pictures in the email? We all know JT has come to add "Visual Aids" to his legal papers. So why not E-mails to the FBI?

"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.
Submitted by GoodRobotUs - April 10, 2008 at 9:17 am -0500
I suspect they are watching him far more than they are listening to him, especially after yet another one of his unspecified threats, this time to the FBI, how crazy is that?
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 9:26 am -0500
I just realized something, who are the others from the
"or I and others will do what we need to do."

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?
Submitted by nightstalker160 - April 10, 2008 at 9:30 am -0500
Jack better watch himself;

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.
Submitted by TheEdge - April 10, 2008 at 9:30 am -0500
That.Was.Awesome.And.Hilarious!
Submitted by Zerodash - April 10, 2008 at 9:34 am -0500
Reporting everybody and their mother to the FBI is the type of activity insane kooks do. Yet another insane activity the "sane" lawyer partakes in. Perhaps a tin hat is in order...
Submitted by nightwng2000 - April 10, 2008 at 9:36 am -0500
Just as a curiosity, GP, was FOX News among those he emailed?

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
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 9:37 am -0500
Mmmm... video footage of JT being taken down by Federal Marshalls. JT gone wild?

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).
Submitted by gs2005 - April 10, 2008 at 9:37 am -0500
@Ix mused..."Anyone know someone who does publicly support JT?" The answer is, in Johnny Bruce Thompson's world, that would be "me", "myself" and "I"...
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 9:39 am -0500
just wait till jt finds out how many fbi agents have read "catcher and the rye" (then he will find out how deep the conspiracy rabbit hole goes)
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 9:40 am -0500
"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 would pay to see jt on cops
Submitted by GoodRobotUs - April 10, 2008 at 9:41 am -0500
This isn't merely shouting 'Fire' in a Movie Theatre, it's waving a lit match around and demanding that people run 'or else'...
Submitted by @nightstalker160 - April 10, 2008 at 9:45 am -0500
Oh, it will be on video...and all over youtube within the hour.
Submitted by Dog_Welder - April 10, 2008 at 9:47 am -0500
I saw that JT is attacking the Rumpole blog in other filings now and trying to get Rumpole shut down. It all comes together now that someone mentions JT got the ban hammer there.

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.)
Submitted by Jeremy - April 10, 2008 at 9:47 am -0500
I noticed that a large portion of the @Lards are insults and counterproductive. I have to agree with Lard that a large portion of news on this site is about JT but this a blog about politics/laws/concerns in the gaming world. To my ever dismay JT is apart of that world and not just a small part as long as Fox and other news agencies keep claiming he is an expert on the gaming world then he is a person of interest to those who keep tabs on it. Just because a gadfly annoys you doesn't mean you should ignore it.

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.
Submitted by Dog_Welder - April 10, 2008 at 9:50 am -0500
@Ix -- believe it or not there are some JT supporters out there. Someone on here linked to a blog that posts a great number of his filings and they definitely seemed to be pro-Thompson. I would recommend people not registering there because I don't think you want your contact information in the hands of someone who would readily give it to JT. (I won't post the link, either.)

@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.
Submitted by Jabrwock - April 10, 2008 at 9:52 am -0500
Jack, Jack, Jack. If you don't want your email compromised, you gotta stop handing it out to gay porn websites... ;)

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...
Submitted by Void Munashii - April 10, 2008 at 9:53 am -0500
@gs2005

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.
Submitted by Pierre-Olivier - April 10, 2008 at 9:58 am -0500
What next. Will he complain that President Bush is ignoring him as well?

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.
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 10:05 am -0500
@Dog_Welder

Interesting, I guess a few people must support JT still. One now must wonder how much longer they'll support him? Especially after disbarment.
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 10:07 am -0500
@ix

i dont mean to offend anyone but even hitler had his supporters
Submitted by paul - April 10, 2008 at 10:11 am -0500
Did i read that wrong, or is he threatening the FBI?

Is saying he is going to take the law into his own hands?

How unlike a video game......
Submitted by jadedcritic - April 10, 2008 at 10:12 am -0500
Nice. Now he's threatening the FBI?? The guy's a douche. If ever there was anybody who deserved being added to the FBI's spam-filter, it's him.
Submitted by WarOtter - April 10, 2008 at 10:21 am -0500
I'm sure the Carnivore email monitoring system of the FBI even has trouble keeping with with JT's mass emails, considering the frequent use of red flag words he uses in them.
Submitted by Ragnaar - April 10, 2008 at 10:25 am -0500
Don't get me wrong. I am not a fan of JT. Still, no one's e-mail should be hacked... though I also wonder what makes him think his e-mail was hacked in the first place... or if it's another one of his lies (or paranoid delusions).

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.
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 10:27 am -0500
@ragnaar

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
Submitted by Rodrigo Ybáñez García - April 10, 2008 at 10:35 am -0500
To nightstalker160:

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.
Submitted by GryphonOsiris - April 10, 2008 at 10:36 am -0500
I wonder if he mentioned to the FBI about his threat to 'figuratively' turn the Florida courthouse into a bombed out building from Hiroshima, of course I'm certain that they are aware of that threat. I'll bet a case of Guinness that he'll try to threaten them about, possibly resulting in his arrest by federal agents.
Submitted by GoodRobotUs - April 10, 2008 at 10:36 am -0500
The more Thompson I read, the more I think this has become less and less about fame and money for him, and more about control.

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.
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 10:38 am -0500
@goodrobotus

omg its cartman!
Submitted by jadedcritic - April 10, 2008 at 10:39 am -0500
I have an idea.

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".
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 10:40 am -0500
@jadedcritic

its called fox (faux) news channel
Submitted by Geno - April 10, 2008 at 10:45 am -0500
I think JT created Jack as a joke to put onto this earth for his entertainment. :)
Submitted by Christian Astrup - April 10, 2008 at 10:50 am -0500
Why does it not surprise me that JT has also spammed the Feds?
Submitted by jadedcritic - April 10, 2008 at 10:51 am -0500
I have this wierd mental picture of JT as Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz of the Vogon constructor fleet.

