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Shrink says Jack Thompson is sane? That's crazy! photo

Jim told us last month that famed attorney and anti-violence crusader Jack Thompson was ordered to undergo psychological testing, but now it looks like video gaming's very own "Whacko Jack-o" isn't so whacked after all -- or at least that's what his paid psychologist says. 

The overall impression is that of a socially committed, and religiously devout man, of Superior Intellectual Functioning, who does not suffer from any major mental illness or impairment. He is deeply committed to personal betterment and social progress which he feels involves the regulation of exposure of minors to pornography, obscenity and violence.

In fact, his psych (which he pre-emptively saw at his own expense) only really calls him on his "hyperbole and sarcasm" in some of his motions and pleadings, which Thompson promises to moderate in the future.

So, what's the deal? Is Jack just nuts enough to clear a shrink's evaluation, or are his public ramblings just an act for attention? If he's able to "play it cool" to pass a psych evaluation, this may show that his courtroom craziness is indeed an act.

[Via GamePolitics -- Thanks, Justin] 


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Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:09
Snaileb
Superior Intellectual Functioning?!

Blow it out your ass.
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:14
DeusPayne
Indeed. JT is just abusing the system. Why would he be so opposed before, then get his own evaluation rather than waiting for an appointed shrink?
demonelite's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:17
demonelite
"religiously devout man"

Religion, we would be better without it!
Aberrant Thought's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:18
Aberrant Thought
Somehow I think the DSM was ignored here...
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:18
DeusPayne
Science H Logic!
AndyCat's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:19
AndyCat
I just saw a documentary on the beginings of HIP HOP. I didn't realize that it was ol' Wacko Jacko that got 2 Live Crew banned in Florida.

He is always trying to ruin everything I love.

Fuck him
Extreme_Drunk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:20
Extreme_Drunk
Wonder what the state psychologist said about that crazy ass game hating jesuit.
lvl54spacemonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:22
lvl54spacemonkey
I was totally gonna use that image of jack on my Dtoid blog banner yesterday but i didn't fancy trying to cut it out of the image. Well, that and having to stare at his face for more than 30 seconds.
Chris Taran's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:24
Chris Taran
"religiously devout man"

Wait, isn't that saying he's insane right there?
Aberrant Thought's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:29
Aberrant Thought
It's scary... the more I look at the picture the more I feel compelled to ... to... write angry letters to random newspapers... and to step on puppies...
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:29
BluDesign
He paid to see the shrink of his choice. I'm sure if you go to the right doctor, you can walk out with prescriptions for hydrocodone, cialis, HGH, steroids, and medical marijuana, so Jack, your self appointed psych eval holds about as much water as an incontinent old man.

Like you.
Aertyr's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:30
Aertyr
I bet he has a cellar full of dead children.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:34
GuitarAtomik
God I hate him. He still has to get evaluated by a court appointed psychiatrist right?
KungFutse's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:35
KungFutse
History repeats itself.

This is just like that other time over a decade ago when he had an earlier dispute with the Bar and JT admitted himself to a shrink. He ended up with a settlement.

Still, that doesn't change the fact that he's a perfect losing streak when it comes to court cases and drafting bills.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:41
BluDesign
I shopped his head out if anyone needed to use it. I also airbrushed out the text, and all reflections in his eyes and teeth. Nothing like a cold, emotionless picture of a psychopath.

Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:42
Joe Burling
He's a fundamentalist. It really explains everything.

fun·da·men·tal·ism (fŭn'də-měn'tl-ĭz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A usually religious movement or point of view characterized by a return to fundamental principles, by rigid adherence to those principles, and often by intolerance of other views and opposition to secularism.
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:44
Joe Burling
[img]http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/eojjoe79/JT_STFUAJPG_COPTER.gif[/url]
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:44
AngelsDontBurn
It's amazing how oral sex can get you through anything.
lvl54spacemonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:46
lvl54spacemonkey
Thanks dvddesign dude! I'm so gonna use that on my next attempt at a banner.
demon_beast82's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:54
demon_beast82
I never thought jack was crazy, he just seems like a guy who has to be right all the time. He'll will go to great lengths to prove it like when he says the FBI study shows no direct correlation violent games and behavior is wrong or any study that for that matter that doesn't agree with him. This just proves what a real threat this guy is to the games industry.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:58
Neonie
Pardon me while I ROFL.
Garbz's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 11:59
Garbz
Atm, Thompson has ruined Dtoid for me.

