[...] Apparently the rumor I decided I would spread just in case it was true last week is not just a rumor. Jack Thompson is, in fact, in a bunch of trouble. That’s not the most interesting part. The interesting part is that the claims include more unprofessional and downright crazy things that I never knew about him… Honestly, it is absolutely ridiculous. There’s threats, embarrassing of judges, claims that judges are thugs and are serving porn and violence to minors, and who knows how many other insane things, and this isn’t a blockbuster movie! The best thing to do is just read the files yourself, courtesy of GamePolitics. (Note: You may want to right-click these and download them to save yourself from browser issues): First One | Second One [...]

I wonder why Jackie Boy hasn't paid any attention to the Manhunt 2 brouhaha. Maybe he just doesn't care.

How did jack get on?

[...] On Sunday Thompson cc’d gaming website GamePolitics an e-mail of what seems to be a filing with the Florida Supreme Court, which has jurisdiction over Bar disciplinary matters. In it Thompson writes of an ongoing attempt to mediate the dispute: Mediation failed today because there was no mediation whatsoever… [Florida Bar official] Ms. Tuma not only did not move off her [suspension] demand one iota, not one smidgeon, but she instead upped her demand by requiring that Thompson undergo a battery of psychological tests as part of the fabulous deal The Bar offered him… [...]

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA



John B. Thompson,



Plaintiff,



v.



The Florida Bar,



Defendant.



PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS



COMES NOW plaintiff, John B. Thompson, and petitions this court for entry of an order granting his petition for a writ of mandamus, stating:

DESIGNATED REVIEWER BEN KUEHNE’S ELEVENTH-HOUR RECUSAL REQUIRES A WRIT OF MANDAMUS TO REVIEW THE “FAIRNESS

OF THESE PROCEEDINGS NOW



1. Last week, plaintiff and defendant Bar participated in “mediation,” under order of the referee, Circuit Court Judge Dava J. Tunis, who is presiding over certain Bar “disciplinary” proceedings pertaining to plaintiff. These are disciplinary proceedings ginned up by the porn-to-kids entertainment industry and they are designed to protect that industry, not the public, the majority of which like what Thompson has done to protect their children from that industry.

2. Staff Bar prosecutor Sheila Tuma, spawned out of The Bar’s Orlando office, having served her entire professional life as a Bar prosecutor, first in Illinois and now here in Florida, and thus never having practiced law a day of her life, and despite written assurances that she had “full authority” to mediate these matters, had no authority whatsoever, which was apparent when she had to suspend the mediation to ask for authority to relate a settlement offer from respondent. Thus, this faux “mediation” exhibited bad faith by The Bar. There was no representative of the Bar at this court-ordered mediation, despite the clear rules of mediation. Thus, all confidentiality is thus waived by The Bar by virtue of its bad faith.

3. At this “mediation,” Bar’s counsel added a new condition for settlement—an intractable demand that Thompson submit to a psychiatric/psychological testing by the Florida Lawyers Assistance Program as a mandatory condition for continuing to be licensed to practice law. This Court will recall that The Bar pulled this same disastrous stunt over a decade ago, seeking to pathologize Thompson’s conservative, Christian activism, upon the insistence of shock radio broadcasters whom Thompson got fined by the FCC while allegedly mentally ill (what does that say about their lawyers’ mental state?), and upon the insistence also of the former Chairman of the Florida chapter of the national ACLU. This High Court will further recall that Thompson was found by The Bar’s own hand-picked health care providers to be perfectly sane “and acting out his Christian faith.” This is now an official Bar finding. Thompson appreciated this Court’s summary order at the time that he endure the Bar’s and Supreme Court’s attempt to pathologize his Christian faith by placing him into a latter day gulag of The Bar’s whimsical construction, because Thompson, in addition to having been paid damages for this Court’s flight from judicial sanity, is now the only officially Bar-certified sane lawyer in Florida. But world-renowned lawyer, Barry Richard of Greenberg Traurig says in writing that another mental exam is in order because 15 years have lapsed since the last attempt to shrink Thompson down to size.

