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Jack Thompson Sends Subpoena to Bush
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ScuttleMonkey
on Fri Sep 07, 2007 04:30 PM
from the oddly-this-used-in-his-defense-of-mental-instability dept.
from the oddly-this-used-in-his-defense-of-mental-instability dept.
Ariastis writes "Jack Thompson has filed documents with a federal court in Florida requesting to subpoena President George W. Bush for a deposition to retain Thompson's license to practice law. Ah, and Jeb Bush too, for good measure."
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I'm torn (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm torn (Score:5, Funny)
turd... polish... still a turd...
no, it's gone
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Re:I'm torn (Score:5, Funny)
Uh...which "he"?
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Re:I'm torn (Score:5, Funny)
And if you don't believe that, then we should get a group together to play Risk. For money.
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Re:I'm torn (Score:5, Insightful)
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Rotaderp .sv Neila (Score:5, Funny)
wow - Bush AND Thompson in the same story (Score:5, Funny)
i said it before, i'll say it again... (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:i said it before, i'll say it again... (Score:5, Funny)
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The Time Is Approaching (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:The Time Is Approaching (Score:5, Funny)
I agree, but we need to do something about that Thompson guy too.
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Subpoena as evidence? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Subpoena as evidence? (Score:5, Interesting)
I don't know if it can be directly referenced or not. Is it necessary? The guy's record speaks for itself. This delicious piece of irony is just icing on the cake.
I'm more concerned about his fitness to walk down the street. I really do think Thompson is completely out of his mind. I think what's needed after the disbarment is a 30 day psychiatric review in a closed facility. Maybe there's some meds they can give him.
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sounds to me (Score:5, Funny)
like he's a lawyer, alright...
At least.. (Score:5, Insightful)
One good send deserves another (Score:5, Funny)
Perfect lesson in english usage (Score:5, Funny)
The psychotic Jack Thompson is sending a subpoena to the psychopathic George Bush.
It's clear who Bush needs to defend him... (Score:5, Funny)
Duck Hunt (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Prepare for cranial explosions! (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Prepare for cranial explosions! (Score:5, Informative)
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What if.... ha... you almost had me there. (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:WORST ... SLASHDOT ... STORY ... EVER (Score:5, Insightful)
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Re:WORST ... SLASHDOT ... STORY ... EVER (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:WORST ... SLASHDOT ... STORY ... EVER (Score:5, Interesting)
1.) I haven't been around quite as long as you have, but I don't recall the slogan ever being "News for Nerds on the Stuff that Matters". That may have been the original intent, but I don't think that was ever the actual slogan. The oldest page from Slashdot I could find on web.archive.org is from November, 1998 [archive.org], which was prior to the Andover.net buyout (thereby presumably before the major corporate influence began). On that page, the slogan is "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters."
Now, I grant you, prior to maybe 5 or 6 years ago, the "stuff that matters FOR NERDS" was sort of implied, but that hasn't really been the case for a long, long time.
2.) Jack Thompson has been going after the gaming industry for a long time. Seeing his long, slow descent into madness is of great interest to gaming nerds, even if not to you particularly. Even if you decide that the site should be limited only to things that the typical nerd would care about (not your decision or mine to make), this still would fit that category.
So, even though I agree with you that Slashdot in general has strayed pretty far from its roots (but what site this old hasn't), I disagree with you about this particular story.
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