Jack Thompson (activist) - Wikipedia. John Bruce "Jack" Thompson (born July 2. American activist and disbarred attorney, based in Coral Gables, Florida. Thompson is known for his role as an anti- video- game activist, particularly against violence and sex in video games.[1][2][3] During his time as an attorney, Thompson focused his legal efforts against what he perceives as obscenity in modern culture. This included rap music, broadcasts by shock jock. Howard Stern, the content of computer and video games and their alleged effects on children.[4]He is also known for his unusual filings to The Florida Bar, including challenging the constitutionality of The Florida Bar itself in 1. Later the Florida Supreme Court described his filings as "repetitive, frivolous and insulting to the integrity of the court".[6] On March 2. Florida Supreme Court imposed sanctions on Thompson, requiring that any of his future filings in the court be signed by a member of The Florida Bar other than himself.[7] In July 2. Thompson was permanently disbarred by the Supreme Court of Florida for inappropriate conduct, including making false statements to tribunals and disparaging and humiliating litigants.[8][9]Background. Thompson grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, attended Cuyahoga Falls H. S.[1. 0] and attended Denison University. He received media attention when he hosted his own political talk show on the college radio station.[1. He then attended Vanderbilt University Law School, where he met his wife, Patricia.[1. In 1. 97. 6, they moved to Florida, where Thompson, working as a lawyer and then a fund- raiser for a Christian ministry,[1. ![]() With GTA Online’s July update, Rockstar has added a new mode that seems partially inspired by Battlegrounds, some new (and REALLY expensive) skins, and a super car. Wouldn’t it be amazing if the Honda City Turbo and its Motocompo scooter were featured on Jason Drives? Hmmm. Registered: TimeIPS Support Portal is now available! Posted by: TimeIPS Staff on Sep 30, 2005 - 09:35 AM TimeIPS News : Welcome to the TimeIPS Support Portal, the. I wasn’t aware of who Laura Loomer was until we were emailed links to this Twitter-based tire-related mess by a number of readers, but it appears she considers. ![]() Key Biscayne. Presbyterian Church and became a born- again Christian.[1. Thompson admits to having a "colorful disciplinary history" as an attorney.[1. The Neil Rogers Show. In 1. 98. 8, Thompson became involved in a feud with WIOD Radio host Neil Rogers, after Thompson was instrumental in persuading the FCC to fine WIOD $1. Boys Want Sex in the Morning" on Rogers' show.[1. Thompson also sued the station for violating a December 1. For the next eight months, Thompson recorded all of Rogers' broadcasts and documented 4. Thompson claimed that one of the terms of his agreement with the station was that the station would pay him $5,0. ![]() Janet Reno. Thompson first met Janet Reno in November 1.Miami- Dade County, Florida, but was not hired.[1. Crazy Stupid Love Dvdrip Xvid Ac3 . In 1. 98. 8, he ran for prosecutor against then- incumbent Dade County State Attorney Janet Reno, after she had declined his request to prosecute Neil Rogers.[1.Thompson gave Reno a letter at a campaign event requesting that she check a box to indicate whether she was homosexual, bisexual, or heterosexual.Thompson said that Reno then put her hand on his shoulder and responded, "I'm only interested in virile men.That’s why I'm not attracted to you."[1.He filed a police report accusing her of battery for touching him. In response, Reno asked Florida governor Bob Martinez to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate.[1. The special prosecutor rejected the charge, concluding that it was "a political ploy". Reno was ultimately re- elected with 6. Thompson repeated allegations that Reno was a lesbian when she was nominated as U. S. Attorney General, leading one of her supporters, lieutenant governor Buddy Mac. Kay, to dismiss him as a "kook".[1. In 1. 99. 0, after his election loss, Thompson began a campaign against the efforts of Switchboard of Miami, a social services group of which Reno was a board member. Thompson charged that the group placed "homosexual- education tapes" in public schools. Switchboard responded by getting the Supreme Court of Florida to order that he submit to a psychiatric examination. Thompson did so and passed. Thompson has since stated that he is "the only officially certified sane lawyer in the entire state of Florida".[2. Rap music. Thompson came to national prominence in the controversy over 2 Live Crew's As Nasty As They Wanna Be album. Luke Skyywalker Records, the company of 2 Live Crew's Luther Campbell, had previously released a record supporting Reno in her race against Thompson.)[2. On January 1, 1. 