As many of you know there has been a tragic shooting incident at NIU. We’re not late to the game with our report, we just try not to mention Jack Thompson and his antics.

It seems that any time anyone reports on his ludicrous claims that the only outcome is his face on TV. Which doesn’t add anything to the discussion, only deludes the important matters at hand and gives him the attention he so craves.

The young man who felt that the only option was to go on a violent shooting spree was just another soul who society had failed. Violence was the result of his internal issues and could perhaps be a cause, but I serioulsy doubt the man ‘trained’ in Counter Strike.

I understand Thomson spent umpteen hours studying to be a lawyer. And I understand that he’s apparently successful in his career choice. But sometimes (read: all the time) he just sounds totally off his rocker. Apparently in his latest attempt to get attention he’s contacted the NIU public safety department asking the following:

“Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request production of copies of all documents that reveal Steven Kazmierczak’s play of violent video games,”

With comments like that it’s just too easy to pick on him. I can only hope it’s just as easy for those in positions of power and in the media to ignore him.

BTW: Curse GamePolitics for having such good content. I keep linking to them.

Jack Thompson sculpture in Central Park from *PaysImaginaire*‘s Flickr page.