Florida Bar to investigate Jack Thompson?

Okay, here's some personal background information on myself, to help you guys understand my post.
I'm male, and an untreated sociopath (common/alienated). I rejected therapy, because frankly, I'm happy the way I am. I have no conscience, no regret, and I've never felt/given love to anyone. I don't care about anything.
Then why would I post about something so emotionally involved?
Because I watch. I see things A to B. There's nothing to cloud my vision when it comes to decisions, and topics. I see things pretty much as straight as they come.
So this Jack Thompson guy...I've done some research about this topic. And I really believe he's one crazy son of a bitch. He's got no ground for his comments, and policies. There is no direct link. And I believe religion/political gains has a lot to do with this man's motive. But that's just me.
On the other side though, guys like Tim Buckely also have some biased views. Just think about that when you guys go hating on Jack Thompson and his ideas. Just see both sides.
I play video games, among other things. I have an IQ of 114, and a good education from a military academy. I'm not Republican though. I have no political affliation. I've used guns before. Still do. I've killed before. Never felt a thing. I killed the first time between the summer of fifth and sixth grade. Self-defense. Man high on some crazy shit tried to rob my house, shot both my parents at the time (didn't kill them though), and I put a shotgun blast through his stomach, and the second shot blew off most of his head. Never played video games then. Didn't feel a thing back then.
Yeah, I'm crazy. I'm legally mentally ill (Anti-social personality disorder). But video games didn't do this to me. Heredity is the confirmed cause. Hell, I had great parents, but I never loved them, or told them I love them. But video games didn't do that. Comics didn't do that. Music didn't do that. Interesting bit of nature vs. nuture here too for those interested in that topic.
I AM WHO I AM. THINGS AS LITTLE AS VIDEO GAMES ETC. CAN'T CHANGE THAT. JACK THOMPSON, YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT. NO ONE CAN CHANGE THAT. NO MATTER WHAT LAW YOU TRY TO PUT THROUGH, IT WON'T DO A FUCKING THING. PEOPLE ARE WHO THEY ARE, AND YOUR LITTLE VEDETTAS WON'T DO SHIT.
But now JT is taking this agaisnt an online site of the name Penny-Arcade. How fucked up is that. It just doesn't make sense, especially at this point in the game.
This man must be under some sort of delusion to risk his career like this. Perhaps being a "servant of God" is more important then making enough money to survive/reputation among the Bar community.
Honestly JT, you sound more fucked up in the head then me. I think clearly, see things straight, weighing every choice in cost vs. benfit, plus intangibles. But you JT, see things very emotionally. Clouds things up about as worse as it gets. I guess I just don't understand that...but still... Your ass is on the chopping block if the FBA comes down on you.
Tell me JT have you ever killed? I'm guessing not. So don't talk about what a "killer" is. Don't make assumptions about killing. Don't believe that just because I and others play video games it's training us for killing. Because honestly, video games are not good repesentations of combat. Once you've capped as many people as I have JT, then we can talk.
And all you wannabe "hard" gangsters/gamers who think they could actually shoot someone/and people who are still (or did) make death threats to JT...STFU. You don't what your talking about either. Hell, if you even saw someone get shot, you'd probably have nightmares for years. Fuck man...I've seen shit that would make you guys pass out.

Oh, and "sorry" for any spelling/grammar issues in here that I didn't catch. I'm sure there's probably a couple.

Hi there. I'm Alexis Long. My e-mail is poetfox@getmeoutofthis.net. That's who I am.
All you people posting here, I just have to say, way to be. Many of you are mad, and you have reason to be, and that shows. But I think the factual, well-thought-out comments and content contained within your posts, even when littered with the occasional annoyance or anger, are, well, factual and well-thought-out. This is amazing and extremely inspiring to me.
I've been a gamer since I got a Nintendo for my birthday back when I was in the first grade, and I haven't stopped playing since. I consider myself a fairly intellectual individual and whenever I meet a fairly smart, awesome person that I click with, oddly enough, they play games. Perhaps not as much as I, but gamers they are. And yet, sometimes, I will admit, I doubted. I doubted that the same group of people who helped to bring about l337 and sometimes spew random, baseless insults at me if I happen to not be at the top of my game one day, that these people were, in fact, people like my friends, intelligent people who are always fun, sometimes a wee bit crazy, sometimes a wee bit obsessed, but all enjoy the same hobby: The Joy of Gaming. I doubted.
Not anymore.
Seriously, I'm totally inspired. I was always proud to be a gamer, but never more than at this point. I just spent I don't know how long reading all that, and I didn't once think of stopping! Just... wow. You all are awesome, every single one of you, and I'm proud to be called a gamer alongside of you. Thank you.

