Dwell On It » Jack Thompson

The basic unit of group disagreement

Tateru Nino — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:20:43 +0000

It’s extremely rare that any two people possess the same basic beliefs and priorities. It might be so rare, that it doesn’t actually happen at all. We’re all at least partially aware that if you dig deep enough, any superficial resemblance in the beliefs and priorities of any two people is fundamentally erased.

That doesn’t stop us giving each-other crap because someone fails to precisely conform with our views. I’ll be talking some more about that, but right now, I’m going to talk about Jack Thompson.


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Jack’s back

Tateru Nino — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:51:30 +0000

One year after his lifetime disbarrment in the state of Florida, Jack Thompson is going back into legal practice there.

Really.


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Louisiana Bill SB152 sinks into the swamp

Tateru Nino — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:52:05 +0000

SB152 was a bill that essentially started out as a zombie-like revivification of Florida ex-attorney Jack Thompson’s bill in Utah that was whacked by the Utah governor, ostensibly on constitutional grounds. Life hasn’t been much better to SB152.

Jack threatens criminal charges and cake against whole Utah Legislature

Tateru Nino — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:10:50 +0000

From the readership figures, a lot of you can’t get enough of lifetime-disbarred Florida attorney, Jack Thompson. So, here’s an update.

Thompson doesn’t like the suggestions (“threats”) that the Utah Senate President and State Attorney General are investigating the possibilities of prosecuting Thompson as a spammer, and in a measured response has threatened to have the entire Utah Legislature added to a criminal complaint that he has filed with the FBI.

RU SB152?

Tateru Nino — Fri, 22 May 2009 06:48:16 +0000

Remember the failed Utah bill created by Florida ex-attorney Jack Thompson? It was designed to make the sale of mature-rated video games to minors (by retailers if they also advertised that they did not do so) a deceptive trade-practice.

As it panned out, the bill was denied by the governor on constitutional grounds. Thompson raised the ire of the Utah legislature, and has been having another go-around with the bill in Louisiana as SB152.

It hasn’t fared so well there, either.


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Thompson loses appeal

Tateru Nino — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:50:00 +0000

Judging by the reader figures, Florida ex-attorney Jack Thompson is a popular topic among readers. Given a lifetime disbarment in September 2008 for 27 counts of professional miscondunct, Thompson appealed to the Supreme Court.

Now, these sorts of disbarment appeals happen from time to time. The appeal is first heard by a panel Read more ...


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Jack spams Utah legislature?

Tateru Nino — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:59:00 +0000

Unhappy with the fate of his the bill he drafted, disbarred Florida attorney Jack Thompson apparently sent enough emails to the Utah senate president Waddoups that he was asked to stop, including an image of GTAIV’s protagonist character getting a lap-dance, essentially calling it pornography.

Interestingly enough, the Utah legis Read more ...


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