@lothar

She may be making sure there's no loopholes he can exploit.

"Tunis is probably seeking her own extradition to Elba, and that would be a good thing." -Thompson

For crying out loud Thompson, do you even know what "extradition" means?


Andrew Eisen

[WHOOOO HOOOOOOO!!! FIRST COMMENT!!! (I think)]

That's all right, Dava. We can wait longer for Thompson's end. Gives him more time to entertain us.

Presumably she's taking so long because she wants to dot every i and cross every t.

This extension can't possibly be seen as a good thing for Thompson can it? (Although I'm sure he'll say that it is).

@Marticulated

This extension can’t possibly be seen as a good thing for Thompson can it?

Anything is possible.

@OneMan'sOpinion

Want some help with that?

For all we know, Judge Tunis is asking for the extension just to spike JT's blood pressure.

Evil...

@Twin-Skies

Wouldn't be evil, IMO.

Doing it to spike his B.P. would exact her own vengeance for having to put up with him and his antics in the trial.

(sorry for double post)

She probably just want footage for the blooper reel... which should last about 3 hours.

What makes me snicker so much about that loyalty oath is that John Bruce himself could not abide by any such oath. Indeed, on Rumpole's log, The Captain posted certain rules of conduct during a campaign for a seat as a judge which involved not running based on, in effect, discriminatory attitudes. One cannot put forth efforts to campaign based on race, gender, religion, and other such factors. Probably because, over many other positions, a judge should be neutral and showing a preference and higher support for any one group over another would show a bias.

John Bruce has already stated that he can't run an unbias campaign nor could he operate as an honorable, ethical, unbiased judge.

His campaigns and attitudes against homosexuality, his campaigns and attitudes regarding how he feels ONLY HE can decide what is or is not appropriate for other Parent's children, as well as his admitted religious bias (as seen numerous times, even in his court actions), show that if he took any such oath, it would be a lie. He would be incapable of being unbiased and would be incapable of treating any plaintiff or defendant that he had a personal, religious, and/or political difference of opinion with in a fair, honorable, and/or ethical manner.

So I find it laughable that he condemns others for allegedly not doing somehting that he couldn't abide truthfully doing himself.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

More time?
The evidence presented during the trail in court wasn't enough to disbar him outright. She has to read stuff for months and months and still needs more time. Wow she and the Florida Bar are tolerant. After the first word out of his mouth during his disbarment I would have said "Shut it up you! You're a knob, YOUUUU'RREE FIRED!"

@GameDevMich

Microsoft, yes, but not BUNGIE.

@Nightwng2000

Very true. It's quite hypocritical to whine and complain about unfair persecution and judgments against him (even though it's all a result of his own bad behavior and failure to correctly do his job) when he can not possibly manage holding an unbiased court should he be judge. His fanaticism will never let him see how he is actually the thing he complains against and that his complaints are hollow and wrong against whoever he's got in his sights at the time, but eventually there will come a day where everything comes back to haunt him till he realizes all the wrong he's done. At least we can hope he learns his lesson some day.

Thompson comes in declaring victory in 3.. 2....

Like my friend and I say, whether he's convicted or not, he'll spin this to show how he's a victim, or even worse, a martyr for his "righteous" cause. The only way this guy will truly be taken down is if he's discovered doing something undeniably hypocritical. I'm talking Jimmy Swaggert hypocritical. Until then, I'm sure Gamepolitics will have no end to reporting JT's self-righteous BS.

@tony selby,

Jack doesn't want this, he's been demanding that the bar release their ruling right away for awhile now.

No matter how obvious a ruling is, a judge is still bound to looking over all the evidence before making a decision. Unfortunately for her, the ammount of crap Jack sends out to people (and that's been added into evidence) probably needed an acre of forest cut down to make all the paper. Plus, she has to be careful that nothing she does can be turned around on her by Thompson, who calls foul on everything anyway.

Damn, more time = Jack getting off Scott-free (I really, really, really, hope I'm wrong)

At a guess she's bogged down in all the crap of Thompson's that was submitted. She's got to wade through all his faxes and emails and such first. That takes time, particularly if she's not a fast reader, and if she has to go over them with a fine tooth comb.

