The one part about this I feel bad about is for his family with the timing.

With a decision currently scheduled by December 21st, can you imagine what kind of Christmas it will be in the Thompson house if the call is that Jack is disbarred either permanently or for some substantial length of time?

I can already imagine that it couldn't have been a very pleasant Thanksgiving, with Jack losing his pre-emptive case to stop this just beforehand.

I intensely dislike Thompson. He's a liar and extremely unethical. He has committed behavior against Dennis and others on this site (and elsewhere) that is tantamount to stalking. He has a continuing tendency to only acknowledge information that supports his extremely tenuous case, and treats it like gospel, while disregarding totally any information against his case, solely for that reason. He also claims to represent my religion while everything he says and does is full of hate and lies.

When he's disbarred, he'll deserve it.

But if anything, I feel pity for his family. They deserve a better Christmas than this. Maybe if we knew what system Jack's son had, we could get him Madden or something.

@ Xlorep DarkHelm

My apoligies. I am at best uncertain about the christian faith. Mind you I was raised attending but never payed as much attention as I probably should. Due to an accident a few years ago (my son died) my connection with the church and God became strained almost to the breaking point. Needless to say I had alot of questions as to why a loving and compassionate god would take the life of a child.... sigh. Sorry

These questions were never answered (doubt they could be) so I became detached and evolved into a paganish agnostic. There are many things I do not know. The more I have learned the more I find I did not know. The world and the universe are mind staggering.

I do not have anything against those of faith nor those that chose not to beleive, it is a matter of personal choice. If having faith gives you strength then that is good in itself. None should even attempt to take such away.
Mid you I percieve things from my own (limited) point of view, know I am not without bias and opinion, so can acknowledge that others do as well. Respect is earned usually by showing it.

Mind you I do have a personal dislike for those that feel that they need to attempt to shove their beleifs down my throat. JBT claims he does things in the name of god... hhmm this is not the god that I was given to understand. If he is acting in the name of his diety it would follow that his god is: rude, underhanded and vindictive. If you do not beleive as he does then you are wrong (gamers), 'ware the crusades.
On the other hand those like Pandralisk (spelling) that claim to have knowlege of things beyond that of mortals. He speaks from confusion and hate that there is no god/higher power... (I fear that I might have gone that path myself and am glad I did not). He however does offer respect, all others are wrong. Neither of these types offer anything outside themselves. Demanding that others come to them and accept what they beleive. This is NOT worthy of respect.

...... The law is said to be blind and judge only on actions and facts, this is an ideal worthy of respect. Jack tries to twist those ideals by shoving off the blame of his actions on anothers (his religion). I find that strongly distasteful..

My lack of KNOWING is more honest then his twisted faith.

He will need to stand before the florida bar and answer for his actions and If there is a god that judges then he will judged in that domain as well. I do not share much pity for him.

He deserves to be censured (he has admitted this) and should I think be disbarred. This will give him time to face his mistakes, live out his regrets and maybe to make things right with his god and the people around him.

@Baka

Lighten up! Dear god, where did he attack you so badly in there? Can you honestly not take anything? It's amazing that when Thompson uses obviosly disengenuine threats as proof in cases, people go nuts and think he's ridiculous. Scuzz pokes a little fun of you (and purposefully makes himself look dumb) and you throw you tattling on Dennis. Honestly, get a funny bone and grow up. The both of you, really.

@bakaohki - get a sense of humor or leave. You obviously have some self esteem issues that need to be worked out if you're going to get this bent out of shape over a message board. Not only do you get bent out of shape, you attempt to backseat moderate the comments section of this site. Newsflash,  you don't run this show. You don't get to say who gets banned or not, and you don't get to say what gets posted here or not. If you want to control what gets posted in the comments section of an article, go start your own blog and get off of this one.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Scuzz is satan himself he shall not be mentioned

Just the debate and the bar association? He's a detriment to the legal profession as a whole.