4. And yet, despite all that previous disaster, The Bar is now absolutely sure again to its core that Thompson is deranged and unfit to practice law. This demand that Thompson recline anew on The Bar’s Freudian couch comes in part from The Bar’s “designated reviewer,” Bar Governor Ben Kuehne, who served for nearly three years in that capacity to assure the “fairness” of these Bar proceedings against Thompson. The service of Mr. Kuehne in that “fairness” capacity, while he also has been a highly visible and highly active operative for the same leftwing ACLU that has hectored Thompson off and on for twenty years, is downright hilarious. This would be akin to Thompson’s serving as “designated reviewer” in a Bar matter filed against Mr. Kuehne by the Christian Coalition.

5. Remarkably and in a move “too clever by half,” The Bar’s Ms. Tuma, who participated in the aforementioned “mediation” with absolutely no representative of The Bar in attendance thereat, let slip, as is her inefficient custom, that Mr. Kuehne had just “recused himself” from the role of designated reviewer in these Bar matters against Thompson, despite his having served so ably in that capacity for nearly three years. The Bar was not going to tell Mr. Thompson of the recusal. Mr. Kuehne and The Bar refuse to disclose the basis for the recusal, although it appears that is likely because Mr. Kuehne, now that his work is accomplished in assisting the denial of all due process to Thompson, including all discovery, seeks to get away from what promises, in federal court, to be a litigative Ground Zero. Thompson has sought to depose Mr. Kuehne. That discovery has been denied.

6. Surely this High Court of accomplished jurists is aware of what the recusal of a judge, whose function is also to assure “fairness” in a proceeding, even at the eleventh hour on the eve of trial, means: that all actions taken by that judge are reviewable and attackable. Thompson has asked the referee to address this issue as to Mr. Kuehne. Judge Tunis refuses. This court must order her, by a writ of mandamus, to do just that, or in the alternative, ascertain by some means other than asking Ms. Tuma, whether Mr. Kuehne’s now admitted unfitness to serve as “designated reviewer” relates back in time to these bizarre proceedings that he has assured have been “fair.” Undersigned understands that Halliburton has just certified that its contracts in Iraq are “fair” as well.

REFEREE’S DENIAL OF RESPONDENT’S RIGHT TO COUNSEL REQUIRES ENTRY OF WRIT OF MANDAMUS BY THIS COURT



7. Respondent’s counsel has had to withdraw from representation of respondent because of a medical condition. Referee Tunis, however, refuses to give respondent sufficient opportunity and time for Thompson to retain new counsel and for that new counsel to prepare for trial. Judge Tunis, if she runs her criminal calendar in this fashion, must insist upon criminal defendants going to trial with no counsel. The right to representation by counsel is among the most basic of constitutional rights. One would expect a criminal bench judge to realize that. Judge Tunis, however, who has denied Thompson all discovery in this case, is simply continuing her methodologies which have necessitated the filing of the federal civil rights lawsuits, one of which was served upon each of the Justices on the Florida Supreme Court yesterday.

THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT, IF IT IS TO BE CONSISTENT, MUST IMMEDIATELY ORDER THOMPSON TO UNDERGO A PSYCH EVALUATION



8. Surely each Justice, sitting on the Florida Supreme Court, has lived long enough and has been around enough, to understand the meaning of the saying “Put up or shut up.” Here is the application of that command that is so clear that no one will be able to avoid its application here:

9. Over a decade ago, this Court, as noted above, ordered Thompson to undergo exhaustive and intentionally embarrassing mental exams to determine why anyone would be so crazy as to actually believe what the Bible has to say about God’s claims on our lives. Jesus issued a challenge to the “rich young ruler” (Mark 10: 17-30), and the young man just walked away, saddened that he could not serve both God and mammon. When Thompson became a born again Christian in November of 1976, Christ, through his Holy Spirit, challenged him in ways apparently this Court cannot and will not understand, to use his life in a fashion that the Ben Kuehnes of The Bar despise. Thompson has never demanded that others accept his agenda, or even His agenda, but The Bar has always insisted that Thompson abandon his agenda—or else—now even after The Bar has been officially found to have tried to pathologize Thompson’s faith. All of this is set forth in Thompson’s book, Out of Harm’s Way, published by Tyndale House and available in fine books stores (Exhibit A hereto). Maybe the Bar Governors hang out only in secular humanist shelves at Barnes & Noble. Thompson is now delighted to send, along with this petition for writ of mandamus, a copy of that book. It is autographed to each of the Justices. Each Justice should read it, as he/she will, with all respect, learn some things about what one person, by God’s grace, and despite his fallen nature, can accomplish in the face of liberal nitwits who tolerate nothing because they understand nothing.

