Did Jack Thompson Lose Weight? He Looks About $42K Lighter
Did Jack Thompson Lose Weight? He Looks About $42K Lighter
November 19, 2008
As part of Jack Thompson's permanent disbarment by the Florida Supreme Court, the anti-game crusader was also ordered to pay $43,675. The figure represents the Florida Bar's cost to prosecute Thompson's case.
That amount was later reduced to $42,525 by the Bar. It now seems that Thompson has paid up.
As Duke Nukem would say, That's gotta hurt...
This piece of Thompson news comes - as it so often does - by way of Thompson himself. The ex-attorney circulated an e-mail today complaining that the Florida Supreme Court had not yet cashed his check:
Dear Chief Justice Quince:
Please advise today what you and the Court have done with my check for $42,525.27 that was sent you on November 6 to be held in trust by the Supreme Court.
I find today, in talking with my bank, that the check has not been negotiated. I’m not paying any interest on this amount. You all had it from me on the date it was due.
Regards, Jack Thompson
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Posted 11/07/09 at 10:58am
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
JDKJ: Which could be explained by both (a) and (b).
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:56am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: You forgot C) the fact that, for some reason, every time he did something that would suggest he shouldn't be in the military, let alone an officer, higher ups ignored it or let it slide.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:51am
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
JDKJ: Part of the problem is, I believe, that (a) the Army had a lot of time and money already invested in him and which they were unwilling to simply write-off and (b) an increasing need for the type of skills and services he provided.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:48am
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
JDKJ: And that even if he was begging not to get cut loose, he was apparently a real good candidate for being cut loose, anyway.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:11am
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
JDKJ: @chada: And while Kennedy once noted that there's usually more than enough blame for everyone to get a slice, the possibility that the Army was unwilling to cut loose someone who was asking to get cut loose could be a factor.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:07am
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
ZippyDSMlee: *noms on his feet*..nomnomnomnom*droooll* ...wuuutttttt uuu looking at?
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:05am
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
JDKJ: I'm no psychologist, but I'm told that crazy people have a tendency to do crazy things.
Posted 11/07/09 at 10:03am
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
chadachada321: Whoops, was out of the convo for awhile. I do wonder what type of ammo he used etc, but the real issue is WHY he did it, not HOW
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:56am
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
JDKJ: But if it turns out that they actually did, they'll have Hell to pay.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:45am
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
JDKJ: And I'd tend to rule out the possibilty of FN Herstal supplying restricted ammunition to someone merely because they're ordering it from a military base.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:37am
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
JDKJ: I know you don't leave your gated community and get around much in dark alleys, so you may be surprised to learn that there's this thing called "the black market" where, if you've got enough money, ain't too much of anything which can't be bought.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:36am
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Austin_Lewis: Or, maybe he or someone else at the base ordered the SS190 from FN Herstal.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:32am
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Austin_Lewis: the hands of private owners. They run about 300 dollars minimum for a box of 50, and boxes of AP 5.7 are extremely scarce, mainly residing in the hands of Class III stores or individuals who for one reason or another got a demo box of it.
Posted 11/07/09 at 09:30am
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Austin_Lewis: There are other firearms that fire the 5.7. However, I too would like to know where he got the ammo and what kind was used. Maybe Hasan, planning not to live through this, went out and bought one the boxes of SS190 that are floating around in
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:44am
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
JDKJ: And it isn't yet clear what type of ammunition Hasan used. It's strange that he purchased a gun but didn't purchase ammunition for it at the same place and time. Especially because the calibre required is peculiar to the actual gun.
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:40am
JDKJ: We can sit here all day and debate the relative merits. However, I think the events of recent days suggest that an FN Five-Seven ain't exactly the same as that Daisy BB gun you got for Christmas when you were a kid.
JDKJ: We can sit here all day and debate the relative merits. However, I think the events of recent days suggest that an FN Five-Seven ain't exactly the same as that Daisy BB gun you got for Christmas when you were a kid.
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:38am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: tumbling can be quite dangerous. However, the rounds that commonly tumbled were variants of the SS90. Civilian ammo tends to tumble far less commonly.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: tumbling can be quite dangerous. However, the rounds that commonly tumbled were variants of the SS90. Civilian ammo tends to tumble far less commonly.
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:33am
JDKJ: I understand that while they don't have much expansion effect, they tend to "yaw" on impact. Yaw can be almost just as damaging as mushrooming.
