Just when you thought he was gone, everyone’s favorite douchebag anti-games crusader Jack Thompson has emerged from his cave once more, seeking headlines once again like Golem searching for his “precious”. This time, he’s gone and sued Facebook for $40 Million, charging that the site has caused him harm by not removing negative comments, threats, and anti-Thompson groups.

In the suit, Thompson says he’s suffered endless harassment in the years following his appearance on 60 Minutes, including claims that his his car has been vandalized and “sex aid devices” have been mailed to his home. At night, he says, he must take his phone off the hook to avoid being awakened by all of the angry calls. He also says his house has been shot at, although that’s a claim I have a hard time believing.

There are actually a few hundred anti-Jack Thompson groups on Facebook, most of them with fairly generic names like “Stop Jack Thompson” or “I Hate Jack Thompson”. Then there are the more creative ones, such as “Jack Thompson Can Suck My Hairy Balls“, “Jack Thompson is a Fucking Douche“, and of course “Jack Thompson Should Be Smacked Across the Face With an Atari 2600“, of which I am a member.

Thompson claims the groups have caused him “great harm and distress”. He goes on to say that Facebook removed a user-made poll that asked whether or not President Barack Obama should be shot, and he should receive similar treatment because he “does not have the Secret Service to protect him”.

There’s not much I can say about Jack that I haven’t already said before. I feel even guilty writing about this story, really. On one hand, these stories amuse the hell out of me. But at the same time, I’m beginning to think that he doesn’t even buy into half the shit that spills out of his mouth, and he’s just desperate to see his name and face in the headlines. What better way to do that than by suing the world’s most popular social networking site?

Of course, we all know he’ll lose. This might be the big gaming story for a week or two until Brutal Legend comes out and everyone goes back to forgetting Thompson exists. Then a few months down the road, on a slow news day, we’ll find out that the case was dismissed on the grounds of “holy shit, this man is nuts” and we’ll all rejoice in a chorus of LOLs.