"Now choose! Either die, in the blackness of space!....or tell me how good you thought my arguments were!"
Submitted by Geno - April 10, 2008 at 10:51 am -0500
Sorry I ment god
Submitted by Lard - April 10, 2008 at 10:53 am -0500
Pretty much what I figured.

"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.
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 10:56 am -0500
lard you can say what you want but freedom of speech isnt just for you we have just as much right to tell you to shut up as you do to speak
Submitted by Ragnaar - April 10, 2008 at 11:00 am -0500
@Geno:

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.
Submitted by Baruch - April 10, 2008 at 11:02 am -0500
This story sounds very similar to an old story I was told as a kid called "The Boy Who Cried 'Wolf.'" Maybe Jack should have read it too. That way when/if someone DID actually hack his email the FBI would listen to him. You can't expect the FBI to take him seriously after he's cried "terrorist" five times about one blogger.
Submitted by Jeff - April 10, 2008 at 11:03 am -0500
@Lard

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.
Submitted by Aaron - April 10, 2008 at 11:03 am -0500
Can't we stop in-fighting and get back to making fun of Jack Thompson?
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 11:03 am -0500
@cullarn

@ix

i dont mean to offend anyone but even hitler had his supporters


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.
Submitted by Glen C. Haupt - April 10, 2008 at 11:06 am -0500
Consider yourself forgiven. It would take something that is not human to never laugh at Jack Thompson every once in a while, no matter what professionalism its job calls for.
Submitted by Icehawk - April 10, 2008 at 11:06 am -0500
@Lard

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?
Submitted by GoodRobotUs - April 10, 2008 at 11:10 am -0500
@Lard

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.
Submitted by Pierre-Olivier - April 10, 2008 at 11:13 am -0500
@Lard

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.
Submitted by Retro - April 10, 2008 at 11:13 am -0500
A reality TV show about Jack would be priceless.
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 11:13 am -0500
@Lard,

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?


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.
Submitted by Meohfumado - April 10, 2008 at 11:17 am -0500
I knew JT wore an aluminum foil hat!
Submitted by chuck - April 10, 2008 at 11:17 am -0500
Hey guys? Can we not let one troll take over the entire article? He's playing you all like a violin.

Or perhaps it's just that there's nothing of substance that anyone could really add to this article, so we all pile on a new target.
Submitted by GoodRobotUs - April 10, 2008 at 11:20 am -0500
@Chuck, probably the latter for the main part, there's little that can be said about Thompson that hasn't been said 100 times before, 'the man's an arrogant, self centred control-freak with a messianic complex' pretty much seems to cover it.
Submitted by ecco6t9 - April 10, 2008 at 11:24 am -0500
*Points and laughs at Jack.
Submitted by getwellgamers - April 10, 2008 at 11:25 am -0500
Wasn't April 9th the deadline for Judge Tunis' ruling on Jack? Did that not happen yet, or has it simply not been made public?
Submitted by nightstalker160 - April 10, 2008 at 11:27 am -0500
Damn, sorry for the double post above. I got some weird error and it didn't show up so I submitted again.
Submitted by LujanD - April 10, 2008 at 11:27 am -0500
@Lard

You’ve been prattling on for awhile now so whoever’s hindering your freedom of speech is doing an awful job at it.
Submitted by Icehawk - April 10, 2008 at 11:30 am -0500
@getwellgamers

Hard to say. Proposed deadlines get pushed back due to long testamony/cross examination, arguments or just plan out fashioned detracting bullshit. Honestly I do not expect JBT to go quietly into that goodnight so yes it could be delayed for a while yet.

Unlikely the ruling has happened and there has been a delay in our hearing or it as we have people that are camping the dockets. ;)
Submitted by Baruch - April 10, 2008 at 11:31 am -0500
@ Icehawk
I love the poetry reference. It's good to see that people still read literature.
Submitted by nightstalker160 - April 10, 2008 at 11:32 am -0500
If Judge Tunis has made her ruling there's a good chance it simply hasn't been published yet. Florida might have a system where they announce decisions in a block, or she might be composing an opinion and its taking longer than anticipated.

She will want to be VERY careful in how she crafts her ruling to that JT doesn't win an appeal on some technical grounds. She should take all the time she feels she needs. The last thing we need is JT crowing over how she misused a word and therefore he gets to keep his license.

The man is an embarrassments to the legal profession, has violated more ethics rules than I can count, and he needs to go and go permanently so her honor should be really, really careful.
Submitted by Lard - April 10, 2008 at 11:32 am -0500
@Icehawk

>@Lard
>Not sure what your problem is mate. I have seen you pop in now and >again (classic Troll) and attack Dennis and defend JBT.


I have never, *ever* defended Jack Thompson - nor will I ever.

>GoodRobotUs Says:
>@Lard
>Personally, I’d recommend posting in some other subjects instead, by >complaining about the quantity of ‘Thompson’

@GoodRobotUs

Which is just what I did the other day with the "Who is the biggest hypocrite" article. Yet, I don't see anyone acknowledging that I posted something positive - it's much easier to resort to namecalling.
Submitted by Lard - April 10, 2008 at 11:33 am -0500
@GoodRobotUs Says:

And I didn't mean you specifically, I meant generally by users on the site.
Submitted by tollwutig - April 10, 2008 at 11:38 am -0500
@All,

Enough with the bickering back and forth. It's enough already. Some of you may notice your posts being altered soon enough.

@nightstalker160

Don't worry about it mate, I'll nip it when as I go through this thread.
Submitted by nightstalker160 - April 10, 2008 at 11:44 am -0500
@tollwutig

Thanks, do me a favor and nip the first post. I just realized the last paragraph is only in my second post. Something clearly bizarre happened.
Submitted by Dog_Welder - April 10, 2008 at 11:44 am -0500
@Lard -- this is my last response to you, because you are not worth the time. You come on this site and fling wild accusations without proof, then backpedal and deflect when called out on it and ignore any logical argument that disproves your theory. That is the classic definition of a troll.

