Jack Thompson Has Been Disbarred

 

Finally, some justice is had in this messed up world of ours.  Jack Thompson, videogame protester and all around douchebag has been disbarred by a Florida court.

 

For those of you who don't know much about Jack Thompson, you can go read up on his exploits on wikipedia.  But here's the short-short version:

 

Jack Thompson is a die hard right-wing conservative lawyer who believes that videogames are the root cause of all the evils in the world.  He's been fighting strongly to get violent video games banned for years and has sued the makers of violent games many times in attempts to get their games pulled from store shelves. He also relates any violent crimes to video games and has tried to convince the media that events like the Virginia Tech shooting happened because of videogames.

 

Thompson himself though came under the scope of Florida courts back in February 2007 when the Florida Bar Association filed disbarment proceedings against him for allegations of professional misconduct.

 

The action was the result of separate grievances filed by people claiming that Thompson made defamatory, false statements and attempted to humiliate, embarrass, harass or intimidate them.

The case has been going on since then.  And the verdict came down today.  Jack Thompson has been disbarred for professional misconduct and can no longer practice law in the state of Florida.

 

Today is a great day for gamers everywhere as one of the industry's biggest opponents has been removed from power.  However, that's not to mean he's been completely defeated.  I highly suspect he will continue his crusade against videogames.  And he'll probably be even more vocal and vengeful in his attacks.  But at least now he won't have the power of the Florida courts behind him.

 

On behalf of all Geek-tastic readers, let me say the following:

 

Fuck you Jack Thompson.  You can suck our balls!!!