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

11:11 AM on 08.21.2007, Dale North 76 comments

Shrink says Jack Thompson is sane? That's crazy! photo
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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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demonelite's Avatar
demonelite at 08/21/2007 11:17
"religiously devout man"

Religion, we would be better without it!
Aberrant Thought's Avatar
Aberrant Thought at 08/21/2007 11:18
Somehow I think the DSM was ignored here...
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DeusPayne at 08/21/2007 11:18
Science H Logic!
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AndyCat at 08/21/2007 11:19
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
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Extreme_Drunk at 08/21/2007 11:20
Wonder what the state psychologist said about that crazy ass game hating jesuit.
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lvl54spacemonkey at 08/21/2007 11:22
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.
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Chris Taran at 08/21/2007 11:24
"religiously devout man"

Wait, isn't that saying he's insane right there?
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Aberrant Thought at 08/21/2007 11:29
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...
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BluDesign at 08/21/2007 11:29
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.
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Aertyr at 08/21/2007 11:30
I bet he has a cellar full of dead children.
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GuitarAtomik at 08/21/2007 11:34
God I hate him. He still has to get evaluated by a court appointed psychiatrist right?
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KungFutse at 08/21/2007 11:35
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.
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BluDesign at 08/21/2007 11:41
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.

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Joe Burling at 08/21/2007 11:42
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.
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Joe Burling at 08/21/2007 11:44
[img]http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n117/eojjoe79/JT_STFUAJPG_COPTER.gif[/url]
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Joe Burling at 08/21/2007 11:44
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AngelsDontBurn at 08/21/2007 11:44
It's amazing how oral sex can get you through anything.
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lvl54spacemonkey at 08/21/2007 11:46
Thanks dvddesign dude! I'm so gonna use that on my next attempt at a banner.
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BahamutZero at 08/21/2007 11:51
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demon_beast82 at 08/21/2007 11:54
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.
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Neonie at 08/21/2007 11:58
Pardon me while I ROFL.
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Garbz at 08/21/2007 11:59
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!
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DJDuffy at 08/21/2007 12:08


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

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

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plkrtn at 08/21/2007 12:54
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".
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GuitarAtomik at 08/21/2007 12:57
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lvl54spacemonkey at 08/21/2007 12:59
Woot! Made a new banner with atht JT crop. thanks again dood!
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KungFutse at 08/21/2007 13:00
Somebody make a 300 parody.
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Anduryl at 08/21/2007 13:03
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.
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bleep at 08/21/2007 13:05

He is COMING FOR YOU
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dyslixec at 08/21/2007 13:06
Man he played that shrink like a harp from hell.
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hoonflap at 08/21/2007 13:06
@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.
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lvl54spacemonkey at 08/21/2007 13:09
Columbine times ten? Was jack purposefully referencing Team America there? Maybe he said it for the LULZ.
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GuitarAtomik at 08/21/2007 13:19
@KungFutse

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PetiePal at 08/21/2007 13:20
Of course and Michael Jackson is perfectly innocent.

And Michael Vick isn't evil.

And Hussein isn't banging Satan.
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blehman at 08/21/2007 13:28
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.
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Dale North at 08/21/2007 13:28
Garbz: I apologize, but without the news post, we would have never witnessed these incredible images.

keep 'em coming!
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KungFutse at 08/21/2007 13:29
@GuitarAtomik

Thank you!
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Snaileb at 08/21/2007 13:39
GuitarAtomik you scare me.
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beer baron at 08/21/2007 13:48
"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
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GuitarAtomik at 08/21/2007 13:52
@Snaileb

Eventually everyone will fear my power!
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vaintrain at 08/21/2007 14:05
@ or teh herpes
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