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Thompson “Figuratively” Bombs Florida Supreme Court

• Scribbled on March 9th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
• Filed in Humor, Interviews, Legal Brief, WTF

One must wonder when the guys with the butterfly nets are going to put increasingly, er, “erratic” (yes, that’s the newsworthy way of saying “deranged moron”) Jack Thompson, whether it’s a Department of Defense video game conspiracy or sending condescending picture books to the Florida Supreme Court. Just when you think he can’t go any further over the edge, he proves himself even more insane than usual. After sending a picture of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Dome to the FSC, saying, “Below is what The Florida Bar will look like if [the Florida Supreme] court acts affirmatively on its show cause order, figuratively speaking, of course”, GamePolitics called him up to clarify his words.

The phone conversation that followed is pure gold.

GP: …if some kid sent you that picture and said that’s how your house would look, figuratively, of course, I gotta think you’d say it was a threat, no?

JT: You know what the word “figuratively” means, right? Also, the notice was sent to the court sans the image. that was to gig the bar governors getting it. you have to have fun at times.

GP: Do you remember those kids a few years back who made that cartoonish instant message icon that had a big rock rolling over a little stick figure of you and you called the NYPD because you said it was threat? Weren’t they just having fun? What’s the difference?

JT: Dennis, I know you are challenged by life and by reasoning, but the pleading says “figuratively.” Check yourself into a mental health facility.

GP: So, do you really think that instant message icon [back in 2005] was really a threat? Do you think anyone will consider [your e-mail] relating the FL Bar office to a picture of a bombed-out building [a] threat?

JT: Uh, Dennis, I really think you have lost your mind. I’m not posting threats anonymously. If I had intended these people harm, I would have done that quite sometime ago. The notice to the court was sans the picture. Get a grip, Dennis. You’re so intent on destroying me that you have lost it. You understand what “figuratively” means, or don’t you? Stop bothering me.

GP: What do you suppose would happen to a high school student who sent that pic to his school with the “figurative” comment that this is what the school would look like if he didn’t get his way?

JT: You’re boring, Dennis.

Jack Thompson makes Britney Spears look like Eleanor Roosevelt. But the fun doesn’t end there:

Someone apparently e-mailed Thompson with some rather disgusting “figurative” comments. That kind of thing, frankly, does nothing to help the image of gamers. But, in any event, Thompson and I had this exchange over about the e-mail he received this [Saturday] morning:

JT: Dennis, I’m sure you deplore the [nasty e-mail], which you’re responsible, for, right?

GP: Actually, I do deplore that. Responsible? No. Everyone is, of course, responsible for their own actions. You know, I’m trying to remember who created that e-mail about the Bar Building looking blown up… and who sent it to me knowing that I publish things… And who answered my several follow-up questions about it…. Wait – it was you!

Not since Dan Quayle has there been such an easy scratching post for the media - and of course, Fox uses him as an “informed analyst”.