ACLU Defends Right Wing free speech :o

[angus]

This is why I refuse to join the ACLU. This and defending crap like NAMBLA. T

ROFL.

"I got some rock candy in my pocket little boy.  You have big, strong hands, why don't you see if you can reach in there and find the candy."

"That's a good little boy.  Now, I bet your mother doesn't want you to be eating candy, so let's not mention this to her, okay?"

dude, you ought to get a really old man with a scruffy voice to do that bit of voice over while your band does a repetitive grungy 3-chord bridge, crescendo e ralantando poco a poco, till you get to just before where he says okay.  Then accompaniment drops out, and his old voice says, Okay?  and a little boy voice says, "okay."  or maybe Oh Tay, like buckwheat.  Then, after just the briefest pause, go into a hard, fast, bass-backed screaching guitar lead.  See if you can work that in.  (but let's not mention it to your mother, okay?) 

[angus]

Here's a little lyric I worked on for you.  you can have if you like:



ddddddddffffffffddddddddeeeeeeee

I'm a sick bastard look at me

ddddddddffffffffddddddddeeeeeeee

been reading hustler since I was three


ddddddddffffffffddddddddeeeeeeee

all the little girls used to laugh at me


ddddddddffffffffddddddddeeeeeeee

now they sing along delightfully



'Cause I'm a Sick Bastard
I don't know why
I'm a sick bastard
they think I'm so fly

.....
I don't know why

it needs a bit of work.  I'll try to finish it if I have time later.

anyway, the point is, you do the song, but dedicate it to the ACLU.  The fans will love it.  People eat that kind of crap up.  I remember in my youth, every hard rock band I was in, the more we insulted people, or the more we insulted their sensibilities, the more they liked it.  Especially the tattooed, facial jewelery crowd.   Oasis did this interview about how their female fans were empty headed morons whose main role in life was to be their sperm depositories.  All that did was get them more attention and more female fans.  GWAR used to spray the audience with fake feces and fake menstrual blood.  It was so cool.  The fans would rush the stage just to be sprayed and pissed on.  I have this pair of sneakers that are still stained red from the experience.  (This was from the Lupe's show in Providence, RI that I mentioned in the RI thread.)

As for the ACLU, they're consistent.  They are at one with Voltaire's admonitions.  I have no serious problem with them.  I don't always agree with the groups they support, but in fact I do admire and respect their consistent philosophy.

[angus]

Does the ACLU defend gun rights?

"The national ACLU is neutral on the issue of gun control. We believe that the Constitution contains no barriers to reasonable regulations of gun ownership. If we can license and register cars, we can license and register guns.

Most opponents of gun control concede that the Second Amendment certainly does not guarantee an individual's right to own bazookas, missiles or nuclear warheads. Yet these, like rifles, pistols and even submachine guns, are arms.

The question therefore is not whether to restrict arms ownership, but how much to restrict it. If that is a question left open by the Constitution, then it is a question for Congress to decide. "[/b]
  from the aclu.

http://www.aclu.org/PolicePractices/PolicePractices.cfm?ID=9621&c=25

as I said, I don't always agree with them, but they're consistent.

[angus]

This is why I refuse to join the ACLU. This and defending crap like NAMBLA. T

whats wrong with the National Association of Marlon Brando Look Alikes?

finally, someone who enjoys quality programming appears among the geeks.

[angus]

Most opponents of gun control concede that the Second Amendment certainly does not guarantee an individual's right to own bazookas, missiles or nuclear warheads. Yet these, like rifles, pistols and even submachine guns, are arms.

Can you guess what I'm thinking?

You're either thinking about Ned and Jimbo from SouthPark, or you're thinking that they're cleverly trying to lump them together in order to oppress all gun ownership rights, or that they have made the case for missile rights.   Or possibly about dinner, depending on what time it is over there.  I'm actually thinking about all those things.