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I’m going to list Jack Thompson’s good qualities: Persistence and, uh, I think we’re done here.

The disbarred Florida attorney has crafted yet another anti-video game bill and this one is currently working its way through the Utah state political machine. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff doubts its prospects, telling the Desert News the evidence Thompson has quoted about violent games having a direct link to violent crime hasn’t held up in court. The AG himself doesn’t sound like he knows what this bill purports to do or how it would be different from the countless anti-game laws that have already been ruled unconstitutional. Shurtleff has told reporters the language in the bill keeps changing.

Could that indecision be because Thompson is completely out of his gourd? Can someone explain to me how a guy that has had all his legal credentials yoinked by the state that licensed him gets to write attempts at legislation in any state? Every mainstream media outlet not named Fox News seems to realize Thompson is one disc short of a complete role-playing game. The Salt Lake Tribune blogger reporting on Thompson’s latest stunt refers to him as a “Florida-based wingnut crusader.”

Though Thompson claims video games incite bad behavior in youth, the former attorney is doing an excellent job of acting out in his own right. He tried unsuccessfully to shoehorn himself and his agenda into the recent tragic shootings in Portland. If the opponents of violent video games really want to be taken seriously, they have got to find another champion.

Read [Salt Lake Crawler] Via [GamePolitics]