Woman gets jury trial for displaying plastic testicles on truck

[JohnRich 4]

News:

"A woman wanted to make a statement, so she decorated her truck with a set of red plastic testicles. And now a jury gets to decide if she was exercising free speech or being just obscene.

"Virginia Tice was given a $445 ticket July 5 that accuses her of violating the state's obscene bumper sticker law..."

Full story: http://www.live5news.com/story/15154990/sc-woman-gets-jury-trial-for-display

[normiss 800]

But it's not a bumper sticker.

[kallend 2,027]

Of course they should be allowed.

If people wish to advertise their seriously retarded mental development to the rest of the world, they should be allowed to do so.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[normiss 800]

That's what I thought...and was looking for the "they are retarded and make you look like an idiot, but they should be allowed" answer to the poll.

[Andy9o8 2]

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"We believe it was blown way out of proportion."

Ha. Priceless.

[quade 4]

JR, as usual, your poll is missing at least one option;

They're offensive, but are protected under the rights granted by the First Amendment so suck it up cupcake.

Here's the key quote at the center of the issue from the article;

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"Genitalia is offensive," says Chief Fuda. "As a law enforcement officer, I'll advise that person if it warrants a citation I'll issue a citation. As a father, I wouldn't want my daughter looking at it."

Well, damn. I didn't realize that was our standard now.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[RonD1120 62]

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"We believe it was blown way out of proportion."

Ha. Priceless.

In FL there was proposed legislation to make it illegal to display testicles on a truck. I believe it was last year.

Do you know if it was passed and signed into law?

Look for the shiny things of God revealed by the Holy Spirit. They only last for an instant but it is a Holy Instant. Let your soul absorb them.

[kallend 2,027]

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JR, as usual, your poll is missing at least one option;

They're offensive, but are protected under the rights granted by the First Amendment so suck it up cupcake.

Here's the key quote at the center of the issue from the article;

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"Genitalia is offensive," says Chief Fuda. "As a law enforcement officer, I'll advise that person if it warrants a citation I'll issue a citation. As a father, I wouldn't want my daughter looking at it."

Well, damn. I didn't realize that was our standard now.

Indeed, it is a terrible standard when a singular verb is used with a plural noun.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[normiss 800]

It was not passed as written.
Hang yer rubber nads as you wish.

[jclalor 12]

Nice to see the local community set the standards for their definition of obscenity.

[wayneflorida 0]

Red balls = not guilty
Blue balls = guilty

[quade 4]

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JR, as usual, your poll is missing at least one option;

They're offensive, but are protected under the rights granted by the First Amendment so suck it up cupcake.

Here's the key quote at the center of the issue from the article;

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"Genitalia is offensive," says Chief Fuda. "As a law enforcement officer, I'll advise that person if it warrants a citation I'll issue a citation. As a father, I wouldn't want my daughter looking at it."

Well, damn. I didn't realize that was our standard now.

Indeed, it is a terrible standard when a singular verb is used with a plural noun.

Well, he's a police chief in South Carolina. It's possible he's simply playing to stereotype.

quade -
The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[freethefly 6]

That's just nuts.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

[Southern_Man 0]

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"We believe it was blown way out of proportion."

Ha. Priceless.

I hope that makes it into the pleading.

"What if there were no hypothetical questions?"

[TrophyHusband 0]

I don't find them offensive, but I can see where many people would (for example, I wouldn't have something like that where my grandma could see it). I didn't vote because the idea of banning things just feels weird to me. That said, if I stuck a huge red plastic vagina from my differential, I would expect to get pulled over. Would it be a double standard? Probably, genitals are genitals. It's just that far more people are offended by vaginas than a swinging coin purse. One thing to think about though is this, could you get away with displaying a larger than life model of any other genitalia in public?

"Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama
www.kjandmegan.com

[Skyrad 0]

Thats Bollocks.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[TrophyHusband 0]

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They're offensive, but are protected under the rights granted by the First Amendment so suck it up cupcake.

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Does the First Amendment extend to public display of large plastic genitalia? Honest question, I really don't know.

Here's the key quote at the center of the issue from the article;

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"Genitalia is offensive," says Chief Fuda. "As a law enforcement officer, I'll advise that person if it warrants a citation I'll issue a citation. As a father, I wouldn't want my daughter looking at it."

Well, damn. I didn't realize that was our standard now.

Since "offensive" is such a subjective term, an officer has to have some sort of basis at to what is too offensive for public view. "I wouldn't want my daughter looking at it" seems like a reasonable measure.

"Your scrotum is quite nice" - Skymama
www.kjandmegan.com

[DougH 270]

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Of course they should be allowed.

If people wish to advertise their seriously retarded mental development to the rest of the world, they should be allowed to do so.

We agree on something Prefesser.

"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall"
=P

[quade 4]

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Since "offensive" is such a subjective term, an officer has to have some sort of basis at to what is too offensive for public view. "I wouldn't want my daughter looking at it" seems like a reasonable measure.

Not really. In fact, it's a horrible measure.

Understand that these are "truck nuts" and not "actual human pervert nuts." Further, pretty much every male mammal on the planet has them. Every natural dog, cat, horse, bull, goat . . .

So, is the standard that none of those animals should be allowed to roam free with their nuts showing as well because he "wouldn't want my daughter looking at it"?

That's ridiculous.

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The World's Most Boring Skydiver

[normiss 800]

"He" isn't the community.

[christelsabine 1]

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News:

"A woman wanted to make a statement, so she decorated her truck with a set of red plastic testicles. And now a jury gets to decide if she was exercising free speech or being just obscene.

"Virginia Tice was given a $445 ticket July 5 that accuses her of violating the state's obscene bumper sticker law..."

Full story: http://www.live5news.com/story/15154990/sc-woman-gets-jury-trial-for-display

And you posted that world-shaking article exactly why ....?

dudeist skydiver # 3105

[Guest]

Hahaha I am loving all the comments on his thread!

"That's just plain nuts"

"Bollocks"

And of course the sig line "your scrotum is quite nice"



Reminds me of something I told my manager after my NetOps unit received a major astchieu from him recently: "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go outside and pound my nuts flat."

mh
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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[sacex250 0]

And in other news:

A bull with a rope tied around its scrotum and being ridden by a cowboy is being charged with lewdly exposing its genitals in front of hundreds of innocent children at a rodeo in Omaha, Nebraska.

It's all been said before, no sense repeating it here.

[mnealtx 0]

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And in other news:

A bull with a rope tied around its scrotum and being ridden by a cowboy is being charged with lewdly exposing its genitals in front of hundreds of innocent children at a rodeo in Omaha, Nebraska.

To correct "other news":

The rope isn't tied around the testicles.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[christelsabine 1]

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And in other news:

A bull with a rope tied around its scrotum and being ridden by a cowboy is being charged with lewdly exposing its genitals in front of hundreds of innocent children at a rodeo in Omaha, Nebraska.

To correct "other news":

The rope isn't tied around the testicles.

Correct. It's called a *flank* - painful, nevertheless.

dudeist skydiver # 3105