If you want to make accusations, you'd best have some sort of proof. Otherwise, the response you're getting is completely fair.
Submitted by Artifex - April 10, 2008 at 11:44 am -0500
To start, I'm pretty sure that the FBI only investigate anything when the police notify them/ask for help, or when they're getting a tip that may be a concern of national saftey, not when civilians go whining on their doorstep.

Thinking about it... With as many reports that he files with the FBI and other branches of the federal and state government, someone somewhere must have to take the time to at least glance at the documents to see if they are of any merit. Meaning that a government worker has to read JT's garbage when he files a report...So, I wonder how much JT costs taxpayers every year? Theoretically, could these costs be reclaimed?

@Lard
Get on topic.
1. You ARE trolling. Your comments typically fall within these lines in the past and present and have usually gone ignored by the majority of posters here, but now you're being called out on it. Wether you care to notice it or not, you are intentionally derailing this topic with your personal crusade.

2. You're the only one here who is whinging about 'freedom of speech' being trampled. Not to mention, you pulled that particular card first. You claim that your speech is being stepped on, but yet your ! comments (aimed at Dennis and various posters here) remain posted instead of being deleted. Then continue on that YOUR rights are being affronted because OTHER people's comments AREN'T being deleted. Which way do you want it? You can't have it both ways, but yet you want it anyway. Seems like you want some Jack Thompson style free speech to me.

3. Bad press is caused by backlash when someone goes against the grain and makes a jerk comment? You could have easily emailed Dennis without any group reaction, but you chose to post it publicly. That gamers are making themselves look bad by banding together and attempting to point out a bad seed amongst the crowd? Not only do I point out that we are bringing to your attention that your commentary is undesirable, but I should point out that most folks have been fairly nice about reacting to your comments so far. If you think what you're reading is a horrible personal attack, then you need to visit some other forums and see how low the bar really is.
You fail, the only one "thin skinned" here is you.
Submitted by Zerodash - April 10, 2008 at 11:49 am -0500
How many people has he called the FBI on?
So far I know it was:

1) Penny Arcade- nothing happened

2) Kotaku- nothing happened

3) Gamepolitics- nothing happened

4) Florida Bar- nothing happened

I think he also called the FBI over that AIM buddy icon stuff. Anything else I'm missing?
Submitted by jccalhoun - April 10, 2008 at 11:55 am -0500
Maybe I"m misremembering but wasn't Lard the one with the theory that Jacko and GP were working together in some sort of conspiracy to get page views and publicity?
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 12:00 pm -0500
@zerodash

thats cause theres a conspiracy amoung all the parties (catcher in the rye has all the evidence you will ever need to prove this)
Submitted by Anony - April 10, 2008 at 12:04 pm -0500
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.

I wouldn't quite say LOL as to a "BUAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAAH OH WOW!"

Expecting the FBI to investigate that.... The FBI doesn't give a crap about some unknown "lawyer's" email account allegedly getting hacked, just like they don't give a darn about all the infected US PCs being used as botnets and spam gateways...

Oh well, at least he can be glad he hasn't had anyone hack his blog or myspace account, only because he doesn't have one despite his constant spew-age.

That reminds me, does one of his sites still have that embedded wav?
Submitted by jadedcritic - April 10, 2008 at 12:04 pm -0500
@ZD and Cullarn

It is, as it should be. It should be obvious to anyone who isn't completely out of touch with reality that the FBI isn't JT's personal attack dog, to sic on whomever he so chooses.

Maybe the exchange admins and the FBI and blank-rome can get together and exchange techniques for filtering incoming JT-mail. Think of the fax machines that could be saved!
Submitted by Fire - April 10, 2008 at 12:09 pm -0500
Lard...
I think it's funny how you critisize people on this website...
Don't you think there are people who you should crtisize more like JT?
A liar? or somebody who reports about JT's actions?

So are you telling me you support a liar lard?
Submitted by Gray17 - April 10, 2008 at 12:12 pm -0500
@Lard

The first amendment gives us as much right to make personal attack on you and tell you to shut up, as it gives you the right to make personal attacks on Dennis and tell him to shut up.

Yes, calling Dennis a scammer in cahoots with Jacko, and telling hiim to be silent on the subject of Jack, is you making personal attacks on Dennis and telling him to shut up. However, you doing so isn't an infringment on his first amendment rights, as you haven't done anything to force him to be silent. Similarly the people calling you a troll and telling you to shut up and go away have every right to do so, and they to not infringe on your first amendment rights by doing that.

So kindly shut up and go away. Particularly if you don't like being insulted or criticized. Dennis has no obligation to silence your critics.
Submitted by Gray17 - April 10, 2008 at 12:17 pm -0500
@jccalhoun

Probably as in his first post this thread Lard made a comment about

"I don’t know what you and JT have cooked up together, but I, for one, am tired of the scam."


So apparently he at least subscribes to JT's idea that Dennis makes money off of the site.
Submitted by Vinzent - April 10, 2008 at 12:17 pm -0500
Wow. Can JT go all the way? Can he get banned from the Internetz?

Internetz: Hey JT.

JT: I'm working on a new book, and a few more laws...

Internetz: Yeah, about that. You're character twists are great and amusing and all, but I'm afraid that it might just be too idiotic for the kids. So I'm afraid I'm going to have to block you. You can have a cookie on you're way out.
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 12:18 pm -0500
My web mail account for work has been acting strange, in ways I suspect are caused by Jack Thompson hacking my account. Should I go contact the FBI? I took back control of it, and removed all evidence of it ever having had any problems, but that shouldn't hinder the FBI investigation of him, right?
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 12:19 pm -0500
@vinzent


the internet will never ban jt we love comedy!!!
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 12:20 pm -0500
@ix

sure you go ahead and have fun btw if the fbi call you down to the office for "further testimony" id umm run
Submitted by DavCube - April 10, 2008 at 12:21 pm -0500
Artifex basically took my second rebuttal to Lard straight from my mouth. Lard, you're attempting to make this about YOU. It's not. This is the internet. No matter how much you argue about something THIS trivial, even if you 'win', you don't get any reward for it.

