Jack Thompson is back at it again... and this time, he could go to prison for it...

[Fafnir]

http://gamepolitics.com/2007/09/26/judge-spanks-jack-thompson-for-sending-gay-porn-with-court-filing/

Seriously, there's stupid, and then there's this.
Who puts gay porn in their court report? I'm sure everyone who's ever supported him has just slapped themselves right now. Can this man prove himself any stupider?

 

[Amorasaki]

Do you know that "jacko" isn't normally referring to Jack Thompson, but to Micheal Jackson? Misleading topic title, and you should have included some quotes in your post rather than just linking to it.

 

[ThatGuy]

LOL! That's amazing.

 

[Silent_Jester]

wow... we might be free for the first time. We must stand and fight.

 

[Fafnir]

I'm not sure who will get him first, the gays or the gamers....

Either way, this pretty much killed his career even more then it is now.

 

[Vicious Delicious]

First of all, "My First, My Last, My Everything" by Barry White was on the radio as I was reading this. +50 funny points

Secondly, this kind of **** says this man's career and legal life is (or soon will be) in an inescapable hole. He put those pictures in his court report? For what reason? Why would links be "better"? Why would he even need anything of the sort? The man just seems screwed up to me. I have no words to try to explain my point.

What a ******. I don't know why, but this whole thing pisses me off really bad

 

[Croco]

lmao.. I knew he would start screwing up sometime.

 

[Silent_Jester]

He screwed up a long time ago...

 

[Crimson King]

You guys realize Thompson had no credibility for YEARS. Ever since he tried to cash in on Columbine Shooting, he lost credibility with plenty judges who saw him as the type to take advantage of a dire situation.

Pretty much ANYTIME you hear "Jack Johnson is attacking a game" the game would boom in sales.

 

[whiterob]

Haha, what an idiot. This made my day.

 

[Silent_Jester]

You guys realize Thompson had no credibility for YEARS. Ever since he tried to cash in on Columbine Shooting, he lost credibility with plenty judges who saw him as the type to take advantage of a dire situation.

Pretty much ANYTIME you hear "Jack Johnson is attacking a game" the game would boom in sales.

That is true...

"Thompson ironic savior of gaming"

 

[Sandy]

Wow, I swear this man tries to amuse us on purpose. I guess Thompson’s next book will be “How to Get Out of a Failing Legal Career.”

 

[Silent_Jester]

Or possibly "Reading A Book For Dummys"

 

[Mic_128]

Here's hoping he takes Clinton down with him, since she's been a supporter of his (at least in the past)

 

[Silent_Jester]

Amen to that.

Now that you mention Clinton being dragged down as a possibility this might be golden age for gamers.

 

[Sir James]

You guys realize Thompson had no credibility for YEARS. Ever since he tried to cash in on Columbine Shooting, he lost credibility with plenty judges who saw him as the type to take advantage of a dire situation.

Pretty much ANYTIME you hear "Jack Johnson is attacking a game" the game would boom in sales.

Agreed. The man is a complete lunatic. I also love how he promised to donate money to charity if someone made a game about him but then backed out of the deal. The icing on the cake was when Penny Arcade made the donation for him!

 

[Mic_128]

I also love how he promised to donate money to charity if someone made a game about him but then backed out of the deal. The icing on the cake was when Penny Arcade made the donation for him!

Which he then tried to get arrested for harrasment because the check was signed "For Jack Thompson, because he won't"

 

[Blackadder]

Awesome.
Just awesome. I can't tell you hpw happy I am to see this man finaly get a kick on the teeth, and the arse. (Okay, he gets that a lot, but this HAS to be the final Straw)

Maybe now all games with any artistic expression, violence, or even mild themes will come out without him trying to stop them. Then again, if he attacks a game, it booms.

Hmmm.
Either way, he's still an idiot.

 

[Fawriel]

I'll only say that I'm looking forward to today's Penny Arcade strip.


Though, actually... is it really possible that Clinton's popularity will drop dramatically due to this? I don't know much about American politics, but wasn't she and a black man supposed to run for the office next year? That would be interesting. From what I heard about him, he seems rather decent.

 

[Mediocre]

Here's hoping he takes Clinton down with him, since she's been a supporter of his (at least in the past)

Though, actually... is it really possible that Clinton's popularity will drop dramatically due to this?

Sorry guys, but there's no way that's happening.

The majority of the US population doesn't even know who Jack Thompson is, so I don't think they'd really care that he put gay porn in his court filings. Even if they did know about him, most people aren't stupid enough to hold a politician responsible for the actions of someone just because she agreed with him on one issue.

And, really, I think there are much more important qualifications for somebody running for President than his/her stance on video games. Sure, I agree that Hilary's stance on games has been pretty far out there, but I think there are much, much bigger concerns. Video games should not be the top priority.

 

[Crimson King]

Sorry guys, but there's no way that's happening.

The majority of the US population doesn't even know who Jack Thompson is, so I don't think they'd really care that he put gay porn in his court filings. Even if they did know about him, most people aren't stupid enough to hold a politician responsible for the actions of someone just because she agreed with him on one issue.

And, really, I think there are much more important qualifications for somebody running for President than his/her stance on video games. Sure, I agree that Hilary's stance on games has been pretty far out there, but I think there are much, much bigger concerns. Video games should not be the top priority.

See that's a bit of an issue for me. If someone is vehement about censoring VIDEO games which show animated violence and mild profanity, what's to stopping them from censoring other stuff? Video games are a work of art and entertainment. To censor it completely because they deem it unsuitable to all ages (because evidently even Manhunt shouldn't be in ANYONE's hands) proves they take way too high of a moralist standpoint.

Should video game bashing be an issue? Nah. But it should build into a mosaic of who the candidate truly is.

 

[Mic_128]

I don't know about you Medi, but I vote for the issues that affect me. If one of our politicials started saying what stuff I can and can't watch/read/play, I'd be against it.

And yeah, Jack Thompson isn't widely known...but a guy can hope, right?

 

[Mediocre]

See that's a bit of an issue for me. If someone is vehement about censoring VIDEO games which show animated violence and mild profanity, what's to stopping them from censoring other stuff? Video games are a work of art and entertainment. To censor it completely because they deem it unsuitable to all ages (because evidently even Manhunt shouldn't be in ANYONE's hands) proves they take way too high of a moralist standpoint.

I've never heard that Hilary Clinton was for banning any video games. Last I knew, she only wanted to make it criminal to sell minors games that were rated M or AO, which is a lot different.

Mind you, I'm not in agreement with her position, but I'd be a lot more concerned if she actually was in favor of banning certain video games.

I don't know about you Medi, but I vote for the issues that affect me. If one of our politicials started saying what stuff I can and can't watch/read/play, I'd be against it.

Oh, I'm against it.

I'm just saying that hoping that she'll be brought down by this is a little extreme, especially if her stance on video games is all you're basing your judgment on.

 

[notftomearth7]

I don't care where Thompson goes, as long as he shuts up.



Thompson crosses the line for the last time!


I'm gonna go to Jack's prison cell and say, "Game over *****" and hit him with a stick.

 

[Bedi Vegeta]

Wow, I swear this man tries to amuse us on purpose. I guess Thompson’s next book will be “How to Get Out of a Failing Legal Career.”

Or even, "How to write your own jokes instead of copy/pasting directly from the blog."

 

[Eternal Yoshi]

IMO, this is a karma delivery on Jack Thompson for hating on Video Games. If he doesn't stop now, he might end up regretting it.