As for his logic, he's been told not to threaten the posters at this site, he was even told not to come back through a cease and desist AND a ban, and he still persists. If he has it in his head that what he's doing is right, then his behavior will not change.

zerodash (others),

This is has been a running thing for a while now, since GP has gained more notoriety, and JT had been allowed back for a toturous time - the discussion level has gone way, way down. I usually avoid the JT threads for that reason - long time GPers have been down this road before, we know that JT has nothing of substance to offer, and his tune hasn't budged.

I can only hope he's disbarred, because no matter what Christian Persecution Complex he suffers from, and no matter how he tries to spin it, being disbarred will stymie JT in no small way. But, I doubt. He'll wriggle out this somehow.

Anyway, people who want a blow-by-blow probably won't be happy, if a bunch of lawyers set aside a week for something - it will take the FULL goddamn week. I wouldn't expect this case to close this year. As GP said, the Judge has until Dec. 21st, and that's far to close to consumer-mas for us to realistically expect that time-table to hold, especially with JT's penchant for "Emergency Extensions," or "Emergency Relief," or whatever.

[...] by Kit Pierce Poor Jack. [...]

@Ix

I don't have anything handy at the moment, sorry.


I was just thinking, if JT does get disbarred Dennis might have to slap him with a restraining order. I say this because it seems that JT is either obsessed or absolutely in love with Dennis (ewww... Read JT's wiki quote page; nearly half of them are about Dennis. Scary.) Something like his disbarrment might push him over the edge, and anyone who has seen Fatal Attraction knows what that leads to.

I must admit, I'm fairly certain this will only make Jacky Boy more vocal than ever. He'll try to flip his (potential) permanent disbarrment, claiming to be "yet another victim of the video game industry's plot to continue profitting off the mental mutilation of this nation's children, of which I still am the greatest enemy of". Or something along those lines.

However, that's not going to help him in any way if he loses all ability to wield a license to practice law as if it's a weapon. And, should he be permanently disbarred, despite any response Jacky Boy makes, even a vile excuse for a human being (such as he) cannot stop such a day from being a great one for justice.

As for the likelihood of the aforementioned taking place, I remain positive that his tactics will be for not.

You know, if he gets permanently disbarred, we're going to have an International Gamer's Holiday to celebrate. I think something along the lines of guy fawkes - but entirely in game.

So, if he gets disbarred, for Jack Thompson Day, we can quote our favourite cases, while trying to set of awesome pyrotechnics in our FPS of choice.

I'll be following GP throughout the day, that's for sure.

I have a feeling this will be a beautiful day... JT getting some poetic justice on his face. We can hope.

I hope we get play by play!

I'll be refreshing GP continuously throughout the day.

Well guys i am getting the bubbly ready because i think today is going to be a glorious day for Gamers. WOOT WOOT.:P

I wouldn't underestimate him. I don't expect him to go down with dignity. More likely he'll be throwing some of his trademark tantrums the WHOLE WAY. Don't forget, from what I understand a big part of the reason his earlier cases got thrown out was a "look, just wait and see what you're being charged with, THEN respond" attitude. Well, now he knows what he's being charged with; so it wouldn't surprise me if all the old filings came back with a vengeance. Even for a normal person, I would expect a hearing like this to take some time; In Jack's case, I wouldn't put it past him to tie it up for as long as he can if he thinks he can't win. Could be months.

@MaskedPixelante

That would presuppose he had some kind of understanding of the law.

I find it hilarious that anyone can claim christianity is somehow oppressed in THIS country. How many politicians wear their religion on their sleeve? If what JT says is true, then we would not have had G W Bush for 2 terms.

Question: How long will a court case of this sort take to resolve? A week? more?

Also, I'd like to note that most court cases are settled through agreements. If there was an offer on the table, I think it's a virtual certainty that Thompson and the Bar will reach an agreement. I doubt he's going to get permanently disbarred, despite my hopes.

"Thompson claims that the Bar’s pursuit of him is motivated by his Christian activism"

I've never understood this. Being persecuted for being Christian in America, especially the south, is like being persecuted for being gay in San Francisco or being persecuted for being a geek at MIT.