On-subject, i'd be more than willing to bet money saying JT's e-mail was never hacked at all, and is another one of his self-indulgent lies to get false pity from naive gamers and passers-by.

This claim about his e-mail address being hacked comes from the same man who claimed another lawyer stated that JT is "the only lawyer in America that can help this family." in some case i can't remember off the top of my head. Who even SAYS that kind of corny drabble on the internet, let alone the real world?
Submitted by Zerodash - April 10, 2008 at 12:22 pm -0500
Oh, Lard's back (forgive me for not noticing). Keep fighting the good fight, guy- its a riot!
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 12:31 pm -0500
@ix

i try =]
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 12:39 pm -0500
@gp

you should contact the fbi saying jack thomspon is out to get you and all the proof they need is in " catcher and the rye" (yes im a huge fan of salinger) it will be fun!
Submitted by Chris Pisarczyk - April 10, 2008 at 12:39 pm -0500
Nice going JT, hope you lose the privilege to practice law everywhere in this godforsaken country. Idiot.
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 12:40 pm -0500
@Chris Pisarczyk

once hes disbarred with florida every other bar association will treat him like the black plague
Submitted by Buncha Kneejerks - April 10, 2008 at 12:51 pm -0500
Ha, just checked out the docket. Seems the florida courts have actually started to send Jacks filings back to him because they were not signed by another bar member.

http://jweb.flcourts.org/pls/docket/ds_docket?p_caseyear=2007&p_casenumb...
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 12:56 pm -0500
"TO RESPONDENT: As you know, the Court issued an opinion which directed me "to reject for filing any future pleadings, petitions, motions, documents, or other filings submitted by [you], unless signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar other than [you]." The court denied rehearing in an order dated April 3, 2008. I am returning to you three documents received by my office on April 4, 2008, and April 7, 2008. These will not be docketed in your case, although we have retained copies. In the future, any documents filed in this case not signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar other than you, will be filed in a miscellaneous file we maintain in the Clerk's office. They will not be docketed in your case nor acknowledged by us."

in other words the trash won't be thrown out for awhile lol
Submitted by Ragnaar - April 10, 2008 at 12:56 pm -0500
@Buncha Kneejerks:

I find it relatively forgiving that they allowed the motions for rehearing and mediation. Once those were denied, his filings have been returned.

I find it a sort of "STFU" combined with "RTFM".

I actually love this part:

In the future, any documents filed in this case not signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar other than you, will be filed in a miscellaneous file we maintain in the Clerk's office.

Who can guess what that file is or where in the office it's located?
Submitted by nighstalker160 - April 10, 2008 at 1:06 pm -0500
That is an absolute RIOT..

"Miscellaneous file" That's so great, let's see what are the options:

1. The trash bin
2. A special "read these for laughs" file
3. Literally the "Jack" file which needs to be emptied every 2 days because it takes up a whole drawer by then
Submitted by Buncha Kneejerks - April 10, 2008 at 1:10 pm -0500
I can only empathise with the poor clerk.
Submitted by tollwutig - April 10, 2008 at 1:11 pm -0500
@Ragnaar

My guess is that it is called File 13, is a round "folder" and resides under the Clerk's desk.
Submitted by Ken - April 10, 2008 at 1:11 pm -0500
If somebody did hack Jacko's e-mail account, I have one thing to say to them: Well done. You stuck it to that asshole and made him look more crazy.
Submitted by Buncha Kneejerks - April 10, 2008 at 1:12 pm -0500
You know what, I bet its filed in the Florida Supreme Court's X Files. Seems the right place for consipiracys that only an obsessed nutter would spend their time reading.
Submitted by NervClaX - April 10, 2008 at 1:17 pm -0500
"...or I and others will do what we need to do."

Is it just me, or does it sound like Thompson is threatening people with physical harm? He's sued others for less.
Submitted by Michael Brooks - April 10, 2008 at 1:17 pm -0500
"In the future, any documents filed in this case not signed by a member in good standing of The Florida Bar other than you, will be filed in a miscellaneous file we maintain in the Clerk’s office. They will not be docketed in your case nor acknowledged by us."

Owned.

@ everyone

Don't feed the troll.
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 1:24 pm -0500
@NervClaX

I actually had that thought too. It seems to me like he's threatening a violent revolution against the Bar and any government group that gets in his way. No one makes a "will do what we need to do" sort of threat unless they mean bodily harm to others.
Submitted by SrA Grandpa - April 10, 2008 at 1:25 pm -0500
@ Ix
Maybe JT thinks he's royalty now. If he does, then the king needs to be dethroned.
Submitted by GoodRobotUs - April 10, 2008 at 1:36 pm -0500
In all honesty, the file is probably the 'Evidence' file, where they store stuff that may need further Sanctions from the court. I suppose JT has nothing to lose, it's not like a Bar Complaint is going to be processed before he loses his license.

Should it come to some kind of criminal investigation into Mr Thompson's actions, such as harassment or threats, then the evidence will be right there waiting.
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 10, 2008 at 1:38 pm -0500
OMFG JT has done it again! HO-HUH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!! (Death's laugh in Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin) THE IDIOT!!! Someone should...

A) Set up him the bomb
B) Tell the FBI to arrest him just to shut him up
C) All of the above

Personally, I'd pick C because A shows him how much we hate him, and B will relieve both the FBI and everyone else he has driven of the deep end.

But that's just me. What do you think?
Submitted by DarkTetsuya - April 10, 2008 at 1:41 pm -0500
@Black Patriot:

Except FAUX... but then those who are intelligent actually ignore what they have to say anyway, so whatever.

