Jack Thompson Finally Gets What He Deserves!

[kuu]

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The guy is a nut....really...how did he get to be a lawyer is beyond me. From his language to the way he presents them, even judges would jaw drop.

check the article from gamespot:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6136188.html

Not only did he get his facts wrong.. i.e ->think geek

And his thinnly veiled threats to use SLAAP...shouldn't it be other way around??

To authentic, and not small news publication(abeit games), nonetheless??

But also to threaten the BAR ass, which is his boss...wow...

Oh yea... many people have pondered if the letters that he supposely wrote to pennyarcade, to gamespot, and to FBA, are fake, due to their lack of pofessionalism...but it seems this guy really does talk that way...

I don't think a lawyer should ever use words like "idiot"(to say the least) in any formal letters...but apperently this guy...

[Rayquan]

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Its almost like it's all a joke and this jack "character" doesnt really exist, but a giant joke,... i wish.

[Caspian]

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The guy is a nut....really...how did he get to be a lawyer is beyond me. From his language to the way he presents them, even judges would jaw drop.

check the article from gamespot:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6136188.html

Not only did he get his facts wrong.. i.e ->think geek

And his thinnly veiled threats to use SLAAP...shouldn't it be other way around??

To authentic, and not small news publication(abeit games), nonetheless??

But also to threaten the BAR ass, which is his boss...wow...

Oh yea... many people have pondered if the letters that he supposely wrote to pennyarcade, to gamespot, and to FBA, are fake, due to their lack of pofessionalism...but it seems this guy really does talk that way...

I don't think a lawyer should ever use words like "idiot"(to say the least) in any formal letters...but apperently this guy...

Exactly, my best friend is in his 3rd year of law school. After spending a lot of time with him and his friends, its hard to see how any lawyer would talk like that in a professional letter. I, like you, fail to see how anyone would give him a job at a firm, or any judge flat out ignore everything he says. They put a LOT of stock in your appearance and professionalism. Talking like that he'd get laughed right out of the courtroom.

TGM, I can easily see your aversion to physical punishment, a lot of people have issues with it, and for many kids its perfectly fine. I was spanked I think up until I was like 10. After that, my parents realized that A. spanking didnt really hurt me anymore, and B. getting grounded was FAR worse in my eyes. I only got the belt a few times. Trust me, it was justified.
I think the worst punishment I ever heard of was from my friend. They were going to spank him and he popped off with something like "you guys just like spanking me dont you?" So his dad gave him his belt and told him he couldnt stop until he made him cry. I dont think he ever got him to cry, unless it was b/c his dad was crying b/c my friend was crying so hard at having to do it. It seems really messed up, but it taught him a huge lesson.

[kuu]

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There is a big different between corporal punishment and phyicial abuse.

But the problem is the "slipperly slope" that link the two.

It's a moving target, but it is has a good potiential to get destructive.

Firstly the issue of tolerance. Spanking, the belt, and others have a tendency to "increase" when the child doesn't "learn"

I.E : "I spanked him last week, but kid doesn't learn, I'll make sure he learns this time

This is multiplied with the fact that as the parent gets into the role of it, it becomes more natural and is further increased to all areas.

IE: "It worked when he shoplifted, why not work when he pass curfew"

And finally this is further multipled the basis that children grow up to be like their parents, where they would discipline their kids as their parents had, almost like a rite of passage, except, they tend to do worse, due to the nature of tolerance and perception.

IE: "My dad put me straight good, I should speed up the process for you"

By far there are better ways to dicipline a child, but choose to use "spanking" as a more faster and effective method and it's easy to fall into the slippy slope which only gets worse and worse.

As they say, that's the Path to the Dark Side.

[WishMaster3K]

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I go to sleep every night hoping that Jack Thompson is just a huge joke made to ruffle the feathers of gamers. I reaaaally hope this is something the P A T R I O T S are doing so that they weed out the weak gamers.

In anycase, I agree with TGM, she knows her stuff, obviously. That is why I had to reform my opinion on parenting, and I've accepted that it is based on where you live. "Nature vs. Nurture" is an age-old argument, and psychologist debated whether yor genes or your environment determined who you are.

Based on studies such as those done on identical twins seperated at birth, and others, it is apparent that is a combination of both.

Thus, my point: Based on where you raise your child, different methods are required. It would've been nice, but I dont think I would have made it to where I am (drug-free, not in jail, etc), especially in my neighborhood, without a good licking every once and then.

I have friends who have never been beat, and they seem just fine. Both sides have great relationships with their parents. So take this example into consideraiton: Two lawyers of equal position and pay in a law firm, and one was born and raised in Harlem, and one was born and raised in Scarsdale. I can guarantee that there were drastically different methods of raising required, because Harlem is rampant with drugs and gang violence whilst Scarsdale is not.

So it goes beyond "different strokes for different folks," while it ultimately boils down to that.

I can attest that in my neighborhood, its obvious which parents raised their kids better, and the kids without discipline are going to be stuck there. . .

[Drogen_Shomuro]

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I believe that the most important thing is that the child feels love, regardless of whether he gets spanked or not.

