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Originally Posted by LizAEBN
Distillation of my thought, to the shortest point: Yeh, he's a hero, no I don't hafta like it.
Further food for thought: Thirty-three years ago, a certain magazine publisher we all hold up as a paragon for our rights as filthy pornographers was also arrested for obscenity. Just for showing some labia. Because he was just "going too far."
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Before that there was Lenny Bruce. Possibly the greatest free speech crusader ever. And he suffered greatly for it.
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Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.
- Lenny Bruce (1925 - 1966)
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