No one can say that they didn't see this coming. Thompson's behaviour was reprehensible and, according to the ruling, against the rules of the bar. Therefore the only thing they could do at this point was dibar him permanently.

Of course we're going to see a volcanic repsonse from Thompson. After all this is just going to be one more bit of proof to him of some vast conspiracy directed at Jack Thompson.

It's ironic that a man who wanted his legacy to be that he was the man who destroyed the gaming industry will, in fact, be remembered as man who acted like a jerk to anyone who dared disagree with him. He'll be remembered as an example to other lawyers of what can happen when you forget the first rule of the fanatic, "when you become obsessed with the enemy you become the enemy."

In the end though I take no pleasure in what's happening to Thompson, I pity him. I pity him because he's so full of anger and outrage that he's missing the point and, to me anyway, that's the saddest thing of all. This is not to say that he shouldn't face the consequences of his actions, far from it. If he's half the man he claims he is then he'll accept this ruling and live with it; of course we all know that's not the case.

He'll whine and scream about the injustice of it all and lay the blame of his own actions at the feet of everyone but himself; because nothing is ever his fault.

At any rate many thanks to the Flordia Supreme Court. This was long over due and maybe now Thompson can get a full time gig on Fox News like he seems to want. Afterall he is their go to "first ammendment expert."