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TheHeartless
04/22/09

In reply to Supreme Court On Jack Thompson Appeal: No Thanks
I have better options, all better than going to the highest legal body in the United States. Pinky swear.
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heretrix
04/22/09

In reply to Supreme Court On Jack Thompson Appeal: No Thanks
"Powerful words indeed, though I believe that if Sir Winston Churchill were alive today and knew all the facts of this case he'd make an exception."

I think Churchill would probably bitch slap Thompson for even mentioning his name at all.
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Pombar
04/22/09

In reply to Supreme Court On Jack Thompson Appeal: No Thanks
Somehow I think Churchill meant his phrase to be taken in context, not applied to any and every little personal cause you choose to apply it to.

And personally, as much time-wasting as it may have caused, it probably would've shut him up a bit more if the appeal was heard and then utterly demolished in the course of that appeal rather than stopped before it had a chance to begin. That'll make him feel cheated, and then he'll try everything to get himself heard again, yadda yadda.
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Kynes
04/22/09

@Pombar:

Wasting the time of the Supreme Court and taxpayers' money to make Jack Thompson feel better does not seem like a great trade off to me. He asked for a writ of certiorari, and if it had been granted it would've made our judicial system look silly, and made Jack Thompson seem like someone with a valid argument.
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fELIXADER
04/22/09

@Kynes: You mean look silly like beeing able to sue a company cause the coffee in one of their shops was to hot, or that no one told you that you shouldn't dry your pets in the microwave or that you can sue someone when you broke in their house to steal and did hurt yourself during that criminal act?

Don't get me wrong here, i absolutely have no intention to flame your country and stuff, but the reputation on that one is already quite a bite damaged. Well and then there is that one Prison on the corner of an small country. I know it is supposed to getting fixed rigth now...but even without that i do not know if it is really necessary to it get more worse than the reputation is already and rigth now.
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Reavyn29
04/22/09

@fELIXADER: Disbarring Jack Thompson was a very small step in the right direction. Along with revoking the judges status that tried to sue the dry cleaner over 1 million for loosing his pants....but yes...the system is still completely flawed in many ways.
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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
04/22/09

@Reavyn29: It is the laughingstock of the world.

I feel your pain.
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aw3str1k3r
04/22/09

In reply to Supreme Court On Jack Thompson Appeal: No Thanks
Mr. Thompson, you're objection has been overruled. Perhaps this is a sign that you're not a very good lawyer.
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Komrade Kayce
04/22/09

In reply to Supreme Court On Jack Thompson Appeal: No Thanks
"Powerful words indeed, though I believe that if Sir Winston Churchill were alive today and knew all the facts of this case he'd make an exception."

Got my chuckle of the day.
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ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
04/22/09

@Kommissar Kayce: Abusing law is the same as fighting against an axis of powerful nations, right? RIGHT?
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OutsideTheBox
04/22/09

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What good lawyer (or anyone with common sense) takes the longest shot first when there are four other options with better chances?
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
04/22/09

@OutsideTheBox: I just read his quote as "blah blah blah empty threat I'll be back"
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TSFMfest
04/18/09

In reply to Thompson's Final Pleading Most Likely Heard
It's ker-tee-or-ar-ee if you want to, you know, actually pronounce it correctly.
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NeVeRMoRe666
04/18/09

In reply to Thompson's Final Pleading Most Likely Heard
"it's likely the final spadeful of dirt was smoothed over the grave of Thompson's legal career yesterday."

*Dances on grave*

+ Watch video

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Alchemistmerlin
04/18/09

In reply to Thompson's Final Pleading Most Likely Heard
Didn't he get hit by a bus or something?

Or did I dream that?

What a nice dream.
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Valnen
04/18/09

@Alchemistmerlin: Wishing death upon people who don't deserve death makes you cool.

Oh wait, no, that makes you a monster.
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Sparkimus Prime
04/18/09

@Valnen: Greetings and welcome to the internet!
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Deus-Ex
04/18/09

In reply to Thompson's Final Pleading Most Likely Heard
So to make the issue a LITTLE bit fairer (since I feel that there is a heavy biased against Mr. Thompson on this blog), I believe some of his stances on violence and video games are true. I actually believe that playing excessively violent video games can create aggression in young children (possible through observational learning) and there is evidence to back it up (I'll have to look in my AP Psychology text book to find out the study and where it was done).

