Really? Because all you have to reply with is, “The Catholic Church enables pedophiles.” Quite a difference, IMO.
The sad truth is that few people will look that far into it, and probably take away the point you are suggesting.
:rolleyes: No; no everyone who makes sex & nudity jokes has some grand scheme behind it. Males are not all part of some vast Illuminati-style conspiracy, where every remark they make is part of some huge plan against every woman alive.
Yes, sometimes that is why sexual jokes are aimed at women, but no it’s not the one and only reason.
On this board. There’s a world of difference between attacking the church on this message board and doing it IRL. Nobody’s going to waylay me and beat me bloody because I’ve said something on this board. Or even something milder like key my car.
Sure. Accuse the man of being gay or not having sex.
Ya think? I guess you’re right, in the sense that there is a point after which I’ve heard water becomes wet.
Your post is a classic in the genre of “I support freedom of speech right up to the point I decide I don’t like what’s being said” variety.
I hadn’t noticed that comment but yeah; ridicule is insulting more often than not. Not that there’s anything by nature wrong with being insulting, especially when the target in question has gone to such egregious lengths to deserve it. If anything they are being treated with kid gloves even now; I doubt that some non-religious organization that acted the way it has would still be permitted to exist.
In addition to the free speech issue, I object to the notion that people should take care not to he disrespectful towards Catholicism generally or towards the Catholic Church, as opposed to an individual person who happens to be Catholic.
My apologies, Doc Cathode - should have read further first.
I wasn’t aware of it until I saw this thread. It’s just not a huge deal here. I haven’t even seen anything in the Post-Gazette about it, presumably because it has nothing to do with the Penguins or the Steelers. Now, if she had insulted either of those Pittsburgh religions, there would be hell to pay.
Thank you, Der Trihs! So where has the SDMB posted the New PC Humor Rules?
There was an ATMB thread, but it got locked.
Wrong. I support her freedom of speech, just as I support the WBC, KKK or Nazi party being able to speak or protest. I may find them offensive as hell and wish they couldn’t do it but I will NEVER stop them. I just find her method insulting. If it didn’t break the law she could have done a naked hula up there while performing a Latin mass. If it was legally OK she could have shit on a communion wafer and stuck it to her forehead.
I have no problem with the law. I just think she was tacky (not to mention sticky if she did the wafer trick). The Catholic Church, as I have said previously, is not immune from ridicule and definitely is deserving of it. I still laugh at Father Guido Sarducci’s “Find the Pope in the Pizza” and thought Robin William’s routine about the pedophile priest shell game was great. I just think she pushed it over the edge of good taste with the combination of her elements.
Thanks. I found two of them.
Dr. Tarr and Professor Feather, please call your office.
Charges filed against 2 of the students for indecent exposure.
I guess this will be their cross to bare.
If they’ve got representation, this is a good opportunity to put a dent in the public nudity law. The girl was clearly engaging in expression protected by the First Amendment. Now it’s just a matter of persuading some judges.
The were also clearly breaking nudity laws. Freedom of expression is not a trump card over other laws.
Protection of free expression does in fact trump other governmental interests. Applying either the strict scrutiny test or the intermediate scrutiny test, I would strike down any anti-nudity law as applied to this kind of demonstration. Of course, I’m not a judge, so we would have to see.
The linked article confused me, or was confused itself.
Says 2 people charged in the headline. But the text mentions a third person was also charged.
Why were 1 (or 2?) other people charged? For planning the incident with her, or somehow otherwise helping? Is there a crime of conspiracy or complicity, for minor (misdemeanor?) things like this?