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Jack Thompson's Past Legal Failures Resurrected
Yesterday we discussed Jack Thompson's upcoming legal hearing. Brian Crecente, over at Kotaku, has put up some documents related to (surprise, surprise) past run-ins Jack has had with the Florida Bar. The two (closed) cases dealt with past games-related cases the lawyer has tried to 'help' with, one being the much-discussed Alabama trial, and the other the Ohio trial that Thompson tried to interfere with. Also included are all 40 pages of the most recent scrape that has Thompson in front of the Bar again.
Jack Thompson is overly opinionated, overly impressed with himself, and doesn't know when to STFU.
So it's no wonder that he has gotten (and continues to get) himself in legal troubles.
Who is general failure, and why is he reading my hard drive?
it's to change the way people think. In particular, it's to change the people who have *no* opinion into followers of his "there's certain levels of decency" dogma. As much as we think people like Jack Thompson only want to force their opinions on others, it's not true.. He truly believes he is right and wants others to agree with him. The publicity is what makes this possible, not winning or losing.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Seems most of his public work has almost nothing to do with being a lawyer, and everything to do with hating video games. Don't think getting disbarred will have much impact.
There's always some anti-game lobby he could be the front for.
As an aside, I think this whole "hating the hater" is sad. He's that flaming bag of dog shit outside your front door. Stepping on it doesn't help the bag or your shoes.
Ignoring the burning bag-o-poo doesn't make it magically go away either. While stomping on it is probably the wrong solution, it does warrant an appropriate response. Extinguishing it and burying it in the back yard is a good start ...
If left unattended, the burning bag-o-poo will set your front porch on fire.