Anyways, here's to the day we get trolled by "jack thompson, ex-attornery."

Huzzah. Finally his tedious antics will fade from memory, god willing.

@Jim

That all depends on how threatened JT feels. I'd bet good money he plans to use every loophole in the book to try to worm his way out of this, and when he's finally exhausted all other possibilities, he'll take what the Bar has to offer. My hope is that the Bar doesn't put up with it, and permanently disbars him.

I'm not going to try to call this ATM though, it's still way too early to predict anything.

Looks like JT is scared. Why all of the sudden would he accept the 90 day suspension otherwise? Hmm...

I look forward to seeing the results of this.

Thing is, I don't care if he's Christian, Islamic, Buddhist or Spaghetti Monesterist, I DO care if he is a rude, obnoxious panic-raiser who insults and misleads people to suit his own personal agenda.

And that is precisely what he is.

They are trying to silence him because he's an idiot, not because he's a Christian (which he's not).

@ TheGreg:

1 A Christmas Story reference = 1 intertubes. You win!

@ Apokalypse:

Seriously, I think it's going to be all three of the above, if he gets disbarred. Just one of those things, y'know?

There's all kinds of different things to think about with this, though, that makes it really difficult to predict the outcome:

- Professional organizations really don't like to kick members out if they can simply discipline them,
- How the Bar will react to the swamps of filings Jack's made,
- How Jack will conduct himself in court,
- How Jack will conduct himself outside of court with respect to the trial,
- Whether or not Jack has some legal loophole up his sleeve,

Just to name a few. An awful lot of variables in this one.

@ jdecamp

Looks like JT is scared. Why all of the sudden would he accept the 90 day suspension otherwise? Hmm…

That is a strong possibility. It would not surprise me if that is the case. This is probably a lot deeper than a couple of video game cases. He does have a medical malpractice job. There may be several complaints streaming from that as well.

Do we want him disbarred? Yes. Will he be disbarred? "Outlook is cloudy"

Well, he filed the emergency measure last week, but I do not know if that will be enough to keep his head afloat. Since, technically, at the moment he doesn't have any legal cases on the docket. The last two he had were dismissed on Tuesday. Even with an emergency filing, a judge would have to give it a thumbs up to go back to the courts, and I, frankly, do not see that happening. Even if it does, considering that it is an appeal, basically, and there is no case currently pending, even if the ermegency motion goes through, it will have started AFTER the Bar hearings, therefore Mr. Thompson would need representation outside of himself, since, it would be sound logic to assume that the Bar has some rule about being the representative of a case when you are under a Bar investigation. Of course, if anyone has the link to the florida Bar's rules of conduct, and evaluation process, I would be appreciative. I am curious about how the code of conduct for lawyers is applied. I researched North Carolina's during the Duke fiasco, but I don't have the time to do the same thing now for Florida.

@ApokalypseNow

Hey, I'll bring the chocolate and ghram crackers...mmmm, s'mores of ruination.

Honestly, I really doubt he's going to get disbarred. Nothing ever really seem to go our way. I mean, when someone kills someone it's always blamed on games. But when a gamer does something heroic is it ever attributed to video games? No.

Anyway, I expect to see this case dismissed or at least end with Jack still able to call himself a lawyer. I also expect to see him on here later celebrating and mocking us. In situations like this I am definitely a "glass is half empty" kind of guy, sorry.

Papa Midnight,
I'd say "no" to "will he be?" but probable that he'll only be suspended, if anything.

Does he DESERVE to be disbarred? Certainly. Dishonorable and unethical to the core is John Bruce. But he isn't the first such lawyer to be allowed to continue to practice. He also isn't the first to be disbarred either.

And, in the end, even if he is, his activism won't end. He'll just have another "conspiracy theory" to throw around as part of his activism.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

Well, no matter the outcome, Thompson ought to get everything he wants out of it. Like that time Take Two got an order for him to hush up and stop hounding them. That was a huge victory for him.

...wait... so /that's/ why he says he has way more victories than losses...