Jack.

Buddy.

I am sick of your crap.

I have seen you, for the better part of a decade, rant and rave like a frothing lunatic with your now-infamous "videogames made me do it" defense. You frontlined the "DOOM MADE THE COLUMBINE KIDS KILL" statement that became all the rage in the mainstream press.

Your diseased ramblings sparked off a firestorm of witch-hunts wherein schools, desperate to try and stop anything even remotely like Columbine from ever happening again, resorted to sheer paranoia. I watched in horror as students - friends and peers of mine - were kicked out of school. Their only crime? They played video games on a computer. And not "Ultra Realistic Murder Simulators" like Doom (excuse the humor for a moment) - I'm talking things that are so non-violent that it defies definition, like RattlerRace and Tetris.

I watched as they were kicked out for that, and it was because of YOU, Mr. Thompson. It was because of YOU that they were kicked out of district and were unable to graduate. All because you had to have your moment and the ear of the media so as to spark up the witch hunts.

I almost was kicked out as well during this purging, but I perservered because I fought back with my own lawyer and won.

Now, 6 years later, I see you're still at it.

Do you have any idea how much damaged to the school structure you caused by trying to shift blame onto the players of video games of all sorts? Do you know how many innocent people suffered because you chose to make them scapegoats?

No, clearly you not only DON'T know, but you likely don't care, either. In your mind, gamers of any sort are scum and are to be the target of enmity and hatred. You see them as nothing more than pawns to further your career and you don't give a damn who gets hurt from it. Your recent actions involving Penny-Arcade only emphasize this. You are a despicable excuse for a human being. I will go so far as to say downright vile.

I will be damned before I let you cause any more harm. I owe it to the friends that were left behind because of you to make my opinion known here. I hope the FBA removes your right to practice. More than that, I hope you meet your fitting end, lonely and forgotten, unloved by all and left to rot in a ditch. You are a horrible person and I will do anything in my limited power to stop you.

Some of my fellows would advise me to take the high road here. Screw the high road. You, Thompson, have no interest in civility or discourse. You care nothing for opposing viewpoints and do not base your opinions in fact.

You'd better believe that in the next few episodes of my Comic - http://thouartaninny.keenspace.com/jaimas.html - We will be seeing a lot of lighting-on-fire of a little effigy of you in a non-denominational sort of way.

Hugs and kisses. Go to hell.

- Jaimas

This guy and others like him are press hounds. I notice I have never once heard him condemn parents for buying these games for their kids--no, it is all the games' faults. He is yet another beakon of irrationality, a plague on our society. When we stopped accepting responsibility for our lives and, you know, THINKING about things I'm not entirely sure, but I know that now we are plagued by a society that feels, reacts, and blames, not one that thinks, acts, and accepts. It is a sad, sad state of affairs.

And watch, he'll come after me next for slander!

The idiot comes out and talks about how his high and mighty christian values pave the way for his crusade (funny way these words work together)..yet the man probably has never picked up a bible (or maybe he has when it was hitting his backside as a priest molested him as a young boy)

Nevertheless! His whole arguement is a complete load of B.S.

His "claims" that gaming makes individuals into murderous brainwashed machines is completely assinine. Apparently no one can take responsibility for themselves anymore so blame must be shifted towards Grand Theft Auto or Super Mario Bros. (watch out Mario! Thompson's got you on his list!)

If Thompson and a number of conservative numbskulls actually took the time to look into the lives of those who claim Beavis & Butthead turned them into pyromainiacs or GTA made killers out of them, they would see psychological issues, not a brainwashed individual. Perfect example, the kids from Columbine High School. "Doom" apparently gave them the idea to go about killing students and teachers. Really? That's amazing! I remember playing Doom & Wolfenstein 3-D when I was in JR High and I don't recall those type of levels inspiring me to go on a rampage. Hmm.

