Go Jon GO!!!
Funny how the kids are back now that there is some controversy over someone building one of those beaters they seem to cherish...
It's called READING, children, I hope you were paying attention in school. The attack is over the shameless stuffing this so-called badboy image down our throats, under the guise of doing something for charity. Jon has every right to make parodies of their pictures or videos, it's called your First Amendment rights, popularized in the movie "The people VS Larry Flynt".
Larry runs a publishing company that produces Hustler magazine, and one of the things that got him in legal trouble was a cartoon of Jerry Falwell. It suggested things that this religious messenger was clearly against doing, and Falwell sued Hustler in the Supreme Court. Hustler countersued, saying Falwell was contesting Hustlers right to free speech, and won. They argued that someone in the public image can reasonably expect that not all people will like them, and some may want to poke fun at them or portray them in a negative way.
The very same thing happens whenever the Klan wants to come somewhere to spread their hate messages. According to our own Constitution, we must give them a venue to speak, whether the message is good or bad.
The guys at GMG surely had known this when they decided to post their monkey-spanking picture for all the world to see (and make fun of). Jon is perfectly within his... no, perhaps I should say ALL OUR rights to rip on GMG and the marketing crew responsible for this thread. I for one support his efforts 100% because HE is the admin for THIS site.... if YOU don't like (notice I know how to spell, cripes, even my 8 yr old daughter knows it is not L-I-E-K
)dont let the door hit you in the ***** on the way out, and GOOD RIDDANCE!
Notice there has still been NO apology from the GMG crew or the marketers for putting this BS on OUR site??? In some ways I think that in this case negative publicity is also just fine with them, after all, they are supposed to be the badboys of hotrodding...fueling the fire maybe?
Give 'em hell Jon.... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Doc
Funny how the kids are back now that there is some controversy over someone building one of those beaters they seem to cherish...
It's called READING, children, I hope you were paying attention in school. The attack is over the shameless stuffing this so-called badboy image down our throats, under the guise of doing something for charity. Jon has every right to make parodies of their pictures or videos, it's called your First Amendment rights, popularized in the movie "The people VS Larry Flynt".
Larry runs a publishing company that produces Hustler magazine, and one of the things that got him in legal trouble was a cartoon of Jerry Falwell. It suggested things that this religious messenger was clearly against doing, and Falwell sued Hustler in the Supreme Court. Hustler countersued, saying Falwell was contesting Hustlers right to free speech, and won. They argued that someone in the public image can reasonably expect that not all people will like them, and some may want to poke fun at them or portray them in a negative way.
The very same thing happens whenever the Klan wants to come somewhere to spread their hate messages. According to our own Constitution, we must give them a venue to speak, whether the message is good or bad.
The guys at GMG surely had known this when they decided to post their monkey-spanking picture for all the world to see (and make fun of). Jon is perfectly within his... no, perhaps I should say ALL OUR rights to rip on GMG and the marketing crew responsible for this thread. I for one support his efforts 100% because HE is the admin for THIS site.... if YOU don't like (notice I know how to spell, cripes, even my 8 yr old daughter knows it is not L-I-E-K
)dont let the door hit you in the ***** on the way out, and GOOD RIDDANCE!Notice there has still been NO apology from the GMG crew or the marketers for putting this BS on OUR site??? In some ways I think that in this case negative publicity is also just fine with them, after all, they are supposed to be the badboys of hotrodding...fueling the fire maybe?
Give 'em hell Jon.... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Doc