10. Now we come to the “put up or shut up part” of this writ of mandamus relief sought from this High Court: The Bar’s official position now is that Thompson is mentally impaired. So convinced is The Bar of this that it has DEMANDED, through its Bar staff prosecutor, Sheila Tuma, after consulting with Ben Kuehne, with her Director of Lawyer Regulation Kenneth Marvin, and with the new “designated reviewer” Bar Governor Steve Chaykin (who has bizarrely stated, publicly, that anyone who opposes gay adoption is an “enemy” of The Bar), that respondent Jack Thompson MUST be professionally evaluated by the Florida Lawyers Assistance Program for mental illness. Ms. Tuma assures us all that this demand is made with the full knowledge of The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors. So this is not some rogue prosecutor acting like a Commissar of the Soviet gulag sending “enemies” off to the Stalinist gulag for psychiatric treatment and “healing.” This is the entire Bar Board of Governors signed up with the demand that this lunatic, this religious nut Jack Thompson, be shrunk on the couch down to the insect that he really is. On July 4th, Thompson came out of the same movie theatre with his family as did newly-installed Bar President Frank Angones. Thompson pleasantly said hello to Frank, whose look on his face indicated he was beholding the local variant of Charles Manson. Thompson, as The Bar found over a decade ago, is not the one suffering from paranoia. Frank Angones and his fellow “Guardians of Democracy” seem to be.

11. Fine, then let The Bar, which is convinced that Thompson is mentally ill and so impaired that he must be examined, act upon its conviction. The Bar can’t have it both ways: It can’t hector Thompson with demands for mental exams stemming from what it is convinced is his disabling mental illness that renders him a danger to others, while at the same time not going to this High Court, yet again, for an order requiring Thompson to undergo these exams.

12. Florida Bar Rules are very clear on this, and Thompson, even in his allegedly impaired state, should like to note them to this obviously perfectly sane Court and The Bar it is supposed to supervise: Florida Bar Rule 3-5.2 states, clearly:

“RULE 3-5.2 EMERGENCY SUSPENSION AND INTERIM PROBATION

RULE 3-5.2 EMERGENCY SUSPENSION AND INTERIM PROBATION


(a) Petition for Emergency Suspension. On petition of The Florida Bar, authorized by its president, president-elect, or executive director, supported by 1 or more affidavits demonstrating facts personally known to the affiants that, if unrebutted, would establish clearly and convincingly that an attorney appears to be causing great public harm, the Supreme Court of Florida may issue an order suspending said attorney on an emergency basis.”

13. Chief Justices and Justices, in light of The Bar’s absolute certitude that Thompson is nuts and poses a danger to the public, what in the world are you and The Bar waiting for? Either act upon the logical conclusion of this demand for psych evaluation, or knock it off. Again, to state the obvious, The Bar can’t have it both ways. If it continues to try to have it both ways—maintaining on the one hand that Thompson is impaired while on the other hand doing absolutely nothing about that current impairment—then this High Court, along with this Bar, are making it inadvertently but abundantly clear that the disciplinary posturings of The Bar are nothing more than vindictive, venal, crazed attempts by a bunch of regulatory thugs to end the career of Thompson, no matter what it takes.

Put another way, this Court must suspend Thompson immediately, or prove each and every Justice thereon to be a duplicitous hypocrite at best.

14. Put another way, either this Bar and this Court act upon the courage of their convictions as to Thompson’s alleged mental impairment, or both this Bar and this Court give Thompson the means to wipe out the treasury of this Bar not just now but for years to come. Failure to act on this issue alone proves this Court’s total divorce from what it says and what it does. Failure to act makes a liar of every Governor of The Bar.

THIS COURT MUST ENTER A WRIT OF MANDAMUS TO STAY THESE PROCEEDINGS PENDING DETERMINATION OF WHETHER RESPONDENT IS MENTALLY IMPAIRED/DISABLED



15. The Bar has not thought its recidivist use of the “lunacy ploy” through to its logical application application as shown by another analysis. Consider the inescapable truth of the following:

16. The Bar is alleging that Thompson is likely impaired. The referee, knowing this, is insisting that Thompson, in his Bar-alleged state of mental illness and impairment, must proceed to trial, unable to assist, by virtue of that impairment, his trial counsel. But wait, the analysis gets worse for The Bar and for Judge Tunis: Not only is Thompson, according to The Bar, likely impaired and thus, arguendo, unable to assist his counsel in his own defense, BUT THOMPSON IS NOW BEING ORDERED BY JUDGE TUNIS, UPON THE BAR’S INSISTENCE, TO PROCEED TO TRIAL IN EARLY SEPTEMBER WITHOUT GIVING RESPONDENT THE TIME TO RETAIN COUNSEL AND PREPARE HIM OR HER!

