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Supreme Court Declines Jack Thompson Appeal
eldavojohn writes "Jack Thompson was disbarred last year in Florida, putting a halt to annoying lawsuits targeting game makers and the constitutional rights of gamers. Well, he had appealed to the United States Supreme Court (scheduled to be heard last Friday) to get this overturned, but instead they declined to even hear his appeal. They wouldn't even give him the time to review his appeal, so it appears his disbarment for life stands. Florida had declined to file a response to Thompson's appeal, and it turns out they didn't need to. Sad day for Jack Thompson, but a great day for gamers everywhere."
This comes shortly after Thompson was frustrated by the vetoing of some legislation he promoted in Utah.
The problem with zealots and fanatics is that these kinds of setbacks only help to make them believe that they just need to fight harder. It's a sad, sick feedback loop where defeat reinforces their mania instead of chipping away at it. I seriously doubt this is the last we'll hear of Jack Thompson. He'll just come up with new and creative ways to be a thorn in the side of gamers and freethinkers.
Just because he's disbarred, he can still find some rich, old lonely lady to fund his evil plans... much like Lex Luthor did in Superman Returns. But seriously, even though he's not a lawyer anymore, that doesn't stop him from getting one to act as his proxy. He just needs to find another manically deluded soul who either has a law degree or the money to pay for lawyers, and he'll be back.
Start a happiness pandemic
Just stop posting stories about him. Stop posting anything which would give him any attention at all unless it's about something which really is a threat. In that case, spread the word high and low to kill whatever the threat may be.
The less attention you guys personally give him, the more neglected he'll feel and the less of an attention whore he might become. Granted, this might not work, but it's better than talking about every major event in his life.
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The timing leaves the country safe for this new game:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/hot_new_video_game_consists
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
The spelling and grammar nazi side of me says "putting" is something you do on a golf green.
This explains why the Nazis weren't known for their grasp of the English language or their golf skills.
Put and putt share a present participle. Both are conjugated as "putting".
I'd file a bug report for this, as it's undesirable behavior, but I don't know who's maintaining the English language these days.
I am not a lawyer, but... neither is Jack Thompson now.
No, he's VERY relevant!
If someone comes along and talks about how violent video games are and that they should be banned, point at Jack and say "hey, look, you're taking his side".
Surely we can do better than association fallacies? That kind of sloppy argument is better left in the hands of the dickholes like Thompson.