MAYBE and just MAYBE the fault lies within Mr. Thompson, for publicizing his idiotic viewpoints and using religion to try to push the "Great Satan" upon entertainment. So, Mr. Thompson, like many others, if you cannot accept that gaming is FANTASY (wow who would've thunk it?) and that the real responsibility lies upon the individual, and not what they play, watch, read or see (except in your case JT where you are inciting violence, and welcoming it no less to yourself by being such an assinine protagonist), This world would be a much better place. I've been a gamer for 20+ years now and I am not a violent person. I do not go rampaging through schools, shopping malls, and ice cream parlors. I do not mutilate kittens (bet JT got a hard on from that) and I am an honorable civilian.
When I do wrong I ADMIT IT AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT! I DO NOT, repeat *DO NOT* try to shift the blame onto others; whether it be an associate, a video game company, or whatnot. If this jerk-off gets his way (and yes I am insulting him because he deserves it, schmuck, I wish those I HATE JACK THOMPSON t-shirts weren't sold out...) Then individuals will be able to sue for countless amounts of money for, say, stubbing their toe, because JT saw a character stubbing their toe in a pokemon game.

This is ridiculous. I hope he is disbarred and criminal charges are brought against him for his tireless efforts to keep a number of individuals from enjoying their time off by relaxing and allowing those who enjoy gaming to just game, instead of feeling the pressures of very possibly making this illegal.

With that said, may a long, tortureous end come to JT, (maybe by another bible spanking by his priest)

Alright,
So I've been a gamer ever since I played atari. I love video games. Violent or not. I play sport, racing, action/adventure/MMORPG, First person shooters,and RPGs.
I've sat on my ass for hours shooting countless number of same-faced villians, and have never ever neeb tempted to go out, and start shooting into a crowd.
I love video games. And I feel, that what Jack Thompson is trying to do IS wrong, and stupid. But I think most uf us have to remember that we say to this man is falling on deaf ears. Unless you have some spot of power, he's not going to even open an email.
And the only thing sitting around spewing curse words and hatred is going to do, is serve to make him try even harder. Stupid threats and the like only make him try harder. It's not just him, but it's the way of any determined man.
And even though, I can't stand this man, I have to give give him credit. He stands up for what he believes in. Even if he goes about it all wrong, we have to give him that. He my be stupid, but he's fighting for something he thinks is right. So before we start trying to kill this man, think about what you believe in. And think about wheather or not you would defend it with you life.

Let's all join in song and dance:

"Hit the roooaad Jack, and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no mooore

Hit the roooaad Jack, and don't you come back no more"

You know I'm curious if JT has ever played "solitare" on his notebook PC or on any PC he uses for work.

I'm sure he probably has at one point or another in his entire life. Oh my... JT is a gamer as well now becuase of this. You better seek help now JT your now a drug using psychopathic moron.

Attn: Jack Thompson (who is using the PA site to link to here and occasionally view these posts)

I am glad to see someone so diligent in his attempts to enforce what he believes is right and to fight against all of those in opposition to him and his fundamentalist views. Had Hitler not been blessed with these same qualities he would not have had the charisma or energy to move Germany out of the depression and start to pave the road to a change that the whole world would recognize. Even more like Hitler however the means in which you do this and the direction you seek to take it are flawed with the public opinion of the rest of the world. It is with great sadness i watch your story enfold, a man who seeks to gain audience in the world in his fight against violent video games and how it has a strong adverse effect on young gamers. In his fight he ridicules, seeks to lay blame on others, and cannot accept the consequences of exercising his freedom of speech. I question however that you do not take a more direct issue as the deaths via video game junkies in the United States and around the world is perpetually lower then a single point. Perhaps your war against inequality and destruction would be better fought on teen drinking and the hazards that alcohol has contributed to society. Many American reports have quoted alcohol being a factor in over 80% of violent and associated crimes (US National Statistics) and it has been a long known fact that people are not always capable of rational thought while under the influence of this widely used and readily accessible drug. As with all things used in moderation it is not a threat but the quickly hightened dangers that are associated with such a lack of control result in drunk drivers and homicidal crimes plaguing the nation and destroying the safety we all felt in our homes.