JDKJ: I understand that while they don't have much expansion effect, they tend to "yaw" on impact. Yaw can be almost just as damaging as mushrooming.
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:30am
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: Except when one considers the lack of expansion for the 5.7, it basically ends up leaving a far smaller hole.
Austin_Lewis: JDKJ: Except when one considers the lack of expansion for the 5.7, it basically ends up leaving a far smaller hole.
Posted 11/07/09 at 08:29am
JDKJ: But if the latter's travelling at close to twice the speed of the former, there's a compensatory effect on the weight difference.
JDKJ: But if the latter's travelling at close to twice the speed of the former, there's a compensatory effect on the weight difference.
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Maybe the check bounced...
Not possible. Before his disbarrment JT was a very succesfull lawyer. He made a lot of money from all the settlements he brought his clients!
you mean his WIFE was a very successful Barister don't you?
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
In America, they're called lawyers, and they don't wear wigs or robes. Although I had an enlightening discussion with a Judge Rivlin a while back about how silly I felt it was that they wore the wigs in the first place.
I'm an American, I just like the sound of Barister. That and it brings to mind a level of respect I do not have for JT.
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Hows the ego John Bruce? I mean leave it to jackie to make a threat of it. Last I heard he was swearing he would not have to pay. Personally I was looking for a bit more irony. Oh say that $42K going to pay for game system for prisons or something.
Well they do have 180 days to cash your check. Knowing that its the government it probably takes a month before it even heads to the bank to be cashed.
Don't worry Jack you still get interest on your money until they cash it, that may help you in the mean time.
God, I would love have an extra $42k laying around to pay people back from me doing something stupid... or as a down payment on a house... Hey Jack, you want to hand me some money for a down payment on a house. It would be a good use of it.
I had more, but I will keep it PG...
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he'l be in here in no time with some rant on how it doesn't matter, or something else to that effect. So to save a step, and myself the time later, I'l retort wit this.
"Then why the hell did you tell EVERYBODY! Your financial affairs do not need to be public knowledge. Nobody else cares, nor needs to know, that you still have the funds in your account."
They're probably holding the check until some bulk "cashing day" where they handle all the checks they been given in the week or the month or something.
Or they could be holding it to make sure it clears before cashing it. If I were given that amount on a check from a recently disbarred attorney, I would want to make sure it is good before cashing it.
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to be fair, if he sent the check in and they didn't cash it immediately, he shouldn't be forced to pay anything extra.
Here are we -- and yonder yawns the universe.
Welcome to "How shit works."
Seriously, this happens all the time. Take a look the next time you pay rent. It's likely not cashed for several days/a week, and you're not charged because you sent it in on time.
Actually it was $43,675.35. Let's not forget the 35 cents Dennis.
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Hey, sparky! So, uh, hows that Federal Court Case goin'? Brin' 'em to there knees yet?
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I mean, ya got 'em right where ya want 'em, right?
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I mean, you've got 'em on the ropes, right?
LOL!
They don't stand a chance with your legal brilliance, right?
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Way ta go sparky!
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rofl, If I ever meet JT in person, I'm so pulling that.
I imagine Stewey Griffin doing this bit without the laughing, but making his voice higher every time like he does when he talks about Brian's book.
So how's that disbarment case going? *normal*
Definitely winning it, right? *higher*
Got that ace up your sleeve as always, do you? *higher*
Gonna... Gonna stick it to the video game industry again? *even higher*
Not gonna lose your license to practice law, right? *highest*
Yea, you're gonna win... *normal*
Hey Jack, are you still an attourney?
Jack?
Jaaaaaack?
Are you?
I feel sorry for the person who actually has to take the hit in the pocket, and it ain't Jack (who couldn't come up with $42K to save his life).
I take my sympathy back. That person's an enabler. Serves them right.
A part of me wants to feel bad for jack, but the fact remains, this is his own fault. When you act like a loon and a facist and a child, sooner or later, it comes back to bite you in the rear. As jack has learned, this can be painful to your pocket book.
Yukimura is still here "Good,bad, I'm the guy with the GUN" Bruce cambell as ash, Army of darkness.
I almost feel sorry for him until I remember that if the situation were reversed, if, for some reason, Dennis had lost his job, or Lowenstein, or Zelnick etc, he wouldn't understand because he cannot. He would, in truth, be leaping around with glee.
He got off light. He's been doing his act for DECADES.
No sympathy - he reaps the whirlwind; Besides, I'll put it to you another way. If the tables had been turned, and Jack had somehow won a 42K judgement against the ECA, do you suppose he would spare an OUNCE of sympathy?? Under those circumstances I'd be shocked if he wasn't all over this site gloating onto high heaven.
