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Thompson Says Florida Bar Requested Psych Test

Posted by Zonk on from the not-a-great-year-for-jack dept.

MBCook wrote with a link to a GamePolitics story about another chapter of the Jack Thompson saga. Sheila M. Tuma, a person associated with Thompson's Florida Bar evaluation, has requested that the colorful lawyer 'seek psychological testing and accept a 91-day suspension of his law license.'. Though they attempted to confirm this with the Bar, no one was inclined to give the site a comment. "The e-mail explaining the situation was sent to GamePolitics by Thompson himself. The recommendation comes following issues stemming from Thompson's Bully case last year where there were issues regarding his professional conduct."

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  1. What a Goof by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The man is a complete nut; an attention-seeking media addict. Who really needs psychological testing are the media outlets that continue to give this lunatic a platform.

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    1. Re:What a Goof by twistedsymphony · · Score: 1, Interesting

      I don't know if Id say we're giving him a platform... I believe the GP is talking about "generic talk show" who invites Jack Thompson "video game expert" on the show to speak with the parents about the dangers of the murder simulators they bought.

      Talking about him is one thing... putting him on a pedestal and parading him around like he's some kind of expert with a valuable opinion is a completely different animal.

      I actually think it's benificial that /. talk about his goings ons because when it gets out of line we're prepared to deal with the inevitable aftermath that I'm sure most of us see from friends, family, and co-workers who just happened to see some expert on TV the other day who said that....

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    2. Re:What a Goof by MontyApollo · · Score: 2, Interesting

      After the Virginia Tech shootings, a local radio station interviewed him and kept referring to him as an "expert on school shootings" but never mentioned that his notoriety actually comes from attacking the video game industry. He slipped video game bashing into every other comment. He would talk about some school shooter and remark that he shot everybody in the head like video games train one to do, then a few comments later he would say some shooter had shot everybody 3 times each - just like video games train one to do.

      Not only did the interviewer not mention his obsession with video games to begin with, he never even commented on, let alone questioned, all of the repeated video game references.

  2. Does he have to be nuts to be disbarred? by phorm · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why the psychiatric angle at all? Can't he be barred for "Extremely unprofessional behavior not appropriate of a member of the bar" or something along those lines?

    It does still say he's a "member in good standing" though, I wonder if you can be a member in poor standard or the alternative is to just be disbarred?