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Jack Thompson ordered to take a psychological test & faces a suspension

10:02 AM on 07.03.2007, Jim Sterling 62 comments

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It's been a good week so far for those of us who want better treatment of videogames, and the great news isn't about to stop. Jack Thompson, the slightly more insane Joker to the videogame world's Batman, has been ordered by the Florida Bar to undergo psychological testing, as well as eat a 91-day suspension of his law license. This is what one might call a most severe dose of smackdown's syndrome. In an email personally sent to GamePolitics.com, the silver-haired villifier of videogames informed that mediation talks between he and the Bar did not go quite how he would have liked:

Mediation failed today because there was no mediation whatsoever… [Florida Bar official]  Ms. Tuma not only did not move off her [suspension] demand one iota, not one smidgeon, but she instead upped her demand by requiring that Thompson undergo a battery of psychological tests as part of the fabulous deal The Bar offered him… 

Ms. Tuma [sic] last demand going into the mediation was a 91-day suspension, and she opened and ended with that and a shrink’s couch.  This is bad faith…

This “mediation” was a charade… Finally, [Thompson] requests a status conference herein as soon as possible so that we can… shut this Star Chamber down.  Thompson is not the one who needs a psych evaluation.

Aaw, what are you going to do about it, Jacky boy? Go write some emo poetry on a Geocities webpage? That's what happens when you're a grown man, supposedly a professional, and your behaviour indicates nothing of the sort. Thompson's dealings with the Bar have seen five counts of professional misconduct levelled against him, as well as a complaint from a Miami judge regarding Thompson's Bully suit. This now stands as the sweetest cheese in the cake. No wonder he's been so quiet recently, the man's too busy putting a rope around his neck and, if the psych tests prove what I believe, smearing his feces on the walls and talking to an orange he's named Ken.

[Burling, you rule for this awesome tip]


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tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 07/03/2007 10:04
Epic win!
RICHARD BLOCKER's Avatar
RICHARD BLOCKER at 07/03/2007 10:04
OUT FUCKING STANDING.
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Joe Burling at 07/03/2007 10:07
I really hope we get to hear the results of the psych test. I want to go up against him in a debate now.

[i]"Oh yeah, and this coming from a guy who was forced to undergo psychological evaluation by his own Florida Bar Association..."[/i}

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nademagnet at 07/03/2007 10:07
YAY!
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 07/03/2007 10:08
Oh me, oh my... this will be fun.
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xxeyes at 07/03/2007 10:09
This is great, but I thought he already took the test...doesn't he always claim to be the only clinically proven sane Lawyer in Florida?
PiKo's Avatar
PiKo at 07/03/2007 10:10
bahahaha thats fucking awesome. Who couldn't tell this guy was batshit insane.
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Jim Sterling at 07/03/2007 10:11
xxeyes: Yeah, but that means the Bar must REALLY think he's nuts if they want him to go again.
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Carbot at 07/03/2007 10:17
That was a good laugh before I make my self some breakfast.
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savagesaladin at 07/03/2007 10:19
Thats funny, I had a dream last night that I punched him in the chest.
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Tempus at 07/03/2007 10:19
At least there are people in the world who see him for what he truly is. Anyway, shouldn't the site be called Burlingtoid nowadays? :P
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Snaileb at 07/03/2007 10:20
Wow! I saw a pic of J.T. with INSANE stamped on his head, and I swear I've seen this in a dream somewhere.
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GuitarAtomik at 07/03/2007 10:22
HahahahahAHAHAHahahaHAHAHHAhaa...oh man.

Oh man that's awesome.
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Snaileb at 07/03/2007 10:43
Atomik who made that? They live in the same neighborhood as me.
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GuitarAtomik at 07/03/2007 10:44
that's me buddy
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DarkTravesty at 07/03/2007 10:46
mmmm cheese cake

p.s. nice
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king3vbo at 07/03/2007 10:47
epic, epic win
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Necros at 07/03/2007 10:48
For all these years, I've held off directly criticizing the sanity of the man, trying to at avoid devolving any discussion into personal insults. Now, if some actual non-gamers have questioned his sanity, I'd say now is the time to call him a crazy loon with total impunity of my conscience.
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mikeohara at 07/03/2007 10:51
I'm with Snaileb ... this is straight out of a dream.
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Snaileb at 07/03/2007 10:54
GuitarAtomik : You live in Sarasota area?