17. The Referee is now having hearings, like the ex parte one yesterday, while the allegedly incapacitated respondent is not represented by counsel, through no fault of his own but because of his prior counsel’s health problem.

18. This is truly fascinating stuff. Thompson, while insane, has been able to think this through but all the geniuses who just had their annual Bar meeting in Orlando can’t following the simple logic of their own legal positions.

THIS COURT MUST GRANT A WRIT OF MANDAMUS REMOVING DAVA J. TUNIS FROM PRESIDING OVER THESE CHARADE PROCEEDINGS



19. Respondent could not possibly have conjured up a more unfair “referee” than Circuit Court Judge than the Governor Bush-appointed Dava J. Tunis.

20. Here is a judge who, while professing concern about Thompson’s wife while she was undergoing rigorous chemotherapy for cancer, and while Thompson was trying to care for her and their minor son, refused even one day’s continuance of these proceedings. Judge Tunis had an ex parte hearing yesterday while Thompson was shuttling his wife to and from her oncologist and surgeon at Doctor’s Hospital. Judge Tunis, one hopes, extends more judicial compassion to convicted rapists, and she likely does. But Thompson, obviously, is worse than a rapist. He has dared fight back against the very legal establishment that put her on the bench.

17. Here we also have in Judge Tunis a judge, who when moved by respondent to recuse herself, has steadfastly refused to give any reason for her refusal to recuse, despite the clear requirements of the law that she so indicate the basis for her refusal.

18. Here we also have in Judge Tunis a jurist who is now a named individual defendant in a federal civil rights action in which Thompson is the plaintiff who is so lacking in circumspection that she does not grasp the inescapable: that no judge who is a defendant in a federal civil rights action can continue to preside over the sham state proceedings that spawned it. What is next? Is Judge Tunis going to preside over criminal cases in which she is the victim of the defendant’s alleged criminal act? Where did Governor Bush find a judicial candidate who does not understand the concept of “bias?” Is the dictum regarding “Caesar’s wife” a salad recipe to this judge?

Wherefore, if this High Court wants to further assure Thompson’s success in the federal courts as he pursues his federal civil rights claims against The Bar, Judge Tunis, and the Justices of this High Court, then it can foolishly ignore this petition for writ of mandamus in all its regards, not only the patently clear requirement that Judge Tunis be removed from her compromised duties. Judge Tunis is this High Court’s nightmare referee. Any Justice who does not know that is totally unfamiliar with what has transpired in Miami at the hands of an incompetent prosecutor, a compromised “designated reviewer,” a cocktail parties-distracted Board of Governors, and a partial judge.

I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have provided this to John Harkness, Executive Director of The Florida Bar, July 6, 2007, but the undersigned may only be imagining such service given how totally nuts he allegedly is.

[...] [Source: GamePolitics.com] An official of the Florida Bar proposed late last week that controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson submit to psychological testing and accept a 91-day suspension of his law license, according to an e-mail GamePolitics received from Thompson himself. Read the full story here» [...]

[...] Jack Thompson, abogado estadounidense que se ha hecho fama por sus furibundos ataques contra diversos juegos, en especial los desarrollados por Rockstar, vuelve a estar en las noticias. Y como no podía ser de otra manera, por sus propias palabras. En este caso por un correo electrónico que ha hecho llegar a la página Gamepolitics en el que anuncia que el Colegio de Abogados de Florida le está presionando para que acepte una suspensión de su licencia por 91 días y pasar un examen psicológico, a la vista de su actuación en algunos casos recientes. Recordemos que ya hay al menos un litigio pendiente entre el Colegio de Abogados de Florida y Thompson por unas declaraciones lanzadas por este último en su intento de conseguir que el juego Bully fuera declarado de perjuicio público. De cualquier forma, no hay confirmación oficial de estas alegaciones, dado que el Colegio de Abogados ha declinado pronunciarse, pero aún a riesgo de caer en el tópico, creemos que una evaluación de su salud mental no sería precisamente perjudicial para Jack Thompson. [...]

