Jack Thompson: "I guess my "mistake" was not killing 3000 people to make my point"
by Xav de Matos 
{ Jun 17th 2008 at 5:00PM }
"We find yesterday that enemy combatants at Guantanamo are to get more due process from federal judges than what I am to have. I guess my "mistake" was not killing 3000 people to make my point ... I demand a hearing," Thompson wrote in the letter to Moreno.
Judge Moreno responded to the shocking letter by dispatching two U.S. Marshals to the home of Mr. Thompson. "The purpose of that visit was to intimidate and harass me," Thomson wrote to Moreno following the incident.
As the Florida Bar continues to seek disbarment for the controversial lawyer, Thompson is now seeking a meeting with the House Judiciary Committee in Washington to complain that the Justice Department is harassing him.
Jack Thompson is famously known in the gaming community for his stance against violent videogames, particularly titles from Take Two Interactive; publisher of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto franchise.
[via Game Politics]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
elementalj7 @ Jun 17th 2008 5:10PM
The sad truth is Guantanamo detainees do have more rights than him. Terrorism FTW!
wako @ Jun 17th 2008 5:56PM
He is a terrorist himself... he just terrorizes people in other ways. Much like how RIAA and MPAA terrorizes people with their stupid lawsuits
Niko_Bellic @ Jun 17th 2008 5:57PM
EVERY person has the RIGHT to a fair trial. Presumed innocent before proven guilty. Justice and the US Constitution FTW.
C. T. @ Jun 17th 2008 7:59PM
Quick question: where in the Constitution does it say that the included text applies to foreign nationals in foreign territory? 'Cause that's what Gitmo detainees are.
kavendano14 @ Jun 17th 2008 11:53PM
Constitution does not mention that the rights are only for citizens
Niko_Bellic @ Jun 17th 2008 11:56PM
"...foreign nationals in foreign territory" You think I don't know that? NEWS FLASH: On June 12th the US Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo detainees were entitled to the protection of the US Constitution. Why do you think the administration locks them away over there? Where's our "moral high ground"? Where has that gone?
Crapo Thompson @ Jun 17th 2008 5:11PM
I think if we all ignore Wacko Jacko he will crawl under a rock and die... which would be better for humanity...
Xav de Matos @ Jun 17th 2008 5:27PM
Oh, that couldn't be further from the truth!
Ciaran Gallagher @ Jun 17th 2008 5:59PM
Wishing death upon someone? Maybe the video games are affecting us after all...
Big Filth @ Jun 17th 2008 5:21PM
I really dont get why video game sites document every move this old dick head makes. WHO CARES?
Xav de Matos @ Jun 17th 2008 5:27PM
Well, I kinda actually do.
I get people hate him, but this story is hilarious. Laugh with us at his craziness!
Mike @ Jun 17th 2008 5:29PM
I can't wait until this idiot is finally disbarred so I never, ever have to hear about him again. (Yeah, right. Well, I can dream, can't I?)
Xav de Matos @ Jun 17th 2008 5:31PM
What can I say. His misfortune makes me smile.
robby2009 @ Jun 18th 2008 12:19PM
Alas, he will only be disbarred in Florida.... until he pisses off the Bar in other states, which I really hope he'll do... I really want to see him get disbarred in every state lol
Disbarment FTW!!!!
NATO_Duke @ Jun 17th 2008 5:38PM
He knows the end is coming. In that hearing he walked out on he said, "Jack Thompson, presently a lawyer." as his intro to the court.
Your 15 minutes of shame are ticking down.
Knight Marquise @ Jun 17th 2008 5:43PM
I don't have the highest regard for lawyers (no offense to Nato, I have several friends who are attorneys), but seriously, Mr. Thompson really gives the profession a black eye.
Ciaran Gallagher @ Jun 17th 2008 5:57PM
What on Earth has this got to do with games? Are there no other news to post?
Xav de Matos @ Jun 17th 2008 6:00PM
Uh, he happens to be the major opponent against videogames including the best selling Grand Theft Auto IV and he's about to lose his license effectively ending his professional push to censor our industry.
You might not like him but don't think this isn't a story that relates to games.
Ciaran Gallagher @ Jun 17th 2008 6:00PM
This story is ridiculous and the comments are even more ridiculous...
Xav de Matos @ Jun 17th 2008 6:03PM
Case in point.
TORO @ Jun 17th 2008 6:09PM
LOL, I like how Xav posts on every other comment, can you post on mine???
Xav de Matos @ Jun 17th 2008 6:44PM
No.
Crap.
Yes.
LFotF @ Jun 17th 2008 6:12PM
*cough*dumbassmotherfuckingidiot*cough*
SadisticHam @ Jun 17th 2008 6:18PM
Couple more nails and i think his coffin is closed.
Charlie @ Jun 17th 2008 6:27PM
He's just digging a nice big hole with everyone wanting to be the one the fill it back up. Oh and favorite book much xD
http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jtcopyid8.jpg
Sorry it was too easy.
chenry @ Jun 17th 2008 8:34PM
smart move, Jacko. Tell a judge you shoulda killed people. There's a time and a place for rhetoric. This isn't it.
vidGuy @ Jun 17th 2008 6:37PM
The further he takes this the larger his fall will be.
January 2009: the new president's first act is to remove JT from the country on behalf of all decent people in the US.
mcwattersm @ Jun 17th 2008 6:52PM
Why did some one shooop a resume over GTA4?
PS: Seems Jack is a 360 man himself, look at the green glowing edges on his cheek!
Xav de Matos @ Jun 17th 2008 6:58PM
I did cuz the dude's about to lose his job!
Anticrawl @ Jun 17th 2008 7:13PM
There is nothing like laughing at other's misfortune.
*points* Ahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa....
Now, back to my murder simulators.
Aaron @ Jun 17th 2008 8:13PM
Is that weed on his shirt ? lol
Duzzyman @ Jun 17th 2008 8:25PM
Good. The guys a tool. Too bad the marshals didn't shoot him. Actualy maybe its a good thing. Jacky would have clamied they learned to kill in rainbow six or somthing.
brad77 @ Jun 17th 2008 8:45PM
I'm going to miss him. We need guys like Jack to prove our points for us. When the self-proclaimed leader of the opposition is a whacko like him, it makes it a lot easier to make a cogent, rational argument.
You don't even have to make a good point against him...just one that isn't bat shit crazy.
Once he's gone, we'll actually have to start trying.
We'll miss ya, buddy!
Urza @ Jun 18th 2008 2:42AM
Pleeeease stop reporting news about this clown.
Mrblonde @ Jun 18th 2008 3:30AM
Its funny though
Boff @ Jun 18th 2008 7:02AM
Bye Jack!! You've had your Andy Warhol moment now it's back to the pages of obscurity.
Ben @ Jun 18th 2008 8:57AM
great use of photoshop!
marnok @ Jun 18th 2008 12:06PM
Poor Jack. Maybe he'd be a nicer person if he vented some frustration now and then by playing violent video games.
Neuromancer @ Jun 18th 2008 12:49PM
Fox News will have him on just as easily as a pundit/activist just as easily as they used to have him on as a lawyer. They hate video games and the people who play them. This guy isn't going anywhere.