Judge Spanks Jack Thompson for Including Gay Porn with Court Filing

Judge Spanks Jack Thompson for Including Gay Porn with Court Filing

September 26, 2007
That gurgling sound you hear could be Jack Thompson's legal career swirling down the 'loo.

The frequent video game critic, already facing professional misconduct charges from the Florida Bar which could see him stripped of his license to practice law, has outraged a U.S. District Court judge by including images of men having sex in a document filed with the court last week.

It's difficult to fathom what Thompson was thinking, but here's how it all, um, went down:

As GamePolitics has previously reported, Thompson has a pair of lawsuits underway against the Florida Bar in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. One of the cases, presided over by Judge Adalberto Jordan, has been the recipient of a flurry of motions by Thompson in recent weeks.

In a document filed with the court on September 19th, Thompson criticized the Bar for allegedly collaborating with Norm Kent, a criminal defense attorney from Fort Lauderdale. Thompson and Kent have a contentious legal history dating back nearly two decades. From Thompson's motion:
The Bar’s demonstrable mindset is that the “enemy of my enemy is my friend,” as indicated by The Bar’s enthusiastic, recidivist collaboration with Mr. Kent, over a twenty year period, at Thompson’s expense. Lunacy proceedings have been sought and secured, Bar complaints have recently been maintained for nearly three years.

Kent, who publishes the National Gay News website, was criticized by Thompson in last week's court filing for "distribution of hardcore porn to anyone of any age." Not content to make that alleged point in writing, Thompson attached several gay porn pictures to his motion with Judge Jordan. The pictures apparently do not come directly from the National Gay News site, but rather are contained on sites linked from NGN's adult links section.

In any case, His Honor was not amused.

In an order issued on Monday, Judge Jordan directed Thompson to show cause as to why he should not face sanctions, including possible contempt charges. Judge Jordan wrote:
The attached exhibit, which includes several graphic images of oral and genital sex between adult males, was filed electronically in the docket in this case, without prior permission from the court...

To the extent that the other attorney’s alleged conduct is in any way relevant... there was no need for Mr. Thompson to file these graphic images in the public record. A simple reference to the website and its alleged links would have sufficed...

Through his actions, Mr. Thompson made available for unlimited public viewing, on the court’s docketing system, these graphic images.

For this reason, by October 5, 2007, Mr. Thompson shall show cause why this incident should not be referred to the court’s Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions, Peer Review, and Attorney Grievance for appropriate action.

In the wake of Judge Jordan's order, Thompson has filed (at last count) four responses. In the first, he proclaims that he is ready to go to jail over the issue:
Thompson may have more to say in his own defense as to his alleged contemptuous behavior, but at this juncture, with all respect, he does not apologize for nor regret what he has done... if this court desires to throw Thompson into jail for trying to sound the alarm in this dramatic fashion... then Thompson is prepared to go there.

In another response Thompson likens his actions to those of a rather more famous American:
To hold Thompson in contempt for alerting the federal court system to the criminal activity... is akin to arresting Paul Revere, in 1775, for “disturbing the peace” with his midnight ride...

 Via e-mail, Thompson told GamePolitics:
I'm not the one in trouble. The judge found a certain lawyer's material obscene. I absolutely love it. This is the best thing to happen to me in a long, long time. Check my [case] filings, sweetie.

We have, and this isn't the first time Thompson has been warned by a court not to include suggestive photos in those case filings. An April 12th entry in the Florida Supreme Court docket covering the Florida Bar's case against Thompson includes this notation:
...the Court notes that [Thompson] has attached inappropriate and pornographic materials to his petitions that are irrelevant to his arguments. Respondent is warned that should he continue to submit such inappropriate filings, the Court will consider imposing sanctions which may include, but are not limited to, a limitation on Respondent's ability to submit further filings without the signature of an attorney other than himself.

GP: As we said earlier, it's really hard to imagine what Thompson thought he might have been accomplishing by including the offending images.

What he has apparently succeeded in doing, however, is seriously upsetting the judge who must decide the merits of Thompson's attempt to block the Florida Bar from taking action against his license to practice law.

UPDATE: We've received comment from Norm Kent:
On a legal note, I am thinking most heterosexual lawyers... could better advocate their cause and arguments in the United States District Court than by... seeking, searching out and subsequently then downloading homoerotic images, that may or may not be found within our advertisers website content, over which I have no authority or control.