"Even if it was online gaming that somehow inspired him to kill his parents, he must have realised at some point that they wouldn't drop any good loot." - GP member, Doomsong
Just wait! You just wait!
The anvil is about to drop. Any day now. Really. Seriously.
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Don't most people drop the hammer? The anvil's a little harder to move...
Yeah but jack has always had a strong sprinking of the cartoon villain about him, anvils are the traditional remedy.
And pianos! Don't forget pianos!
"Don't most people drop the hammer?"
Are you talking about the BanHammer?
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"Game on, brothers and sisters." -Leet Gamer Jargon
Why is he circulating this correspondence? Does he realize the level of humiliation and dishonor that he brought on himself with this disbarment? Are we supposed to be impressed he has $42K lying around? Exactly what good is this doing him by airing his dirty laundry to the world?
Makes me wonder about his family and what they think...
Old habits die hard. He is so used to sending every emial he wrtes to the media that he no longer can tell what is personal and what is professional. It is sad and pathetic that he would air his soiled underwear to the world, evn by accident.
Or he could be trying to show off that he is being attacked by the Bar and courts because they are withholding the check and not cashing it. It is all part of the conspiracy.
I think I like the second theory better. It is more Jack like.
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He's just lonely writing his right-wing blog from home, and wants attention. Poor little goblin.
Awwww, Ain't dat precious. Lettle Jack pay he fines.......if I could just give a damn I might be able to make some crocodile tears for the little sob.
Insanity has its toll. Please have exact change.
Now Now Now.Lets not drag his mother into this since we don't know her. The proper term is "Self-made SOB"
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
The vibe I'me getting is a "If you are not going to cahs that check, return it, now"
whats wrong jack dont like having your chain yanking for no real purpose hows it feel
How you uh, how you comin' on that novel you're working on, huh? Got a big stack uh, big stack of papers there? Got a, got a nice little story you're working on there? Your big novel you've been working on for 3 years, huh? Got a, got a compelling protaganist? Yeah? Got an obstacle for him to overcome, huh? Got a story brewing there? Workin' on, workin' on that for quite some time, huh? *Pitch heightens* Yeah, talkin' 'bout that three years ago. Been workin' on that the whole time? Nice little narrative? Beginning, middle, end? Some friends become enemies, some enemies become friends? At the end your main character is richer from the experience? Yeah...yeah? *Pitch reverts* No, no, you deserve some time off.
Knock it off stewie
Trust is the sound of death.
Try as i might to not comment on articles about this has-been washed up former lawyer-turned-blogger, I see posts like these and LOL.
'I read your article too Brian. Seems to me you should spend less time working on the paper and more time workinonthatnovelyou'vebeenworkinon*THWACK*'
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That still isn't as good as:
"I'm getty mighty tired of you ducking me, man. Where's my money? Where's my money, man? Where's my money? You got money for buy fake staches, huh?..." etc.
Certainly more approriate for this article. LOL!
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All that can be said to this news is the following.
HOOOAH!!!
I say don't. That stoops down to Jack's level of mockery, if not lower.
Aw, stuff it, Dave, it's funny.
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I may not have a checking accout to know every intricate way how they work, but... what 'negotiations' would have to be made? And more importantly, can't they cash the check when they damn well please? Or better yet, with that kind of money, actually deposit it? Or did that little possibility escape Jack's feeble mind?
To "negotiate a check" is lawyer-speak for "cashing/depositing a check." Checks have a limited lifetime, usually 3 to 6 months from the date they were issued.
180 days from the date on the check. Some banks also, when a check is in a large amount, "Hold" the check while it contacts the bank that said check is written on to ensure that the funds are available for transfer. (Contrary to popular belief, a transfer of a large sum of money isn't done immediately, it usually takes about a week.)
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
They don't know whether to cash it for the reasons provided in my Nov. 6 letter to Quince that McCauley decided to lie about.
AE: A bit tough for GP to lie about something he never reported on, wouldn't you say?
What AE said. How can he lie about something if he said absolutely nothing about it?
Oh right, you make impossible deadlines saying 'Drop whatever you're doing right now and do this in the next 10 minutes or i'll know you'll lie about it.'
You're crazy.
Calling Jackie Boi crazy is like calling water wet. Perfectly redundant.
But don't cry Jackie Boi, I still Wuv you!
