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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11:11 AM on 08.21.2007
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Blow it out your ass.
Religion, we would be better without it!
He is always trying to ruin everything I love.
Fuck him
Wait, isn't that saying he's insane right there?
Like you.
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.
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.
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!
aaah! he's a zombie-bunny!
Yeah,right. He should try and better himself by getting some braces. And maybe a peroxide whitener.
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".
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.
He is COMING FOR YOU
"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.
And Michael Vick isn't evil.
And Hussein isn't banging Satan.
If you think you're fat, you can get liposuction.
But my friends, you can't fix stupid.
keep 'em coming!
Thank you!
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
Eventually everyone will fear my power!