# A law against selling non-human face dolls. Another reason to ridicule France.

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 2, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-law-against-selling-non-human-face-dolls-another-reason-to-ridicule-france/192493 "2003-08-02T03:04:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-law-against-selling-non-human-face-dolls-another-reason-to-ridicule-france/192493/41 "2003-08-04T18:15:46Z")

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I just skimmed through the opinion, which can be found [here](http://www.cit.uscourts.gov/slip_op/Slip_op03/slip-op%2003-2.pdf). It did make entertaining reading, although I can’t say I agree that the X-men are nonhuman.

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**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-law-against-selling-non-human-face-dolls-another-reason-to-ridicule-france/192493/42 "2003-08-04T21:05:42Z")

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And I’d like to see someone tell Kingpin that he’s not human, either.

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**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-law-against-selling-non-human-face-dolls-another-reason-to-ridicule-france/192493/43 "2003-08-05T12:18:36Z")

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Road Rash, you are a fucking idiot.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-law-against-selling-non-human-face-dolls-another-reason-to-ridicule-france/192493/44 "2003-08-05T14:02:30Z")

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All this proives is that when someone is out to make a buck (or to try to prevent a competitor from making a buck) logic goes out the window and is replaced by hairsplitting definitions. And since the people making bucks also make political contributions, lawmakers end up playing along.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-law-against-selling-non-human-face-dolls-another-reason-to-ridicule-france/192493/45 "2003-08-05T14:09:03Z")

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Besides, who the hell needs _another_ reason to ridicule the French? We can use the reasons we already have for the next few decades.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-law-against-selling-non-human-face-dolls-another-reason-to-ridicule-france/192493/46 "2003-08-05T14:29:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by lno \*  
> \*\*I got one of those action figures off of eBay, including his rotating rapid-fire fromage cannon. The detachable nose was gone, though. \*\*

Cheese firing attack monkeys? 🙂

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**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-law-against-selling-non-human-face-dolls-another-reason-to-ridicule-france/192493/47 "2003-08-05T14:34:59Z")

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> And since the people making bucks also make political contributions, lawmakers end up playing along.

Heh, reminds me of this quote:

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> _The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself_.  
> ~ **Charles Dickens**

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