Jack Thompson faces disciplinary action

by Alexander Sliwinski { Feb 3rd 2007 at 4:30PM }

Karma is making her rounds and Jack Thompson is looking to be on top of that list. As GamePolitics reports, Thompson was recommended for review following five counts of professional misconduct (three related to his video game violence campaign). If the charges hold up in front of the Florida Supreme Court, Thompson faces disciplinary action and possible disbarment.

Of course, Thompson isn't taking this laying down. In a statement to GamePolitics he said, "A referee is appointed and we have a trial. The Supreme Court reviews it later. The trial isn't going to happen, however. I have sued The Bar in Circuit Court. It's in far more trouble than I am." That's right! He sued the Florida bar!

There is no word yet on when the referee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court will rule on Thompson's alleged misconduct. Just remember, when the world ends there will be three things left: Cockroaches, Cher and Jack Thompson.

Tags: discipline, florida, hearing, jack thompston, JackThompston, politics

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Antec747 @ Feb 3rd 2007 4:37PM

kinda ridiculous that he's still in practice.

Slaziman @ Feb 3rd 2007 4:42PM

LMAO@last sentence

crazythink @ Feb 3rd 2007 4:47PM

Can you imagine a world where all people are descended from Thompson and Cher, living on cockroaches?

I'm glad I wouldn't be around to see it...

Nushio @ Feb 3rd 2007 4:50PM

"Just remember, when the world ends there will be three things left: Cockroaches, Cher and Jack Thompson."

And Nintendo products. Those things don't go down easily ;)

K @ Feb 3rd 2007 4:57PM

The level of self-delusion involved in a statement saying that (a) you're suing your own Bar and (b) think you'll win is off the bleeding charts. Hey Jack, who do you think the judge will sympathize with more: you, or the people who license lawyers to practice?

Time for the legal equivalent of the Old Yeller treatment, Jack.

LordMinogue @ Feb 3rd 2007 4:59PM

If I shot (but didn't kill) Jack Thompson and blamed video games, would he defend me from the state?

Scott @ Feb 3rd 2007 5:01PM

Because Thompson has nothing better to do than googling his own name, reading a gaming news site he hates, or subscribing to it's RSS feed, you can be ready for:

a) A nasty letter from Jacko himself stating how important he is, and how he'll get the last laugh (still waiting on the delivery from when Penny Arcade slapped you in the face, Jacko).

or

b) A lovely post from Jacko himself with whatever letter he sent to some obscure organization/group/official that somehow ticked him off on any given day (read: made lots of money).

Dave @ Feb 3rd 2007 5:05PM

Thompson is GOD. He knows what's right, what's wrong, and what's best for everyone. Who is the Florida Bar to question the divine providence of this Legal deity?! How dare they! Insolence! Blasphemy! They will all burn in the pixelated fires of Hell!

BPM @ Feb 3rd 2007 5:08PM

[laughs at JT]
Oh, man. This is funnier than the courtroom shennanigans in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney!

[laughs at Dave]
Brilliant post, my friend.

Muffinius @ Feb 3rd 2007 5:09PM

the irony here? the last post before this one say that san andrease is number 1 in Japan.

vidGuy @ Feb 3rd 2007 5:17PM

Finally the South has come to its senses!

Oh, wait, the South has been sane all along, constantly knocking down JT's ridiculous attempts at unconstitutional legislation. Watching him die again and again in the media is almost as fun as the video games he hates.

VWatermelon @ Feb 3rd 2007 5:18PM

Mwha ha ha ha ha aaahh...

proof that karma exists. wouldn't it be funny if he got the death penalty for some obscure crime, then he went to some kind of hell which happens to bear a striking resemblance to GTA: San Andreas.

Dro @ Feb 3rd 2007 5:53PM

That's Justice.

carg0 @ Feb 3rd 2007 6:04PM

along with the cockroaches and Thompson, you forgot to include Nancy Grace.

Revo @ Feb 3rd 2007 6:05PM

"11. the irony here? the last post before this one say that san andrease is number 1 in Japan."

Well, if he gets disbarred here, now we know where he'll be going next.

