Scalia says Orgies Ease Social Tensions!!!

[Thurston Howell IV]

Orgies are the way to ease social tensions, claims US judge

Friday October 1, 2004
The Guardian

He is the conservative bastion of the US supreme court, a favourite of President Bush, and a hunting partner of the vice-president. He has argued vociferously against abortion rights, and in favour of anti-sodomy laws.
But it turns out that there is another side to Justice Antonin Scalia: he thinks Americans ought to be having more orgies.

Challenged about his views on sexual morality, Justice Scalia surprised his audience at Harvard University, telling them: "I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions and ought to be encouraged."

It seems unlikely that this is what President Bush meant when he promised to appoint more judges like Scalia to the court, should the opportunity arise. Crucially, Justice Scalia is one of the judges in favour of overturning Roe v Wade, the landmark judgment protecting abortion as a constitutional right.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1317386,00.html

[villager]

1. a whole new meaning to "5-4 decision!"

;-)

[Jose Diablo]

16. I wonder if they

form themselves into a circle, or do they leave the ones on the end without full enjoyment.

[iam]

46. That's

the funniest thing I've heard in a long time. A 5-4 decision! Ha! Do you think scalia likes being in the majority or minority?

[villager]

48. you mean top...

...or bottom?

[nostalgicaboutmyfutr]

2. Proclaim it from the mountain top! eom

[struggle4progress]

80. I think this is part of the "Re-elect" strategy:

convince middle-of-the-road Americans that current judges threaten "our values," so "vote for Boosh!"

[aquart]

3. Yes, but do we have pictures?

[gottaB]

7. they don't like photographers in the courtroom, but....

hmmm

[TaleWgnDg]

36. damn, Ann Telnaes is GREAT!

Once again Telnaes hits the nail on the head. directly. poignantly. and decisively.

She won the Pulitzer Prize for her cartoon about the Bush v. Gore debacle re y2k election:

. . . . . . . .

[Sannum]

4. WTF?

:crazy:

[Thurston Howell IV]

5. Hey, I'm not making this up.

Sounds like Scalia likes to party.

[Eye and Monkey]

6. How long before the XXX website - "Orgy Court Supreme"

tho' I'm sure there'll be much more creative titles...

[Seabiscuit]

12. Sorry... it sounds more like Scalia *wishes* he could "party"

Even Viagra doesn't work for scumbags like him. That's why they fantasize so inappropriately in public.

[tinanator]

38. dont be so sure

he has probably been in so many he forgets how far out of the mainstream the beltway scene is.

[thebigidea]

8. Leave it to Opus Dei to get into the kinky stuff.

[SOS]

39. His weekends

probably look like the initiation scene in "Eyes Wide Shut".
The rich really are different.

[yardwork]

72. No wonder he and Justice Thomas are so close

We had no idea just how close....

[truthisfreedom]

9. where do i sign up?

i'd like to meet this guy. nothing like a person in power to shock my imagination. it's getting so boring up there.

[Julian English]

10. Possibly explains about Kelly's reprot about * and Victor Ash*

[Chovexani]

11. Wow, I actually agree with Fat Tony

The difference is I believe in consensual orgies, not the gang rape perpetrated by the Felonious Five on the American people in Dec. 2000.

[The Magistrate]

13. Indeed, Mr. Howell

It makes a fella wonder what lurks on his hard drive....

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[Cooley Hurd]

19. He's most likely a "swapper..."

Not a file-swapper, mind you... the "other" kind of "swapper." I believe they also call them "swingers."

Fat Tony's also a perv... who'd thunk? :wow:

[artboy]

37. uh....we

are know as "swingers":party: :party: ......
there are literally thousands of us....some folks would very VERY surprised....hehehe (blown awy is a better analogy
and he's right.....orgies are usually tense free...:grouphug:

heheheheh:party:

[Cooley Hurd]

76. But, you're not "Opus Dei" Scalia...

...or are you? ;):D

[ewagner]

51. A more ominous tone

Remember the formula of the Roman Empire for placating the masses?

The masses were happy as long as the people in power provided them with "circuses and cake". I take Scalia's comments in the "circus and cake" context. It's a distraction and trade-off. The masses will ignore the corruption and incompetence as long as they are provided their pleasures.

That bothers me a lot. It seems Scalia is saying that as long as social tensions are kept in check (through orgies) our leader (boy-king appointed by Scalia and his gang) can do as he wishes.

Terribly troubling in that context.

[0007]

14. Will this news make John Ashcroft hair stand up or will he

start the debauchery by throwing the drape off the breast of the hidden statue?

I'm interested in what the right wing fundies will say about this remark.

[highnooner]

15. too weird to not be true

[meow2u3]

40. Ashcroft wants the DOJ boob covered, but....

Scalia not only wants to uncover the DOJ boob, but also wants to bang the staute!

