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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Hippo on September 25, 2008, 04:10:32 pm
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http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/25/disbarred
In a four-page written order (download here), the Florida Supreme Court today affirmed a referee's recommendation to permanently disbar controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson.
The action, which takes effect in 30 days, means that Thompson will no longer be licensed to practice law and may not apply for reinstatement. Ever.
sometimes the above link is wonky... click here (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=thompson+disbar&btnG=Search+News) if it doesn't work
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*cheers*
I've been waiting for this day.
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As if a million souls cried out in celebration, and were not silenced at once.
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(http://failurecasca.de/wp-content/uploads/awesome_med.png)
Ding dong and soforth...
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We'll have to watch him, from now on. There's no telling when he'll snap.
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Good to see the old crackpot dealt with :) Of course, my first question would be 'why didn't this happen over a decade ago?', but still good news :D
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We'll have to watch him, from now on. There's no telling when he'll snap.
Yeah... :shaking:
For his part, Thompson offered his standard-issue bluster, announcing his disbarment in an e-mail which carried the subject line "Now the Fun Begins." Thompson has also filed a request with the U.S. District Court for an emergency stay of the FLSC's order disbarring him.
Anyone getting a little Joker vibe out of that...? :nervous: "Look, why don't you give me a call when you want to start taking this a little more seriously. Here's my card."
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Court-ordered psychatric treatment plz? :P
After all, GTA made him do it.
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Good news. Now Günther Beckstein please :lol:
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Score: Gamers 1 Retards 0
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Booooo...
Booooo...
I actually enjoyed it's retarded tirades. :D
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Yay, we finally won. Now people can go back to playing PONG without fear that they will spontaneously and without warning transform into bloodthirsty serial killers.
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Now who is the gaming community supposed to make fun of? Hillary Clinton? She seems to be the second most vocal, but she's far outlived herself already.
Today is a sad day :(.
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we hardly won, our most vocal opposition just had his mouth taped shut is all... theres plenty more people that will be in line
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As retarded as he was I got to admire his perserverance. If more people would only fight for their convictions with such zeal.
Speaking of which, violence is a real issue in the world - but TV is a FAR bigger offender.
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Speaking of which, violence is a real issue in the United States - but Music is a FAR bigger offender.
Fixed.
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Speaking of which, violence is a real issue in the United States - but bad parenting is the biggest offender.
Fixed.
Fixed Castrated.
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lol, yes. Very true. But I was referring strictly to external influences / media, not the failures of parents to do their jobs.
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Parents are external influences, everything is, but then that's just me ranting.
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Maybe he will run amok now. and blame it on video games :D.
This idiot should be banned from life
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This idiot should be banned from life
:wtf:
Sieg Heil!
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I'm not worried. As age takes it toll our generation, a generation raised on transformers and Ninja turtles will rise to seats of power and then gaming will know no limits and spread throughout the known universe (which is technically still earth :p: and all will rejoice forever.
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*:bump:? Or "Rise, o topic of doom, from this rather shallow grave since you are still on page 1 when I opened it and all that jazz"?*
Am I right to worry about what the future now holds?
Somebody who might be not as vocal as Thompson, but who would quietly work on doing what Thompson thought he was successful at?
Not to mention one that has more brains and knows how to use them, so...ya.
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Well, as a UK citizen, I wouldn't get involved in a law that didn't specifically target Video Games, i.e. something that covered all Media, Films, TV etc (though they would fail under the First Amendment, it's still between the American Public and its government). My complain about Thompson was his habit of attacking only video games because it was the newest, and therefore most vulnerable, form of media. And also his complete and total lack of ability to be professional, or even civil, whilst debating it.
I think in many ways, despite his somewhat 'good' intentions, Thompson has ruined any chance of others succeeding, since he's single handedly managed to reduce a real topic into a 'Harry Potter encourages Satanism' type debate. I also think the main fact that a lot of people aren't aware of is that it isn't just computer games that work on a voluntary rating system in the US, so do Movies etc, but courts ARE aware of it, and that will always be a major stumbling block for censors.
Even the interactivity argument falls on its face when you consider that dancing to modern music was considered unhealthy 45 years ago(remember how Elvis' hips allegedly promoted promiscuity?)
The bigger concerns are people like Leland Yee or Schwarzenegger, they are the ones who are more of a risk to the market than Thompson, who's almost certainly generated more sales than he has stopped.
My argument is always this:
Almost everyone has heard of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre', do you think that was because it was a good movie? ;)
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I'm not worried. As age takes it toll our generation, a generation raised on transformers and Ninja turtles will rise to seats of power and then gaming will know no limits and spread throughout the known universe (which is technically still earth :p: and all will rejoice forever.
That is not reassuring... :nervous: