Thompson mentally fit according to Dr. Wunderman

by Alexander Sliwinski { Aug 22nd 2007 at 9:40AM }

Following the Florida Bar's option of seeking psychological testing or face a 91-day suspension, GamePolitics has the details of Jack Thompson seeing a psychologist on his own dime who said he is allegedly free of mental health issues. The analysis was done by a Dr. Wunderman and Thompson filed the psych. report yesterday to go with a pair of lawsuits he has against the Florida Bar.

According to Thompson's psychologist Dr. Wunderman, "Mr. Thompson appears to be a thoughtful, prosocial and erudite man whose life is anchored, fortified and enriched by his Evangelical Christianity. I find no evidence that his faith distorts, clouds or impairs his personal or professional judgment." Wunderman during his analysis focused on if Thompson suffers from mental illness, if he's obsessed with porn and obscenity and if he's obsessed with stopping the sale of violent games to minors. "Obsessed" being a clinical term here and not what we'd all clearly say is obsession. Thompson also says he will try to cut down on his use of hyperbole and sarcasm in his motions and says he knows he may have offended with his writings. It'll be interesting to see if the Florida Bar asks for Thompson to see their own psychologist.

Tags: freud, jackthompson, obsession, psychiatrist, shrink, thompson, wunderman

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

The1 @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:43AM

Then Dr. Wunderman needs to see a shrink as well. As I stated in past post, Thompson is not GETTING ANY. He is on something that is not good!!!

bender @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:43AM

Whether he's mentally ill or not he is still an f-ing prick.

Stu @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:47AM

I don't think it's an issue of psychological imbalance but a necessity to protect the minds of others from what he sees is inappropriate.

An older gentleman I worked with 2 years ago was a security guard and the young team of rag tag Resident Advisors (back in college) used all the colors of the language and he demanded an apology if he so much heard you say a swear in the general vicinity, not even at him.

He was in no way insane he just hated that sort of language and didn't want anyone to use it.

The issue is about pressing your beliefs on others not sanity or the lack there of.

mo @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:19AM

yes well put, which begs the question, whats more rude, the action of people swearing in there own private conversation, or some one you don't know listening in on your conversation and coming to correct it according to his liking

megaStryke @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:47AM

"I find no evidence that his faith distorts, clouds or impairs his personal or professional judgment." ~ Dr. Oren Wunderman

"Actually, the people who have cashed in on the deaths is Rockstar. That's why God and I are going to destroy them." ~ Jack Thompson, commenting on GamePolitics

Jerk Face @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:23AM

Ha ha.. well played!

theCardinal @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:51AM

So, he's not insane; he's just ridiculously unprofessional.

Prof_Chaos @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:54AM

His faith does nothing but distort, cloud and impair his personal or professional judgment, especially in regards to porn, obscenity and violent videogames.

Prof_Chaos @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:55AM

Sorry that read his take on his faith. I do not wish to impugn anyone else's faith or belief system.

aka Prof Chaos @ Aug 22nd 2007 12:53PM

lol. Great name!

Prof_Chaos @ Aug 22nd 2007 1:44PM

You too.

Lemmiwinks @ Aug 22nd 2007 2:37PM

I concur - awesome

jrose @ Aug 22nd 2007 9:58AM

He strikes more more as a fundamentalist than an evangelical.

Kizzle @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:01AM

He's not mentally ill, he knows exactly what he is doing. Being a loudmouthed dipshit doesn't mean your crazy, it just means you're an asshole.

Think of him as the ultimate message board troll...most people have taken his bait several times.

Jerk Face @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:26AM

So he's like a court room troll? Ha ha...

Kye @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:01AM

He's mentally well?

That's even worse!

This means he doesn't even have an excuse, he's just being a asshole on purpose.

That's the worse kind of asshole!

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:16AM

Truly.
I got confused on what you wanted. There's like 5 options in the Today post.

Kye @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:01AM

http://www.zeldaringtone.com/images/zelda-link.gif

Red or green hat, I dont mind.
Pls remember the "L"

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 22nd 2007 1:34PM

Sorry this is taking longer than it should.
http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/hvnlysoldr/404254f8.jpg

Kye @ Aug 22nd 2007 1:57PM

Yea!

Many thanx.

REUYL @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:06AM

If he practices Christianity, then it certainly ain't _Biblical_ Christianity.

mo @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:07AM

There is nothing wrong with him mentally, he is just obnoxious,smug,self centered and an alarmist

and for some one " compassionate" enough to " fight societies evils", he sure has no problem taking advantage of any shooting or killings to prove his points, regardless of the information available

his lack of respect for human life is appalling, and his unprofessionalism should be cause enough to have his license revoked

Donald @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:19AM

Four simple letters:

O RLY?

