While the Florida Bar argued last week that the anti-game activist should be disbarred for a minimum of ten years, Thompson is scheduled to be honored at America's Freedom Festival on July 2nd in Provo, Utah. While information is sketchy, the web page for the Freedom Awards describes them as intended:
...to honor individuals who have espoused the cause of freedom throughout the world.
In light of his current legal difficulties, Thompson is an interesting choice, to say the least. His selection could potentially stir up some local controversy in Utah, as well. In 2007 Thompson called for the indictment of the state's Republican Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff, over Shurtleff's recommendation that a Thompson-authored video game law then under consideration in the legislature was unconstitutional.
I wonder who did make the choice? You would think that with his current legal troubles that he would be the last person to be honored for anything. Plus the fact that I would think a Freedom Award would be honored for someone who wants to keep our freedoms intact, not take them away.
Is it September yet?
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