Then of course she's got to write out her decision, which in and of itself would take a while.

So I suppose it isn't too surprising that she's asking for an extention.

Even him losing his license to practice law won't make him go away, or even stop appearing on fox news as a school shooting expert. it will mean, however, that it will be harder for him to file ridiculous numbers of lawsuits. so, it's something.

Sounds to me like she wants to make sure neither side will be able to claim she's being bias or impartial by reading every single printed page of Thompson's rantings. Which I'm sure there's a lot of.

@Shadow Darkman
While a technicality, at the time when he went after Microsoft for CS Bungie was Microsoft. You go after the parent company/publisher, granted they Bungie had nothing to do with CS. I seem to remember he made some kind of lame ass attempt to block Halo 3, or at least threatened to and bitched about it.

@cppcrusader

He said he was going ot file a motion ot have it blocked, less than a week before release.

Either he knew it'd fail and just wanted to get under people's skin or his self importance is so hideously bloated that he thought they'd rush it

hmm maybe her printer died trying to print all of Jackass Thompson's useless e-mails?

Jack Thompson made an habit of burying all his acquaintances with paper, so I'm not surprised.

And more time Tunis takes to read throughly all this junk means that Thompson can't complain that she was biased or made hasty decision (like a certain judge I heard in a case).

Patience, then. Patience.

Now I´m scared. And I´m agree with "more time to decide = better defense" statement.

This is worst than a Law and Order SVU episode when the rapist gets free.

Comes now the Plaintiff, John Bruce "Jack" Thompson who tells the court:
"Gamers should put down the controller and get a life! They don't care about anything but their games and are desensitized to violence or caring about others! They should be sentenced to playing a suicide game and get really good at it!"

:: Defense attorney stands and introduces defense exhibit 1: Two articles from today's GP. ::

:: Judge looks at articles:
Gun Control article - 178+ comments at this moment
John Bruce article - 44 comments at this moment ::

Judge: Case dismissed.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

Don't forget she's doing this while overseeing her regular number of cases. One of those could be the reason for the delay since we don't know what her docket is like.

@T5

When you say Scott-free, surely you don't mean Scott Ramsoomair, right?

(This joke was based on the E-mail Conversation between Ramsoomair and JT recorded on VGCats)

Gives us the decistion on the 29th!

@Ebonheart

How the hell do you know that? :o Can you link to where you heard that?

@GoodRobotUs

I'm still shocked they didn't nail him for contempt all that time ago.

@Andrew Eisen

Do the "wrong" Oaths still apply, though?

Is there any information present that proves they're they wrong oath?

What if the later oaths are intentionally different to focus on reaffirming the first oath as opposed to taking the same oath over and over again?

How about disbarring him SECONDS before GTA4 is released? That would be great.

@Andrew Eisen

Thanks for clearing that up.

Tunis is probably seeking her own extradition to Elba, and that would be a good thing. Jack Thompson, Attorney

I have a question....

Even though the hearing has come and gone.

Does anything Jack do now can still influence her disition?

What about personal attacks and slander?

GODDAMNIT! STOP FUCKING AROUND AND DISBAR HIM!

Quick Jack, send her a bunch more emails and faxes! That'll make her rule in your favor for sure. Be sure to make them extra-threatening.

God I hope they set the deadline for April 29th!

Since it appears some other recent Thompson motions have been relegated to a miscellany file rather than the case file because Thompson didn't have another lawyer in good standing with the bar sign onto them (as per previous court order), I'm curious as to who the other lawyer that signed onto this latest motion Thompson posted here (4 comments up) was (if any).

I can only assume for the moment that it's not actually going to affect the case for that reason unless there is actually another lawyer who signed onto it.

Though I do agree with Thompson on one thing. That is justice delayed being justice denied. And for all the people Thompson has harassed and wronged over the years the prolonging of his disbarment denies them their justice they so greatly deserve.

But Jack has no one to blame but himself for the length of the trial. The man shares his every paranoid impulse with every fax machine and every email of anyone remotely related and sometimes not related to these issues. Frankly he cannot expect anyone to go through the likely thousands of pages of unfiltered bullshit he spews in a few days. Perhaps if he had a little self control he could somewhere stop the crazies somewhere between his addled mind and the keyboard.