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 22nd 2007 2:42PM

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa81/hvnlysoldr/e2861928.jpg

TRUTH @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:19AM

Thompson mentally fit according to Dr. Wunderman, Which means he was obviously paid off... lol

Poisoned Al @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:23AM

"The State calls Dr. Wunderman."

"HIIIII EVERBODY!"

Wickedneoq @ Aug 22nd 2007 1:35PM

ATTENTION MEDIA!

Stop giving this Jack Thompson airtime and webspace by putting articles up about him and his charades. He's like a common housefly, if you ignore it, he'll find some open window and bug off!

Sihylm @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:32AM

Religion. The Accepted madness.

mo @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:42AM

Putting down others beliefs, the origin of every war ever fought

Sihylm @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:43AM

Yes, because the first and second world war were totally about religion.

J-Guy @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:24AM

mo, I think you meant to say money.

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 22nd 2007 2:27PM

Err well actually Sihylm... Nah I don't want to get blasted witnessing again.

Crono @ Aug 22nd 2007 2:43PM

"Yes, because the first and second world war were totally about religion."

Not religion, but philosophy. In either case, it was caused by someone putting down the other guys beliefs.

Jake @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:33AM

There are plenty of morons like Jack out there. He just happens to have gotten more attention than most. He's not special or exceptional, though.

His lack of courtesy towards criminal investigations, propensity towards lying to advance his agenda, and total disrespect for the recently deceased make him a terrible lawyer and a worse person.

He is not a good Christian and clearly doesn't even know what that means.

Prof_Chaos @ Aug 22nd 2007 1:51PM

You're right, he's not special. What JT did to get himself this attention was find a topic that was inflammatory without being crowded with litigators and push it into the spotlight. He did this by calling attention to a link, regardless how small, between any violent act and videogames. After enough of that he got himself considered an expert, which gets him on TV. They have to get someone since they have a 24hr broadcast day to fill and he makes an entertaining interview.

He's NOT crazy, he's NOT special, he's certainly NOT an expert. He's an irresponsible and ambulance-chasing litigator.

Jake @ Aug 22nd 2007 3:42PM

Eggzachary. He lies on TV to get people to believe his propaganda. He twists the truth surrounding tragic deaths to turn victims of horrendous violence into fake martyrs for some BS agenda.

He is a total asshole.

megaStryke @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:36AM

I don't think anyone here needs to be told that Jackie is bonkers, but JUST in case you want a mountain of proof:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson

mo @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:40AM

okay everyone i have a plan

_I_ think it would be good for jack to play violent videogames so im going to pass a law to make it illegal to fail to sell jack an M rated game if he is with-in 500 yards, and a fine of 1000 dollars to sell a less than M rated game to him

after all i know whats best for jack

your sanity @ Aug 22nd 2007 10:59AM

Jack, the medieval times called. They want thier religious extremity back.

tenchi221 @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:13AM

i wonder if "Dr.Wunderman" is any relation to "Dr.Spaceman" from 30 Rock..

poprocker @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:26AM

Evangelical Christianity?!?! This explains it all.

sgtfubar @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:28AM

Thompson doesn't need a psychiatrist.

I'll be happy to provide my own scholarly theory without using big words and long winded scientist jargon:

He's just an obsessive dick with a foil hat.

There are plenty of people like this who are fit to do their jobs. Only problem is, it just makes it less pleasant for everyone else to have to deal with it. Last time I checked, it's not against the law to be an asshole; You just won't make any friends that way.

There you go. No charge for my services.

Diskoboy @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:29AM

"According to Thompson's psychologist Dr. Wunderman, "Mr. Thompson appears to be a thoughtful, prosocial and erudite man whose life is anchored, fortified and enriched by his Evangelical Christianity. I find no evidence that his faith distorts, clouds or impairs his personal or professional judgment."

Wow..... Can we say "Conflict of Interest"????

Of course Jack's own Dr. will say that. You pay me enough, hell, I'll say whatever the hell you want me to.

His Doctor just turned himself into a complete quack, in one short paragraph.

aggrocrag @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:34AM

I'd like a second opinion.

psychoticdream @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:45AM

ok so he's not mentally disturbed or ill

.. so that means he's just an idiot

Dale @ Aug 22nd 2007 11:55AM

Sadly, I agree with Dr Wunderman's analysis. He is not insane.

You have to be fairly on the ball to realise that you can make a shit ton of money by ambulance chasing and exploiting popular misunderstanding of an industry that generates billions of dollars every year. Even smarter to single out the company behind GTA, a game that is immensely popular (read: financially viable) and violent enough for some of the tosh aimed at it to stick.

As with George Bush, I believe his Bible thumping is just a way to endear himself to a particular segment of the public and add the illusion of a moral basis to his crusading.