Sue You, Jack Thompson!

It's been a while since we last talked about everyone's favorite anti-(violent-)games attorney, Jack Thompson. And it's not because he kept silent for all this time - which would be statistically impossible - but mostly because we were hoping that he'll eventually go away, if we ignore him long enough. Well, that didn't work. But he might still be going away, if the Florida Supreme Court finds him guilty of several charges of "professional misconduct", brought against him by the Florida Bar. The worst case scanario ("worst" for him, best for us) would be to lose his right to practice law or argue cases. Even so, however, he would probably continue to be supported (and financed?) by inapt politicians who think they can win some easy votes by picking on video games. And waste some public money in the process.

Until now, we were always used to seeing Jack Thompson on the offence, against the likes of Take-Two, Rockstar, Hot Coffee and Common Sense. But as GamePolitics reports, the time has finally come for dear mr. Thompson to defend his abusive actions from recent years, in an upcoming Florida Supreme Court disciplinary hearing:

"The pending judicial review follows a recent recommendation by the Florida Bar that five counts of professional misconduct against Thompson should proceed to the state's high court for action. If the charges are eventually upheld, Thompson could face disciplinary action up to and including disbarment."

GamePolitics' report goes on to detail each count of misconduct that Thompson faces, and most of them are directly related to his anti-gaming crusade from the days of the "Strickland vs. Sony" lawsuit he brought against several video game industry defendants in 2005.

In response to these charges, Thompson did what he does best: he filed suit, against the Florida Bar no less!

Asked to comment by GamePolitics, Thompson said:

"A referee is appointed and we have a trial. The Supreme Court reviews it later. The trial isn't going to happen, however. I have sued The Bar in Circuit Court. It's in far more trouble than I am."

And in other news, a group of monkeys from the San Diego zoo is demanding that their lot be proclaimed a sovereign state.

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