[...] Resulta que a este personaje el Colegio de Abogados de Florida le ha retirado la licencia por un periodo de 91 días, a la vez que se le requiere pasar reconocimiento psicológico debido a una supuesta obsesión hacia los videojuegos, según podemos leer en GamePolitics. [...]

I'm not so sure Jack would pass the test. After reading the various letters and seeing his actions on television, he may fail. I would think that any true and comprehensive evaluation would be required to see them in order to get the full picture. Besides, even IF he passed the test, I'm still under the impression that his actions alone could get him disbarred. If I'm not mistaken, part of the Bar agreement is a kind of Code of Conduct. You embarrass the Bar and they might just boot you.

@ GoodRobotUs

"both the UK and American political parties seem to base their campaigns more about what ‘The other guys’ would ruin, rather than what they themselves would fix."

That's something I hate more than anything. I swear, I'd almost vote for anyone who ran an entire election campaign without smearing his opponent.

[...] Jack Thompson, griefer extraordinaire, has had his certificate to practice law suspended pending a psych test. I love it when bad things happen to bad people. [...]

@Judith Iscariot

Eternal Darkness reference FTW!

About damn time! This is gonna be good...

Well, problem is, no-one really gives a damn about the feelings of people who they think aren't old enough to vote, even though I suspect a painful lesson to the opposite will be coming to some of them.

What this is about is a stream of insulting and non-factual letters to two judges as well as a string of other individuals, accusing them of 'murdering children', 'being in the pay of the Game Industry' and other such comments without any evidence whatsoever. Whilst the First Amendment applies, those accusations could be construed as being deliberately designed to discredit and or insult/humiliate the reciever.

The whole thing about the First Amendment is that is has the stipulation that you do not harm others. That's the crux of the computer game argument in Jack's mind. However, he tries to use his own First Amendment rights to harm others, and the simple fact he's convinced himself that the ends justify the means, no matter how much lying, verbally attacking or just plain insulting it requires is pretty good evidence that Jack's moral compass is seriously broken, he works almost entirely on a 'Do as I say, not as I do' mentality nowadays.

You can even be 'almost' forgiven for conducting a smear campaign in a political environment, whilst it's always frowned upon when you get caught, it's still a pretty common political tactic, both the UK and American political parties seem to base their campaigns more about what 'The other guys' would ruin, rather than what they themselves would fix.

However, conducting a smear campaign against a judge, accusing him of 'fixing' a trial for money, as he did in the Strickland case, and generally accusing 2 judges of being corrupt because they didn't agree with you is a very risky path to take when you are supposed to be a representative of the law, it throws the entire Law System into disrepute when you have a Lawyer making stuff like that up.

Just because hes a tad crazy doesn't necessarily mean he is going to fail a psych test anytime soon, if he keeps his act together that is.

To qoute Dracula: Dead and Loving It -

"GIVE THAT MAN AN ENEMA!!!!"

[...] Jack Thompson Says FL Bar Official Demanded He Take Psych Test, Accept Suspension An official of the Florida Bar proposed late last week that controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson submit to psychological testing and accept a 91-day suspension of his law license, according to an e-mail GamePolitics received from Thompson himself. The claim has not been verified by the Florida Bar, which did not respond to our request for comment. As GP has previously reported, Thompson is currently embroiled in a pair of federal lawsuits against the Bar (see Florida Bar Gives Jack Thompson a Wedgie Over Bully Case). The Bar has moved to hold a disciplinary hearing against Thompson based on several complaints about the anti-game attorney

[...] Jack Thompson Says FL Bar Official Demanded He Take Psych Test, Accept Suspension An official of the Florida Bar proposed late last week that controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson submit to psychological testing and accept a 91-day suspension of his law license, according to an e-mail GamePolitics received from Thompson himself. The claim has not been verified by the Florida Bar, which did not respond to our request for comment. As GP has previously reported, Thompson is currently embroiled in a pair of federal lawsuits against the Bar (see Florida Bar Gives Jack Thompson a Wedgie Over Bully Case). The Bar has moved to hold a disciplinary hearing against Thompson based on several complaints about the anti-game attorney

Its amazing that the first time he was required to take a psychy test that he was able to counter sue and just get 20k in damages. Thats sad. Second of all maybe just maybe there is something mentally wrong with him.....wouldn't that be funny and pretty much make anything he says moot because he is a nut job?

thompson is going to need a straitjacket lol :)

# Grahamr Says:
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:11 am

“Michael D Says:
July 3rd, 2007 at 11:04 am
Add a few zeros to the suspetition please. The man is a retard and should be shot.”

death threat lol.