Comments

Has it occured to anyone that this might be another tactic of his? If he pisses off the judge presiding over his case, he may have grounds to have the judge disqualified for bias against him, further delaying his disbarment.

Either he's an evil genius, or he's just insane. Either way, he'd make a good comic book villain.
At first, when it was written images of gay sex, I thought it was only going to be two boys kissing. Isn't that gay sex?
Hahhahaha, hhahahhaha, uhhuhhahhahhaha

My stomach hurts! Can I sue Jackhole for causing me distress?

I can NOT stop laughing.
I can see how pointing out that it's easy to obtain pornographic material from a website without proof of age is a valid argument, but to present the material itself in a filing that is publicly-viewable by anyone? That's like a 10 o' clock news report on how much sex and violence there is on cable channels and then cutting to a 5-minute uncensored sex scene from a cinemax flick.

Yes, it is eye-opening and brings great attention to your point... but it's also illegal and downright stupid.

I imagine in the next 48 hours there will be a response from JT on this very article saying
a) this action is a win for him;
b) he will gladly be a martyr for his cause; and
c) everyone posting comments here is not a lawyer and should shut up.

Seeing as the end of his legal career is now within plain site, I think we know that all three of those points are incorrect.

@ JT (preemptively): Just stop, please. You're embarassing yourself and your entire profession. This does not prove nor solve anything and will, in the end, be a footnote in the history of video games. Not one person capable of performing a Google search cares what you have to say anymore.
Next step, Jack Thompson Goatse' the entire supreme court.
@Tammej: It's a somewhat sad but true statement that GP readers are interested in JT's activities. That, and JT does remain a very high-profile person in the gaming world, even if it is for all the wrong reasons.
GP reported on GamerDad being hospitalized for heart surgery not long ago. This technically was not news related to any games or any political actions - it was a report on a guy who went to the hospital. But since the guy in question is a somewhat important part of the gaming and political scene it was entirely appropriate in my opinion that the story appear. Same thing here - if JT suffers disciplinary action as a result of this then it'll certainly have a major effect, so it is appropriate that we be informed of the series of events leading to any potential disciplinary issues.

I'm also curious - the crux of JT's argument against Kent is that Kent has adult content linked to his LAW website. If the links are off of NGN, and Kent does not advertise his legal business on NGN or otherwise use it to solicit business, then even if he owns the website it doesn't make him any different from any other operator of websites. And NGN, from what I gather from the story, doesn't have adult content on it but simply links to sites that do. So NGN isn't even specifically an adult-themed website.
I can see the argument if a lawyer was operating a pornographic website (even if done legally it does cast lawyers in a somewhat negative light. I'm not saying that it should definitely not be allowed, but it's an argument at least worth the arguing.) But Kent's website is apparently not pornographic. Even if its key theme is of a controversial topic, there's no wrongdoing that I can see.
Dennis,
You have done the unthinkable. You turned a cruddy morning into the best one ever. I owe you big time!
You're doing God's work, friend.
Boom! Self-inflicted headshot!

-P
Bahahahahah. Good god way to make me spit my ten dollar morning coffee all over the barista as I read this shit. XD!
"What he has apparently succeeded in doing, however, is seriously upsetting the judge who must decide the merits of Thompson’s attempt to block the Florida Bar from taking action against his license to practice law."

So... he's pissing off the one person that can save his sorry ass form total annihilation?

Well, I guess we've got nothing to fear here.
It's like he WANTS his license to practice law revoked. What a maroon.
I can just see it now....some legal historian going over old legal briefs..

Hmm...Suing a website because one of their links went to an adult site.
They definitely had some real misconceptions about how the internet works.
Lets see what he included....



