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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 1:31 pm
(September 26, 2014 at 1:16 pm)Heywood Wrote: I still think it silly to prosecute this as a criminal manner, but if the owners of the statue wanted to take the kid to court....I don't have a problem with that. The state should uphold the property rights of property owners.
They've already declined to press charges, this is 100% on the DA.
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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 1:33 pm
Does the DA have evidence the desecrated Jesus idol was aroused ???
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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 1:39 pm
(September 26, 2014 at 1:21 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: The only action Disney would have, would be on the basis of copyright infringement, not "desecration" of a venerated cartoon.
By your logic, if one day I come out of the gym, and a guy is dry humping the back of my Mazda, he has committed a crime. I will never look at the trunk of my Mazda the same way again.
The unspoken implication here seems to be, "But it's Jeeesus! And he's a special little snowflake of a statue!"
No he ain't.
And ain't nobody got no copyright on Jesus. Not even the Catholics, much as they might like to.
Yes there are laws against trademark infringement....but there are also laws against desecrating other peoples property. The point of the Micky example was to show that Free Speech doesn't always give you a free pass. If private property can be protected against trademark infringement why can't private property be protected against desecration?
The kid should get his own Jesus statue if he wants to simulate sex acts with a Jesus statue instead of desecrating someone else's.
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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 1:41 pm
Ehh...eh... Ok, ok... In prison...uhh he'll be the one giving blowjobs to Jesus.
How many times has this joke been made? Am I late?
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 1:44 pm
(September 26, 2014 at 1:39 pm)Heywood Wrote: Yes there are laws against trademark infringement....but there are also laws against desecrating other peoples property. The point of the Micky example was to show that Free Speech doesn't always give you a free pass. If private property can be protected against trademark infringement why can't private property be protected against desecration?
The kid should get his own Jesus statue if he wants to simulate sex acts with a Jesus statue instead of desecrating someone else's.
As far as I know, there are NO laws against "desecrating" anyone's private property other than, in some states, so-called "venerated objects".
The idea is, one can "hurt" private property without actually changing it physically in any way. It's all about the sensibilities of the religious.
That, right there, is the problem. Do you not see it?
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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 1:46 pm
(This post was last modified: September 26, 2014 at 1:47 pm by Jaysyn.)
(September 26, 2014 at 1:39 pm)Heywood Wrote: If private property can be protected against trademark infringement why can't private property be protected against desecration?
Because unless you are specifically referring to cemeteries or US flags, most states don't have desecration laws?
Pennsylvania probably won't have one much longer if the kid decides not to plead out & the ACLU takes his case. The law's language is far too broad as it stands.
Also, how the fuck do you get threatened with two years for a 2nd degree misdemeanor?
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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 1:47 pm
(September 26, 2014 at 1:41 pm)Exian Wrote: Ehh...eh... Ok, ok... In prison...uhh he'll be the one giving blowjobs to Jesus.
How many times has this joke been made? Am I late?
I've been skirting the issue
(insert Monica Lewinski joke)
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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 1:55 pm
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(September 26, 2014 at 1:46 pm)Jaysyn Wrote: (September 26, 2014 at 1:39 pm)Heywood Wrote: If private property can be protected against trademark infringement why can't private property be protected against desecration?
Because unless you are specifically referring to cemeteries or US flags, most states don't have desecration laws?
Pennsylvania probably won't have one much longer if the kid decides not to plead out & the ACLU takes his case. The law's language is far too broad as it stands.
Also, how the fuck do you get threatened with two years for a 2nd degree misdemeanor?
I'm pretty sure most states have laws against desecrating corpses.....so I think your claim about desecration laws is wrong. If the kid took a picture of himself simulating a sex act with a corpse I doubt you atheist types would be in an uproar like you are now. Its only because it is the desecration of a religious symbol that you want to give it a pass.
If the kid did take a picture of himself simulating a sex act with Christopher Hitchen's corpse, do you think the ACLU would fight for him if he was being prosecuted?
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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 1:57 pm
And now we are in Jimmy Savile territory.
Yuck.
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RE: Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.
September 26, 2014 at 2:00 pm
(September 26, 2014 at 1:55 pm)Heywood Wrote: If the kid did take a picture of himself simulating a sex act with Christopher Hitchen's corpse, do you think the ACLU would fight for him if he was being prosecuted?
Please avoid the red herrings. We're not talking about corpses.
How about we change the Jesus statue into a Christopher Hitchens statue?
Statue for statue. In a public area.
Charges for both? Charges for neither? One?
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