"Thompson claims that the Bar’s pursuit of him is motivated by his Christian activism and is designed to silence his outspokenness."

The Bar's pursuit of him is in no way motivated by his activism. It is motivated by the nature of his activism. He has ignored and broken rules, insulted people, lied and brought false allegations against people. He has attempted to use the law as a crude club, and whenever he fails he proceeds to hurl more insults and allegations. These are what have motivated this trial, but for some reason he is absolutely blind to any wrongdoing on his part. Apparently, as long as it is the Lord's work, then the ends justify the means according to him.

Rules are rules, the law is the law, your beliefs do not affect them. Should extremist Islamic terrorists be arrested, or let to go about their business because that would that be motivated by their religious activism? Should Warren Jeffs have been allowed to continue to arrange sex between minors and older men because of his religion? You are free to believe and act in any way you wish, up until you break laws or rules. That's where Jack Thompson falls down. Just because he believes he is right, that none of the rules apply to him.

Thompson claims that the Bar’s pursuit of him is motivated by his Christian activism and is designed to silence his outspokenness.

For being a Christian, he sure doesn't act like one. Vengeful, spiteful, hateful little man. Jesus would be ashamed to have him as a follower...

@ghost coins

Ruination s'mores, eh? I'm down.

I laugh every time I hear about how Thompson claims that his rights to speech are being impeded.

It proves yet again that Thompson slept through law class.

By becoming licensed, he agrees to abide by the rules of conduct attached to that license. If he want to run his mouth off, he's allowed, but he's not allowed to keep his bar license at the same time. These complaints are not to "shut him up", but to "shut him up in his capacity as a licensed Bar member".

Tear up your bar license, and these lawsuits/disciplinary hearings will disappear. Well, until you commit slander or libel... but that's another matter...

@Davcube

I don't want to, but I am obliged by internet law....

Is his power level over...*snicker* 9000?

@ ghost coins

Nah, it's 0.001.

Sure jack willl have some legal shenanigins up his sleeve, but if youve payed attention you know the entent of jack thompon's legal brilliance is nothing more than some courch potato who watches too much law and order.

He'll pull some crap, and it will get dismissed quickly and the slippery slope to oblivion for his career will be one entertaining struggle to watch.


Bye jack, I wish I could say its been a good fight but youve alienated too many people with yuor hatred for this to be anything more than justice.

Even if he is disembarred, it's unlikely that he will stop. He will just continue his crusade, suing everything that is in his way. Although there is one good thing. If he is dissembarred, it's unlikley that Fox and CNN will call him an expert anymore.

To those who say Jack's not going to be disbarred, I'm sorry but he is. If this was all about his actions against the video game industry, then maybe I'd be more inclined to agree, but it isn't just about that. It's also about Howard Stern, Norm Kent and a whole mess of other things we don't know about. A lot of the stuff in this trial stems from things going back 20 years, and in that time there has been established a clear pattern of unethical conduct. I'd say the Bar's case against him is pretty ironclad and I doubt he'd get a slap on the wrist or even a suspension for things that went back that far.

@ Quad9damage
The only reason he got off for that is because of this very trial. I wouldn't be surprised if that little stunt got mentioned in the laundry list of other violations he's committed. And considering Judge Jordan oversaw that case as well as this one, I have a feeling he's going to mete out the harshest punishment possbile, as he's clearly shown that he is unwilling to put up with JT's crap no matter how charming JT is.

And to to those who say he'll be an even bigger threat once he's disbarred, why? How will that make him any more effective (or ineffective) than he was before? Like someone here once said, a disbarred lawyer is equivalent to a defrocked priest. No one, especially the media, will go near him after this, and they were already starting to sour on him after V-Tech.

The only thing he could do after being disbarred would be to start a movement or a cult of some kind like Jim Jones, Fred Phelps or David Koresh, but I don't see that because who would follow him? He doesn't really have the kind of seductive charisma that Jones or Koresh had. Also, his ego's just too big and everything else I've observed of his behavior suggests to me that he fancies himself more of a lone wolf type, preferring to act on his own rather than have any allies or followers around him as he probably believes they would just weigh him down.