His ugly mug on the front page means that i can't have the scroll bar all the way at the top without seeing his dead, soul-less eyes starign back at me.

Damn you Dale North!

Damn you Jack Thompson for worming your way into the spot light. AGAIN!
DJDuffy 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:08
DJDuffy


aaah! he's a zombie-bunny!
OutrageousToob's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:08
OutrageousToob
"...personal betterment..."

Yeah,right. He should try and better himself by getting some braces. And maybe a peroxide whitener.
guy e's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:14
guy e
he's not crazy or mentally ill..he'll just never get laid.
Coonskin05's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:18
Coonskin05
Jack Thompson is about as sane as a straightjacket.
jerrt's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:20
jerrt
well, this sort of works out. i mean, i think he is crazy, but he can't use an insanity plee any more. [[:
KungFutse's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:38
KungFutse
Incompetence and stupidity are not mental illnesses. There's your explanation.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:48
BlindsideDork
Crazy is as crazy does!
Copesetic's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:53
Copesetic
Bah. He should see a REAL Doctor:

plkrtn's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:54
plkrtn
Well its quite well known that psychological profiling of a person can alter from person to person, as a lot of it is based on the personal professional opinion of the psychologist, and there isn't any really set guide to mental health.

The guy has serious issues with hyperbole, we know that. He also seems to have taken a personal crusade against Take-Two. Why he has a fixation on this particular company, when there are plenty of them out there to have a fixation on, then God knows. He seems to think parents have no responsibilities, and doesn't believe in the first amendment unless it suits him. Some of his beliefs aren't wrong, they are just misguided in the way he plans to tackle them. The issue at hand is the ability for a shop to sell mature content to a child of any age, not the mature content itself.

Lets be fair, at best we can call this guy a fundamentalist, and you can't spell it without "fun" or "mentalist".
lvl54spacemonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 12:59
lvl54spacemonkey
Woot! Made a new banner with atht JT crop. thanks again dood!
KungFutse's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:00
KungFutse
Somebody make a 300 parody.
Anduryl's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:03
Anduryl
You mean you can't spell "fundamentalist" without fun and mental?

To be serious, just for a moment, just a second, let's pretend he is an intelligent person. He is a lawyer. What does that mean?


He's the Prof. Moriarty to Phoenix Wright's Holmes.

Except replace brilliant and evil with senile and incredibly annoying. And he has nothing better to do..... God I feel bad for his kids.
bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:05
bleep

He is COMING FOR YOU
WastelandTraveler's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:06
WastelandTraveler
Man he played that shrink like a harp from hell.
hoonflap's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:06
hoonflap
@demon beast82

"You just watch. There is going to be a Columbine-times-10 incident, and everyone will finally get it. Either that, or some video gamer is going to go Columbine at some video game exec's expense or at E3, and then the industry will begin to realize that there is no place to hide, that it has trained a nation of Manchurian Children."

JACK THOMPSON, GameCore interview, Feb. 25, 2005

crazy.
lvl54spacemonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:09
lvl54spacemonkey
Columbine times ten? Was jack purposefully referencing Team America there? Maybe he said it for the LULZ.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:19
GuitarAtomik
@KungFutse

PetiePal's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:20
PetiePal
Of course and Michael Jackson is perfectly innocent.

And Michael Vick isn't evil.

And Hussein isn't banging Satan.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:28
blehman
If you don't like your face, you can get plastic surgery.
If you think you're fat, you can get liposuction.
But my friends, you can't fix stupid.
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:28
Dale North
Garbz: I apologize, but without the news post, we would have never witnessed these incredible images.

keep 'em coming!
KungFutse's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:29
KungFutse
@GuitarAtomik

Thank you!
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:39
Snaileb
GuitarAtomik you scare me.
beer baron's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:48
beer baron
"He is deeply committed to personal betterment and social progress which he feels involves the regulation of exposure of minors to pornography, obscenity and violence."

This guy isn't crazy, he's just a jackass. He tries to impose his will on anybody that will listen. Giving him all this attention only gives him more confidence that his message is getting through to the gaming community.

If Destructoid and other gaming publications stopped referencing him entirely, he would disappear
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 13:52
GuitarAtomik
@Snaileb

Eventually everyone will fear my power!
vaintrain's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/21/2007 14:05
vaintrain
@ or teh herpes
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