A Goatse through time....
To me, this reeks of sabotage.
[...] Jack Thompson reaches new level of bat-**** insane This had me laughing so freaking hard, I had to wait ten minutes to post it... Jack Thompson submits gay porn to court -- judge not amused - Joystiq GamePolitics.com
I saw an episode of Law & Order once where a man committed a murder for one reason or other, but during the trial the man's son hired a lawyer and tried to help him argue his insanity/ineptitude, but the man wouldn't allow it because the son was such a jerk, and had been to him for a long time. I can't help but wonder if that is the dynamic between Jack and his wife and these recent blunders.
@ Mr. B

Actually he's more the equivalent of Miss South Carolina Teen Caitlin Upton, since it appears neither of them know their geography! :D
@Jay

Actually, if he looks at the images with disgust rather than lust I think he'll be ok.
You know what makes me laugh about Jack? Every time he pens a letter he believes it to be so definitive that it will change the course of history itself. By the time he clicks "send" on his email he believes himself to have won. Though if he had any kind of skill to learn from the past he would realize just how many times he claimed victory after sending out an email and how every time it ends with him losing.

Case in point where he tried to get Gamepolitics shut down and the posters arrested as terrorists. Post sending the letter he was 100% assure of himself that we would all be rotting in a cell somewhere. And how did that work out for your Jackie?
@anon

actually in court documents they usually do (how ever everywhere else they dont)
Ah, and the Miami Heald picks up the story, from GamePolitics no less.
And, oh, looky looky who has the first comment.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gaysouthflorida/2007/09/judge-spanks-so.h...

Aw, isn't that sweeeet? John Bruce figures if a story isn't in HIS favor, the journalist must be a bad journalist. Awwww....

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
Remember this day fellow gamers, remember it well because this was the moment that JTs disbarrment became assured.

Now we just have to sit back and enjoy the show.
This guy is totally off his nut!

Did that psych exam he took really clear him?
"To hold Thompson in contempt for alerting the federal court system to the criminal activity… is akin to arresting Paul Revere, in 1775, for “disturbing the peace” with his midnight ride…"

Uhhh, that doesn't seem right. I don't know much about history, but what I have heard was, he didn't do it. It was his partner, who was black, who warned everyone. While Paul Revere, himself, was drunk.
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BYE BYE
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Jack:
"Oh god, what do I do? They really have me backed into a corner here."

"..."

[Shoots self in foot]

"HAHAHA! MARVEL AT MY GENIUS! I HAVE WON, THREE CHEERS FOR THE RED WHITE AND BLUE! GOODBYE RAP MUSIC AND VIDJAGAMES!"

[passes out from blood loss]
I'm starting to think that Jack Thompson isn't a real person.
I'm starting to think that he REALLY IS INSANE and not just an attention hog.
[...] ocvarsity editor wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt [...]
I can't believe it, Jack-o is self owning once more.
And.
Maybe this was his way of coming out of the closet? XD
Oh SNAP!

had to be said
What the hell was Thompson thinking?
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."
Ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!

How will he troll the web from jail?

So let me get this straight... Jack Thompson fights the good fight of keeping violent and sexual content out of the hands of minors by filing graphic pictures on a public website?

Of course he might say, "How many kids go to these sites and peruse legal matters?" To which there could be several replies; such as, "Most kids that read this hilarious story" "Children looking to research the legal system for school" "Many more kids that would go to the gay news website".

Oh, man, this is SO funny!! I swear if he had a knife he'd probably cut out his eyes to spite his mind.
I have just spent this morning laughing hysterically. Just when I find Thompson starting to get a little boring, he pulls something like this

@Soul Says: Obviously, he wasn't.
Oh dear oh dear.....

I really am at a loss for words, there's absolutely nothing I can say to top this.....
The man's a genius.
I just find the image of Jack sitting at his desk browsing and saving Gay Porn to be infinitely hilarious....
Two words. "Self Owned."
@jds

there are also "kids" that find this shit (legal info) more intresting then anything they have to pay for >_>
HAH! Jack Thompson has really gone off his rocker.
"I’m not the one in trouble. The judge found a certain lawyer’s material obscene. I absolutely love it."

He loved the obscnene material? Hah.
"The pictures apparently do not come directly from the National Gay News site, but rather are contained on sites linked from NGN’s adult links section."

Way to fail at the inter-tubes, Wacko Jack-o. Seriously, it's always been a pet peeve of mine when people don't know where one site ends and its links begin. Idiot. Or maybe he's just playing on other people's ignorances and he's just a liar. Neither one surprises me.
The man is a gigantic fail-machine.
Words fail me.
This headline alone has seriously made my morning. Oh JT, what won't you do?
Thompson is completely bat-shit crazy. It's obvious he views himself as some sort of crusading American hero, what with comparing himself to Paul Revere and all, when in reality he's just another ignorant zealot and a really bad lawyer to boot.
Is it me, or is Jack Thompson doing an amazing impression of Daffy Duck.

