Wednesday, May 16, 2007

 

Flint and Falwell





Flint and Falwell “inextricably intertwined” as writers of Soap drama would like to say but they can’t because the viewers are too stupid to comprehend and are probably naked as well.
The People versus Larry Flint and Hustler Magazine –what ever happened to New Jack Hustler-sued by the Reverend Jerry who among other things was a Tinkie Winkie Conspiracy Theorist-my grandson is gay and that purple telletubby showed the way.

Hustler had an inside glossy page which depicted a caricature of Falwell with a West Virginia backyard as his background. The title said something like Falwell: ”I had my first sexual experience with my mother in a West Virginia Outhouse when I was 12 years old.”

The suit went to the Supreme Court which ruled in favor of the magazine and its First Amendment right to lampoon public figures no matter how distasteful the satire or the subject. Sandra Day O’Conner after having numerous issues of the magazine wrestled from her death grip said,” Any dumb ass who goes to Hustler Magazine for factual information does not deserve any legal protections beyond “shot on sight.”
The decision clarified that public figures cannot recover damages for "intentional infliction of emotional distress" based on parodies.
Satirist and humorists enjoy broad protections under the law which doesn’t mean they can’t be fired like Imus just not successfully sued or criminally prosecuted.

A former college roommate of mine was Athletic Director of Falwell’s Liberty University for just seven months last year and resigned due to telletubical differences with the Reverend who kept a Tinkie Winkie doll on his office desk.


Triangle man, triangle man
Triangle man hates person man
They have a fight, triangle wins
Triangle man

Freddogg

Comments:
seen many a triangle in my time. Some acute but the poem was totally obtuse.
R. M.
Ward
 
Comes from song Particle Man by "They Might Be Giants" Last I heard word obtuse was in Shawshank Redemption.
 
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