There are those that call him a visionary, there are those that call him a great legal mind and there are those that call him far less friendly things and wish him to be slapped across the face with an Atari 2600 console. Whichever side of the fence you're sitting on there is one man that raises his head every now and again to air his views on the evils of violent gaming, and yes he's up to his old tricks again.

Not content with facing mockery from satirical websites within the gaming community, lawyer Jack Thompson has hit out, not at Grand Theft Auto, which he dubbed a “murder simulator” and arguably foolishly blamed for the deaths of two police officers and a 911 dispatcher in Alabama back in 2003, but this time at social networking site Facebook.

Now, we all know that Facebook has groups on there mocking public figures and Jack Thompson isn't happy about groups aimed at him. There are literally hundreds of these groups aimed at him, some of which call for him to be disbarred while others more amusingly call for him to be slapped with retro consoles and even one with the offer of a $50 prize going to the first person to punch him in the face and film it.

The case, filed in Florida is for a staggering $40,000,000 and according to lawyers has no chance of success. Thompson said that the Facebook posts are dangerous and have caused him “great harm and distress.”

According to Parry Aftab, a Cyber-law attorney, who is also Executive Director of cyber-safety and help group Wiredsafety.org, the chance of success is virtually nil due to the U.S. Communications Decency Act makes it clear that companies like Facebook have no liability for what people do with their services. She said that "They are no more liable than the phone company would be for anyone who is calling in a ransom demand.”