Maybe when he saw the pictures on external links (which I am sure, if you look on the website of this person he's taking to court - has a disclaimer about the content of external sites not being that site's responsibility) he got this feeling inside him, but could differentiate between anger and arousal?
Maybe he's just trying to end his career with a "BANG!"

I look forward to his antics during the coming Bar hearing :)
To sum my reaction up nicely... "Uh-WHA?!" o.o;
JT things he's a modern day Paul Revere? What's he doing, running through the streets screaming, "The gays are coming! The gays are coming!"?

Sounds like he just made his homophobia public knowledge and just got another group of citizens on our side. Honestly, can you think of no nobler cause than stopping the linking of gay pr0n to potentially under-aged children? I cannot. War, starvation, and a collapsing economy have nothing ont he importance of this terror!
Never thought I'd see the words 'Judge', 'Spank', 'Jack Thompson' and 'Gay Porn' in the same sentence....
I'll bet Janet Reno has a few words to say about this. ;)

Anyone else think so?
"Yeah, so I'll just check Gamepolitics real quick and then whaholdonWHAAAAT!??"

Oh... oh man. This... I just... how.. why...

This man is insane. In-fucking-sane. At this rate, we won't have to wait for November.
Wait....huh....wha? It is official JT has broke my brain with this antics this time. How do pictures of gay porn have to do anything with the case at hand? Or was he trying to point out that Mr. Kent has a website that offers adult links to people who are of age? He even says of age, not that he is giving free access to porn to kids. I will be surprised if he is not held in contempt for this little fiasco, my mind can not contemplate any logical reason as to why even Jack would try something like this. I know his past actions at times might be from deep in left field but this...this is completely out of the ballpark.
1) He called Dennis "sweetie".

2) He distributes gay porn to other men.

Conclusion: JT is a homosexual.

Not that there is anything wrong with that.
"Your Honor, today I will prove to you beyond the shadow of a doubt that Fox News is a terrorist Orginization and that Bill O' Reily works for Usama Bin Laden!"

"O RLY?"

"YA RLY. You see, while I was watching 'The No Spin Zone' Bill discussed a video Bin Laden made and actually showed it on the air which means that he is a terrorist as is his employer."

judge: *FACEPALM*
Oh, just perfect. Apparently, now he thinks he's the only one on the planet, aside from gamers, who's smart enough to know how to use the internet.

Did he honestly think this would make his point more apparent? Why not be a normal human being and just explain the details of the pictures IN WORDS? Or does he think the judges can't read because they're 'in cahoots' with gamers, who he thinks can only read words like 'lol.'

This man is sickening. As if his previous acts didn't assure his downfall soon enough, this will definitely be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
What tricks will John Bruce Thompson, unsuccessful anti-video game attorney, and professional massacre chaser (and he can't even do that very well), do next as the star of his own circus? Clearly, he's unable to jump through hoops of fire without getting singed for starters.

I'm guessing the Florida Bar lion will bite his head completely off...
Let's give it up for Jack "Don Quixote" Thompson...

--Ray
Also to Jack I want to make something clear. You are not Paul Revere. You are a Red Coat. Ready and willing to stamp out freedom wherever you see it. Oh yeah and the Red coats also lost.
Sorry for the double post, but i just noticed this.

"This is the best thing to happen to me in a long, long time. Check my [case] filings, sweetie."

"Sweetie?" He. Called. Dennis. Sweetie? JESUS, THIS MAN IS SCARING ME.
I don't see at any point that its suggested that the judge has any issue with the website in question, just Jack Thompson's decision to file hardcore porn in the public domain, where anyone, including a 4 year old if they so wish, has the right to view it.

Jackie Boy, your career as a attorney is over.
I knew his disbarrment was coming eventually.....but just not this soon!

Merry Christmas everyone!
We had better start planning that party now..