Oh noez D:! Doesn't make it not true tho :D!!

If video games caused violence it would have already happened...

But on a serious note I think that he is either among the biggest assholes ever or he is mentally insane. Update us if its verified by the Florida Bar.

I was once concerned about the words of Jack Thompson, and all the video game nay sayers, until I realized something...

I'm 19 and Canadian... 0% of any laws, legislations, and criticisms that are in the news are going to affect my right to play video games.

Back on topic. Jack's denial to take this test proves that he's scared. When you think about it, if he's sane, he should have nothing to fear by taking another psyche test, especially if he passed the first one.

[...] Game Politics reports that an official at the Flordia Bar (The legal organization, not the place that sells alcoholic beverages) proposed that controversial Miami lawyer Jack Thompson recieve a 91 day suspension of his law license as well as submit for psychological evaluation. [...]

Agreed, the Industry should have dealt with him their own way a long time ago, they aren't as secure as TV or the Movie Industry (which is why Jack chose them for his campaign) there's still a lot of distrust. They've given Thompson a lot of rope, but how much damage and rumour is he going to create before he uses it to hang his own career, that's the question I suppose.

However, on the subject, I'm not so sure people are pleased that Jack been offered a 91 day suspension, that's a start, I think people are pleased because people are starting to come round to the fact that Jack Thompson is EXACTLY the sort of person we've been saying he is for a long time. And those saying Thompson will probably pass this test may be right, but it is worth bearing in mind that last time he was tested, he didn't have letters that contained paragraphs like... 'You're the kind of guy who would wave into an intersection a child (sic), to be run over by a semi' which were addressed to 2 seperate Judges and cc'd to everyone who stood the smallest chance to listen.

It's also worth bearing in mind that whilst Jack did pass his test last time, the amount of times he's had disciplinary action taken against him that succeeded is far more numerous than the amount of times they haven't.

Beside, from what I understand, the last eval wasn't at the request of the Bar, it was at the request of the Supreme Court issuing an order after Thompson started claiming that the third party was placing 'Homosexual Education Tapes' in a school, this is the first time, to my knowledge, that the Bar itself has requested Thompson take an evaluation.

I concede that 'doing nothing' is a bad idea, so the pro-VG lobby needs to up the momentum on re-educating politicians and parents that video games are not evil without specifically naming JT. If JT says 'X game awards players for killing cops and prostitutes' or 'Game Y is the Columbine Game', it is up to the game industry to address these lies and not the liar. Let the courts deal with the liars, not the industry. Once the industry starts dealing with the liars, the liars know they have been noticed and will think they are some sort of authority, as will politicians, courts and parents.

Hooah, bitch.

I THINK mediation could also lead to arbitration *final decision made by a third party* which I think in all seriousness, would not work out in Jack's favor *then again, what would at this point?*

@las:

Hate to say this, but nothing could be further from the truth. Whether we want to admit it or not, we ALL care about what Jack does, not in the sense that we believe his "work" is meaningful, but in the sense that we all despise him and want to see his inevitable fall.

Every time a Jack article appears, it's guaranteed to elicit anywhere from 60-100+ responses. If no one cared, no one would post, don't you think?

Ten bucks says he passes.....

I'm withholding judgment, based on his previous psychological evaluation. That said, having two such evaluations on one's record has to have some sort of effect on one's credibility. He constantly touts how he's the only cerified sane lawyer in Florida, but he fails to realize that most people don't have to take a test to prove their sanity.

"las Says:
July 3rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
Why does JT keep sending GP emails? It isn’t like anyone, contributor or reader, here actually gives two shits about what he thinks and what he is up too."

You have to understand, when JT keeps throwing Mastrabatory emails towards dennis, he more or less assumes the role of a GP correspondent.

He may even be aware of this....

You know, the 3 signs of insanity are:

Doing the same thing over and over expecting a diffrent result.

Talking about yourself in the third person.

Obsession over one facet of one's life.

I cant think of any reason to think that Jack is insane. I think he is a perfectly sane person. And he always makes the most logical arguement.
(To anyone not farmiliar with sarcasm, the last part is full of that.)