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
"Hey...urm...pure shot in the dark, dyu wanna do something sometime?"
Stewie + Brian = Greatest comedic invention ever.
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Was meant to be a reply above, nvm. Hey Jack, he sucks rite?! >_>
i will say that i may not like Jack personally...(i could write so much on the subject), but dont worry Jack, if they got your check within the time limit then nothing should happen where they charge you more money.... this comes from personal experience with having to pay the govt. a few times they got my check and they waited like a week sometimes 2 before they cashed it.
Yup, Jack has them right where he wants them *tries to hold back a snicker*. He stated so many times how within a short time that he'll be a lawyer again and he won't pay such a stupid fee. *stiffling the compulsive giggles* That he'll punish those who...er....HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Well at least he got them to knock down the price...by a whole 1k out of the 43k (we are clapping for you. Good work there...and nooooo not being sarcastic at all...)
Well Jack, nice to see you are as accurate as you ever have been. Suck it up and take it like a man finally?
lol he said i could quote him on this.
he said (around 1 week before his disbarrment came into effect) that he would 'still be a lawyer' after the big day. apparently we just needed to 'wait and see' how there was 'no chance' hed actually be disbarred because he had so many 'smoking guns'.
well Jack .. im stiiiiiil waiiiiitiiinng!
DisbarredGuys is so mean. He promises so many little suprises, but never actually delivers. He's like the anti-santa.
Holding a check that large for 12-13 bank days is unprofessional at least and can be a legal liability at worst. If Jack had to liquidate assests to free up cash (and he probably did), very likely this delay will cost him extra fees. The Bar is really just opening themselves up to a suit from Thompson to recoup any additional costs.
You don't hold a check to see if it clears, you bring the check to your bank and have them negotiate the transfer of funds. If Jack's bank hasn't been contacted in this manner, that means the Bar is just sitting on the check.
Now, there's probably more to it than that, as Jack is never entirely forthcoming.
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Checks have a lifespan greater than 12 -13 days (more like 6 months, generally) and the recipient of a check is free to negotiate said check anytime they choose within its lifespan. Granted, it may not be considerate to sit on someone's check for 5 months and 3 weeks, but it's the bearer's right to do so, if they so choose.
They can also go to his bank to cash the check to see if the funds are there. That's actually faster than waiting for their bank to negotiate the funds.
Geaux Saints, Geaux Tigers, Geaux Hornets, Jack Thompson can geaux chase a chupacabra.
There is way more to it than that. Dennis McCauley has had the below letter since November 6. This letter explains the problem, but Dennis McCauley is such a lying SOB that he posts this "article" here ignoring the failure of The Bar to prove how much I owe. Jack Thompson
...He's a lying SOB.... Govern yourself accordingly.
Havent we been saying that about you for years? My how the tables do turn and the (not so) mighty do fall.
You dodged a bullet, Mr. Thompson, but must i copy and paste the tiny, less-than-a-page comments policy for you to read AGAIN?
Jackie Jackie Jackie. You realize that lovely letter quite possibly was G-13ed unopened because the mail clerk got tired of seeing your name on an envelope that was delivered and hearing "dear God not THAT asshole again?!" when he put it on the desk don't you?"
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
Wait, Jack.
Did you just SERIOUSLY call someone an SOB? You DO realize what SOB stands for, right? It's not Super Observant Buddhist or Superman's Only Buddy, that's for sure.
Your hypocrisy is showing, Mr. God Fearing Christian. WWJD, indeed. People like you sicken me and need to gtfo my religion, because it's people like you who give it a bad name.
Say it like it is, preacher! Say it like it is!!
Game on, brothers and sisters.
well one thing Jesus would do is pay twice what the courts charge him. In the sermon on the mount, Jesus commands: "And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." (Matthew 5:40-41)
岩「…Where do masochists go when they die?」
Checks this large actually go through extra scrutiny with Federal regulation before the funds get transferred.
He is also dealing with a Government agency, which adds in to the delay. The Clerk of Court will file the check and mark the date it was received, and that will prevent JT from paying fines. The Clerk will then turn the check over to the Cashier for processing. Depending on the volume of checks the Cashier may or may not take deposits to the Government's Bank for several days.
Once the Check is actually at a Bank, most likely the Cashier dropped the check off in a deposit bag in a business drop off box. These deposit bags don't actually get opened in Banks themselves, they are shipped to a central processing facility where they are opened and all of the deposits get entered. The check number will then be entered into a computer along with the amount.