I really am hoping he does get disbarred, because then it would be both an eye-opener and a valuable lesson to his son about what being an asshole will get you.

@Apokalypse:

Stick with the black stuff. I'm a big Guinness fan.

Ohh....I need a Guinness....
It's like freakin' Christmas came early this year (here's to hoping I don't get coal in my stocking)

@ghost coins

If it comes to that, just have a barbecue with the contents of your stocking.

hey I just realised, He has been using his son in some of his little shenanigans (she·nan·i·gan -noun informal
A deceitful trick; an underhanded act.
Remarks intended to deceive; deceit. Often used in the plural)

He used his son to purchase bioshock to find out if the games retailers would sell it to him (they did because JT was stood there watching) and he claimed on the news that his son said that it was terrible at church etc because they were waiting to go and play halo

Does anyone see a Jack Thompson junior emerging here?!

but on that note, if he has been dragging his son into his own brand of legal stupidity, doesn't that mean that the lad is also held accountable for what his jackhole father did?

anyways, what are the chances that JT Junior will take on his fathers mantle and become the "crusader" for the current generation? that is of course until his fellow schoolkids beat him to near death because of what he is doing, even though most bullies I know don't even play games (they are usually too busy smoking something)

In closing JT is going down, but he isn't out, he'll be back and slightly more whipped, hopefully the church wil slap something on him as well which will say he can't use our religion as an argument!

Well, while he has squeezed his way out, now things are a bit different. Think about it; would it be possible that people like Judge Adalberto Jordan may have influence in some way on this case? If so, influence from someone like a judge, along with his current actions, I'm sure the Bar really are not happy. While I'm not saying he will be disbarred, I can hope.

Hopefully the Bar has had enough of him and are ready to, in the words of Eric Cartman, break his balls.

@DavCube

I can see the anime sequence now:

Jack Jr. Stands over the tattered remainds of Jack Sr.'s long and glorious legal career. Tears careening down his face in anime-waterfall fashion, he vows to avenge his father.

*cue workout montage*

Jack Jr. stands outsdie of Best Buy, proclaiming that he will defeat the monstrosity...this will take approximately 20-40 minutes, or five episodes, whichever is shorter. Then, he'll pull back into a very cool looking martial arts stance, and should something incomprehensible (chinese, Lao, Korean, take your pick), and a flurry of legal documents will fly from his hands...all bouncing off of the walls of the evil blue box.

*cue sad music*

Defeated, Jack Jr. will go on to realize the error of his ways, but, because of the shame associated with his actions, he travels the lands as a free-lance attorney righting wrongs, and moving on before he becomes comfortable.

*cue Bon Jovi's "Wanted dead or alive"* as he walks off into the sunset, legal attache in hand.

@ GP:

Dennis, is that update supposed to read 'the entire week has been set aside FROM this matter" or "the entire week has been set aside FOR this matter"?

Are they spending the entire week on nothing but this, or not touching this until the end of the week?

GP: Doh!    fast updates make for sloppy typing on occasion. My apologies.

Smart money goes on Thompson making it through this one intact. Disbarment is an extreme step that denies someone their livelihood; the question before the court is whether his actions warrant that sort of response.

I had seen on the Supreme Court website that the judge had asked for the extension some time back so I was a little surprised about hearing about the case being dealt with today. But I see that the difference is in the case being reviewed versus the judge making the decision.

So we won't even know til almost Christmas the decision anyway, if then.

Nightwng2000
NW2K Software

At least he is being held somewhat accountable for his actions now... But for some reason when I read people saying he'll get out of this with his licence intact all I can hear is the sound of Bowser Laughing. I can only hope for the Courts to see him for what he is.

I'm hoping for the best here, but I'm not going to say he's going to be disbarred for sure, mostly because I don't want to be dissapointed if he isn't. No expectations no dissapointment as they say.