@PHOENIXZERO:

I'm inclined to agree, actually.
Submitted by SrA Grandpa - April 10, 2008 at 1:46 pm -0500
@ Shadow Darkman

Take off every Zig for great justice
Submitted by Mattie - April 10, 2008 at 1:48 pm -0500
Props to you Dennis for dealing with this madman in such a civilized manner. :)
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 1:48 pm -0500
@SrA Grandpa

Well, he already thinks he's Gods will made manifest, Christ, and several other hero's. I think he's more trying for Jedi, I seem to recall a similar line from Master Kenobi, something about "Only a sith deals in absolutes, I will do what I must," though it's interesting that JT appears to deal in absolutes too. Seems to be setting up a claim to have gone beyond the limits of good and evil, so that leaves either Divinely mandated royalty or Godhood as his next claim.

Not that he has delusions of grandeur or anything...
Submitted by Loudspeaker - April 10, 2008 at 1:50 pm -0500
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!

If ONLY he'd said something about terrorists THEN it would be so over the top I'd probably have spit water all over my screen!

Thanks for the laugh GP! I'm looking forward to hearing more about JT's screws becoming ever more loose.
Submitted by Eddie - April 10, 2008 at 1:50 pm -0500
:)
I think the FBI has better things to do than bother with JT.
Submitted by Ix - April 10, 2008 at 1:55 pm -0500
@Eddie

At least for now. If JT keeps his usual tactics of trying to annoy someone into doing what he wants (which has also always failed) I imagine JT could make it worthwhile to the FBI to deal with him. Mind you this doesn't mean they're likely going to look into anything he sends them, but more likely means JT will have a visit from one of them sometime.

Still, if JT sends enough letters it will cross a thresh hold where it becomes worth it to the FBI to bother with him. Just not in any way JT will be happy with.
Submitted by Coyote - April 10, 2008 at 1:57 pm -0500
Nnnnoooooo!

Don't say that someone should "set him up the bomb"! He has no idea what a zerowing reference is and is probably already suing Dennis for bomb threats and death threats.

YEESSSH!
Submitted by Evilninja - April 10, 2008 at 1:58 pm -0500
"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 nothing at all in any way whatsoever."

Fixed.
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 10, 2008 at 1:59 pm -0500
@Coyote

Uhh... Dude? If that wasn't allowed, let Dennis know so he can ban me. Heh heh heh heh... Then again, he can just edit it and delete it. ROFL
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 2:01 pm -0500
i cant wait for jack thompson to start his cult (we all know thats the next step)
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 10, 2008 at 2:02 pm -0500
@SrA Grandpa

Heh heh heh heh heh heh heh heh... That was good.

@Jack Thompson (the attorney), Anti-Thesis of Shadow Darkman

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!!!
/|\
Testing the size function.
Submitted by Coyote - April 10, 2008 at 2:03 pm -0500
You have no idea man. I met Jack Thompson once and loved him. I was all like:

"Yo! Jack Thompson! YOU THE BOMB DAWG!"

Two hours later I'm sitting in a holding cell and enjoying my fifth full body cavity search as Jack Thompson sues me for not having enough money to be worth suing.

Then, no lie, he ate a live baby.

So ya know, don't give him ammo. The dude is sue happy and EATS BABIES.
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 10, 2008 at 2:04 pm -0500
TEST POST
Submitted by Loudspeaker - April 10, 2008 at 2:05 pm -0500
Isn't there a law against making a false police report?

...oh wait... I just realized. You have to make an OFFICAL police report for that to apply

*head desk*

We know JT just spams you... Nothing is ever done in an official capacity.
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 10, 2008 at 2:06 pm -0500
@Coyote

Dude, I don't care if that's true, but that is SO NOT FUNNY!

@Everyone

Who here knows how to play with the size of the text in our posts?
Submitted by Firebird - April 10, 2008 at 2:41 pm -0500
Dudes, the FBI? JT is seriously tripping.
I need to take whatever medication he's taking.
Let's see;

MT BRAIN, suppository used to relieve stress based on false accusations of the video game industry. Symptoms include;

-Questionable law practices
-Projectile vomiting
-Violating 1st Ammendment Rights
-Horrible Nightmare-ish Diahrrea
-Illusions of Self-Grandeur
-Speaking toungues
-Grand Theft Auto-phobia
- and the occasional itchy watery eyes

On second thought, I'm taking the GRIP-ON-REALITY pill.
Submitted by SrA Grandpa - April 10, 2008 at 2:43 pm -0500
@ Shadow Darkman
Thank you. Thank you. No need for applause, just throw money.

@Ix
Hopefully the FBI's annoyance threshhold is rather high. They don't need to be wasting thier time and our money on his personal crusade. It's bad enough that he gets in the courts with his cases.
Submitted by chuma - April 10, 2008 at 2:44 pm -0500
Lard:

Just to note whilst you are complaining about freedom of speech. Making false claims that are defamatory to someone else in writing is not protected speech, infact it is actionable in a court of law. It's called LIBEL.

"I don’t know what you and JT have cooked up together, but I, for one, am tired of the scam."

Think twice before accusing people of collusion, especially when it is so utterly ridiculous to do so. Anyone with half a mind can see that Dennis would not bring Jack's actions upon himself willingly for website hits.
Submitted by gs2005 - April 10, 2008 at 3:03 pm -0500
@chuma

Please don't feed the troll.

=)
Submitted by SithLibrarian - April 10, 2008 at 3:10 pm -0500
I can see it now:
"This is nothing less than a victory for me. The FBI's silence only incriminates them further. HOOAH!!!!!!11!1oneoneone"
Submitted by GoodRobotUs - April 10, 2008 at 3:14 pm -0500
To be honest, I think it's only really Libel if the claim is made in an 'official' sense, not just as an opinion piece. That's the difference between Thompson's Press Releases and the comments made on this, and other blogs, what is said here is not said as a statement of fact, but opinion, and we are all free to hold those, but when Thompson writes to a Media Source and makes claims in a deliberate attempt to damage someone's reputation, that is another matter entirely.

