10 Great Moments in Jack Thompson’s (Failed) Career
TechCult has put together a great list of some of the biggest screw ups by Jack Thompson. My personal favorite is is the first one, Battling Janet Reno.
Long before taking on Take Two and Rockstar, John Bruce “Jack” Thompson had his sights set on becoming state prosecutor in Dade county. His opponent was then-state attorney Janet Reno, and in a contest to determine who was best suited to prove the guilt of those accused of murder, rape and kidnapping he opted for the strategy of “calling her a lesbian”.
No, sorry, “calling her a lesbian in the fashion of a nine year old boy in home room”, as he passed her a note asking her to check a box to indicate that she was heterosexual/bisexual/homosexual. We assume he then giggled and blew spitballs at whatever the equivalent of a teacher is at a campaign event. She placed a hand on his shoulder and explained that she was only attracted to virile men, which is why she wasn’t attracted to him.
In the words of the videogamers he hates so much, PWN3D. His response? To file a police report claiming her very touch on his person constituted battery, or in other words, demanding that police officers were needed to defend him from the Death Grip of a fifty year old woman. Janet Reno went on to supervise the convictions of the Unabomber, Timothy McVeigh and the World Trade Center bombers. Jack went on to pick and lose fights against people who provide home entertainment.
Via: TechCult