You have been of course quoted as a source in cases attacking video games whom specifically feature using guns to shoot law enforcement figures and to "train" these cop killers. Is it solely the programmers fault for creating a game where the popular demand for it has been fed by irresponsible reporting in the media, lack of gun control, negligent education on firearm usage and proper storage, as well as a failing parentage that use TV to raise and educate their children? One cannot simply choose one of these roots of the problem and claim that by removing that element from our exposure that these crimes will discontinue, and that these horrific events will simply cease. Again however i question approaches used by someone in the legal profession to alienate these facts from each other and to choose ones that align best with his or her own beliefs. Clearly are we not all to blame for allowing the child to commit a murder? Should the blame not fall on all for not providing them with courage, control, education, self esteem, and love?

But alas Jack i have already synopsized what you have thought, as you read this and as your biased thoughts come to your side to help you ignore the forest through the trees, and to concentrate instead on the criticalness of these remarks instead of the soul that drives them. You build justifications in your mind, an on going argument with no audience except the lonely walls around you. And just as Hitler sat in his bunker questioning how all of the promising things he had done were being unwritten even as the allies pressed Berlin and swept building to building, your position is the same. You cannot fathom how your glory and strong voice promising the parents of today's children a war against these horrible awful things in video games seems to diminish and be thwarted by the general public as they call down for your fall. Quote some great leaders Jack, claim that history is written by the winners not by the right, and how truth is obscured by the point of view. Most importantly when you are criticized accept it, chewed apart in the public forums of the Internet embrace it, and when calls come through your phone uttering these "death threats" and "violence against your persons" understand that the freedom of speech and guaranteed rights of the Constitution do not protect you from the consequences of your actions. I speak for myself but my words are echoed by all who read them and understand now the plight of both sides and even now they are echoed in your ears and you choose not to listen to them. Find your ground and stand firm and seek power and support from within yourself not these institutions you harass to commit to action. This is not recess Jack, the supervisor isn't there to stand up to the bullies who are pushing you around. Stand up yourself and accept who you are.

Whatever that is you have become.

Jack,
Please stop associating yourself with the Republican Party. Real Republicans (the kind that have to EARN their money and enjoy the ability to participate in free trade) take issue with your assault on the game market. Real Republicans think that suing your way around the world is dispicable. And Real Republicans support free speech, no matter what (admittably, there haven't been very many Real Republicans in office in a while, just the kind that make a mockery of Republican ideas).

Well.......

Jack Thompson, people like you should move to another country. Your attacks on video games have been a pain in our sides for a long time. It is funny how most fail to attack and the rest try and try again just to waste money and time. Most of you only want votes anyhow and you just hurting them instead. Did you know that 1 out of 2 homes have Playstations? That means you attack 50% of the people in the states. We are NOT happy about this. I know I will not stand for it. If all of this ever gets to the point that video games ever get banned, then we WILL have a problem. I, for one, will not stand for it. It would be a shot into our freedoms and if that happens you will feel it. Don't think this will cause a war? It will not be about those video games, it will be about our rights & if I have to be the one to start the damn thing, I will. I know too many gamers and non-gamers that will side me on this. Do you want to take part in starting a war Jack? Do you? You may not think I'm serious, but if it happens you WILL see. Don't toy with us, we are as much adults as you are. You forget that we grew-up playing video games. Most kids I meet don't stay on one game for a few moments before the want to change it to another game, thus not even getting too deep into it. Besides that, a lot of them are too damn hard for kids anyhow. Get your head out of your ass and THINK for once. You can do that, right? I'm sure you can. Perhaps you are thinking too hard. Leave the gamers alone. We are fed-up with your attacks on us and we will not stand for it.

As a devout Evangelical, I'd just like to say your making us all look bad, Jack, and that you need to kindly shut your trap.

Video Games arn't evil, Jack.
Infact, in an ironic twist of fate, I have a Youth Pastor friend that uses them in a quite succesful ministry.

Master Chief, spreading pwnage AND the word of God...

Dear Jack,

People like you make me sick. You like to preach on and on without stoping to think that there's a bigger picture.

Video games aren't evil, but PEOPLE can be. Take a look at the gamers who do those violent things to others and learn some psychology while you're at it. I know many people who play a lot of violent video games, but they wouldn't even dream of copying them in any way. Many people who play those games and in turn become violent themselves already have something wrong with them. More than likely it's a psychological problem, but do people like you see that? No.

