Jack Thompson Ordered to Take Psychological Test and Suspended

[hippie_hunter]

It's been a good week so far for those of us who want better treatment of videogames, and the great news isn't about to stop. Jack Thompson, the slightly more insane Joker to the videogame world's Batman, has been ordered by the Florida Bar to undergo psychological testing, as well as eat a 91-day suspension of his law license. This is what one might call a most severe dose of smackdown's syndrome. In an email personally sent to GamePolitics.com, the silver-haired villifier of videogames informed that mediation talks between he and the Bar did not go quite how he would have liked:
Mediation failed today because there was no mediation whatsoever… [Florida Bar official] Ms. Tuma not only did not move off her [suspension] demand one iota, not one smidgeon, but she instead upped her demand by requiring that Thompson undergo a battery of psychological tests as part of the fabulous deal The Bar offered him…

Ms. Tuma [sic] last demand going into the mediation was a 91-day suspension, and she opened and ended with that and a shrink’s couch. This is bad faith…

This “mediation” was a charade… Finally, [Thompson] requests a status conference herein as soon as possible so that we can… shut this Star Chamber down. Thompson is not the one who needs a psych evaluation.

Aaw, what are you going to do about it, Jacky boy? Go write some emo poetry on a Geocities webpage? That's what happens when you're a grown man, supposedly a professional, and your behaviour indicates nothing of the sort. Thompson's dealings with the Bar have seen five counts of professional misconduct levelled against him, as well as a complaint from a Miami judge regarding Thompson's Bully suit. This now stands as the sweetest cheese in the cake. No wonder he's been so quiet recently, the man's too busy putting a rope around his neck and, if the psych tests prove what I believe, smearing his feces on the walls and talking to an orange he's named Ken.

[Burling, you rule for this awesome tip]

http://www.destructoid.com/jack-tho...-test-faces-a-suspension-34235.phtml#comments

 

[XtromaniaK]

Mooooooooooooooohahahahahahahaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Spidey17]

Pwned, *****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Addendum]

Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I'd go berzerk?
WELL
you left me anyhow and every day got worse and worse and now you see I've gone completely out of my mind.

And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time, and I'll be happy to see those nice gorillas in white coats
They're coming to take me away ha ha

You thought it was joke and so you laughed when I had said that losing you would make me flip my lid
RIGHT?
You know you laughed, I heard you laugh, you laughed and laughed and then you left, but now you know I'm utterly out of my mind

And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
They're coming to take me away ha ha...

I cooked your food, I cleaned your house, so this is how you paid me back for all my kind and selfish loving deeds.
HUH?
Well you just wait they'll find you yet, and when they do they'll put you in the ASPCA you mangy mutt.

And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time and I'll be happy to see those nice men in their white coats
They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds and basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
They're coming to take me away Ha Ha

Your home the one the bank foreclosed, You cried to me Monagamy is the way we both must live or you'll feel hurt.
BUT
I see, I see there's someone new, your anxious polly-pure-bred coat was even gone at our place while I paid the rent, thanks!

And They're coming to take me away Ha Ha
They're coming to take me away ho ho he he ha ha
To the loony bin with all you can eat prescription drugs like thorizine, and lithium, and electric shock eels
They're coming to take me away Ha Ha

 

[SpideyLad]

To be honest, he'll probably use this to his advantage, saying "Can't you see? Video games made me go crazy! BAN THEM ALL!!!!!!!!"

 

[ProjectPat2280]

There definitely needs to be some sort of video game legislation. I mean we cant let little kids play a game like Manhunt. I know when i worked at Eb, i made EVERYONE show me an ID if they were buying a game that was rated M or higher, even tho our manager didn't push the matter too much. Once you reach the age of 18, i think everything is pretty much fair game, but 10 yr olds don't need to be playing Grand Theft Auto, period.

 

[Addendum]

The rating system for video games is pretty straight forward. But it's not stupid-proof, because the person has to flip the box to the back to see why it received the rating.

Plus, every store I've been in checks the ID of the person if they look younger than 18. And if they are, the parent has to buy the game. While there are parents that buy it, more often than not, the parent says no.

 

[XtromaniaK]

I always thought M-rated was 17+? Oh, and I remember playing the old GTAs as a ten year old. Good times. Guess that really *****ed up my life. Too many shades of gray in life to say that you're automatically mature once you hit __ age, but that's just me.

AO is 18+...

 

[ProjectPat2280]

I always thought M-rated was 17+? Oh, and I remember playing the old GTAs as a ten year old. Good times. Guess that really *****ed up my life. Too many shades of gray in life to say that you're automatically mature once you hit __ age, but that's just me.

AO is 18+...

Well lets put it this way, theres no way in hell you are mature at the age of ten, end of argument.

Im not saying that violent games that are made for an adult but played by a child is any cause of anything, but it definitely doesnt help.

 

[Sam Fisher]

Lol, Thompson got pwned again.