Judge from Louisiana killed by giraffe. news at 11.

District Judge Brenda Bedsole Ricks signed the temporary restraining order Tuesday

TRO = ex parte?

Regardless, the standard for censorship is so high that the judge shouldn't have granted an injunction whatever the procedure.

Louisiana giraffe suffers from indigestion, film at 11.

Brilleaux's attorney, Parker Layrisson, said his client's work is satire and is considered protected speech.

Only in the civilized world. This does NOT include Louisiana, it would seem.

Mynd you, gyraffe bites Kan be pretti nasti.

RABBLErabbleRABBLE 1st amendment RABBLErabbleRABBLE

OK usually with stories like this I can see both sides of the issue, but not here. Seriously, WTF?

ne2d

If I write a story about how I was raped by ne2d's pet goat when I went to shop in his store, you may be able to sue me over loss of business if people actually believe they will be goat raped while shopping.

But financial liability after proof of damage is a long way from forbidding publication without even a trial.

ZAZ: ne2d

If I write a story about how I was raped by ne2d's pet goat when I went to shop in his store, you may be able to sue me over loss of business if people actually believe they will be goat raped while shopping.

To be fair, that story influenced the most powerful person in the country.

/hot

Clear violation of first amendment rights... and some people are just stupid.

Story should be removed. It mentioned a real place. If they used a fictional zoo, that would be different.

simpsonfan: Story should be removed. It mentioned a real place. If they used a fictional zoo, that would be different.

Yes. Satire is definitely expressly forbidden by the 1st amendment.

Louisiana judge is sleeping with a giraffe. Article written by: L. Flynt.

It's the same giraffe that was having sex with pat robertson's mother in larry flynt's outhouse while being filmed by Michael Moore.

I thought they only had jee-raffs down there.

The giraffe was quoted last year saying, "I am an evil giraffe, and I shall eat more leaves from this tree then perhaps I should, so that other giraffes may die."

PsyLord --- curses

Streisand field activating in 20 seconds

Umm, fark you, idiot judge.

So Louisianans are stupid and it's the website's fault?

In my opinion, District Judge Brenda Bedsole Ricks is a farking retard who should be thrown out on the street.

/Satire!

Barakku: So Louisianans are stupid and it's the website's fault?

Your half right

simpsonfan: Story should be removed. It mentioned a real place. If they used a fictional zoo, that would be different.

Being a Simpsons fan, you surely remember the episode A Streetcar Named Marge and the controversy surrounding its satirical description of New Orleans. Are you saying that episode should not have been allowed to air, since New Orleans is a real place?

New story: judge raped and killed a young paralegal in 1990

They do drink gas and breathe pure fire.

/Giraffes.
/GIRAFFES!!

People like this make me want to put on a giraffe costume, smear some fake blood on it, and then run around outside their front gates...

they sleep 10 hours a day and don't fear the reaper!
giraffes!

So if an orca kills its trainer, it can't be reported on because Sea World might lose some business?

Having been in the area, I can assure you the animals in the park are harmless... now the animals looking for their fix of meth and/or crack outside the park at Old Uneedus Rd are another matter.

drongozone: So if an orca kills its trainer, it can't be reported on because Sea World might lose some business?

Nope - that was an actual event. Here they're saying the satire is causing attendance to drop. It couldn't be related to the fact that the idiots down there just found out that hunting at the zoo is prohibited.

How is it possible to become a judge in the US without knowing that a ruling like this absolutely, 100% positively will be struck down on appeal?

In defense of my state......


/got nuttin' (See that's a "cajun" accent!)


Besides...

JEERAVS ARE OF DE DEVIL!!!

It's a freakin' non profit wildlife sanctuary for crying out loud. If their business is being hurt by a story that may not appear to be obviously fiction, the proprietor shouldn't have to go to a judge to have it removed. Douchebag Nicholas Brilleaux should have changed the name on request -- or marked it as satire for his numbnut readers. But then he has less attention whoring potential, I guess.

kendelrio: In defense of my state......


/got nuttin' (See that's a "cajun" accent!)


Besides...

JEERAVS ARE OF DE DEVIL!!!

kendelrio, who the hell is that? I larfed.

Nem Wan: How is it possible to become a judge in the US without knowing that a ruling like this absolutely, 100% positively will be struck down on appeal?

THIS

My guess is she's one of those elected judges. Hell, she may have never seen the inside of a law textbook.

Any Lansing Farkers out there?

/kinda miss the original.

It would help the defendant if the Hammond Action News was actually funny. I think they are in trouble.

pureobscure: It's a freakin' non profit wildlife sanctuary for crying out loud. If their business is being hurt by a story that may not appear to be obviously fiction, the proprietor shouldn't have to go to a judge to have it removed. Douchebag Nicholas Brilleaux should have changed the name on request -- or marked it as satire for his numbnut readers. But then he has less attention whoring potential, I guess.

How can a non-profit have their business hurt?

Snarfangle: 2008 called. They want their over-used political taunt back.

Nem Wan: How is it possible to become a judge in the US without knowing that a ruling like this absolutely, 100% positively will be struck down on appeal?

I'm starting to wonder if "2theadvocate.com" got duped by Hammond Action News. I don't see any other news story about this.

drongozone who the hell is that? I larfed.


Cathy Bates, the mother from the movie "Waterboy" with Adam Sandler.... Ya **really** gotta see that movie. It cast my state in **such** a good light.

/was funny as hell though!

ne2d: OK usually with stories like this I can see both sides of the issue, but not here. Seriously, WTF?

Aside from the word "sexy" in the header, it's not immediately obvious (if you visit a single story on that site) that it's a satirical news site. Even the disclaimer is hidden behind a hyperlink in the footer.

Contrast this with the Onion, which litters every page with links to parallel articles, making it painfully difficult to NOT know it's satire (even though somehow, people still do).

Bacchus-ette: Snarfangle: 2008 called. They It wants their its over-used political taunt back.

fixed

Not that it makes much difference, but the place is not a zoo. It's a big ol' pasture, and the patrons are driven around in open buslike vehicles. Everything on that website is a spoof, and anybody that takes any of it seriously should be thrown under a buslike vehicle.

Looking at Hammond Action News Link (new window) I would honestly be more worried about the people who believed this was a real story being allowed to drive and being trusted with children.


/same people probably called 911 after seeing Independence Day. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN DESTROYED!!!

Carousel Beast: How can a non-profit have their business hurt?

Non-profit =/= free.

I'm fairly sure defamation and libel are not covered by the first amendment, and this may count as that if the news article isn't obvious that it's satire.