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Jack Thompson Served With Order to Show Cause

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the a-village-somewhere-is-missing-their-idiot dept.

cli_rules! writes "DailyTech has reported that Jack Thompson has been ordered to explain himself. 'Therefore, it is ordered that you shall show cause on or before March 5, 2008, why this Court should not find that you have abused the legal system process and impose upon you a sanction for abusing the legal system, including, but not limited to directing the Clerk of this Court to reject for filing any future pleadings, petitions, motions, letters, documents, or other filings submitted to this Court by you unless signed by a member of The Florida Bar other than yourself.'"

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  1. Re:Next up... by jez9999 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you think about it, courts are murder simulators, or at least very damaging to society. I mean, you can go there any day of the week, and see ruthless criminals! This would definitely damage impressionable young childrens' minds.

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  2. Buttt, but.., by mangu · · Score: 5, Funny
    He *did* explain! In his own words:

    I shall now, through a new federal lawsuit, deconstruct The Florida Bar ... This court has threatened Thompson. He does not threaten back. He hereby informs this court that he will see it in federal court.

    So,you see, the Florida Bar means nothing to Jack Thompson. I guess not even Chuck Norris scares him...
    1. Re:Buttt, but.., by Nero+Nimbus · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe it's time for a Jack Thompson Facts page.

    2. Re:Buttt, but.., by osu-neko · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess not even Chuck Norris scares him...

      That's prima facie evidence for an insanity defense.

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  3. Re:This is great news by djmurdoch · · Score: 5, Funny

    I especially love that he never brings up the 99.9999999% of normal people who play violent video games and DON'T kill people,

    You're exaggerating. There's no way it's more than 99.9999%.

  4. With any luck, he'll learn... by Atario · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the true meaning of the violent-gamer term "PWNED".

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  5. Re:Next up... by glwtta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, and Jack Thompson is just the sort of Champion of the People to do it!

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  6. Message for Jack Thompson by FoolsGold · · Score: 5, Funny

    This message goes out to your legal career:

    BOOM HEADSHOT!!!

    Sincerely,
    Gaming community.

  7. Had the time of my life? by SoundGuyNoise · · Score: 5, Funny
    This court has threatened Thompson. He does not threaten back.

    Nobody puts Jack Thompson in a corner.

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  8. Just write a game he'll like... by itsdapead · · Score: 4, Funny

    Get him hooked on a videogame himself and he'll soon change his tune. You just need to find somethinmg he'll relate to...

    How about:

    Grand Theft Auto VIII: Ambulance Pursuit!

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  9. What a tool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    He's abused the legal system like a 14-year-old boy upon first discovering his own peenor: often and badly.

    1. Re:What a tool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Fuck you, I was awesome when I was 14.

  10. Re:Next up... by yotto · · Score: 4, Funny

    I fully expect, as they're dragging him away, him to yell, "But.... but I'm INVINCIBLE!"

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  11. Re:Next up... by EvilIdler · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are confusing "crazy" with "stupid".

  12. Re:Oh, it gets even better... by MWoody · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, is he sending threads from /b/ to judges now?

  13. Re:sellacious by Migraineman · · Score: 4, Funny


    sellacious : adj - appealing to one's baser need for cash
    Example: "Mr. Thompson's sellacious behavior may indicate that he is a money-grubbing attention whore."

    How's that? I do believe this is my new favorite word.

  14. Re:Nice, but.... by gruntled · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can I stop this thread right now by going straight to the end and asking, So if you had the opportunity to go back in time and kill Hitler in 1925, you wouldn't do it?

  15. Re:Next up... by Nimey · · Score: 3, Funny

    So the real question lurking behind it all is just how responsible can anyone be for creating material that will set a lunatic on a bad outburst. No, that's begging the question. Holy shit, someone just used "begging the question" correctly. Pinch me.

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  16. A little perspective... by aramis34143 · · Score: 3, Funny

    11th Century Man says: "We must end the horrors of sword culture. Violence would cease if only we could prevent pointless veneration of the sword." 11,000 B.C. Man says: "Rock culture bad. Too many rock kill." Tipper Gore says: "I agree with 11,000 B.C. Man. Rock is kiling us. Rap too."