*pinches self upon seeing the article again*

Nope, not dreaming.
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jerrt at 07/03/2007 10:56
this is super sweet news.

oh, and i'm starting to think burling is either a convict with internet access or he is some sort of uber insider.
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Crunshii at 07/03/2007 10:56
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooot!

hehe, oh btw Jack, here is your psychological eyechart.



psychologist: "Jack please, #4 now, repeat please... good"

psychologist: "good, now #5... repeat... repeat! Jack why cant you get #5 right? Im sorry, going to have to extend your therapy"

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GuitarAtomik at 07/03/2007 11:01
@Snaileb: Yep, in the area across the street from Sarasota Memorial. PwnyBownz lives here too near Lockwood and DeSoto.
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fearian at 07/03/2007 11:06



E P I C _ W I N
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Churchhills Dog at 07/03/2007 11:07
don't get TOO excited, the last psych eval they ordered had him passing with flying colors. The guy is a master manipulator. To this day he still manages to convince the major news outlets that he is the go-to guy on the state of gaming and its effects on the kiddies.
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dyslixec at 07/03/2007 11:08
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack cant jump over this candle stick.
infinity's Avatar
infinity at 07/03/2007 11:09
few other stories merit a "hell yes" like this one does.

legendary win.
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DrRockso at 07/03/2007 11:29
The lulzy-ness of this event defies words.
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GatsuTheBerserker at 07/03/2007 11:39
That is FOWNAGE! While there is a chance he could pass everything, it's still funny as hell how anal fucked he's getting from everyone. I think people are starting to finally realized how annoying his idiocy is.
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GatsuTheBerserker at 07/03/2007 11:40
Oh, and Double Post. They should totally bring up the "Photo" of him kissing the kid from Bully. I'm sure he has it in his house somewhere :)
Garbz's Avatar
Garbz at 07/03/2007 11:56
Lolz.

This has made my day.
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Pepillou2 at 07/03/2007 12:01


L O L

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mid3vol at 07/03/2007 12:09
now THIS post makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.
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CypherVR at 07/03/2007 12:14
i cannot wait for the animooted gifs of jackie-boy in a strait-jacket bouncing crazy!!
and BTW...
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaahaaahaaaaahhaaaaa.....ooooooooo *inhales*.......
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaahhhhhaaaahhaaahhaaaha....ooooooo
best fucking news i've heard of all time!
Joe Burling's Avatar
Joe Burling at 07/03/2007 12:17
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Gemsi at 07/03/2007 12:33
It's about time
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a488ajx2 at 07/03/2007 12:37
"talking to an orange he's named Ken"
nice A Better Tomorrow 2 reference...
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Knives at 07/03/2007 14:18
wtf is up with him talking in third person.
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ProtossX at 07/03/2007 14:49
That guy needs to get laid fast
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Sharpless at 07/03/2007 15:24
As Churchhills Dog said, don't get too excited. They ordered him to do this before, and he passed and he successfully sued them for $20,000. I would be surprised if the outcome is any different this time around.
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Velirno at 07/03/2007 15:59
Damn I wish I'd have been through college earlier so that I could be the guy giving the evaluation (psych major)

So long as it's a different group performing the tests, as well as the fact that this is try #2, there is probably a better chance that they'll find something wrong with the guy.
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bleep at 07/03/2007 16:11
nice one BuckF1tches
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DannyBoy at 07/03/2007 19:15
I find myself falling on the side of "I don't want to give him the chance to put in another paragraph's worth of self-fellatiating in his lawsuits by testing him and again finding nothing clinically wrong with the man."

I'm not even sure this is necessary. It would probably be better just to remind the Florida State Bar that this is the man who threatened Wendy's because of Wii happy meal toys.

Certainly lawlz-worthy though.
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Im OK at 07/03/2007 19:54
Though this does indeed fill me nearly to bursting with schadenfreude, I'm not going to get my hopes up. I hope I'm completely wrong, but I have a sinking feeling that Jackhole will find a way to slither his ass out of this somehow, as he has in the past.

Note, I did not mean to insult snakes with my previous remark. I apologize to any and all bona fide snakes who may be reading this.
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Im OK at 07/03/2007 19:54
Then again, maybe I just don't want to jinx it by celebrating too early.
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Eschatos at 07/03/2007 19:55
Say what you will about him, but JT ain't stupid. These psych tests are easy to cheat if you know much at all. I expect him to pass with flying colors, and then act like more of an asshole.
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monosylabik at 07/03/2007 22:27
im not gunna rub this in...no...just gunna sit here and drink some water...drink some water. :snicker....hee hee hee:
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 07/03/2007 23:08
Say what you will about him, but JT ain't stupid. These psych tests are easy to cheat if you know much at all. I expect him to pass with flying colors, and then act like more of an asshole.
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