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Jack Thompson Disbarred

Posted by timothy on from the it-burns-it-burns dept.

Sockatume writes "The Florida Supreme Court has approved Judge Dava Tunis' recommendations for the permanent disbarment of John B. "Jack" Thompson, with no leave to reapply and $43,675.35 in disciplinary costs. The ruling is a step up from the enhanced disbarment that had been suggested by the prosecution, which would have forbidden him from reapplying for ten years. Thompson has 30 days to appeal the ruling before the disbarment is permanent. Thompson responds to the ruling."

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  1. Bad news for GTA by Gorm+the+DBA · · Score: 5, Funny
    In related news, sales of Grand Theft Auto took a nose dive, as the free publicity engine Mr. Thompson had given them no longer functions...

    Not that I see that as a bad thing...

  2. Re:What's next? by Sockatume · · Score: 5, Funny

    Permanent Disbarment with Extreme Prejudice. It involves some sort of laser cannon.

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  3. Re:Hrmmm.. I dont like this. by philspear · · Score: 5, Funny

    All it takes is pissing of the Bar and a few judges, and you've lost what you made with 12 years of college.

    To be fair, he did more than that, he did his darndest to further the stereotype of lawyers as being rabid, idiotic, greedy, power hungry attack dogs. More significantly, he was tying up a lot of time and wasting a lot of other people's money by using completely frivolous lawsuits as a soapbox. Then he was blatantly disrespectful to everyone else, even those who disagreed with him.

    This isn't like being fired because you beat your boss at golf, this is like being fired because you lost your temper, took out an ad in the local newspaper saying your company kills puppies, and then took a shit on your boss' desk.

  4. Re:Hrmmm.. I dont like this. by santiagoanders · · Score: 5, Funny

    He did what with the piss of some judges?

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  5. Re:Hrmmm.. I dont like this. by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Funny

    This isn't like being fired because you beat your boss at golf, this is like being fired because you lost your temper, took out an ad in the local newspaper saying your company kills puppies, and then took a shit on your boss' desk.

    You sound like you've thought this through. ;-)

    Cheers

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  6. Now they need to add this to the next GTA. by jameskojiro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Have a Bar called "Jack's Bar" and as you walk in there is a white haired lawyer that the bouncer is int he process of throwing out.

    Bouncer: Sir you are being a nuisance to the customers please leave.

    Lawyer: But.... I am a prominent lawyer in the community, I was on nationwide TV for crying out loud!

    Bouncer: Shutup and get out, NOW!!!

    Bouncer then throws the lawyer out on his his ass, get it, "Dis-Bar-ed" LOLZ!

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  7. There is a God. by Sasayaki · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jack Thompson disbarred. On my birthday.

    Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me...

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  8. Re:Hallelujah! by uberjack · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is a whole world outside of the U.S. In some parts of it, they even speak languages other than English.

    Fry: "What do we care? We live in the United States."

    Leela: "The United States is part of the world."

    Fry: "Wow, I have been gone a long time."