Just when you thought he couldn't get any nuttier...

In an effort to head JT off at the pass, Take2 announced Friday that they were bringing their own preemptive lawsuit against the video game hating troll. Not surprisingly, JT shot back with another of his typically insane rants, although this time his madness seems to have gone a step further. Now Thompson has decided to call the powers of heaven and earth to his side for the battle of the century. In his rambling letter he not only quotes the Bible to support his point, but ends with a surprisingly extended shout out to the Big Guy Upstairs. (Let it be noted that I have nothing against the Bible or Christians and am in no way implying that they are crazy. Although, I don't think it helps his case to try and use such things when dealing with a legal matter.) My favorite quote, however comes in the middle:

This lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, is, without a doubt, the single dumbest thing I have ever seen any lawyers do in my thirty years of practicing law.

Apparently, Mr. Thompson hasn't examined his own actions in the last ten or fifteen years. Make the jump to read his letter in it's entirety which I am thrilled to say he sent to me personally. My first official JT email, I guess I have finally arrived. Flynn De Marco

Heads-Up to Video Game Industry Press Re Take-Two Lawsuit Against Jack Thompson

Dear Gamers and Gamer Publications on the Internet and Elsewhere:

I have been praying, literally, that Take-Two and its lawyers would do something so stupid, so arrogant, so dumb, even dumber than what they have to date done, that such a misstep would enable me to destroy Take-Two. With the filing of this SLAPP lawsuit last week, my prayers are finally answered.

This lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, is, without a doubt, the single dumbest thing I have ever seen any lawyers do in my thirty years of practicing law—while in continuous good standing to do so with The Florida Bar, I might add, the shock radio and video game industry's efforts notwithstanding.

I encourage folks to read Psalm 35, a Psalm of David, which is brilliant in its entirety (since God Himself wrote it), but for those who don't own a Bible or who think their hands will catch on fire if they touch one, here is the salient portion that applies to this lawsuit:

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit,
which without cause they have digged for my soul.

8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares;
and let his net that he hath hid catch himself:
into that very destruction let him fall.

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD:
it shall rejoice in his salvation.

The pit Take-Two has dug for itself will be patently clear next week when I strike back. Oh, and by the way, the entire Take-Two management and board will be gone on March 23, so this pit-digging comes at a very bad time indeed.

Amen, and Praise be to God Almighty, maker of Heaven, Earth, and yes, the maker even of video games. Jack Thompson

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