All you see is a person who plays video games whether they are violent or not! People act differently. It's all about PEOPLE not the games. When you take away video games, movies, tv shows, comics, and other forms of media. All you have to do is leave us with the news (whether it is paper or tv form) and we'll still see the same amount of violence! Everytime I watch the news it's violence, riots, murder, rape, etc. That's the stuff that gets on the news because it gets viewers. We can't escape violence.

This is a cycle. Humans always need to blame something as long as they don't have to blame themselves. Don't blame the game for the act, blame the person who actually did it. Or we blame other people to make ourselves feel better.

You say you got death threats, Jack. Keep in mind that not everyone on this planet is sane and/or normal.

Different thought processes lead to different reactions and different behavior. No human thinks like the next.Games are made for entertainment. If someone decides to copy what they see, blame the human who did it. Don't blame what they're associated with. People who cannot seperate reality from fantasy are usually the ones who copy the violence.

Oh yes, I'm a gamer myself. However, strange enough, I've become LESS violent since I started playing them. I can channel all my aggression, violent thoughts, and stress into the games. They are one of my stress relievers along with writing and drawing.

Stop trying to cover your ass by blaming others before you become as big a joke as Joseph McCarthy. Though... I think it's probably too late for that. That reminds me. McCarthy would adore you, Jack.

I shall end by repeating what the commentor, Chaos, said:
"Hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more."

I think there are some universities that have psychology courses online. Why don't you take one of those and learn a thing or two. If you have any room left in that closed mind of yours to absorb some useful education.

Ok, I've rambled on enough.

Catch ya on the flipside, mate,
Mesunokitsune A.K.A. Vixen

Greetings! I would like to thank Chaos for the idea. What idea is that? Well, I DJ a net radio show on the internet. I am planning a little tribute to our good friend Jack. I have been following this madness brought on by this mindless lawyer, and so for the next 4 shows I do live (minus the Halloween show) I will be playing a song for Jack. There will also be a special tribute to Jack on Tuesday. If you want to listen in, feel free. http://nopants.dragonrift.com/ Also, fellow PA fans, watch out for my song I am working on parody wise. ;)

Man, some people are getting way too worked up over this guy. Just laugh at him and relax, people. There've been guys like him throughout history--sensationalist blowhards who blame art for society's problems. The popularity of video games will continue to grow, and his efforts will be remembered as silly and pointless when they are remembered at all. To be honest, I kind of feel embarrassed for him.

And to the people sending him death threats: Grow up, you dorks. Intelligent gamers want nothing to do with you and your kind. In the real world, we solve problems with discussion and debate, not with childish pranks. You're making the rest of us look bad.

moozeditty@yahoo.com

If it wasn't for the tv appearances and whatnot, I'd swear that this guy was ficitious character. I can't believe that a lawyer would work with such uneducated bias, throwing assumptions around to further a "cause" ...it just doesn't seem..."realistic"

Jack's appeal that games can train people is absolute bull. If games could train people in anything other than methods of thinking and hand-eye co-ordination, why don't we have thousands of star quarterbacks and base-ball players? Why do we not have millions of expert race-car drivers? Jack's arguments fall to pieces when anyone who has researched the topic actually starts to take interest.

I agree with Jack that the most violent video games really shouldn't be in the hands of minors. But banning them altogether is the wrong way to do it - enforce ultra-violent video game purchases like alcohol purchases: If you look too young, you get carded.

ULTIMATLY, however, the problem with these games is not the the games, nor the people who play them - its the damn PARENTS. How about pushing for a little personal, or god forbid, parental responsibility? If it makes you so mad that kids are playing "murder simulators", how about you make the PARENTS responsible? Isn't that really their job? Turning the adorable little monsters into productive and decent members of society? I've been playing games all my life, and now am a VERY productive member of society, making a good living and enjoying what I do.

Jack, I'd like to personally invite you a nationally televised debate on the subject. I'm not a lawyer, nor an expert debater, but I'm sure that any argument you have on the subject will fall apart under a little scrunity. Take me up on the offer - you're a big-shot, you can make it happen. If you're so inclined, do a whois on the owner of www.stevenlandes.com (no, there's nothing there) - that's me. Email me at the provided address. I look forward to your reply, if you're brave enough to be embarassed in front of the nation for your bigotry and un-abashedly slanted views against gamers.

