Jack Thompson Tossed Out Of Court

dmouritsendk writes "According to a story at IGN, Jack Thompson has been removed from the lawsuit filed by the families of two murdered police officers vs. Rockstar, Sony and game retailers. While previously he stated that he had withdrawn, details have now come out that the judge actually pulled his temporary license to practice law in Alabama. The reason for all this? Thompson's behavior." From the article: "The removal of Thompson from the case does not necessarily represent the end of the trial as his long-time associate Ray Reiser will assume the role of lead counsel for the case's plaintiffs. Not one to take such things lying down, Thompson fired back at Judge Moore by claiming the the judge has 'has violated... The Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics by his unfortunate, improper, and prejudicial acts in this case, at the expense of three bereaved Alabama families.'"

Comments

Re:Who is Jack Thompson?

[gstoddart]

Morality in the context of Jack Thompson must refer specfically to religious morality. As a Zen Buddhist I care nothing for his Christian morality. Neither, incidentally, does the justice system of the United States of America.

Yes, I truly hate the man;

Hmmmm .... the core beliefs of Buddhism are not orthogonal to Christian morality. As a matter of fact, if you take the list of virtuous/non-virtuous actions prevalant in Buddhism, you should find a lot of overlap with Christian morality -- maybe not a fundamentalist one, but you cover the high points at least.

Zen is still a Mahayana school last I checked. Unless you're just parcticing Zen, and not Buddhism. But that's different.

Hmmm, I don't remember any sutras covering "mindfully hating lawyers from Florida", no matter what they've done.

Sure, he's an idiot. But you should have compassion for his idiocy -- and, if need be, you should still have compassion while bonking him on the head if it's for his own good. ;-)

But, hey, I'm just killing a few moments anyway and I'm probably just a figment of your imagination.

=)

Re:Who is Jack Thompson?

[Red Flayer]

FTParent'sLink:
"Slashdot trolling is a subset and a microcosm of Internet trolling in general. Some of these behaviours are usually considered to be more offensive or insightful than others." (emphasis mine)

Umm, shouldn't that be incite-ful? Or, rather, 'more inciting'?

Re:Who is Jack Thompson?

[Atzanteol]

"Karma whore!" is the whiney cry of those who wish they'd posted earlier.

I don't care what wikipedia says. Relevant insightful posts are bad now?

Re:Who is Jack Thompson?

[acvh]

Further off topic - I didn't think golf was a sport either, until I started playing. It's competetive, difficult, and I hurt like hell after playing. That qualifies it as a sport.

Re:Who is Jack Thompson?

[ZachPruckowski]

Thus, if you see a non-AC posting posting of an article's text or a useful link, the correct mode is "Funny" so they won't receive any karma.

But what does that do to people who personally apply penalties to "Funny" (Check your preferences page if you don't know what I'm on about)? Apparently, people do it to read /. seriously and avoid stupid jokes (personally, I love the jokes)

Re:Filet-O-Fish

[phoenix.bam!]

I accidentally ordered the fish instead of the chicken sandwich. I went to eat it and unfortunately it looks exactly like the chicken to the unsuspecting. I took a nice giant bite and almost vomited because of the taste difference. I've never been able to order one since.