Jack Thompson Loses Boss Battle With Florida Bar

Jack Thompson is a master of self-promotion. The Florida resident has made a career out of talking to anyone who will listen about the evils of video gaming, the violent ideas and passions that gaming puts into the minds and hearts of children, and the soulless industry that cranks out these terrible games. Whenever there is a tragedy he’s there to jump in front of the camera and find a tenuous link between real-world violence and gaming. The legal system finally decided the man went too far, however, and has made it official: Thompson has been disbarred.

This is the culmination of a 2007 case brought against Thompson by the Florida Bar covering a number of complaints about his professional conduct.

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