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Jack Thompson Responds to Take Two Suit

Posted by Zonk on from the nothing-good-can-come-from-this dept.

interactive_civilian writes "Jack Thompson has personally replied to ArsTechnica regarding their coverage of the lawsuit from TakeTwo. Really, it's best for Jack to speak for himself: 'I have been praying, literally, that Take-Two and its lawyers would do something so stupid, so arrogant, so dumb, even dumber than what they have to date done, that such a misstep would enable me to destroy Take-Two. With the filing of this SLAPP lawsuit last week, my prayers are finally answered. This lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, is, without a doubt, the single dumbest thing I have ever seen any lawyers do in my thirty years of practicing law--while in continuous good standing to do so with The Florida Bar, I might add, the shock radio and video game industry's efforts notwithstanding.'"

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  1. Is this a man or a foil? by RyanFenton · · Score: 4, Insightful

    At this point, I have to ask: Is Jack Thomson a real crazy person, or is he some cleverly created foil? The man acts like a fictional villain, trying to transparently conflate religion and his own fevered obsessions, and then trying to say that this gives him legal justification for his own insanity, insisting that the fact that he hasn't been completely stopped yet is proof.

    I do understand that people really can be this crazy, and worse, but there just seems to be an air of even more blatant unreality at this point in his insanity.

    Ryan Fenton

  2. Hoax? by jandrese · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Everybody knows Jack is a nut and all, but this smells like a hoax to me. The language doesn't feel right for a lawyer (even a crazy one) and I don't see the point of him sending a letter like this. However, if it turns out to be true then Jack has really gone off of the deep end.

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  3. Good standing? by Chr0me · · Score: 1, Insightful

    How does having the Florida Bar investigate you for ethical violations and filing disbarment procedures constitute "good standing?"

    1. Re:Good standing? by MyOtherUIDis3digits · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Sometimes it seems like a lawyer's primary skill is to lie by telling the truth.

      As Shakespeare wrote in "The Merchant of Venice", "The devil can site scripture for his purpose."

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  4. Something good can definitely come from this by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The "nothing-good-can-come-from-this" department?

    We've already gotten something good from it: twenty-four karat comedy gold!

  5. Re:Is this man really... by MeanderingMind · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's basically another case where instead of following God, he thinks God follows him. It's certainly true that Christians are supposed to live every moment working God's will and purpose, but many appear to assume that means that everything they do is God's will and purpose. It's an easy, if fallacious, assumption.

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  6. Re:No truth to rumors by inode_buddha · · Score: 3, Insightful

    IMHO there is a huge difference between morals and ethics. Mr. Thompson and his actions are the perfect illustration of this phenomenon.

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