I don't know why alot of people are cheering and celibrating about this.

This really isn't good news.

As a few people pointed out...he PASSED the tests last time he had it 15 years ago or so.

This worries me greatly.

Because he believes that if we hear his spun version of it first, we might believe it more than an actual report of what happened. He feeds on sensationalism, and his ability to create that died, along with his credibility, a long time ago.

He's talking about himself in third person? The last person who I saw did that was Ross Perot and I've haven't seen him in years.

“Thompson is not the one who needs a psych evaluation.”

You're right, Jack.

You're the one who needs disbarment and a straitjacket!

Jack Thompson Says FL Bar Official Demanded He Take Psych Test, Accept Suspension

[...] The referee for Jack Thompson’s Florida Bar issues, Sheila M. Tuma, has allegedly requested that Thompson seek psychological testing and accept a 91-day suspension of his law license. The e-mail explaining the situation was sent to GamePolitics by Thompson himself. The claim could not be verified as the Florida Bar did not respond to requests for comment. The recommendation comes following issues stemming from Thompson’s Bully case last year where there were issues regarding his professional conduct. [...]

hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

Last time he was only tested on a possible obsession with sex, this time I think they are suggesting a full phsychological examination, not focussed on one topic, so it will be slightly different if that is the case.

The problem here is Jack's violent nature, ironically enough, I read through the complaint from the Strickland vs Sony case, and, oddly enough, he reminded me of an obsessive boyfriend who's been dumped, but can't stop writing the his ex-partner and is bitter about it, he can't be happy with a single complaint to the person who he feels wronged him, he has to send a constant stream of them, and cc them to other people so they know how 'wronged' he's been too.

Last time he was evaluated, he didn't have a string of complaints from 2 judges regarding behaviour which was suggests a very limited level of self-control. Jack likes to attack things he hates, he thinks he's not violent because he doesn't physically hit things, but violent only means a lust within yourself to destroy something you hate, Jack Thompson violently hates Take 2 and any Video Game that doesn't meet his personal 'standard', and he sets out to 'destroy' it. Now, since Jack's whole argument is that Video Games create 'thought violence'.

Jack's blunt instrument of choice is the law. He uses it precisely like a Baseball bat, if you say something he doesn't agree with, he gets out the Law, waves it around, and threatens to hit you with it, and judging how much he gloats and tries to take responsiblity for anything bad that happens to Take 2 or Rockstar, I'd say he'd found his own form of 'Mental Masturbation'.

Ironic part is, I do understand his concern, even if I don't agree with it, but the man is just plain unstable, he's too angry, too inconsiderate of anything that doesn't agree with his point of view, and too obsessed with violently destroying things with the Law.

[...] It's been a good week so far for those of us who want better treatment of videogames, and the great news isn't about to stop. Jack Thompson, the slightly more insane Joker to the videogame world's Batman, has been ordered by the Florida Bar to undergo psychological testing, as well as eat a 91-day suspension of his law license. This is what one might call a most severe dose of smackdown's syndrome. In an email personally sent to GamePolitics.com, the silver-haired villifier of videogames informed that mediation talks between he and the Bar did not go quite how he would have liked: [...]

When going into the mediation it was just a 91 day suspention, now a psych test is added. I want to know what he did during the meeting that made Ms. Tuma go "he must be crazy... No doubt."

Jack just wants attention. In his senial mind it seems that he needs to be crazy to get respect. I wonder what he did to warrant a psych test. It must have been funny and Jack like.

Has he accused the Florida Bar of accepting bribes from the games industry yet??.

I assume then, that this psychological exam request stems from his behavior during the "mediation". One can only imagine the tantrum he pulled.

Since it's not likely that any evaluation will include an evaluation of all his activities (such as Press Releases, blog posts, emails, phone calls, etc) but only what he says in the direct evaluation, it's not likely that he will appear any differently than his previous evaluation.

And when he passes, he'll be touting it as "confirmation" that he's sane, much in the same way he claims to be "in good standing" with the Florida Bar without point out that "in good standing" doesn't mean he's an honorable, ethical attorney but, as pointed out previously by others, only means he's paid his Bar dues on time.

