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Jack Thompson Served With Order to Show Cause
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.'"
Don't tell me to get a life. I had one once. It sucked.
Probably won't cut it, and if it does, there's some psychiatrists that are going to be out a job.
He's had two evaluations, and supposedly passed both of them. One was recent, and after the first one, he claimed to be the only certified sane lawyer in Florida.
The "picture book" is here. (Warning, this is a word document.)
His basic premise in creating the book was to make his arguments crystal clear, through illustration. In fact, his submission is a wandering and apparently pointless scree. It's reminiscent of the kind of rants people write when their WoW account is suspended.
I can well understand the court's reaction. It isn't because of the fact of using a picture-book style; it's the lack of any coherent argument in said picture book.
Outlawing weapons has always been the first step of dictators to exert more control over the populace. History has proven that.
Dead wrong. In Irak, e.g., almost every houshold had an assault rifle and ammunition under Saddam. Numerous other counterexanples exist.
So if you think gun control is a reliable indicator for the level of freedom in a society, you will wake up surprised one day. And far, far too late.
Seem to me your command of history is right up there with your grasp of the gun problem.
Most ACs are not even worth the keystrokes to insult them. Be generically insulted by this and ignored otherwise.
You are wrong: Canada does NOT have more guns per capita than the US. If you have any statistics to back up what you're saying I'd be interested in seeing them.
Ahhh, what an awful dream. Ones and zeroes everywhere... and I thought I saw a two.