@Kilted Raven -- no, he has no allies. He's alienated everyone he's ever come in contact with.

To quote the demoman in Team Fortress 2:

Cheers mate! *takes a long drink of whiskey*

If he loses his licence his presence on GP will only get worse. He'll have more ammo to throw at the conspiracy theory, he'll be more vitriolic in his attacks (what does he have to lose?) and the Jesus comparisons will undoubtably become more frequent.

As he will see it, the game industry (and by association Dennis, the ECA, Take Two, the judges involved, etc.) campaigned against him and caused him to lose his licence. I can't quite see him quietly accepting this. (Of course he'd be wrong as it's his own actions in cases against the game industry that are behind this, but that really doesn't matter, right?) The gaming industry might be off the hook, but GP certainly won't.

If he wins and gets to continue practicing law (god knows he needs the practice (I'll be here all week (try the potato salad))) then, well. "Here's Johnny! See, kiddies, I can't be silenced! I was right all along! Hooah!" Then we'll get to see him going against everyone who was involved in the case against.

Jack's a jerk and this whole thing is because of his behaviour and his inability to do his job professionally. It is meant to be the slap in the face that causes him to realise the errors he has been making over and over again. It's nothing to do with violent games; the gaming industry is the victim in Thompson's crimes against law. The saddest thing is that he won't see it as that.

@ Shoehorn

Very nice example.

Pass the marshmellows please and keep the Guiness comin!

Yaaaaaaay.

Moving on...

What I would like to see happen is Jacko get suspended and then during that time several game companies release a glut of the most violent and gory games they can. It would be great to imagine Jack on a litteral soap box in a Twinkie stained house coat shouting through his megaphone at whoe ever walks by.

"These games make your children want to kill!" He'd scream.

"Put on some pants!" The people would reply.

Then he'd go inside and eat Cheetoes and watch all the video game commercials that are on for Christmas.

Ah that's a nice thing to think about. (Except for Jacko in his boxer's)

LOL. Bloody hell, if he cannot win in sueing the bar he will sue the state, and if that is not enough I would guess the US then he will show his true self.."what we do everyday Pinkie, try and take over the world" ROFL.

Wonder if a week will be long enough to wend though his BS. He should be flattered, he is getting the kind of time and attention usually reserved for a high scale murder.

The thing that gets me is that he is standing before the State and Bar and still claiming that "they are out to get me". Wonder when his next psych eval will be? Wonder if he will somehow pass yet agan. Will his faux religion pull him though? Stay tuned to this channel for more.

Hey, I have noticed a great thing here!

360 gamers, Pc gamers, even PS3 fans have actually decided to work with each other for a common goal (the removal of JT) albeit we have to part in it professionally, however JT's ethical and moral messup is something we all agree about, which is just beautiful!

However as Kreia once said: "to be united by hatred is a fragile alliance at best" so I am going to savour this moment while it lasts, no pointless bashing of the other consoles etc, proper moral debate and the like, something which we tend not to show much, it is amazing how we can actually prove a point against him in this very fact, we are, when we are agreed upon something, a very peaceful people, so shouldn't we let Jack stay? for the longer we hate him, the less time we spend hating each other!

Having the license is a privilege, not a right. Thompson should've known that when he got it to begin with, you have to follow guidelines outlined by your state bar or provincial law association. Failure to do so could revoke that privilege.

It's pretty difficult to have a Critic like Jack Thompson who makes sense, the phrase is almost an oxymoron. However, if there are critics who have genuine concerns instead of a pressing need to profit and become famous, then those concerns will be dealt with as they are raised.

The thing is, it isn't the concerns that were the problem, they can be addressed, it was the attitude, as Bananrama once said, It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it, and anyone trying to 'do it' like Thompson is merely going to be headed for a fall.

