01-27-2006, 03:14 PM
When stories of madmen like this hits the media you'll have to take a little reality-check.
Sure Jack Thompson is a full-scale douchebag (one of my favourite american terms) and probably also a bit mentally unstable, but is he such a cause of alarm?
When a madman enters the poltical scene what you have to pay attention to is how much power he actually wields and how many followers he is able to attract.
As it seems now he seems mainly to be big annoying bullhorn who is merely giving a few legal professionals a bit of extra work.
The kind of people he is likely to convert with his crusade are the kind of people who already shared his sentiments: Fervent religious conservatives who are afraid of pop culture and modernism.
For other people he is too much of an impolite buffoon to convince anyone.
Sure Jack Thompson is a full-scale douchebag (one of my favourite american terms) and probably also a bit mentally unstable, but is he such a cause of alarm?
When a madman enters the poltical scene what you have to pay attention to is how much power he actually wields and how many followers he is able to attract.
As it seems now he seems mainly to be big annoying bullhorn who is merely giving a few legal professionals a bit of extra work.
The kind of people he is likely to convert with his crusade are the kind of people who already shared his sentiments: Fervent religious conservatives who are afraid of pop culture and modernism.
For other people he is too much of an impolite buffoon to convince anyone.