As far as I'm concerned, Lard is free to hold any opinion he so desires, he is not demanding that anyone agree with it, or that there be some kind of official reaction to his beliefs, he isn't writing to the Police and demanding Dennis be arrested or anything, merely saying what he thinks. Just as people are equally justified in politely disagreeing with him, we've been so long dealing with Thompson that we have become hyper-defensive when we are faced with unsavoury facts or opinions, and that saddens me, because it is all part of the 'control' I mentioned earlier, Jack has spent so long calling us 'savages' and 'animals' that we need to be careful not to allow him to taunt us into becoming exactly what he wants us to be.

Just my 2 cents worth.
Submitted by Buncha Kneejerks - April 10, 2008 at 3:22 pm -0500
@GoodRobotUs

"we have become hyper-defensive when we are faced with unsavoury facts or opinions, and that saddens me"

100% Agree.
Submitted by Aragorn - April 10, 2008 at 3:25 pm -0500
I feel like we all need to send JT a copy of "The boy who cried wolf"
Submitted by Jack Thompson Will Die If You Don’t Pay Attention To H - April 10, 2008 at 3:41 pm -0500
[...] Amusing news on the Jack Thompson front from Game Politics: (1) Jack has gone all emo because the FBI is ignoring his complaints about how the whole world, but in particular the Florida State Bar, is in a vast conspiracy to violate his rights, and (2) Jack has repeatedly reported Game Politics to the FBI for various things, including the Patriot Act. [...]
Submitted by Craig R. - April 10, 2008 at 4:00 pm -0500
"or I and others will do what we need to do."

Is that a threat of vigilante justice from ol' Jackass Thompson? He really shouldn't be threatening others.
Submitted by Abadox50 » OMFG Consipiracy! - April 10, 2008 at 4:05 pm -0500
[...] You can catch the full story here at Game Politics. [...]
Submitted by Eville1 - April 10, 2008 at 4:11 pm -0500
@Everyone talking about freedom of speech. Please take a constitutional law class. Freedom of Speech does not apply here.
Submitted by TheGreg - April 10, 2008 at 4:18 pm -0500
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Chill out! No need to infight and grumble at one another. Let's leave the first amendment interpretations to Fox News and CNN and just have a nice hearty laugh at Jack Thompson's career death rattle.
Submitted by doomgaze3 - April 10, 2008 at 4:22 pm -0500
The message should be clear to Jack at this point: "You are an embarrassment. Go away."
Submitted by jkdjr25 - April 10, 2008 at 4:31 pm -0500
I dig the idea of a JT reality series. I even have a way to make it better. Put pandralisk in the same house as JT at the same time and just sit back and watch the fun. :)

It would be ratings gold! Gold I tell you :D
Submitted by Loudspeaker - April 10, 2008 at 5:13 pm -0500
@ jkdjr25

OOoooo that's simply EVIL!!!

I love it!

Who shall we pitch this idea to? :D
Submitted by AbsumZer0 - April 10, 2008 at 5:19 pm -0500
"Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!"

But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come."
Submitted by KTP - April 10, 2008 at 5:29 pm -0500
Wait, if your e-mail gets hacked you're supposed to go straight to the FBI? When was this the best means to accomplish anything? Aren't you first supposed to contact your internet/e-mail provider and then if it checks out that someone did indeed "hack" your e-mail you THEN contact the proper authorities since you now have not only proof that your account has been hacked but also a trail that can lead back to them?

How does Thompson even know his account was hacked? What is his exact claim? People use the term "hacked" in such vague ways these days that he could consider receiving tons of spam mail all of a sudden as "hacked". Hell, maybe he's in a situation that would better be handled by tech support than the FBI.

GP: As I recall, he claims that someone hacked into his e-mail and sent a lewd message to a female activist with whom he was corresponding in regard to his Bar difficulties.
Submitted by KTP - April 10, 2008 at 5:31 pm -0500
Also, could someone edit the article image so Thompson is shedding a single tear as he sits in front of his laptop?
Submitted by AB - April 10, 2008 at 6:44 pm -0500
oh what to say, what to say... :) LMAO
Submitted by Saladin - April 10, 2008 at 6:48 pm -0500
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!

....ahem.

Had it comin'.
Submitted by T5 - April 10, 2008 at 7:05 pm -0500
No to be a buzzkill but how many times have we thought Thompson was going down only to have him get out of it? I hope I'm wrong, but personally I'll only count Jack Thompson out when he is out.
Submitted by Michael Brooks - April 10, 2008 at 7:23 pm -0500
@ T5

Yeah that's what I've been worried about. But Dennis seems sure he will be disbarred, and after reading his trial series, I am too. It won't be over then but it will be the beginning of the end for him.

And yeah, I agree that a lot of the readers here are apt to call the latest news on JT "his end" or "downfall". But I do think it's coming soon ...
Submitted by shady8x - April 10, 2008 at 7:24 pm -0500
"or I and others will do what we need to do."

I hope he doesn't bomb a federal building like he 'figuratively' threatened some time ago...
Submitted by Vinzent - April 10, 2008 at 7:59 pm -0500
Hypothetically, if jack Thompson were a terrorist he just scored a victory. By getting the FBI to ignore him, he can now work without detection. i wouldn't be suprised if he didn't follow up his disbarment with bomb plot against T2.
Submitted by Ragnaar - April 10, 2008 at 8:32 pm -0500
@Vinzent:

[wild speculation]

IF he did that, I'd half expect him to go the full distance. I'd expect him to hijack a car, murder someone, pick up a prostitute, then kill her to get his money back, then bomb a video game manufacturing plant that's churning out copies of GTA IV... and THEN blame video games for his behavior.

In court, he'd attempt to represent himself using the "I told you so" defense despite being disbarred... because the courts are all corrupt to take his license away in the first place anyway.