99. Martinez and Reno asking them to investigate whether the album violated Florida obscenity laws. Although the state prosecutor declined to proceed with an investigation, Thompson pushed local officials in various parts of the state to block sales of the album, along with N. W. A’s Straight Outta Compton.[2. In sending documents to opponents, Thompson would frequently attach a photocopy of his driver's license, with a photo of Batman pasted over his own. Thompson said, "I have sent my opponents pictures of Batman to remind them I'm playing the role of Batman. Just like Bruce Wayne helped the police in the movie, I have had to assist the sheriff of Broward County." He also wore a Batman wristwatch.[2. Thompson compared Campbell to the Joker.[2. Thompson also said, "I understand as well as anybody that the First Amendment is a cornerstone of a free society—but there is a responsibility to people who can be harmed by words and thoughts, one of which is the message from Campbell that women can be sexually abused."[1. Thompson also took issue with another 2 Live Crew song, "Banned in the U. S. A.". He sent a letter to Jon Landau, manager of Bruce Springsteen, whose song "Born in the U. S. A." was to be sampled by the group. Thompson suggested that Landau "protect 'Born in the U. S. A.' from its apparent theft by a bunch of clowns who traffic toxic waste to kids," or else Thompson would "be telling the nation about Mr. Springsteen's tacit approval" of the song, which, according to Campbell, "expresses anger about the failure of the First Amendment to protect 2 Live Crew from prosecution".[2. Thompson also said, "the 'social commentary' on this album is akin to a sociopath's discharging his AK- 4. Pee- wee Herman's views on politics".[2. The members of 2 Live Crew responded to these efforts by suing the Broward County sheriff in federal district court. The sheriff had previously told local retailers that selling the album could result in a prosecution for obscenity violations. While they were granted an injunction because law enforcement actions were an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech, the court ruled that the album was in fact obscene. However, an appellate court reversed the obscenity ruling, because simply playing the tape was insufficient evidence of the constitutional requirement that it had no artistic value.[2. As the debate continued, Thompson wrote, "An industry that says a line cannot be drawn will be drawn and quartered."[2. He said of his campaign, "I won't stop till I get the head of a record company or record chain in jail. Only then will they stop trafficking in obscenity".[2. Bob Guccione, Jr., founder of Spin magazine, responded by calling Thompson "a sort of latter- day Don Quixote, as equally at odds with his times as that mythical character was," and argued that his campaign was achieving "two things..: pissing everybody off and compounding his own celebrity".[3. Thompson responded by noting, "Law enforcement and I put 2 Live Crew's career back into the toilet where it began."[3. Thompson wrote another letter in 1. Minnesota attorney general Skip Humphrey, complaining about the N. W. A album Niggaz. Life. Humphrey warned locally- based Musicland that sales of the album might violate state law against distribution of sexually explicit material harmful to minors. Humphrey also referred the matter to the Minneapolis city attorney, who concluded that some of the songs might fit the legal definition if issued as singles, but that sales of the album as a whole were not prosecutable.[3. Thompson also initiated a similar campaign in Boston.[3. Later, Thompson would criticize the Republican Party for inviting N. W. A member and party donor Eric "Eazy- E" Wright to an exclusive function.[3. In 1. 99. 2, Thompson was hired by the Freedom Alliance, a self- described patriot group founded by Oliver North, described as "far- right" by The Washington Post. By this time, Thompson was looking to have Time Warner, then being criticized for promoting the Ice- T song "Cop Killer", prosecuted for federal and state crimes such as sedition, incitement to riot, and "advocating overthrow of government" by distributing material that, in Thompson's view, advocated the killing of police officers.[3. What Are You Playing This Weekend? The weekend is for press conferences about video games. Also, maybe playing some video games, but probably just hearing about new ones. To be honest, I will be spending the weekend arranging a complex multi- monitor setup to cover E3 press conferences in all their glory, so I will probably not have much time for games. But if I do, I’ll probably dip back into Overwatch (still hoping for those dance emotes!), in which I’ve lately been playing as Orisa, much to my own surprise. I’ll also maybe play some more Battlegrounds, which is way more fun in squads than alone. What about you? What are you playing?
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