Now, due to Federal Regulation mentioned above a check this size will trigger a mandatory waiting period to make sure the check is not part of some form of fraud. Also the courts bank will quiry JTs bank to determine if the funds are available. JT's bank also put a waiting period before transferring the funds out of his account to make sure there is no fraud involved.
Of course everything above it completely out of the Chief Justice's hands and he doesn't even know anything of it. This is an area of accountants not lawyers. So basically JT is complaining to the wrong person.
Additionally JT could have very well avoided this entire problem if he had just gotten a Certified Check from his Bank. I don't know of any Bank that would charge a client for one when they have 42k in the account, and the funds would have immediately been transferred out of his account. The court also would have been able to process the check quicker because the funds are garunteed by the Bank, not the account holder.
I think the reason JT is in a hurry to get these funds out of his accounts if probably for Tax reasons. Pretty sure JT's tax return won't look quite as good if he closes out '08 with an additional 42k in his accounts.
You raise a good point. Numbskull's just being his usual self-aggrandizing, schmuck-like self by even writing to the Chief Justice about his check. As if, when the woman's not hearing oral arguments in death penalty cases, she's processing court cost payments. The Court has a Clerk, Thomas Hall, who is responsible for these sorts of administrative issues.
The Chief Justice is the one who has to decide to put the check into an escrow account, not the clerk. When you get a law degree, let me know.
"When you get a law degree, let me know."
Right back at ya, chief.
I have a law degree (Juris Doctor). I've had it for some time, now. And I think I can do you one better: I have an active license to practice law. Do you?
JDKJ, Attorney Admitted to Practice in Multiple Jurisdictions . . . And You're Not!!
I do not have words to describe how perfect this post is.
We missed ya JDKJ. Welcome back.
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
If I ever meet you in person, I'm buying you a beer.
I have a savior in Jesus Christ. Do you? Jack Thompson
Way to not answer the question.
And to answer yours, I can save myself. I suppose Jesus is going to help you get your license back? That'd be awfully nice of him, since I'm sure there's plenty of other people who need his assistance far more than you do. Like the people who don't have $40,000+ to spare.
Actually Jackie, trying to bring your religion into a discusion that has nothing to do with it. Especially in such an antagonistic manner is begging for a smackdown.
Hunting the shadows of the troubled dreams.
I have a savior in Jesus Christ. Do you? Jack Thompson
I doubt that, buddy. If Jesus is really the Son of God and, like His Father, has been looking down on us and has been watching the entirety of the world since His ascension, don't you think He would've seen what you've done? I seriously doubt He's on your side.
But even if he is (extremely doubtful), there's still this: Yeah, you might...but you don't have a law degree, do you?
Game on, brothers and sisters.
Jack, from one Christians to another, your tactics have been far from Christ-like. If you really do follow Christ, I'd suggest you step back and consider what you've been doing and how you've been doing it. Remember when Christ said to love your enemies? Perhaps you should try to show love to the gaming community. You can still be as anti-game as you want, just be more respectful about it. People won't agree with you, but they might start to respect you and your beliefs if you show some kindness and respect to them.
If you can't step back, examine your actions, and begin to focus more on being kind instead of promoting your agenda with hate and slander, I ask that you stop claiming to be a Christian. Christianity already gets a bad rap; it doesn't need more people using it as to spread hate-filled messages. Disagree with gamers if you want, but do it without the name-calling and try to at least respect their ideas even if you disagree with them.
Seems you still can't grasp that having religion as a motivator exempts you from your own conduct, and using it as an excuse only pours gas on the flames.
That's something you should have learned in law school. One of many things you've forgotten thanks to this obsession of yours. I'd say I feel sorry for you, but that would be giving you too much credit for what you've done over the years.
Since you're so fond of quotes, here's one, Jack. "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." -Ghandi.
I won't go into religious attacks at this point. It'd leave you in a puddle of your own tears.
Life begins and ends with Choice. Anything in your life that unlawfully or immorally steals Choice from you should be excised immediately, totally, and destroyed utterly.
I have a savior in Jesus Christ. Do you? Jack Thompson
you can't have a savior in someone whose teachings you don't follow
"And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain." - Jesus, as he commanded in Matthew 5:40-41
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"I have a savior in Jesus Christ. Do you? Jack Thompson"
So that's a 'no' then?
I have a profession. Do you?
And what a great job he's doing ;)
He can't save you if you don't want saving. The first step to salvation is admitting your wrongs.