How could John Bruce "Fax Killer" Thompson expect anything except a lengthy trial?

Ok, what other lawyer signed the motion, since Jack can't anymore.

Dude…(blink) What am I not understanding here? Is there some law that says he can’t spend the extension with his wife?

No, there isn't. In fact Jack could take a vacation, or carry on business as usual until the ruling comes down. Sure there's going to be some stress waiting while waiting for it, but that should prevent him from spending time with his wife.

The problem is that Jack is spending time trying futilely to keep the decision from being handed down at all instead of spending his time with his wife. So in his eyes, Judge Tunis asking for an extension is her keeping Jack for spending time with his wife; regardless of the fact that that's Jack's own doing.

@ Jack Thompson, attention whore:

Why don´t you keep an eye to your family instead just trolling on Gamepolitics?

Man, you are really an internet nerd in a body of a senile man.

[...] The judge presiding over the matter, Judge Dava Tunis, requested a time extension, reports GamePolitics.  There’s no word on exactly how long the extension may be, or if it’s even granted.  Furthermore, it’s not clear as to whether Judge Tunis gave a clear reason why an extension’s needed. [...]

@Jack Thompson, soon to be ex Attorney

Whyare you here instead of taking a load off from work?

@kurisu7885

C'mon...you really don't know?

@ Mr. Thompson

"Tunis is probably seeking her own extradition to Elba, and that would be a good thing."

Wishful thinking, as always, Mr. Thompson. That's all you really have up your sleave lately, isn't?

"COMES NOW respondent Thompson and moves this referee to vacate her request for extension of time. It was never provided to Thompson, and it should not even have been sought without consultation by the referee with both parties."

First off: YOU WERE SANCTIONED BY THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT. GET THAT THROUGH YOUR DENSE-AS-DIAMOND SKULL.

Apologies for the all captial letters, but apparently i need to dumb myself down to your level to write things to you. Which is sad, seeing as i'm less than half your age. (I'm 21)

Secondly... so you're basically saying that the defendant should be allowed an unlimited amount of time to stall before the reading of the verdict so the statute of limitations will eventually pass? Very nice, Mr. Thomspon. Very nice indeed.

"Further, the best and really only way for this issue to be addressed is by what is called in legal circles “a hearing.” Thompson is aware that this referee eschews such things, but due process demands on in this instance.
What we have going on here is a further protraction of what has been a nearly four-year-old nightmare for Thompson which is now going to be protracted further. We are at the point now of a deeper meaning to the phrase “Justice delayed is justice denied.” As the referee knows, she is under investigation for operating under a forged loyalty oath. Thompson suggests she do all of us a favor, including herself, and recuse herself from this case so that she has more time for whatever she does. She obviously does not seem to have the time to address this matter in a timely fashion."

You're not the only case she's dealing with. She has something called "a job," and "a life," Mr. Thompson, and believe it or not, the Supreme Court has other, much, much, MUCH more important cases to give its attention to than your own. (And the time she's taking is your own fault, you know. If you didn't send hundreds upon hundreds of those infantile e-mails of yours, you likely wouldn't even be in this mess)

"Finally, it is disturbing and it is so typical of this referee that she would deny the undersigned a continuance during his wife’s fight with ovarian cancer, but this referee, who apparently is dealing with no such family emergency, can waltz into the Florida Supreme Court, from which Thompson is excluded, to ask for an extension simply because she wants to."

...YOU JUST FREAKING ADMITTED YOU WERE SANCTIONED, AND YET YOU'RE SENDING THIS ANYWAY? Pardon the bluntness, but... what are you, retarded?

Mr. Thompson... answer me this. The proceedings of your trial ended in late December of 2007, correct? And Judge Tunis said that she'd have the verdict ready by spring of 2008 at that point, right?

Well... WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THE PAST FOUR MONTHS? Just sitting on your butt, NOT spending time with your wife? Really, Mr. Thompson, think about this. Apparently, abusing your internet connection, sending e-mails to the FBI about every Tom, Dick, and Harry about your conspiracy is more important to you than your own cancer-stricken wife.