Maybe I should go out as JAck Thompson for Halloween...

"Hello, I'm Jack Thompson. Did you know your candy may contain secret content of a perverted nature?"

People like this screw up our lives and make us have negative and violent feelings. against them...

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/?t=archives&date=2005-10-12

Furthermore, his claims that retail locations are not taking responsibility is ludicrous. I work as an assistant manager for a large game store chain, and we recently fired an employee on the spot for selling an M rated game to a minor. No warning, no write up, fired. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200 dollars.

http://new.PetitionOnline.com/podjt/petition.html

Read it and sign if you wish. This will be, eventually, sent to the FBA. Let's show Jack that he's stirred up an anthill that will stir back!

I just wanted to say a few things:

has it ever occured to all the websites that have been continually harassed by Jack Thomson to file a class action law suit on him.

They should have enough evidence between them to justify that they are being harassed.

Fight fire with fire and shut him up once and for all.

Oh and #31 u hit the nail right on the head and #24 bitey, bitey, bitey god that made me laugh

This may be a little late, but I found another part of the Florida Bar's Code of Ethics that Jacko may have violated.

RULE 4-4.4 RESPECT FOR RIGHTS OF THIRD PERSONS

In representing a client, a lawyer shall not use means that have no substantial purpose other than to embarrass, delay, or burden a third person or knowingly use methods of obtaining evidence that violate the legal rights of such a person.

http://www.floridabar.org/divexe/rrtfb.nsf/FV/060457168865DEC185256BBC0052A603

I don't have all the details... and, of course, IANAL... but I'm pretty sure that Jack has violated this a number of times while representing families suing game companies.

Thompson is just plain stupid... that or he's simply making a living of sueing video game companies and the likes which is very possible. By the way, name calling and threatning every single people with "or else"? such a low class atourney -_-;;

The only think he's good at is getting attention and being full of crap with is a very bad combination.

I personally sent a letter, and Mr. Thompson if you read this, go ahead and sue me. You have nothing to gain from sueing me.

I am an avid gamer, played video games all of my life. I have little respect for those around me, and it isn't because of video games. It is because of the fact that they treat me as an incompetent person. Now I have had thoughts of physically harming them, but I know that if I did, I would be taken as the aggressor and be the one who got in trouble, not the ones I attacked. And as for all gamers being idiots, I laugh at that litte so called fact. I have taken AP level courses, and passed with flying colors.

I am a fire fighter, I put my life on the line to save others, if there is a fire, I am one of the first to be geared up and to do everything I can to help. I have given up holiday meals for fire calls because that is what is expected of me. If I was a lazy gamer, who loved watching people die, why would i be a fire fighter, get up at all hours of the night, to drive to the fire house, get my gear on, and then climb into a fire engine, to go to a false alarm?

My email is Jetf5@hotmail.com please feel free to contact me and tell me how I am a moron?

Dear Mr Thompson;

Before I started gaming, I had suffered from depression and paranoia. I still do, in a way, and I am still not really possessed of a very high self esteem.

I currently play a range of games, everything from fantasy style roleplaying games such as Final Fantasy (Final Fantasy 7 was the game that started my life as a gamer) through more hack and slash style games as Diablo and Dungeon Siege, through to the occasional game of Half Life: Counterstrike, to strategy games including Age of Empires and Warcraft 3.

I can assure you I have never felt the need to go out, gather a horde of minions, and start building my own village so I can go out and fight the neighbouring village. I have never thought I might be a counter-terrorist, and my real life aim is not that good. I have never even felt the urge to pick up a sword and fight my way to the nearest volcano to fight a guy with silver hair.

I find your insinuations that because I am a gamer, I must be a horrible violent person to be offensive and defamatory. I also take your blatant statement that I, as a gamer, must be an idiot as libel - a statement made to publically defame the character of anyone who calls themselves a gamer.

My e-mail address is at anne_onimus1252@hotmail.com. My clan's website and forum is at www.ti-x.net/ngi/.

What gets me though is that some of the gamers out there are send death threats. Dumbasses are just giving the guy more fuel to his crack pot fire