Anti-game lawyer loses right to practice law in Alabama

A loathsome anti-game activist has been judicially smacked down for his legal tactics. Jack Thompson, the crazy anti-video-game lawyer, brought a suit in Alabama against a game-maker, trying to prove that a cop-shooter had been inspired by playing Grand Theft Auto (!). When he later tried to withdraw from the case, the judge instead had him barred from further practicing law in Alabama.

"Mr. Thompson's actions before this Court suggest that he is unable to conduct himself in a manner befitting practice in this state."

Thompson is a Florida lawyer, so losing the right to practice in Alabama is little more than an inconvenience, but it warms my heart to see a court acknowledge what gamers already know: Thompson is a dangerous idiot. Link (via Waxy)