Brilliant. Absolutly fucking brilliant day.
i never actually thought jack thompson was mentally ill until now, sure i thought he was an ignorant, intolerant sob, but not truly mentally ill. now i think he is. mr. thompson has my pity and sympathy. it's so sad to see a man, no matter how much you dislike him, crash and burn in such a spectacular fashion. get help soon jack, you need it
I don't know what to laugh at more. What he did, or the fact that he thinks that this is a win for him somehow.
This is truly a wonderful day.

First Warren Jeffs is convicted, then Jack Thompson destroys his career in an instant.

"Is this a great country or what?" Oh yes. Yes, it is.
GP,
A prior post, apparently by John Bruce, had claimed that Mr. Kent was undergoing surgery. Despite the callous attitude John Bruce showed, and despite his penchance for outright lying and deceiving, I did go to Mr. Kent's law firm site and emailed him my wishes for a speedy recovery in case this was one of the rare times John Bruce was telling the truth.

I, too, have not heard back from him. And I can't recalling seeing Mr. Kent's posts lately, as I know he has posted here before.

Since the case is still active, I would ASSUME that Mr. Kent is alive and well enough to take part in legal proceedings? Or is that assumption incorrect? As you say, you haven't heard from him yet.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
Jack will maintain that any sanctions visited upon him for his actions (making porn available via the court filings) should also be visited on his rival Norm Kent since, in Jack's mind, Norm has engaged in the same behavior (making porn available via links from the adult section of his web site).

When he is punished and Kent is not, he will cry favoritism and collusion or some other nonsense.
@ point09micron

Except that, if it IS a tactic, anyone who's spent any time in law school would be able to tell that and use it AGAINST him.
OMG here I am clicking on Gamepolitics and I see this article.

This is the end my friends.... JT is heading down kicking and screaming the whole way.

I love how he tries to make himself a martyr out of it by saying he is willing to go to jail over it... over what JT finding porn in the adults only links? wow just wow.

Anyone gamers in Florida wanna have a party with me let me know lol.
@nightwng - I did email Norm Kent speedy recovey wishes and heard back a brief thank-you several weeks ago.

I've no further info on his condition - it would be good to know that he is doing well.
"Through his actions, Mr. Thompson made available for unlimited public viewing, on the court’s docketing system, these graphic images."

Doesn't this make JT a distributor of porn to minors since anyone can view the dockets?


Way to JT, you became what you despised :lol:
@ GoodRobotUs
Quite the memorable headline, isn't it?

"Through his actions, Mr. Thompson made available for unlimited public viewing, on the court’s docketing system, these graphic images."

Maybe I'm jumping the gun here but...is this court-documented proof of JT providing pornographic material on the internet without any form of age identification?

Like, not even a CREDIT CARD? =) (/wave JT's son)

There's so much comedy gold in this story, I don't know where to begin.

Someone should make a forum avatar of JT's head calling Dennis "Sweetie".

This is like waiting for the series finale of a comedy, but the network is putting it off for a couple of months, dropping 5 minute webisodes to keep us hooked. The end of the Yack Thompson Show should be well worth watching.
Please... Please post somthing retarded Jack!

Also, pornography causes peadophilia!

"Recently an Assistant U.S. Attorney, licensed by The Florida Bar, traveled to
Michigan to have sex with what he thought was a five-year-old girl. He was able to make
that “hook-up” through the Internet, the same Internet through which obscene material is
made available to pedophiles. Any person with a brain, lawyer or not, knows that
obscene images made available through that same Internet are not only making such
encounters more frequent but also more desired. Anyone who can read the Attorney
General Edwin Meese’s Commission on Pornography Report knows the linkage between
pornography/obscenity and sexual crimes. Thompson has had the pleasure of sharing the
podium with Attorney General Meese at LSU Law School years ago on these issues at
the very moment that The Florida Bar was harassing Thompson the last time about this
successful activism against this sewage."

This is genius and wins my IRONY OF THE WEEK AWARD!!

To celebrate i'm off for a wank...
@point09micron

"Has it occured to anyone that this might be another tactic of his? If he pisses off the judge presiding over his case, he may have grounds to have the judge disqualified for bias against him, further delaying his disbarment."


Yeah I was thinking the same thing.
Wow. I almost busted out laughing at work. Not cool Dennis. ;)

I can't believe Jack tried this. He even goes so far as to say that kids don't go to the Pacer site looking for porn. That is not the problem. The problem is that kids go to the Pacer site to look at court documents and now they may stumble across porn because of Thompson.