:evilgrin:

[Eye and Monkey]

77. "bang the statue"? kinda like "screw Justice"?

Didn't he say something similar - something about mere innocense being no reason to overthrun a conviction - ???

[UpInArms]

17. Wow! Scalia verbalizes his desire

to f*** us even more?

Gag ... choke... sputter...

Ewww!

Make the bad man go away!

[Disturbed]

18. This is not a joke?

He was joking, right?

[DeepModem Mom]

20. It's not from "The Onion"???

[UpInArms]

21. it appears not to be a "joke"

from further in the article:

"I probably do have some gay friends, but I have never pressed the point," Justice Scalia responded. He offered no clue to the logic behind his claim that orgies eliminate social tensions.

I guess after this POS f***ed us all on 12/10/00, he still wants more.

:puke:

[oneighty]

53. Cool, so cool!

"but I have never pressed the point."

And the point is?

Hee hee hee!

180

[indepat]

43. I suspect Tony is no more perverted in his personal views than his legal

views: All are foreign to the principles upon which this Republic was founded and had flourished until comlete control of all three main branchs of government and the media were taken over by those of this ilk and cloth.

[Chomskyite]

22. Imagine if a Clinton appointee had said this

There'd be impeachment hearings.

[slappypan]

23. Anyone remember Jocelyn Elders?

She was ridiculed mercilessly and driven from public life for making a remark like this. Could the double standard be more obvious.

[0007]

89. Was her thing about teaching kids to masturbate?

[demnan]

24. Alzheimer's has set in

It's about time we challenged the validity of life-time appointments.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

25. Honestly, would you have an orgy with this man?

Still, one can't help but wonder what he's wearing under the robe. Remember the Monty Python bit with the magistrates?

[0007]

26. Does Scalia and Cheney indeed hunt while duck hunting?

New bird dog for the mighty hunters

junior sez use him as you see fit

[6th Borough]

44. Maybe one ducks while the other one hunts?

:shrug:

[MADem]

27. The Harvard Crimson

...had a fuller story. Apparently Nino also called for repeal of the 17th Amendment (direct election of our SENATORS). Can you imagine what would be happening in this country if the GOP governors could pack the Senate with their picks? I shudder at the prospect.

He is a scary man. And perhaps insane as well.

[BiggJawn]

30. Did he steal that idea from Pootie-Poot?

Or did Putin get it from him? (governors, Senators, they still wanna "86" elections)

[demigoddess]

73. i vote for early alzheimers

with paranoid tendancies

[Lostnote03]

84. Tossing the Mass.....

....a bone in exchange for the 17th amendment?....Don't forget the Beads Tony....

[GreenArrow]

28. and then, to the vomitorium

and later, off to the Colosseum to watch some gladiators. Roman empire redux.

[NashVegas]

29. Well ...

"Nobody asked him whether he was familiar with Rick Moody's novel The Ice Storm, turned into a movie by Ang Lee, which appeared to suggest the exact opposite."

IIRC, The Ice Storm wasn't about orgies as much as trading spouses. Totally different deal.

[DoYouEverWonder]

31. Hey Tony, so does smoking pot

and it's a lot safer.

Oh one more thing, as a 'devout' catholic, what do you use for birth control when you go to an orgy?

[meow2u3]

41. I have news for you, "Crapper Don" Scalia

fed2dneck to Scalia: Real 'devout' Catholics don't indulge in, nor encourage, orgies!!

Now there's proof that Opus Dei is really Opus Diaboli!

[Scooter24]

32. Oh my!

The APA must be going crazy with this...lol

[ProfessorGAC]

33. Confirmed!!! Tony Scalia Is Out Of His Flippin' Mind!

The Professor

[TaleWgnDg]

34. this is no surprise . . . seriously, folks, and I say that

with all due regard for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. The man is brilliant.

However, there's something amiss about his thinking, its rigidity, its negativity, its closed-mindedness, its reactionary mindset that Scalia wants to pass off as "original intent" of the Framers.

"orgies?" wtf, did he mean about morality and sodomy and "states rights" in Lawrence v. Texas? and other privacy cases too? Scalia's spin isn't consistent. Isn't true.

And here it spills out of his mouth, a twist. This is a surprise (said sarcastically)?!

. . . . . . .
(note the background, "Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government" . . . they gave him a hard time, as he wagged his parental index finger at them.)

[Stuckinthebush]

35. This hurts my head...

I agree with Scalia about something...that's just not supposed to happen!

:D

[Tommy_Douglas]

42. You know...

The raving fundie types that like guys like Scalia will really have to put on their blinders now. I mean he hates abortion which they love, but how does a fundie deal with the guys "crazy" sex life? I mean these people hate sex. I bet many of them equate group orgies with satanic rituals.

[blondi]

45. No wonder he and Clarence Thomas get along so well

Remember Anita Hill, Long Dong Silver, and the p**** hair on the Coke can? Party down with the Supremes!