On your part: No repentance for wrongs (that were documented all over the place and proven in a court of law). No gentleness. No humility. No innocence like doves.
What did Christ say? He said God wants "kindness, not sacrifice."
You can believe in the Lord all you want, but at the end of the day, it was gamers like the cool folks of Penny Arcade who set up a volunteer-work charity for kids, and not you, Mr. Disbarred In-Denial Attorney.
The only thing we get from you are invectives saying how much better you are morally than us gamers, though you certainly don't act like a good, moral person.
You're not a Christian. You're the kind of guy who, had he lived around two thousand years ago, would have called for Christ's crucifixion. You're a modern-day Pharisee, too caught up on your bloated moral ego to actually do what's moral.
Jack complained to the wrong person? That's so unlike him.
Do they even take personal checks? When I got a traffic ticket recently I had to pay with a money order or certified check. So would the court take a personal check? Admittedly I'm in a different state but it would seem odd if they would take personal checks.
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I know my courthose takes crdeit cards. I don't think they take personal checks. Those have a larger tendancy to bounce than any other form of payment.
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The Government is not a business, so by paying by cheque you also flag that bank account as your property. If the bank bounces the cheque, the revenue service can latch onto it and bleed it dry of whatever it has. So he loses either way.
This is not tax deductible. You're so ignorant you could be a Florida Supreme Court Justice.
Which effectively means that Patricia (in her federal tax bracket) had to earn close to $80,000 in order to clear the $42,000 post-tax.
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Or a disbarred Florida attorney.
Or a Neoconservative Blogger?
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The 42K may not be tax deductible, but if it's in an interest earning account, the interest sure is.
From my experience, checks being handled by the Court in any way take quite a bit of time to be cashed. If they got it on the 6th, and today being the 20th, that's only 2 weeks, that's not a real long time. I had a parking ticket that took a month and a half to cash once.
I don't know specifics, but it seems like checks to the Court seem to go through alot of different hands before being presented to the Bank. This is also a very large check, so there is probably some special scrutiny going on as well, due to our wonderful Department of Homeland Security.
~The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Which only goes to show how much more ignorant as a lawyer Jack is than we suspected.
I can't believe how much Jack believes the world revolves around him. What makes him think the courts have to personally focus on his check when he pays it and have to rush it before all other processes and payments in the judicial system?
It's Jack's own fault for using a personal check instead of a cashier's check. I would never hand over a personal check in that amount, especially to a court.
The only reasons why I could see him doing such an idiotic thing is:
1) He has lost it
2) He hopes to stop payment on the check or call his bank and say it's fraudulent.
3) He doesn't really have the money and he is going to use it to declare bankruptcy to get out of payment.
Well, he certainly paid that off pretty quickly. I'm kind of disappointed myself; I was kind of hoping that this would be a long, drawn-out, agonizing process for him. Kind of like walking down a wide road in the middle of nowhere, stopping every five steps to crack yourself in the eyeball with a hammer.
And the road is a million miles long.
And the hammer is made of wank.
Also, I can no longer seem to find Jack's articles on Human Events, and he's not on their list of contributors. Think they may have booted him already?
Nightwng raised the same question about Jack's absence from Human Events. I suspect that Jack was only on assignment to cover the meeting of Governors in Miami (not a bad choice considering that he's already in Miami by virtue of residence). When the meeting ended, so, too, did Jack's assignment.
I was given the headline, feature story this morning. Read it. You might learn something. It's at www.humanevents.com.
I have been, thank you. How about you spend more time there and less time here talking to us people you said should be legally executed? That's what people with a job SHOULD do.
Why do American conservative websites always ellicit images of the throngs of matching Germans at the Nuremburg demonstrations...
Oh, I've learned quite a bit. But not from that biased, incompetant, non-journalist garbage you spew.
That big Federal Case of yours was a great education. If I ever decide to earn a degree in justice, I'll be sure to print out every single one, and hang them up on my bulletin board under the heading "The Do's And Don'ts Of Good Legal And Judicial Practice", right under the subheading of "Don'ts!".
You're a great help to future attornies, John Bruce. The perfect example of what NOT to do as an attorney if they want to have a good, honorable, ethical, intelligent career.
ROFLMAO!!!
(And, yes, I'm laughing AT you, not WITH you.)
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Good to know that you're gainfully employed. How many articles to Human Events equal $42,000 in payments from them to you? More than a few, I'd imagine.
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"Read it. You might learn something"
Well then, we certainly know that this weeks article isn't about ethics.
