Tag Archive: freedom of speech

Jun
24

Free Speech Matters

In the news recently, Governor Sarah Palin was extremely upset about a joke David Letterman told about her daughter being “knocked-up” by a Yankees baseball player. Admittedly it was in very poor taste, as Letterman himself agreed. It has been suggested that Gov. Palin was protecting her child, which is understandable if that was, in …

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May
07

Images that Speak

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In a hilarious scene from the now classic (i.e. old) film, Being There, Peter Sellers, as the simpleton gardener and soon-to-be U.S. president says, “I like to watch.”  And by that he means television.  The woman in the bedroom with him, however, assumes he means he likes to watch . . . sex.  The amorous …

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