You sicken me. Good day.

@Grombar:

Can't be any harder than 'Do you like dealing with his constant bs?' ... or so I'd thought? :/

@Jack --

1) Your letter, hilariously, will go unread by the SCOFLA. You were sanctioned, you see. And it's not that you don't have access, you just need to find another lawyer to sign the document. Too bad there's a lack of insane lawyers in souther Florida.

2) You need the case to be over so you can spend time with your wife? Here's a thought. How about you cease filing bar complaints against blogs who have banned you and trolling the internet to post inane insults to video gamers? That might help. Right now it seems your crusade is more important to you than your family. That's just sad.

3) As usual, you provide no legal basis for your complaint. A competent lawyer would have done so.

When he is disbarred will he please crawl back under from the rock he slithered out from.

@DogWelder:

Legal... basis? I thought the object of the game was to file as many frivolous lawsuits as humanly possible before everyone tires of his crap. (Sounds like he's trying for the 'filed a million lawsuits' achievement, but florida might wind up cancelling his XBLA account before then.)

I find it interesting that jt "found" this loyalty oath stuff after his trial (also interesting that the person that jt went to is not concidered a professional and findings are not alowed to be used legally). althou I respect the choice to ask for more time i would love a progress report on where the judge is at on her ruling. oh and jt trying to cower behind your family dosn't work all it does is show how unfit you are.

on annother note
wasnt jt a medical miscounduct lawer? cause if he was i think i know where he's going wrong.

@JT, AAL: You are a sociopath. Plain and simple. you seek any control you may gain over anyone, be it physical, legal, mental, or emotional. You are just another control freak, in a world full of politicians, police, terrorists, shamans, and the like. You are no different than any other undeserving dolt who thinks his way is the only way. Please go spend the rest of your miserable existence in exile, before exile is imposed upon you. You are not welcome anywhere.

@Shadow Darkman

Unfortunately Jack doesn't really do 'civil'. People have tried striking up a civil conversation with him in the past, only for him to insult them right off the bat.

@Shadow Darkman

While I have toyed with the idea off and on for the last couple of years since first hearing of JBT I have found that your being civil to him does not mean he will be in the slightest way civil back. He regards himself as a higher lifeform since since he has been on TV and he is a lawyer and he is this, that and the other.. and gamers are lower than pond-scum.

Not sure if you were around with the was the "Flowers for Jack" bit. Nice flowers, well thought out and civil letter. Jackie got them and forwarded them off with a note to the effect of grinding them up and smoking them. Claimed the flowers were harrashment. Sorry but No. JBT is a social leper, an outcast existing on the edges of polite society. Seems that since he is rarely given the respect HE thinks he deserves he will try to ruin it for everyone else. In a nutshell is he petty, shallow and self-serving.

While you intent might be good it is unlikely the results will be.

@Shadow Darkman

Could work. I heard once that Jack only started insulting someone when that person said he (the person) was a gamer.

@Shadow Darkman

JT could of course be trolling right now and just reading the comments, and seeing this decide to blow up on all the letters he gets assuming there's a chance that they came from a gamer who isn't saying they are one.

Whatever happens though be sure to let us know if anything interesting happens, and you have my vote for luck.

@Shadow Darkman

In that case I'd send you double luck (for the letter and the ability to write the letter), but I'm not sure I have enough luck to do that right now :P

W/e, hope everything goes well and you get something good to share with us.

@Shadow Darkman

I wouldn't. I suspect that being contacting him, and being civil, would only get you sued. There's an episode of South Park once where Jimmy and Timmy dominate the episode, and the usual headliner characters only show up 3 or 4 times long enough to do something of a recurring gag which is usually something like.

"What do you say we stay out of this one?"
"Don't touch it, just keep walking."
"Not getting into this one." ...etc...etc...

So I pass onto you the immortal wisdom of Stan Marsh. "Don't touch it, just keep walking."

