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Jack Thompson could end up permanently disbarred
« on: July 10, 2008, 01:38:15 PM »
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Re: Jack Thompson could end up permanently disbarred
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2008, 09:09:47 PM »
There goes the neighbourhood, I can't see him sitting there and accepting that too quietly.
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Re: Jack Thompson could end up permanently disbarred
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2008, 10:40:55 PM »
Some game the judge has played has made him violently vindictive towards Jack Thompson!  :stunned:
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Re: Jack Thompson could end up permanently disbarred
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2008, 04:00:22 AM »
Here's a thought I had...

Ideally there would be nobody speaking against gaming in this over the top manner but if gaming is going to have a villain... isn't Jack Thompson a great one to have?

Imagine a photogenic eloquent schoolteacher with a nice smile or a single parent showing their adorable kids to the world... kids they're just trying to protect or a professional psychiatrist that's charismatic...

vs.

Someone with who rants and raves and acts like a loon.  Someone so psychotic that people would be inclined to not join his side because of the way he acts.

Sometimes I wonder if he's a undercover gamer acting this way to save the industry.
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"Mister Thompson... as you know... gaming was outlawed in 2018 by the Patriot Protection Act. We need someone to go back in time and pretend to be against gaming but act in the most awful and insane way possible. Look up Fred Phelps in the archives. Your task will be to drive people away from regulating the gaming industry to the point of it's death. You'll be the most hated person in the gaming world but their Unknown Savior. The world will never know that you're the one that saved gaming. The world must NEVER know..."</i>
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Re: Jack Thompson could end up permanently disbarred
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2008, 05:12:14 PM »
Quote from: Doombot on July 11, 2008, 04:00:22 AM
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"Mister Thompson... as you know... gaming was outlawed in 2018 by the Patriot Protection Act. We need someone to go back in time and pretend to be against gaming but act in the most awful and insane way possible. Look up Fred Phelps in the archives. Your task will be to drive people away from regulating the gaming industry to the point of it's death. You'll be the most hated person in the gaming world but their Unknown Savior. The world will never know that you're the one that saved gaming. The world must NEVER know..."</i>

Good one.

Great one, even.
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Re: Jack Thompson could end up permanently disbarred
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2008, 06:50:12 PM »
Quote from: Doombot on July 11, 2008, 04:00:22 AM
Here's a thought I had...

Ideally there would be nobody speaking against gaming in this over the top manner but if gaming is going to have a villain... isn't Jack Thompson a great one to have?

Imagine a photogenic eloquent schoolteacher with a nice smile or a single parent showing their adorable kids to the world... kids they're just trying to protect or a professional psychiatrist that's charismatic...

vs.

Someone with who rants and raves and acts like a loon.  Someone so psychotic that people would be inclined to not join his side because of the way he acts.

Sometimes I wonder if he's a undercover gamer acting this way to save the industry.
<i>
"Mister Thompson... as you know... gaming was outlawed in 2018 by the Patriot Protection Act. We need someone to go back in time and pretend to be against gaming but act in the most awful and insane way possible. Look up Fred Phelps in the archives. Your task will be to drive people away from regulating the gaming industry to the point of it's death. You'll be the most hated person in the gaming world but their Unknown Savior. The world will never know that you're the one that saved gaming. The world must NEVER know..."</i>

Someone on the Straight Dope boards had a similar idea. They swear that Thompson is being paid by Rockstar. (Note that they have no actual reason to believe this. They just think it would explain his craziness.)
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