And, lastly, thinking back to the Joker in the first Batman movie, I'd like to paraphrase a famous line:

What that man needs... is an MRI!
(While be exposed to inflammatory and incitful religious materials as well as violent video games. Then we'll see if he tries to say only video games cause aggresive feelings and expression.)

Nightwng2000
NW2K software

So let me get this straight... because Thompson couldn't negotiate himself a better deal in he claims the mediation was a “charade”? And on top of not being able talk himself out of the 91 day suspension but Ms. Tuna is now demanding that he undergo psychological examinations?

It just sounds to me that Thompson is just a terrible negotiator (sort of a requirement for being a lawyer isn’t it?) and a bit deranged as well. But that’s nothing new.

I'm sure he'll have some coaching and training to pass the tests.
He'll train using video games, one of those sanity simulators. lol

[...] It’s about goddam time. Posted in Geoff, Etc |        [...]

*Jumps around singing "Oh what a glorious feeling oh what a glorious day".

That's just funny.

Jack, when one psych test isn't enough, maybe, just maybe, you should look in the mirror. And keep your hands out of your shorts.

@Evil Zombie

Psychologist: I will say a word and you tell me the first thing that comes to mind. Doggie
Jack: GTA
Psychologist: Tape
Jack: Bully
Psychologist: Reno
Jack: Lesbian
Psychologist: Terrorism
Jack: Take-Two
Psychologist: Animal
Jack: Gamers
Psychologist: Ice Cream
Jack: Hot Coffee
Psychologist: Guitar
Jack: Rockstar
Psychologist: Rat
Jack: GamePolitics
Psychologist: I think we should move on to the ink blot test.....

This should be good...

Speaking in third person again, I notice. Psych test sounds about right.

Why would JT be telling anyone about this? The fact that anyone thinks you are crazy enough to warrant a psych test is embarrasing. Does he really like attention so much that he doesn't mind being humiliated time and again?

Now they will know you are crazy too!

he is stable enough to try to turn tricks when he thinks backs are turned, but they do not need a psych evaluation in order to disbar him, they need an excuse (sooner or later they willl get one) because Jack is an embaressment, he does them no creditability and they need to sever that limb to preserve the whole. This does not make thier hands any cleaner.. but they are smarter about hiding the dirt. Sooner or later he will be replaced by someone who is not as reckless. As far as ppl giving him exposure, it is sort of a necessary evil, about 75% of gamers keep to date only with release information, and have no idea about what is going on regarding those who try to censor the gaming industry. They just want to play games, nothing wrong with that. But you also have rabid aggressors like Jack running around spreading 'propaganda' and setting parents' minds on fire that video games are turning our youth into hordes of mindless killers, and that they are all devils working collectively to plant seeds of evil in our minds through thier products. Get enough ppl to charge in one direction, no matter how rediculous he gets to do it, and he will have a decent amount of power to do something. So, by giving attention to the bull he has been stirring, he is being widely exposed as the rabid and unstable inquisitor that is he behaving. I dont think the bar would have gone this far if it was all kept under wraps and everyone turned thier cheek. While I agree that there has to be a line drawn somewhere in videogames (not strict ones, but enough to keep from inflaming impressionable ppl into doing something stupid. Though i find it rediculous since parenting is supposed to do that too... but we have seen where relying on that gets us nowadays sadly), but Jack took that ideal and turned it into a one man freak show, bent it completely out of shape...probably because he saw it as an easy opportunity to put a huge feather in his cap... then when it went down he turned nasty. I am more angry with Jack for the simple fact that he took the chance to curb some of the oversaturated violence falling into children's hands and turned it into a quick shot at self profit.

Odds are he will just dip into his wife's banka ccount, bribe some two-bit PhD to say whatever it is he wants them to say, publish a report saying that he has a clean bill of health, how God made it so he can pass, that gamers are conspiring against him and that the preceeding justice is backed by an anti-Jack Thompson Illuminati and making death threats against him.

Basically his standard modus operandi.

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[...] In which Thompson responded: The day that Thompson thinks that the federal judiciary is either the repository of morality or an authoritative arbiter of moral standards is the moment that Thompson really does need the mental health examination that The Bar illegally demands. [...]

[...] Some background… apparently the Florida Bar is requesting yet another psych exam for Jack Thompson (because the first one went oh so well for them). Anyways, being one to never turn down a betting opportunity, I’ve decided to turn this into an off-the-cuff contest for the benefit of the Consolegames.com members (the number of whom I can count on one hand). [...]