It’s a Metaphor for How Badly Leigh Patterson SUCKS!
The Rome News-Tribune in Rome, GA, has posted an editorial mocking Floyd County D.A. Leigh Patterson and State Prosecutor John Tully, for continuing their obscene prosecution of comics retailer Gordon Lee.
Lee is being prosecuted for accidentally distributing to a minor a comic-book containing coarse language and a depiction of the artist Picasso in the nude. And yet, there is this statue sitting right in front of City Hall in Rome:
I don’t know what’s more disturbing… the fact that Gordon is being prosecuted for accidentally giving a kid a comic that is no more offensive than a statue sitting right out in public… or how godawful that statue is.
November 30th, 2007 at 4:14 pm
Ooooooookay…
So, the Capitoline Wolf with a naked Romulus and Remus feeding from the teats sits in public view for everyone of every age to see, whether they wish to or not, and the legal representatives of the town are jamming a guy up for a comic book that was accidentally distributed to a single kid for Halloween.
I have no problem with the book, that statue or any others like it, but it takes balls to be that hypocritical. It definitely takes that little extra something special (as in short bus special) on the city’s part to let this thing get this far while proudly displaying Capitoline & the twins in full view on their front steps.
November 30th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Boy does the wolf look sad.
You really have to wonder why Patterson and Tully have such a hard on for this case. It’s long since reached the point of diminishing returns.
hey, how come I never get announcements of updates to the blog?
December 4th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
In all fairness, naked babies are often considered less offensive than naked adults. However, it doesn’t really matter. Classical and modern art often has nudity which is not considered pornographic. Nor does the art in this case — namely the picture of Picasso — sound very pornographic either. This whole case is bullshit.
We have sexually repressed religious nuts in my country too. We once, 10 years ago, made an add with a toddler wearing a short sleeve shirt and we were asked to cover his or her arms.