You know what karma is; it's that concept by which if you live a good life, you're reborn as a golden cow, and if you're bad, you're liable to spend your next incarnation trapped in the body of a hideous predatory mantis who gets his head eaten by lady mantises with frightening breasts. In other words, you reap what you sow, and now the elevated blood pressure that Jack Thompson causes all of us gamers with his ignorant mouth-frothings is giving him a big bushel of reciprocal come-uppance.
GamePolitics.com is reporting this morning that dear Mr. Thompson is suffering from a stress-induced heart ailment, or so he wrote in a Federal District Court motion involved in his legal battle with the Florida Bar. From the filing:
Plaintiff, at 3 am this day, is suffering what he believes is arrhythmia, from which he has suffered previously, as well as chest pain. This may be a benign condition, or it may be serious. He has had other previous episodes like this induced by stress.
Plaintiff must try to see his cardiologist… to try to assess the problem. It is most likely stress-related by virtue of The Florida Bar’s demand that Thompson be psychiatrically/psychologically evaluated in violation of its own Rules.
... Aww. Let's all send him some flowers, kind wishes and candy -- POISON CANDY, that is.
[Via GamePolitics.com]
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10:11 AM on 08.03.2007
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Leigh: If you don't want to marry Buck, you can marry me. I may already be married, but we could all move to Utah. It's no big deal.
Jack Thompson has a heart?
Oo
I hope his surgeons somehow developed good hand eye coordination without video games...
Isn't all this "dancing on his hospital gurney" exactly what he wants? Doesn't this prove that we are all social misfits and sociapaths? I personally would like to think we are better than that.
Not to defend him, he is a liar and a media whore, but what ever happened to being the bigger man/woman/robot?
They operate in Florida. Can we start a fund to get it for him?
Looks like we could get "Rambo" to go sing to him :p
OR
We could send him the "Dancing Heart" wouldn't that be uncomfortably funny?
DIE THOMPSON DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Evil Hater Mode off)
I'm so comndened to hell
"Oh, Don't mind if I do.....
*Hits him with septor*
You almost had me that time."
Funny but its a perfect comparison of what he does in RL, but even in my whole irony, I wouldn't mind sending the ol bastid sum flowers and actually hope he gets better.
hey Dtoid, would u guys mind if we send him some flowers, and all those interested in sending can put their names and donate $1 saying: "The Destructoid community hopes you get better soon Jack" I wouldnt mind doing this.
second, seriously, i love irony, we should really get him something. flowers or something, nice, so he can get all confused.
third, i'm starting to wonder what we would do if he did die. i mean the person who would take up his cause my night be as laughable and might now how to actually practice law. that would make the jokes less funny and the potential litigations more founded. we might be in trouble. [just saying]
But to the point... don't you remember what happened last time someone tried to send him flowers as a goodwill gesture... he tried to sue them for harassment. IIRC he tried to sue penny arcade guys too when they donated money to a charity on his behalf.
He's a very angry guy and all your good intentions would be lost on him.
i totally see him suing over the stress. i'm just waiting for it to happen.
it'd be sad to see jack thompson go away. as annoying as he is, he's also fairly impotent, and it would be a shame if he were replaced by someone.. capable.
If I ever have heart troubles, thats what I'd want.
I'm so happy!!
Everyone knows that Jack Thompson's heart is healthy from years of ambulance chasing and corpse camping.
His only illness is mental.
Oh damn, now I'm getting sued too. Will Jack's stress ever end?
Now, THAT I will agree with.
I think being here at Destructoid gives ME heart problems.
I kind of hope he lives. Because when he's dead, someone with a brain might take his place. We should keep him. I don't think he will die anyway. The hate in his heart fuels him. Keeps him on life-support.
If he croaks, I hope that Mr. Destructoid goes to his funeral and gets with his wife. That would be awesome.
heh heh!
Is it a stunt because he needed more time?