Jack, the only thing I have ever learned from you is how much of a hateful, evil, self-rightous, intolerant, narrow-minded, bigoted douchebag you are and how a professional lawyer shouldn't act!
I learned that you're not any better a "journalist" than you are a lawyer.
But then, you write for the same shithole that publishes Ann Coulter's insanity, so contgrats on that. I guess.
Sorry, no interest in the tripe on that conservative rag. Especially your tripe.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
Nice article, Jack. So, now you're a student of the Ann Coulter School of debate? Because that article sounds like one she'd write. Right down to the "Obama is a Muslim" line. (Ok, not quite that line. But it was close.)
~The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. ~ Benjamin Franklin
Nope, sorry.
Not going to give any web traffic or hits to a site which thought you would be a good choice as a writer. Shows a lack of common sense and moral fiber (perhaps a match made in heaven?).
In the meantime, you COULD consider stopping playing the martyr card. You aren't being put upon, you aren't being persecuted, and everything that has happened to you has been of your own making. It would behoove you to look back upon your life and see what you could have done differently to have been successful in what you wanted to do. They say hindsight is 20/20 and there is no amount of good luck that foolishness can't squander and no amount of bad luck that proper preperation could not over come.
So you write humor for Mad TV?
I wondering how many time left until Thompson starts to fill that site with hardcore gay porn. The man just love it, lol... I´m surprised he isn´t using pictures in his articles...
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Thompson, just because they don't cash it right away doesn't mean you can demand it back.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and defend the devil for a minute after reading that letter he posted.He's got a right to a definitive judgement regarding how much he owes. If he's got one source telling him he owes X, and one source telling him he owes Y; he's well within his rights to say, "So which one is it?"
Where he loses me, is he's handling it in typical thompson style. Instead of keeping it civil he's making threats, accusing everyone (but him) of wrong doing, and just generally being a jerk.
However, honestly, the principle is sound. It's not unreasonable to expect the courts to tell him one way or the other, "You owe X."
"Even if it was online gaming that somehow inspired him to kill his parents, he must have realised at some point that they wouldn't drop any good loot." - GP member, Doomsong
AE: Off topic. Deleted.
And here folks is the preview of yet another Thompson failure!
EDIT: Since it got deleted I guess I should say: Behold! The fruits of yet another Thompson Failure!
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First off, the massive font and all caps makes you look like a retarded child. Secondly, you have claimed other such laws to be bulletproof. That is right before they were shot down for being unconstitutional. Really I'm going to have to go with past experience on this one.
-Ultimately what will do in mankind is a person's fear of their own freedom-
Hey, John Bruce! Have you emailed Dennis and the media at large letting them know you're suffering from a severe case of Deja Vu from the wrist slapping you got today? Or are you going to avoid it like you always do?
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Big fonts don't make your delusional ramblings any less stupid, Jackhole.
Mr. Thompson, once again, the comments policy is in a NAMED LINK directly aboce the subject box. For the love of your God, READ IT.
While there's all that pushing going on, how about a big one for you off a tall cliff?
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AE: Just a note to everyone: no threats please. Playful barbs are okay and the above comment is pretty tongue-in-cheek so I'll leave it be but please keep the comments policy in mind when posting. Thanks.
Will do. My apologies for pushing the envelope. And since the post to which it responds was itself deleted (thereby rendering it nonsensical), feel free to delete my post.
Or put "figuratively speaking" at the end of it. :)
I wonder...
If the check and letter were submitted under the guise of a court filing, wouldn't they be required to reject it? The delay might be deciding whether or not the letter constitutes a legal filing, in which case accepting the check would mean violating their own order. Mr. Thompson has already shown his complete disregard for that order ever since it was issued, including his 'demand' for the itemized costs affidavit that was mentioned in the letter that was included with the check.
Trying for a small win on a technicality? That's not just good, it's Thompsonesque!
DId anyone read the article Jack posted? The comments ont here are by absolute whackjobs lol. listen to this one, which was in response to a liberal who dared post on their site:
"Charles, Ohio
I suppose when the towel heads show up at your door to kill you you will then just have to shut up and take it. What people don't seem to remember is that FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. You need to take a walk around Arlington some time. Maybe then you will wake up and think God that there were conservatives that understood that the only freedoms we have are the ones that were fought for."
I actually LOL'd at work when I read this, what kind of dumbass thinks that they'll opent heir door and a terrorist will be standing there waiting to kill you lmao.