Then they lock him in a padded cell for the rest of his insa... erm... martyrous life.

[/wild speculation]

Hmmm... this HTML tag didn't work... I wonder why... ;)
Submitted by Erik - April 10, 2008 at 9:04 pm -0500
"GP: As I recall, he claims that someone hacked into his e-mail and sent a lewd message to a female activist with whom he was corresponding in regard to his Bar difficulties."


You know it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Jack himself sent that lewd email and now is trying to squirm out of the damage his own words have caused. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.


Also for anyone who hasn't figured it out yet, Lard is a troll. And he's not even a very interesting one at th at.
Submitted by Jack Thompson Threatens FBI - eXophase.com - April 10, 2008 at 9:07 pm -0500
[...] JT + FBI = LOL [GP] [...]
Submitted by jkdjr25 - April 10, 2008 at 9:36 pm -0500
@Jack Wessels

Even better they could call it the New Odd Couple.

No double entendre there at all ;)
Submitted by Conejo - April 10, 2008 at 9:37 pm -0500
@Lard (aka Jack Thompson)

i see what you did there.
Submitted by Chaplain99 - April 10, 2008 at 9:40 pm -0500
@ GP

Help me out here, because I'm not sure what the issue is. The FBI doesn't want to respond to Jack Thomspon's claims that the Florida Bar has a grudge against him, is that it?

Hmmm...

So, anyone else excited for the new Halo 3 maps? They're a little more interesting than this, I think.

Not to bash GP, of course. This is relevant news. But Jack Thompson IS a little old.
Submitted by Gray17 - April 10, 2008 at 9:58 pm -0500
@Erik

You know it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if Jack himself sent that lewd email and now is trying to squirm out of the damage his own words have caused. It wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.


That was my thought as well. Given the general attitude he display towards women while question that one Blank Rome lawyer, and his own tendency to descend to insults when faced with disagreement, I can easily imagine him saying something offense to a female activist. Particularly if she was religious, as religious types usually have a lower threshold for considering something obscene or lewd.

Plus it'd be really odd for someone to hack his email, and only send a single email to a single person, and do nothing else. Most people that would have the means and the cause to hack his email, would be either more mature, and have better things in mind; or less mature and wouldn't be so restrained.
Submitted by Sigma 7 - April 10, 2008 at 10:45 pm -0500
Help me out here, because I’m not sure what the issue is. The FBI doesn’t want to respond to Jack Thomspon’s claims that the Florida Bar has a grudge against him, is that it?
It's more like he's been reporting everybody to the FBI/police in hopes that they'll eventually do something.
I'm not sure on the details, but he previous alleged that Penny Arcade forged his signature on their cheque (actually, it was in the memo field), stated that other users of Live journal were harassing him when they replied to his post(s), and perhaps has e-mail hacked.

(Actually, his "webpage" was defaced, but I didn't see much of an effort to correct that.)
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 10:51 pm -0500
my guess is everytime the wind blew he was calling up the fbi
Submitted by Adam - April 10, 2008 at 10:53 pm -0500
I wonder if even FOX News is gonna wanna talk to him after they get wind of this. God this guy is stupid. And doesn't he know that “or I and others will do what we need to do.” could be taken as a threat. He's such an idiot to say something like that that now if something does happen to T2 or any of the buildings in Florida he'll be the first one they point the finger at.
Submitted by cullarn - April 10, 2008 at 10:57 pm -0500
@adam

sure they will "we distort you cant retort"
Submitted by ooftygoofty - April 10, 2008 at 10:59 pm -0500
How long before he declares this a triumph?
Submitted by JackDon'tKnowJack - April 11, 2008 at 1:16 am -0500
Maybe if Jack didn't begin his letters with "Dear FBI," he'd have a better chance of being taken seriously.
Submitted by Shrike - April 11, 2008 at 1:34 am -0500
@Adam: Faux Noise (I go for the overkill) is going to keep him on, because they know we hate him.

But... He might have a future on TV or the big screen, where you don't have to know real law.

He's been acting like a lawyer this entire time, I'm sure he's great for any evil, underhanded, legal professional Snidely Whiplash-esque mustache twirling character.
Submitted by Clownluv247 - April 11, 2008 at 2:39 am -0500
@Vinzent
We're sacrificing him for corn? CORN?!! i dont even like corn...cant it be something else...id like to formally request something other than corn

@topic
ah...there was once a time i asked myself "is this man insane?"...how i miss the days before i knew the oh-so-clear answer

@lard
please dont ask GP to stop doing JT stories...sometimes these can be the best things to brighten up a good day, and i for one are going to miss them in the coming times, especially since when hes gone...someone new will step up...and they may actually be good at what they do
Submitted by Meteor - April 11, 2008 at 2:48 am -0500
JT + FBI = LOL = QFT
Submitted by BaronJuJu - April 11, 2008 at 3:41 am -0500
Its like watching a house of cards fall...slowly.
Submitted by RavenAlegria13 - April 11, 2008 at 5:45 am -0500
Wow...The FBI

So that means, in a period of time he will have been disbarred, but it also means he'll keep whining.
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 11, 2008 at 6:46 am -0500
@SrA Grandpa

*throws in 25 cents*

Sorry, dude. All I got.

@Meteor

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!!!

@PeterWDawson

Apparently Dennis, Take-Two, EA, Rockstar, Penny-Arcade, Blank Rome, Howard Stern and many others have gotten to the feds.


WTF?

@Clownluv247

id like to formally request something other than corn


How about a cheeseburger?
Submitted by Ix - April 11, 2008 at 7:34 am -0500
@SrA Granpa,

I was more referring to the fact that if JT sends way too much then it will become worth the FBI's time to arrest him for harassment of them.

As for font size, I'm not sure if this will work but try <span style="font-size:XX(unit)"> Text </span>

If the above does not show up in text 1.2 times larger than normal, then the html used is not permitted on the blog, and I'm not exactly sure what else could be used properly.
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 11, 2008 at 7:41 am -0500
@Ix

Let's see if this works.

