Jack Thompson Disbarred

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JimNoSpam — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:37:10 GMT

Couldn't have happened to a more deserving idiot.

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fanficbug — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:32:03 GMT

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Jack Thompson's gone! EVERYBODY REJOICE!

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Hast — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:26:21 GMT

Simply ridiculous. Trying to save children from VIOLENCE in VIDEO GAMES? Sheesh. Give some credit to our public schools. Dumbass.

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Kody — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:13:16 GMT

barasawa: Agreed. I admire and agree completely with his goals. However, his practices for attempting to achieve those goals is what created such a bad image for him, and ultimately lead to him being disbarred. And as you said, some of the things he's done in his tenure were quite possibly illegal.

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barasawa — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:35:51 GMT

An understated version of his goals "To protect minors from unreasonable levels of violence in video games" is acceptable to almost everyone. However, is statements and actions were not only insulting, disrespectful, immoral, and very probably illegal. They were the legal systems equivalents of attempting to poor gasoline and lighting it on everyone who's ever seen a cigarette while claiming he's just trying to stop pre-teens from smoking. Let's face it, he's a fanatic, and I suspect, mentally unstable. (To put it nicely.)

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ArthurSpeakman13 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:02:34 GMT

Jack Thompson is so disbarred, he can't even approach the bench at a picnic table.

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warden409 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:12:08 GMT

It is sad that we must resort to this. His cause, while not appreciated by the gaming community in general, was one that many people see as a good one. His way of going about doing it and his fanaticism, not so much so. I rather think that it was justice to disbar him for the way he has shamed his profession and the people he is supposed to represent. Though by the comments of many gamers and their personal feelings towards him, not to mention all of the ill-written bad mouthing, I can see where he is coming from.

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Sirithil — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:51:32 GMT

He wasn't a public official, he was an ambulance-chasing lawyer. Indeed, he got what he deserved. His personal crusade against the video game industry aside, he wasted the courts' time again and again with frivolous and time-wasting lawsuits and more like him should meet the same fate. Jack Thompson was merely a symptom of a much larger problem in the American tort system. Also, he didn't just lose his job, unless I'm mistaken being disbarred means you're no longer allowed to practice law.

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JamesAJones50041 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:56:00 GMT

This is the kind of idiots that should have been aborted at birth. And whom ever voted or hired him into that position. Took them long enough to throw this guy under the bus, but $43,000 dollar fine?? I think it should be more and make an example out of his kind. Video games where around longer than this guy was in a public office. Well since its no sweat off my brow to see him go. I hope he doesn't go some where else and screw up something else. VIDEO GAMES ARE FOREVER !!!!!!

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CraigB — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:30:09 GMT

I'm usually not one to be happy when someone loses their job, but this guy was really asking for it.