I was "disciplined" alot as a kid, leaving me alone in my room with tears. But the thing is, always, ALWAYS, after an hour or so my mom would come back and apologize to me. She would explain that she shouldn't have hit me, but sometimes she gets so stressed out and she can't help herself. She would also explain what I did and why it was wrong, and we talked about what we should do about it.

Discipline is important, but making the kid understand why is important too. I think if I had never had those talks with my mom, I would've thought she was just a mean person out to hurt me. That kind of hatred grows with time, and the child may eventually come to hate everything.

Did I hate my parents for spanking me?
Maybe.

Do I love my parents now?
Definately.

[Jei]

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hmm i used to fight with my dad very so often up until around 11 years old. I used to get angry at my dad all the time which angered him in return and we'd go into a fight everytime. I don't know why but one day I just realized how wrong that was and just one day out of no where I just quit doing so.

In thailand up until a couple years ago physical punishment was accepted as a neccesary process any child have to go through. We had an old saying that lasts until today
"You love your cow, you tie it. You love your kids, you hit them."

It's a very common sight for students really to see some PTA teachers, holding a long stick, hitting students at their ass making a very loud noise. We usually do this in the moring, when students are lining up before class. The entire school can see and hear who's being beaten. For some reason I think it worked for my country... We all fear to be hit. But when we're hit, the laugh from friends and other students that also got hit kinda tied up our community and friendship. Odd isn't it, we grew to love out teacher who beat our ass so hard sometimes we couldn't sit for days. And seriously, this teacher got a lot of respect from us. These things overtime became my good memories tho.

Around 4 or 5 years ago however the government just passed out a law that physically hitting students is illegal. And our traditional punishment was lost.

[lionx]

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Jei, get your teacher over here and teach Thompson some respect...(Yes, Please) :3

[TheGrandMom]

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TGM, I can easily see your aversion to physical punishment, a lot of people have issues with it, and for many kids its perfectly fine. I was spanked I think up until I was like 10. After that, my parents realized that A. spanking didnt really hurt me anymore, and B. getting grounded was FAR worse in my eyes. I only got the belt a few times. Trust me, it was justified.
I think the worst punishment I ever heard of was from my friend. They were going to spank him and he popped off with something like "you guys just like spanking me dont you?" So his dad gave him his belt and told him he couldnt stop until he made him cry. I dont think he ever got him to cry, unless it was b/c his dad was crying b/c my friend was crying so hard at having to do it. It seems really messed up, but it taught him a huge lesson.

I don't have an aversion to physical punishment. As I stated, I used mild forms of it myself on my children. I also have slapped my grandchildren's hands. My "aversion" is to people that use an item to hit a child with. There is no need to do that. That IS physical abuse. A grown adult can hurt a child badly enough to leave bruises just by using their hands. (Which again is abuse.) Why would you need to use some object? Bruising a child isn't enough? >.<

When I was a child I was beaten with a belt, garden hose, shoes, wire hangers, wooden spoons, and anything handy.....even an iron. (Irons back then were by no means the lightweights they are today trust me!!) Now I've raised 2 children and am participating in the raising of my grandchildren. I NEVER used anything to hit my kids with to discipline them. Didn't need to. I used love, communication, I listened, and other punishments to get their attention.

You have a son that LOVES riding his bicycle but yet can not stay in the parameters of how far he can ride? You take away the bike. First offense for a week, next offense for a month, and third offense the rest of the YEAR! A spank on the arse they brush off in a few days, not being able to do things with their friends because they don't have a bike is FOREVER! My son to this day can't recall when I spanked him but he does remember the summer his bike was taken away for the rest of the year. To this day he makes an ugly face when we talk about it, it still leaves a bad impression on him! (LOL cracks me up to this day. He says "I'll NEVER do that to my son. Of course, I reply "oh yes you will!!" ;P )

If you have a child that does not respond to communication, love, listening, and some form or punishment (not physical), then you have a larger problem than you realize. Either your parenting skills are lacking but you think your doing well or your child may have some mental or emotional issues that you can not help with and needs therapy.

It's a very common sight for students really to see some PTA teachers, holding a long stick, hitting students at their ass making a very loud noise.

Yes I grew up back in the day when physical punishment was allowed in schools in the United States also. In my elementary school, we had a coat room with metal coat hooks on the walls that were child height. Once my teacher took me in the coat room and slapped me so hard that she knocked me into a hook. When I woke up I was in the nurses' office. My mother came to pick me up and when I got home she yelled at me and proceeded to beat me with a spoon because "I must have deserved it", "how dare I embarass her", and "I made her leave work". Then she left me at home alone with a head injury and went to work. What did I do to deserve this? A student nearby dropped their pencil and it rolled over to me. I picked it up and handed it back to her. She said thank you and I replied with your welcome. How dare I "talk" in class.

Wooden rulers with the metal strip down the side were the norm to get beaten with back in my day in school. Of course, hands were always an option too. I swear they got the most anal retentive teachers on the face of the earth to teach in the schools I went to!