Mmm... multiple levels of obfuscation would be good. He could go after the minor's parents though, you and they should be aware of that before proceeding. I find it highly unlikely though that the parents would ever even need to show up in court or hire a lawyer of their own no matter what JT threatens if the letter is civil though. I know personally if someone sued another person for sending s civil letter and I were the judge I'd give a summary judgment in favor of the defendant with prejudice (so they can petition to have their legal fees payed by the plaintiff).

"Mmm… multiple levels of obfuscation would be good."

Heck yes, I'd consider using two or three proxy addresses.

my guess is that she couldn't stop laughing or shaking her head.

@Zerodash

Whether it's true or not, I'm telling JT that we're all praying for her recovery.

Still considering how to go about it. I know the following:

-Be as civil as possible (I really hate him)
-Do not mention that I am a gamer
-Tell him we know Patricia has cancer and that some of us (if not all) are
praying for her recovery

Anything else?

This is what I wrote to JT. I haven't sent it yet, but I want your opinions on it before I do.

Subj: From A Brother In Christ

To Mr. John B. Thompson

We are aware of the fact that your wife, Patricia, has developed Ovarian Cancer.

As you know, most people are openly against your, for lack of a more appropriate word, "crusade" against video games. However, some of them are willing to hear you out. All it takes is time, and willingness.

It is my desire to convey to you that some of these people have expressed the desire to pray for Patricia, that God Almighty would develop for us a way to remove this Cancer as quickly as possible. When I learned of this fact, I joined the throng of men, women, and children that wished to ask the Lord to heal Patricia, that she may live her days out in peace.

You may have seen me before, on a site some time ago. Some of the things I said were rather harsh, I confess, but that comes from the fact that you have scorned these people long enough. I draw what I wish to say from the words of Joseph Welch, when he finally decided to call Senator Joseph McCarthy out.

Until this moment, Mr. Thompson, I think I never gauged your cruelty or recklessness... Let us not assassinate these people further, Mr. Thompson... You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?

Again, I wish to pray for Patricia, that this cancer may leave her, and that she may live.

Yours in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior,

Shadow D. Darkman

Postscript: [My friend] wishes to express his apologies for whatever he may have done himself since he learned of your doings. His apology, let me assure you, is sincere. -SD

Please review and advise.

As much as I have difficulty understanding the religious overtones, I will accept that they are not mine to understand. I think you should probably expect though that he's going to be suspicious of your motives. He will likely assume you intend something beyond what you say. If folks really want to pray for this woman's welfare, I'd say by all means, but why tell him that? I'd consider other ways of expressing yourself. I'd say consider sending her a get-well card, or perhaps donating to the american cancer society in her name. Getting through to him is likely to be a herculean task I don't think you should take upon yourself, but again, maybe this is something I don't need to understand. Does the bible say anything about "don't leave one of your own behind?" I'm paraphrasing a little bit, but I can honestly say I have no idea how christian doctrine applies to these kinds of things.

The Biblical stuff is to show him that he and I, in that standard, are not all that different.

I will send the e-mail tomorrow, if possible. Furthermore, I'm thinking of revising the subject.

@Shadow Darkman
Have people really expressed the desire to pray for Patricia, or are you just making up nonsense to suit your case?

And what’s with this talk about how he’s “done enough”? I don’t get it. The man has lost probably every case that mattered against games and who cares if he throws a few insults at (or “scorns”) gamers?

Why email him at all actually; does he matter that much to you?

In the end this whole mess with JT makes no sense. He’s likely one of the smallest threats to freedom of expression out there, yet everyone gets their panties in a twist whenever he’s on the air. It’s almost like many of you get some sort of sick fascination out of seeing a man who not only repeatedly humiliates himself, but is struggling for his job… How well adjusted is that, honestly?

Sure I agree that we should keep an eye on him for the very unlikely day he actually impacts gaming but don’t become fixated with him.

DAMMIT!!! HIS E-MAIL ADDRESS DID NOT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!! >:( I got a "failure notice" from my e-mail system's "MAILER-DAEMON" saying it failed.

@LujanD

The reason I tried to e-mail him is because He should hear from someone who at least is trying to reach out to him. But since the e-mail failed it won't get to him.

Furthermore, if you read all the comments in the JT category, I can assure you that in at least one of the more recent Blogs people have indeed expressed the desire to pray for Patricia.