Joe @ Feb 3rd 2007 6:12PM

How does one even sue the Bar?

hahanoob @ Feb 3rd 2007 6:14PM

I can prove Thompson is wrong about video games just by virture of his still being alive. If he was right, some gamer would have fed him his own skin by now.

Nino @ Feb 3rd 2007 6:25PM

"when the world ends there will be three things left: Cockroaches, Cher and Jack Thompson."

Oh no, he was right! Violent video games will cause the destruction of the world!

Kincyr @ Feb 3rd 2007 6:46PM

@ 17

I've made some good retorts by twisting Jack's own logic against him but yours wins hands-down.

ssuk @ Feb 3rd 2007 7:03PM

I feel a Phoenix Wright paradoy coming along some time soon

Bennyishere @ Feb 3rd 2007 7:57PM

I'm of course hoping he'll be sentenced to dropping the soap...

If you hate videogames, then you're not a good person. FACT! (don't you hate it when people do that after questionable statements...)

Slize Kalfer @ Feb 3rd 2007 9:23PM

Looks like Karma finally got him.
http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=1712465

Brandon @ Feb 3rd 2007 9:41PM

As much as good ol Jack needs to be disbard I seriously doubt that we would see the last of him if it happened.

Mister Disco @ Feb 3rd 2007 10:05PM

The sad part is, he's sued the bar once already, and it was dismissed this December. The judge who dismissed it even said Jack had no proof other than his wild accusations and conspiracy theories. This time will be no different.

Jack Thompson will always be a joke.

Severran @ Feb 3rd 2007 11:33PM

Ahem... Well, I think we can all agree that video game violence as a scapegoat for real violence has more than wore out it's welcome. That said, going out in public and calling Doom a "murder simulator" is like calling battleship a "naval warfare simulator" or monopoly a "business simulator", a gross overstatement.

Have you ever heard any of the parents of any of these kids say "Gee I didn't see that coming", after they spend and afternoon shooting at cars getting off the freeway? Of course not, if your kid can't tell the difference between 16 bit, pixelated demons from hell and real people, there's something terribly wrong, and it ain't video games.

Blazur @ Feb 3rd 2007 11:49PM

Best news today!

Grey Acumen @ Feb 4th 2007 3:17AM

Please tell me none of this stuff is made up, cause it's just so perfect!

Man, oh man... he's really gone off the deep end... apparently "You can't fire me! I quit!" just isn't crazy and inane enough... he has to go a a step skip and a jump further to basically say; "You can't fire me! I'm firing you!"

ROFL

Joe @ Feb 4th 2007 4:34AM

Cockroaches, Cher and Jack Thompson

Thats so mean to say...

I would feel so bad for the cockroaches stuck with inferior beings

WillyFourEyes @ Feb 4th 2007 9:53AM

Silly Jack Thompson...thinking he's above the law.

STEEL @ Feb 4th 2007 10:26AM

No everyone knows that in the wake of a Nuclear holocaust the only things left witll be cockroaches, Chuck Norris, and all things Nintendo ;)

herman_munsters_stunt_double @ Feb 4th 2007 12:35PM

Jack, please just go away. Go and play 'Postal' or something. Do something more useful with your time, instead of just being a bell-end.

Yours,

The Rest Of The Universe.

ss @ Feb 4th 2007 1:55PM

Finally.

L K Tucker @ Feb 5th 2007 1:05AM

Thompson is suing the right people but for the wrong reasons.

Video game manufacturers failed to warn users of a forty year-old problem. In the 1960's office furniture manufacturers accidentally discovered a 'conflict in the physiology of sight' related to the vision startle reflex.

Workers using new prototypes of close-spaced office workstations began having mental breaks. The cubicle was the solution to stop them.

When game players create the same "special circumstances" for exposure from Subliminal Distraction they have the same mental break as those office workers from forty years ago.

The first noted case was a suicide.
http://visionandpsychosis.net/Everquest_connection.htm

Perform this psychology demonstration to understand how exposure begins.

http://visionandpsychosis.net/a_demonstration_you_can_do.htm