Seriously people have to go deeper (on both sides) then stating bluntly biased conclusions on a very sensitive two-sided topic. There is a case to be made on both sides so everyone show the man a little respect.
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
04/18/09

@Deus-Ex: What? You're bad mouthing video games? Violent, huh? GRAAAAAAGH.... I'll KILL YOU!!!
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NeVeRMoRe666
04/18/09

@Deus-Ex: Regardless, even if there was some validity to his claims, what he did to promote those claims wasn't just excessive but it embarassed the entire legal community. Law is founded on procedure and rules for a reason. He went above and beyond what was called for:

[www.gamepolitics.com]

Anyone who sends gay porn to a judge to condemn it (even though he had to be the one to look it up first) deserves no respect from me. Once you exploitatively use the legal system to fufill political aims (as is often the case in the states) all is but lost.
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ThisCharmingMan
04/18/09

In reply to Thompson's Final Pleading Most Likely Heard
This just means he'll have more time to troll Kotaku. That would be pretty entertaining :)
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Derek Rumpler
04/18/09

@ThisCharmingMan: Hopefully he's never ban hammered. I could use that sort of amusement.
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ThisCharmingMan
04/18/09

@Derek Rumpler: Nah, he's on Crecente's friend list...if it is in fact the real deal.
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
04/18/09

In reply to Thompson's Final Pleading Most Likely Heard
Jack Thompson is the Rorschach of the gaming world... viewed as paranoid and insane even amongst his peers he is uncompromising in his methods (viewed so often as madness). He has looked at the world we have made for ourselves and is disgusted.

Leading a one man campaign against what he viewed as wrong, according to his own inflexible black and white set of values, he attempted to scrawl his own designs on our morally blank world.

The difference is that Rorschach is great and Jack is a bit of a prick.
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VengefulRonin
04/18/09

@Gossy... strictly 4 my ninjas: I should slap you for that, don't compare Thompson to Rorschach.
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Gossy... Fortune and Glory
04/18/09

@VengefulRonin:

Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain.

Doctor says "Treatment is simple. Great game GTA 4 gas new DLC. Go and play that. That should pick you up."

Man bursts into tears.

Says, "But Doctor... I'm Jack Thompson."

Good joke.

Everybody laugh.

Roll on snare drums.

Curtains.
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busboy33
04/18/09

In reply to Thompson's Final Pleading Most Likely Heard
**Law nerd warning**

a) It's only got 4 syllables: SERSH-uh-RAR-e.
b) Anna Nicole's case actually raised a semi-interesting legal issue (I'm sure the opportunity to oogle a Playboy bunny was TOTALLY irrevelant to their decision to grant cert).

but yeah, no way in hell the Supremes grant cert to Jackie.

**crawling back under my rock**
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
04/18/09

@busboy33: Wasn't it a state's rights issue or some kind of jurisdictional question?
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
04/18/09

In reply to Thompson's Final Pleading Most Likely Heard
He picked the wrong court to ask for this.

The Roberts court is notorious for its late night LANs. Why do you think Thomas falls asleep in court so often?
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Derek Rumpler
04/18/09

In reply to Thompson's Final Pleading Most Likely Heard
He'll find something new to line his pockets. He already has a tremendous fan base with liberal news reporters.
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Chirish
04/18/09

@Derek Rumpler: And by that, you mean the religious right? That is what he is publicly known for, and appearing on FOX news... Which I imagine has a bigger hard on for him.
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KaemonKei
04/18/09

@Chirish: Yeah, its the right, thats why all his friends and stuff are liberals. He went along the same lines of Hilalry clinton on some things.

Saying its the right because of being on Fox is absurd. They let anyone on there no matter what the party.
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Shawn Savage
04/18/09

@KaemonKei:

"Saying its the right because of being on Fox is absurd. They let anyone on there no matter what the party."

Actually Fox News is exclusively to the right, anytime they have a left leaning figure on that network it's just to scream over top of them after they've asked them a question, or to cut their mic off to make fox seem smart.

Thompson is a religious right tool for sure.
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lolgreg
04/18/09

@Shawn Savage: Yeah on those occasions the segments consist of Bill O'Reilly shouting nonsense over top the other person, avoiding any valid argument they came on the show to make.

It makes for some solid entertainment. News? No... but entertainment.
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