@blackadvent: A lot of people have raised that same question - what if someone comes along, takes JT's spot in the anti-game debate, only he's eloquent and people listen to him and as a result games start being banned or something?
The flaw with this, I think, is that you can't have someone both 'sound like Jack' and 'make sense.' JT had theories that the entire gaming industry was out to destroy his career, games turn normal people into crazed killers, guy-on-guy kissing is the equivalent of gay sex, and Sony authorizes violent games for the Playstation in order to erode US values as a sort of Pearl Harbor 2. Someone spouting those same theories would look as crazy as JT; someone forming more eloquent and well-reasoned arguments would not really be 'like JT.'

@jds

'We are the society for Geek Dominion of the Earth, soon, all your bases will belong to us.'

@Jabrwock

Suppose that the delivery guy or pharmacist in question had a history of poor performance on those lines, as well as a confrontational attitude with the bodies governing the licensing. Suddenly this new series of incidents come up. If you take into account the history of the driver/pharmacist in question, does that change the way you rule on the case?

@ jadedcritic

As I understand it there are some "rules" involved and degrees of sin. The Bible flat out states that "all men have sinned and falled short of the glory of God". Fair enough.
Whoever shall beleive and ask for forgiveness will pretty much get it, part of the package. However there seem to be a few sins that are bigger than most, and require going to a form of confession and possibly serving some sort of penance. One of those that comes to mind is Using the name of the Lord God in vain. JBT has done this repeatedly and shoved it down the throats of any that he could. Never once has he thought he might be wrong. so why ask to be forgiven for his trepass.
I do not think that the god of the new testament (compared to the Old) is going to smite him though.

@Jabrwock:
"JT hasn’t done anything outrageously criminal yet, so so far he’s only violated Bar rules, and so he’s likely just to get a temporary smackdown…"

It may not be criminal, but accusing a judge of distributing pornography to children would be a serious issue, as would accusing a Judge and another lawyer of conspiring to fix cases. There is also his contacting of plaintiffs directly and not via their attorneys. His crap about games non-withstanding, these are issues which I imagine would be seen as serious breaches of Bar rules.

^He can only make sense if he is correct.

If Jack is disbarred permanently, then it will purely be a financial decision. He costs that poor state so much money by filing all these BS claims. This week is almost like a financial investment; waste one week's worth of money to save months and months worth in the future.

But in the end I think Florida will puss out and only give him some disciplinary time off.

@Shoehorn

His crap about games non-withstanding, these are issues which I imagine would be seen as serious breaches of Bar rules.

Serious, yes. Worthy of a disbarment? Probably not. Remember they initially offered (supposedly) a 90-day suspension. I'm willing to bet that his vitriolic responses will mean that they'll ask for more now, but I think it's clear that even the Bar didn't think that full disbarment was warranted.

So I'm guessing a year's suspension, tops.

If they're setting the week aside for this, i hope that they take notice of his illegal vigilante 'stings.'

If he can even claim they even happened.

This whole affair is just so unfair for Jack Thompson. I mean he's a good Christian and we all know that in Jack Thompson we trust because we are ignorant little sheep and he's the smart one. I hope he doesn't get disbarred.

/extreme sarcasm!;)

(note: If anyone takes this seriously....oooohh)

In one court filing Thompson asserted that he was willing to accept a 90-day suspension of his license to practice law. The embattled attorney claimed that such an offer had been on the table, but that the Florida Bar was now seeking his permanent disbarment.

See the thing is, I'm highly skeptical that a 90 day suspension was on the table from Thompson's end. If it was, it was likely a counter off to a year or more suspension. The Florida Bar needs to discipline Jack with something more substantial than a slap on the wrist. Unfortunately for him, his refusal to take his lumps has apparently made them decide to just rid themselves of him if at all possible.

A second document appeared to outline a lawsuit against the State of Florida, which has authority over the Florida Bar. Thompson claims that the Bar’s pursuit of him is motivated by his Christian activism and is designed to silence his outspokenness.

Nope, their pursuit of him is motivated by his unprofessional behavior. Though he's probably partially right about the outspokenness part. Specifically they want him to stop accusing everyone that doesn't bend over for him of corruption.

What does awaiting moderation mean? Am I being censored like the good JT?

I don't think he will lose his liscence but I wish he would.