# Thompson's trial rolls on **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943 "2007-11-27T19:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CoBa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@CoBa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoBa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/1 "2007-11-27T19:11:56Z")
Jack Thompson, enemy to gaming, has started his disciplinary proceedings. I for one, shall be glad to see the nutjob disbarred. > **[Jack Thompson Facing Disbarment Trial - Slashdot](https://games.slashdot.org/story/07/11/27/1340249/jack-thompson-facing-disbarment-trial)** > > pwizard2 writes "Gamepolitics reports that controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson faces the start of an ethics trial this morning, a process which could ultimately see him disbarred. The review board has set aside the entire week to hear details... Any comments or last words for him? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/2 "2007-11-27T19:21:38Z")
Has he spoken against all video games, or just the violent ones? Sorry, haven’t ever heard of him before. ---
**Author:** ![CoBa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@CoBa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoBa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/3 "2007-11-27T19:34:08Z")
Right, should have clarified. > **[Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions](https://www.answers.com/redirectSearch?query=jack-thompson-attorney)** > > Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want He’s against violent ones, Sorta Violent ones, and “suggestive media” He just tends to focus on the violent gaming bit, and anything else he considers obscene. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/4 "2007-11-27T19:37:26Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf] Has he spoken against all video games, or just the violent ones? Sorry, haven’t ever heard of him before. [/QUOTE] Me neither, so I Googled him and read the Wiki article. It seems that he’s largely against first person shooter games, which he calls violence simulators. Looks like he pretty much blames all or most school shootings on video games. The guy sounds like a real piece of work. > [@](#): > > Thompson gave Reno a letter at a campaign event requesting that she check a box to indicate whether she was homosexual, bisexual, or heterosexual. Thompson said that Reno then put her hand on his shoulder and responded, “I’m only interested in virile men. That’s why I’m not attracted to you.”[10][11] He filed a police report accusing her of battery for touching him. In response, Reno asked Florida governor Bob Martinez to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate.[12] The special prosecutor rejected the charge, concluding that it was “a political ploy.” Reno was ultimately re-elected with 69% of the vote. Thompson repeated allegations that Reno was a lesbian when she was nominated as U.S. Attorney General, leading one of her supporters, lieutenant governor Buddy MacKay, to dismiss him as a “kook.” ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/5 "2007-11-27T19:52:15Z")
Thanks, folks. Sounds like he’s a bit of a prickly SOB, and a stickler. I have my own reservations about violent video games but – he even had a go at the one based on the _Left Behind_ series? Sounds a bit like he woke up one day and realised he was in the wrong century. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/6 "2007-11-27T20:00:47Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf] Has he spoken against all video games, or just the violent ones? Sorry, haven’t ever heard of him before. [/QUOTE] He’s a fundie nutjob who has made it his personal crusade to protect people from material he deems unacceptable. Whenever he’s called on his behavior, he tends to climb on the cross. (You can read about him [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_%28attorney%29).) I’m a huge fan of the First Amendment and I think everyone has the right to speak freely, but his right to swing stops at my nose. It’s great that the State of Florida has decided to hold him accountable for his actions. Robin ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/7 "2007-11-27T21:06:12Z")
I have to admit, the one reason I love that Jack Thompson exists is because it allowed for the [Thompson/Penny Arcade feud](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Arcade_(webcomic)#Jack_Thompson) to happen. That was lovely… ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/8 "2007-11-27T22:56:10Z")
You know, even Fred Phelps is cagey enough to avoid getting himself in serious legal trouble. Thompson ain’t even that smart. Sad, innit? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/9 "2007-11-27T23:07:39Z")
He is also the guy who started the media frenzy about 2 Live Crew and about Cop Killer. General enemy of free speech. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/10 "2007-11-28T02:17:38Z")
The disbarment proceeding isn’t about his political or moral positions. It’s about him lacking the professional standards of something a catfish would be embarrassed to shit into. [He once handed a judge gay porn in an effort to discredit opposing counsel.](http://www.northcountrygazette.org/news/2007/09/29/thompson_show_cause/) His actions during his confrontation with the Penny Arcade people speak for themselves. Even regular ambulance-chasing slime who keep neck braces in stock are ashamed to associate with him. On the plus side, he has a card from the Florida Bar Association certifying he is sane. Very few people have one of those. Now, the only question is “Do we beat him with dis bar or dat bar?” ---
**Author:** ![CoBa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@CoBa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoBa)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thompsons-trial-rolls-on/427943/11 "2007-11-28T03:40:37Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] Now, the only question is “Do we beat him with dis bar or dat bar?” [/QUOTE] Both, definitely. Then a third. Maybe a fourth.