Jack Thompson, Payback Time

Say hello (again) to Mr. Jack Thompson, our fine and dandy Florida attorney. We love him, and we know you love him too. In the ass. The gaming community, be it publishers, developers or gamers, has been forced to deal with this debatable individual for a long time now, whenever something completely unrelated shows up.

Does daddy rape his little, innocent daughter? Sure thing, it is because he plays too much Solitaire. Does mom jump off World Trade Center in a desperate try to draw her husband’s attention? Must be that level 70 Tauren Druid involved. For absolutely every crime possible, Jack Thompson will find a game-related reason. Because he is an attention whore.

Well, recently, it seems he has been trying too hard. So hard that, besides his case of explosive dihareea, the Florida court has almost politely asked him to show up and explain in public why he is being a complete Jackass and abuses the legal system to get his penis larger (at least in front of the mirror).

02/19/2008 ORDER-SHOW CAUSE
TO: JOHN BRUCE THOMPSON
It appears to the Court that you have abused the legal system by submitting numerous frivolous and inappropriate filings in this Court.

Therefore, it is ordered that you shall show cause on or before March 5, 2008, why this Court should not find that you have abused the legal system process and impose upon you a sanction for abusing the legal system, including, but not limited to directing the Clerk of this Court to reject for filing any future pleadings, petitions, motions, letters, documents, or other filings submitted to this Court by you unless signed by a member of The Florida Bar other than yourself.

As usual, Thompson's high morale, due to the right raid buffs, is amazing. His reply was superb, worthy and memorable. And completely idiotic, but that is another story:

This is the single greatest gift that any court has ever given me in my 31 years of practicing law. I shall now, through a new federal lawsuit, deconstruct The Florida Bar ... This court has threatened Thompson. He does not threaten back. He hereby informs this court that he will see it in federal court.

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