This is nuts and his disbarment can't come any sooner.
When I came to site this morning I did a quintuple take when I saw the headline. I know we've proclaimed "JT's lost it" before, but this time I think he *really* lost it! The irony here is just staggering.
What he has apparently succeeded in doing, however, is seriously upsetting the judge who must decide the merits of Thompson’s attempt to block the Florida Bar from taking action against his license to practice law.

Par for the course.

Step 1: file a case
Step 2: piss of the judge
Step 3: whine when the judge throws the case out, claim bias
Step 4: profit?

The pictures apparently do not come directly from the National Gay News site, but rather are contained on sites linked from NGN’s adult links section.

So is the phone book company guilty of distributing porn to minors if an adult video store who's phone number is contained therein happens to sell to a minor? After all, they are providing you with the means to locate said porn store... /sarcasm
"i'm not the one in trouble"

Jack, you're in so much shit right now..
That's impressive, even for Jack. Open mouth, insert foot.

I love the Ahminedejad reference in the first document. Technically, we can compare Jack to Ahminedejad, due to the fact that they blatantly resist the facts, even when they are staring at them right in the face. Comparing Jack to Paul Revere is like comparing a wolverine to a taco - there's nothing to compare.

Like I've always said, "The person that will ultimately lead to JT's downfall will be JT himself."
This is definitely one of the most interesting headlines we've seen.
Well, I will say I find the links to porn on the site are little out of place, considering the the site is obviously a news and information outlet, I will say whyt the heck does Jack Thompson care?

I even clicked on the links, and while I'm straight, it's obvious these links are for porn and the ads themselves do not show anything inapropriate or indecent, until you actually click on the links. But, ads for porn are everywhere on the web and considering these look like Google ads, I'm actually surprised Jack Thompson didn't try and bring Google into the mix as well.

I have a family member that is gay and I find Mr. Thompson's actions and comments obviously descriminitory and a blantant attempt to make a mockery of the judicial system.

You Mr Thompson will get what you deserve once Judge Jordan and the Florida Bar get done with you. I hope you enjoy a long time in jail for contempt. Oh, and remember, don't bend over for the soap!
There is really only one word to describe this

LAWL

How he hasn't been banned from practicing law by now is beyond my comprehension. The day he is, though, will be the happiest day of my life.
Jack Thompson: the gift that keeps on giving.

What was he doing looking at homosexual material anyway?
...

...I...uh...well...I guess if you gotta go, go with style. Maybe the crater that Jack leaves behind will become a tourist attraction.
After reading through a few of the filings. It still amazes me how Jack Thompson makes many references to things that have absolutely nothing to do with the matter at hand. Mentioning video games again? The President of Iran? What does these things have to do with his present situation? How can he take himself seriously?
Jack's just a crazy little monkey, splicing gay porn images into his legal filings. And do you know what we do with monkeys that throw around gay porn in such a way? We spank the monkeys!
...That came out wrong. But, yeah, I'm not really sure how this would have ever seemed like a good idea to JT. Perhaps the intricacies of his plan are such that I cannot divine them; this is entirely possible. But it's also entirely possible that his plan is such that no one outside of JT's own twisted logic can fully divine it. That'd either mean that JT is the smartest person on the planet, or that he's insane. I'm guessing that he's not the smartest man on the planet.
I'm still waiting for the "If Dennis were a real journalist" commetns from Jackie Boy himself.
@Josh Martz

Well, they are both hated figures in Britain. Thing is though, Paul Revere is popular in the US, JT is not.
LOL that is amazing. Who would think he would be into gay porn...Oh wait.
Jack, I thought you were crazy but now I see you're nuts, lol, had to say it.
Someone take the shovel away from JT.
@Josh Martz

"Comparing Jack to Paul Revere is like comparing a wolverine to a taco"

Best laugh I've had all week!

I want a wolverine taco now. Topped with Jackie boy's special legalese BS sauce.
@ Dennis McCarthy

Just becareful with that sauce. It has a bad after taste.
He... wait... he actually believes, that as there is a tenuous link between the pornography *he* included in his filing and Mr. Kent, that it is Mr. Kent who's in trouble? He *actually* believes that?