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 11, 2008 at 7:42 am -0500
Nope. Guess it doesn't.

(Sorry for triple post)
Submitted by Ix - April 11, 2008 at 7:51 am -0500
Looks like it might take font tags, but I am loath to use such an old and depreciated technology.

<font size="2">Font tag test</font>

The first and probably last time I'll ever use a font tag without a darn good reason.
Submitted by Ix - April 11, 2008 at 7:52 am -0500
and it doesn't work anyways.

Oh well, guess we just aren't meant to mess with the font size here.
Submitted by Give it a break - April 11, 2008 at 7:57 am -0500
Come on guys, enough with the messing around. The blog is nice and readable and I'd like it to stay that way without you two trying to change font sizes and colors. What next, animated gif signatures? The very least you could do is show the other users some consideration and post your experiments in a dead thread rather than an active one.
Submitted by Ix - April 11, 2008 at 8:27 am -0500
Actually this thread seemed kinda dead already. Not like there's anything left to be said that hasn't already been said. It's already tapered off from 25+ posts per hour to about 1 per hour outside of the tests.

I haven't noticed anyone trying to change colors and the animated gif signatures on a blog is simply impossible without altering the code of the blog, so no it's not what comes next.

I was simply trying to help Shadow Darkman figure out how to use font more effectively for conveying his intended message, no need to get bent out of shape over it. If there really was a problem on this live, active, and healthy post then I imagine Dennis or a moderator would've already deleted the posts since I know at least Dennis is up and active unless he pre-writes articles and has a script post them at a set time (which is pointless for this type of blog, and a lot of work to set up).
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 11, 2008 at 11:46 am -0500
Heh heh heh heh... Thanks, Ix. And no worries about it.
Submitted by shaoron - April 11, 2008 at 11:51 am -0500
*AVGN... sorry for the typo
Submitted by anon - April 11, 2008 at 4:29 pm -0500
@ Ix
"Oh well, guess we just aren’t meant to mess with the font size here."

Yes for good reason, we don't need people posting size 409752389.1 comments. Nor do we need images and have this place turn into your typical forum with sigs run amuck....

Not that they can't be abused either, but italics, bold, and urls are ok and quite useful for things like clarity.
Submitted by Jack Thompson Bar Trial Transcripts - Page 2 - StrafeRight F - April 11, 2008 at 8:02 pm -0500
[...] Originally Posted by Jack Thompson 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
Submitted by Fallenone - April 11, 2008 at 10:22 pm -0500
@Lard

Speaking of people fighting for what they define as freedom of speech...You're the one trying to censor GP. You don't want to hear about Jack Thompson? You don't have to read about him. Skip the article. The people here are addressing your rudeness. Jack Thompson is video game news. Not speaking about him will not make him disappear. He is not Voldemort. It really doesn't give him power. Say his name, it actually takes power from him.
Submitted by KitsuFox - April 12, 2008 at 2:08 pm -0500
Dear Jack Thompson,

You are an idiot. You're going to get yourself arrested for clogging up the FBI's arteries. I strongly suggest you call all this off and focus on your trial. But then again, I guess nothing's better than a conspiracy against you by the Florida Bar, which would apparently have control over the FBI.

What's next? Jack-o-Thompson saying that the FBI has a conspiracy against him?
Submitted by Zerodash - April 14, 2008 at 12:22 pm -0500
I would imagine the FBI gets 100's of claims EVERY DAY from crazy tin-hat people. JT is just another crackpot.

Imaging the emails, phone calls, faxes, etc he will release if he is disbarred?
Submitted by Shadow Darkman, Anti-Thesis of Jack Thompson, - April 14, 2008 at 1:12 pm -0500
@Meteor

Thanks for clearing that up.
Submitted by Jake Turner - April 15, 2008 at 5:25 pm -0500
As I read this, I shed a tear... of joy.
Submitted by Concerned. - April 17, 2008 at 2:46 am -0500
Uhh, can we get a replay in how badly 'being reported to the FBI concerned you'?... I smell the fear of SS men.
Re: JT + FBI = LOL
Submitted by oto kirlama - December 17, 2008 at 8:37 am -0500

I'm all for freedom of ttnet vitamin speech and allowing rent a car game makers to put whatever they want in games, but there's one thing about this app that has me scratching my head.  Correct me if I'm wrong, but from araç kiralama the previous article araba kiralama on this I gathered that players can use Google maps in-game to find the other (real-life?) dealers in their area.  If this is the case, has travesti anyone considered what's stopping someone from using this app to actually move drugs between hands for reals?

But majority araba kiralama of their outrage araç kiralama stems from what it could DO TO children, not the content itself.  Talk to one of these people and you'll find they don't think any books kiralık araba should be banned from children.  Mention American Psycho and they talk about kiralık araç the redeeming value of using imagination to construct a story.  Reading, no matter what the content, is largely viewed as a consequenceless activity for people of any age.  The reason why I mention American Psycho is because of the content itself.  Gaming never has and likely never will have any scenes where someone has sex with a severed head.  Not gonna happen.  Yet despite this, they'll fight tooth and nail to protect their children from two boys kissing in Bully but whatever they read is harmless... yeah.

The entire arguement is kiralık oto based upon a social normality inflicted by luddites who can't figure out the controls for Halo so it's frightening and terrifying and obviously the cause of youth violence on the rise even though, in reality, it's in decline (which is actually a HUGE suprise given minibüs kiralama the economies status).  In  a perfect world, we would have parents that actually parent.  The idea of sales restrictions on media on oto kiralama any form to accomidate parental unwillingness to get involved with their child's life is the real problem to me.  Here I am, 32 years old, and being held up at a self-scan rent a car needing to show ID before I can buy a $10 M rated game all because Soccer Momthra can't be bothered to look at the crap Billy Genericallystupidson does in his free time.  It's too hard for her, so I have to suffer?

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