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Jack Thompson gets a visit from the feds photo

Jack Thompson has very recently been paid a friendly visit by a pair of U.S Marshals following one of the silver-maned crusader's madcap letters. In writing to Chief Judge Federico Moreno, the notorious defense attorney (for the time being) suggested that Al-Qaeda terror suspects have more rights than he does:

We find yesterday that enemy combatants at Guantanamo are to get more due process from federal judges than what I am to have. I guess my "mistake" was not killing 3000 people to make my point...

 

I demand a hearing.

Jack's crazy hyperbole prompted the visit from the Marshals, and although the full details of such a meeting are unclear, it's been made obvious that they considered him a threat. This is what happens when you write crazy letters filled with over-the-top sarcasm to judges. He wrote another letter in response (of course), too lengthy and rambling to post on the front page (of course!!), but securely fastened after the jump.

I was visited today by two U.S. Marshals who were nice gentlemen, and very professional and courteous in their dealings with me.  My complaint is not with them...

I have been asking the Justice Department simply to meet with me about [the video game industry's] criminal targeting of me for harm...  Our US Attorney here has obstructed that effort... Instead of being afforded the Justice Department investigation to which I am entitled, I get today harassment from that same Justice Department...

When you and the Justice Department dispatch U.S. Marshals to my home because of a letter I wrote you last week complaining about misconduct by District Court Judges here in the Southern District, the purpose of that visit was  to intimidate and harass me...

The notion that I pose some sort of physical threat to you or to the judiciary or to anyone else down here is a cruel joke.  The two Marshals said, “If you had actually hand-delivered the letter to Judge Moreno, we would be concerned.”  To that I said, “But I did.  I did that last week because the gentlemen at the metal detectors would not deliver it, and THEY TOLD ME TO DELIVER IT TO YOU.  I buzzed into  your inner offices on the thirteenth floor, and I politely handed the letter to your clerk, who politely took it.

If I were a danger to anyone, that would have been the time for me to have proven it, right?  In fact, I have never threatened anyone in my entire life, and you know that, and the Marshals said they knew that.  They were apologetic about being dispatched to my home.  This is outrageous, Judge.  Simply outrageous. 

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iwontusemyname's Avatar
iwontusemyname at 06/17/2008 04:26
now, it's starting to get actually depressing.
Half left's Avatar
Half left at 06/17/2008 04:43
This is better than Eastenders.
Ali D's Avatar
Ali D at 06/17/2008 04:44
I have to say that I would love, and I mean really love, if Jack went to prison for whatever reason, even for like a month. Then imagine his surprise to see that the people in jail are real criminals and not actually people who played GTA too much.
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NightmareKira at 06/17/2008 04:56
If Jack ever does go on a killing spree, I wonder if he would say he used GTA to plan out how he would do it.
Mista Smegheneghan's Avatar
Mista Smegheneghan at 06/17/2008 05:14
Ali D speaks truths. that would put him in his place.
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xColoradoGamerx at 06/17/2008 05:26
I think Smegheneghan is mistaken, Jack seems to be the type that would stick to his guns even while all the evidence is against him. Kind of like he is already. But I would like to hear that he gets raped in prison, turns gay and becomes the most dogged gay rights crusader in history. Yeah...that would be sweet-sweet irony.
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ssuasw at 06/17/2008 05:45
I would like to see Jack Thompson being sued by games companies for false allegations.
WeAreTheLolocaust's Avatar
WeAreTheLolocaust at 06/17/2008 05:57
Why doesn't Mad Jack have his own Reality TV Show?

Or at least get him on Cribs...
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Professor Pew at 06/17/2008 06:05
If he had played GTA, we would've run to the subway instead :P
Ali D's Avatar
Ali D at 06/17/2008 06:13
@ssuasw: Very true. I'd like to see the videogame industry stand up for itself rather than be the subject of the worst elements of tabloid journalism and scape-goating our moral guardians.
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A Humble Mr Perfect at 06/17/2008 06:25
I want to see this turn into an Oedipus Rex style tragedy. I want his fall to be hard, with just a dash of incest and eye-gouging.
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Schmo0zle at 06/17/2008 06:40
Postal - Starring Jack Thompson.
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Nogarda at 06/17/2008 06:40
This is all getting out of hand, jacks had enough the judge has had enough the [game] industry has had enough, the gamers have had enough. this just needs to stop. Jack just needs to just go on tv everytime something dumb or videogame related happens and say 'i told ya so.' end of tv air time. eventually someone high up will go 'ok hotshot what do you think we should do!?' and then they might improve age restrictions on games in America.
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar
michiyoyoshiku at 06/17/2008 06:41
Haven't I said that if we want him to go away we should just ignore him?

Ah well his days are numbered. What goes around comes around
c0dek's Avatar
c0dek at 06/17/2008 06:44
next on FOX: "Who wants to be a spotlight-seeking mediocre lawyer?"
Velt's Avatar
Velt at 06/17/2008 06:47
huge lol.
The guy is crazy, he is right, the rest of the world is not.
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Demtor at 06/17/2008 07:55
A Jack Thompson Sneaking Mission!?!
Codename: Mad Mailman
Objective: Get buzzed into the inner offices on the thirteenth floor and politely make an ass out of yourself to the secretary. Result: Mission success!