The same kind of dumbass that actually believed the "If you disagree, you are anti-american and support the terrorists." crap.
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What really gets me is that people like that actually think they're free at all. Last I checked, freedom included the right to disagree (and to wear a towel on your head, maybe?), as long as you don't inhibit the rights of others. What people like this are trying their best to do is to associate disagreement with their points of view with a completely imagined inhibition of rights that is not supported by any facts. They just start screaming "[insert 'liberal' cause] is gonna TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS!" regardless of whether or not there is any factual basis for their claim. It's the same crap that Limbaugh, Fox Noise, O'Really, and the other Deep Right mouthpieces have used for years to keep their cronies in power. It's not freedom, it's tyranny (look it up Jack).
You're right Vash-HT, Jack's found his true calling on that site. All 178 people who actually frequented that site prior to the GP direct links share the same distorted view of reality as Jack.
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I read those comments too. I'm not really all that surprised. Like I said once, Jack's bound to find his own little group of sheeple on there who share his deluded, reactionary worldview. It's all a matter of statistics, really. Personally, I wouldn't even bother posting on there myself ans it's plain to see they'e all just as crazy as he is. It's the Eagle Forum (which ought to be classified as a hate group if you know anything about them and Phyllis Schlafly) so what do you expect?
Sheep? *Drools* Sorry, been on the PETA story and thinking about lamb chops.
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I'll take towel on head to pants on head any day of the week.
I have to say that my favourite part about all this is the fact that Jack Thompson comes by this site on a regular basis to comment, even though every time he does, he's made to look like an idiot.
If he's not a sucker for punishment, I'm not sure who is...
I really don't think it is coming here that makes him look like an idiot. He manages that just fine with or without us.
Only an idiot like Jack Thompson, the Metropolitian Moron of Miami, would complain about having to pay about $1,000 less than what was initially said.
Practice what you preach: Grow up and get a life.
Geaux Saints, Geaux Tigers, Geaux Hornets, Jack Thompson can geaux chase a chupacabra.
I think Jack should be considering himself lucky he even has the money to pay. Then again, douchebags are never grateful for anything but other people's misfortunes, so he probably finds it hilarious.
So Jack... How's the new job? *snicker*
They haven't cashed the check because JT wrote in the memo field:
"If you cash this check, you must make me an attorney again"
ME ME ME PAY ATTENTION TO ME!
I'm still relevant! Just because I was disbarred doesn't mean my 15 minutes are up, does it? Guys...? ANYONE?!
Oh God, I'd better spam some more press releases... If I keep reminding them I exist, then someone HAS to care! If I throw enough shit, something HAS to stick! But... what's that smell...?
That's a pretty steep Asshole tax. Next time play nice, and they won't.....Nevermind there won't be a next time, Dumbass! Barred Forever!
EZK: Deleted off topic letter. Good luck getting the site taken down.
Dennis, if you and your Mormon Moderator take this down, I'll take your freaking site down:
Darn here I was going to come delete it to get around his weak threaten. By the letter of his threat he didn’t mention me taking it down. Oh well. -Toll
If a comment is off topic, it can get deleted.
If you are going to fucking get preachy about the commnet policly, then fucking follow it.
Being a washed up never has been lawyer does not grant you immunity from the comment policy.
Quit trying to get back your failed career and live a little. And you have threatened to get the site yanked befor.e How did that turn out again?
Just wondering, for someone who claims your treatment by the bar was motivated by your religious beliefs, why are you so obsessed with the fact EZK is a mormon? Isn't that just a tad hypocritical, telling the Bar that your religious stance should not be considered, and yet constantly harping on about someone elses'?
Jack, please. Please, for once, prove you're actually capable of following through on your threats! Each time you blow hot air and empty promises, the only thing you become is more disgraced and pitied. Don't you even have the dignity (if not the good sense) to let it end just at your disbarment?
You, sir, are such a glutton for (self-) punishment.
When you go to make that court filing, remember, George W. is watching you...
Could you please stop threating people, Mr. Thompson?
Is there any reason why you feel the need to bring up someone's religion in your post?
"Is there any reason why you feel the need to bring up someone's religion in your post?"
You ask that as if Jack is at all capable of thinking, let alone thinking of a half-decent excuse/apology for his criminally insane antics. Over 20 years of physical evidence says NO HE ISN'T. He swears blind that years of physical and sexual abuse is perfectly OK for a teenager's well being but a copy of Grand Theft Auto which played ABSOLUTELY NO PART in said abuse is evil incarnate.