Good lord. The man is the single most self-deluded inconsequential comedian I've ever encountered.
I just find it odd that the entire defence of his position seems to be 'Well, the Bar want to discipline me, and Norm Kent has complained to the Bar about me before, and Norm Kent is Gay and his site has Adult links on it, therefore I shouldn't be disciplined.'

Sometimes I wonder if Jack has some kind of Legal version of the Magic 8-Ball.
@NecroSen

It's not even that. His filings can be basically resumed as "The Florida Bar likes Norm Kent better than me but look Norm Kent's internet site has links to gay porn sites so I'm right! Here's proof, images from the porn sites!"
This has nothing whatsoever to do with videogames. Why do you bring those news?

Do we have to read everything about this lawyer, just because he's badmouthing videogames? I think not. It's off topic. Please let's focus on the game controversies and keep our eyes on the ball. That lawyer isn't the ball. Symbolically speaking - that lawyer is just one player on the field, and right now he's munching popcorn, sitting at the sidelines, playing Phoenix Wright on his DS.

Watch that ball. Watch the teams.
AAAHAHHAHAHAAHA

OH GOD

Jack Thompson, always ready to give gamers a hearty laugh.
Sounds to me like the crux of the issue is that by placing the images in the PUBLIC record he has committed the very offense which the case is meant to punish! Therefore my proposed resolution is to allow the case to proceed and at the conclusion any sentence given Kent should be extended also to Thompson (especially any resulting criminal record).
@Tammej
You just answered your own question. "Watch that ball. Watch the teams."

Technically Thompson IS the other team so we have to watch him. Albeit, slightly out there and not a good spokesman against our "team" but still an opponent nonetheless.

And even if you don't consider him the entire team, he is still a player on that team and if you watch the team, it means watching the players that make up that team.

Even then, it is still hilarious.
[...] I just saw this. I mean what the fuck is this guy thinking? I'm at a loss for words. [...]
Just when you think Jack has reached the limit of craziness he pulls something like this off... I'm actually quite interested in (or possibly scared at, not sure yet) how he could possibly top this one though :)

Best quote is this one i think
"I’m not the one in trouble. The judge found a certain lawyer’s material obscene. I absolutely love it. This is the best thing to happen to me in a long, long time."
Remind anyone else of the old Iraqi information minister? (who was busy proclaiming victory even as the capital city centre was falling)
It's highly amusing that jack actually thinks he's winning when it's blatantly obvious to everyone else that he's failing miserably in the most stunning way possible.
I agree with you to a degree Tammej were it not for the fact that Thompson is still legally active against Video games. Not very effectively, I'll admit, he can't even get his dates right, but he's trying.

I think what this boils down to in part is things we cannot see, Thompson is famous for harassing people, not just them, but their families, their employers etc, he's actually pretty much a stalker, he's already harassed Dennis' employer and left some really creepy messages on his home phone, and it's not the only case, I'm sure people remember the 'I know who you are, I know where you live' comment he made on Tycho's cell phone at PAX.

So I think it's partly about Jack involvement with Video Games and partly to do with the fact that he finally recieving the payback for all the hatred he has spewed at those who don't agree with him over the years, and I wouldn't be surprised if there IS a hint of satisfaction for Dennis to report this, Jack tried to destroy (and that's a direct quote) his opponents through various nefarious means on numerous occasions, and all he's succeeded in doing is destroy himself.
I actually refuse to believe this Jack Thompson could possibly be real!
You're making him up aren't you?!!!
It's getting so ridiculous that I'm actually wondering whether i'm reading a comedy blog disguised as a gaming politics blog.
It's like watching the farce escalate in an old episode of fawlty towers or something

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What was he thinking?! This is the complete antithesis of what he's trying to accomplish. He wants people to think he's sane and rational, and then does stuff like this?!

Seriously, y'know what I think he should do. Before filing any motion, he could consult his wife or close friends. He should ask them 'does this sound alright?' or 'Would it be a good idea to do this?'. At the very least, he'd look less insane. Come on, John. Submitting gay porn with a court filing? How does that play into anything?

We understand you don't like gay people, and y'know what? That's fine. I don't care what you like or don't like, but before you do something like this, you could at the very least consult somebody regarding what you're doing.

You'll be less of a laughing stock that way.