"Simply outrageous." - Indeed sir, indeed.
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 06/17/2008 07:59
Oh Forrest, "Stupid is what stupid does."

Sigh.
blehman's Avatar
blehman at 06/17/2008 08:37
You know what. I agree with his first letter. Let him sit in Guantanamo Bay for a few years, with no outside contact and all the wonderful* things they do to the prisoners there and let him wait several years for the right to even maybe be considered for a trial. Then let him bitch about "due process."

Fucking git.

*note: not actually wonderful.
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Alexradl at 06/17/2008 08:57
America, Fuck Yeah! Nice use of the all caps, Mr. Jack. "THEY TOLD ME TO DELIVERY IT TO YOU." That'll show em.
Miike's Avatar
Miike at 06/17/2008 09:18
RE: Image

FYI Jim, Jack Thompson is not black.
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Salsa_Shark at 06/17/2008 09:26
Let's face it, this is exactly the sort of letter Thompson would have forwarded to the FBI in a heartbeat because he felt threatened.

The sheer hypocrisy of this man is both astounding and depressing.
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MechaMonkey at 06/17/2008 09:46
We should start a pool as to when he finally does get desperate enough to start threatening people.
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AgentMOO at 06/17/2008 10:14
Thank you Jack - you've just nullified many of the criticisms of our industry.
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JonDarkwood at 06/17/2008 11:22
Jack is a little child. Nobody sell him a copy of GTA4.
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Corak at 06/17/2008 11:37
Interesting feeling isn't it Jack? When you get targeted for attacks that are, as you say, "unwaranted" this is how you act? Interesting feeling isn't it, when the shoe is on the other foot? How you feel now is how some/most of the gaming community feel about you. You compare your rights to those at Getmo. That sounds like something a prepubecent teenager would say, and in the post 911 American society you should know better. A piece of advise that will help you: GET OVER YOUR-FUCKING-SELF.
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Shinu at 06/17/2008 11:43
this guy needs psychological help & medication

he's trying to turn himself into a martyr
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dormedas at 06/17/2008 12:05
MechaMonkey:
"We intend to hurt Hollywood. We intend to hurt the video game industry. We intend to hurt the sex porn sites."
-wikipedia on Jack Thompson
See! He has threatened everyone in Hollywood, everyone in the video game industry and the sex porn sites! Whether or not he said "they" will go on a killing rampage is quite vague and obscure. Every man has his limits, and I think Jack Thompson overexerted himself writing the first letter so now he's getting desperate.
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braulio09 at 06/17/2008 12:12
LOL

just LOL
T3KK9's Avatar
T3KK9 at 06/17/2008 12:23
someone should just put this poor man out of his fucking misery. He couldn't win an a court battle even if he was black and had Johnnie Cochran as defence.
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Spartacus at 06/17/2008 12:55
"[the video game industry's] criminal targeting of me for harm... "

He doesn't actually believe industry people want to physically hurt him, does he? I can't really tell the difference between him being insane and him attempting sarcasm anymore.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 06/17/2008 13:04
I'm just going to shake my head and smile, as the unjust little man gets the fate that he's brought upon himself. He really is thick as a brick, isn't he?
ace of knaves's Avatar
ace of knaves at 06/17/2008 13:17
Talking about hypothetically killing a bunch of people, then making a demand in the very next sentence. Brilliant.
The Incredible Edible Egg's Avatar
The Incredible Edible Egg at 06/17/2008 13:23
What a twist!
blehman's Avatar
blehman at 06/17/2008 13:23
But sharpless, he's got the power of super-jesus on his side.



I guess that's why it's appropriate to compare his fight (albeit one sided) with that of christ.
Android8675's Avatar
Android8675 at 06/17/2008 13:27
Lord, help this poor man to find his way back to the light. Go to the light Jack. Go to the light.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 06/17/2008 14:06
@blehman
Well, since I'm a Christian, so do I. So, I wonder who would win in a one-on-one battle between me and Jack, then? Would the universe implode?
blehman's Avatar
blehman at 06/17/2008 14:17
*head asplodes at possibility of universe imploding*
heretrix's Avatar
heretrix at 06/17/2008 14:48
Ah, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Awesome sauce.
gamer4life22's Avatar
gamer4life22 at 06/17/2008 16:26
It's Jackie watch, keeping you up to daye with all the wild things jackie boy is doing
Volomon's Avatar
Volomon at 06/17/2008 17:20
Looney bin here we come.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 06/17/2008 18:44
This train wreck just keeps getting more and more awesome to watch.
smurfee mcgee's Avatar
smurfee mcgee at 06/17/2008 19:46
Where's mah popcorn?
Fronz's Avatar
Fronz at 06/18/2008 00:23
your ass got saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacked.
nicojay's Avatar
nicojay at 06/18/2008 11:58
You do realize we should support fellow Dtoiders.
Twicky's Avatar
Twicky at 06/19/2008 00:12
I love irony.
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TheBlackLotus at 06/19/2008 08:40
LOL Owned.. Well jack, I hope you know the cheats to lower your wanted level...Oh thats right, you never played GTA...sucks for you..
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