A recent declaration by the Florida Bar (the top lawyers and judges) says that Jack Thompson will not be allowed to practice law in Florida for the next 10 years.

For those of you who don't know. Jack Thompson has been fighting to end video games ever since the Video Game Violence Hearings in 1994 that established the organization that families with gamers in them have a love/hate relationship with, the ESRB (Parents love, kids hate)    

Thompson has tried countless times to get various video games banned, and a few times, ban video games themselves. He has never gotten his way, and has actually gotten himself in trouble with these cases. H has no reasoning or sense when he attacks video games, but he nevers gives up. Because of this, he has been declared an emeny of the games industry. I know of a few more that should be on that list (EA, Tilted Mill, and the people who decided that The Force Unleashed will not go to the PC), but let's stay on topic.

In his cases, Jack has insulted judges and juries, presented evidence that have swayed opinion towards his opponents, and done other stupid stuff. During his camapign against Bully, Jack asked the judge to play the game so he could see why Jack was opposing it. The judge found nothing wrong with the game, and even found it fun, so he threw the case out of court.

So you may be thinking, "Well he can just go to another state." The Florida Bar said that if he did that, he would not be allowed to practice law for the rest of his life. Jack grew quite angry when he heard this statement, saying "I am being punished for trying to save lives". You sir, are being punished to save lives.

So thats it. Jack Thompson is for the most part gone. Hopefully, he'll learn to stop doing what he's doing in the next 10 years. Better yet, he may kick the bucket before those 10 years are up (he's in his 60's, I think).

Bye, Jack Thompson! We won't miss you!