[realcountrymusic]

50. Beat me to it!

So to speak. In the heart of every right-wing moralizing sanctimonious tightass lies a sexually repressed and sexually obsessed closet case. Every single damn one.

I hope someday we find out what Asscroft's preferred pleasure is. I suspect it's very illegal. The louder they moralize, the more they have to hide.

RCM

[TaleWgnDg]

91. yup, that was one of my first thoughts, too . . .

Anita Hill b4 the Senate Judiciary Cmte testifying u/ oath and fulfilling her ethical duty to reveal sexual harassment of her employer (Clarence Thomas) . . . Long Dong Silver and the pubic hair on the Coke can and Clarence Thomas' proclivity to bring Anita into his "fantasies" . . . to inform the Senate about whom they were to seat on the highest court in the land and for life tenure.

Scalia and Thomas, two "devout" Roman Catholics.

[JPace]

47. Nothing like being the wife of an old fool.....

who constantly embarrasses you. His home life
just got worse.

[JimGinPA]

49. Maybe "Duck Hunting"

is a euphemism?

[muriel_volestrangler]

52. A step towards Brave New World?

In that, the state organizes regular orgies, in place of religious services, to give the people a bit of communal release. Can we now look forward to Scalia supporting cloning after all?

[ElsewheresDaughter]

54. okay so bush* & pickles ought to have an orgy with the leaders of ....

north korea and iran and france and germany ......why not the whole friggen UN...that should make things better Antonin right?

[DFWJock]

55. This just in....

Not one single person anywhere is interested in participating in an orgie that includes Scalia.

[leQ]

56. *giggle* that made my day (n/t)

[jackieforthedems]

57. Can't You Just Imagine

Dubya, Laura, the Cheney's, Scalia, Ashcroft, Ridge, and the rest of their pals all going at it together?! Yuck! :puke: The thought sure turns me off.

[Catfight]

58. He is so embarrassing to our judicial system, can't we get rid of him?

[Gregorian]

60. Really. How unpuritanical of him.

I started my day to this news. Yuck. I'm sickened. And on many levels. The hypocracy of these people! Hasn't this idiot heard of AIDS yet? And what's his point? What the hell is this guy talking about?! His elimination would ease more social tension than an orgy.

If I had the energy, I'd photoshop something funny. I just can't be bothered. Damnit, America never ceases to let me down. One good thing is that I have a family- DU. As long as we have our forum, we have our own orgy. :) Orgy of the minds.

[skypilot]

66. Ah, come on.

He was just starting to be kinda fun.

[digno dave]

59. He's a man for the Heartland!!!

[Gregorian]

61. A whole new meaning to "Here come da judge".

I'll get my coat. :)

[Beetwasher]

62. Think: BRAVE NEW WORLD

Get everyone medicated and promiscuous.

These guys read Huxley and Orwell and think they're blueprints...

[gauguin57]

87. No kiddin' ... the first thing I thought about was that "orgy-porgy" scene

in BNW ... EVERYONE TAKE THEIR SOMA!

[Nevernose]

63. Sounds great in theory

But would you really want to be at an orgy with this guy:



"This is how big my manhood is, so the only way I'll ever get laid is at an orgy."

[JI7]

64. HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH

[skypilot]

65. I'm wondering if he just took part in one.

It sounds as though he has eased some of his own social tensions if he felt comfortable making that pronouncement. Where was he last night?

On edit: And what's he wearing under that robe. I must know now.

[JI7]

67. do you think Dick Cheney participated ?

since they hunt together they may do other things together also.

[skypilot]

68. Cheney would, no doubt, be...

...the Daddy/Master. He's got that sneer and all.... I'd watch him beat Scalia's ass.

[delete_bush]

69. Kerry needs to work this into

the next debate. After all, Scalia is chimpy's ideal justice, we need to know if this is going to be a nomination litmus test.

[steely]

70. But is he correct?

<sarcasm/OFF

He probably has boxes of cuban cigars and plays the poinies thru his bookie. That's ok becuase he knows the difference between right and wrong.

[Cheswick2.0]

71. Does he think there is such a thing as sodomy free orgies?

:shock:

[Tight_rope]

74. I don't know if I'm too young or too old to read this! No Morals left!

[Zerex71]

75. I expect "Justices Gone Wild" will be out on DVD any time now.

Kind of makes you wonder what's under their robes...and gives new meaning to the words "The Court has taken a position..."

Mike

[daleo]

78. Against abortion, but in favor of orgies?

I suppose those positions can be reconciled, but the combination is rather unique.

[maxsolomon]

79. sounds like he's read Ecotopia

orgies DO ease social tensions.

and the 'Ice Storm' party wasn't an orgy. it was a 'wife swap'.

[Nlighten1]

81. Well....duh!

LOL

[tnliberaldemocrat]

82. I don't know....

about relieving social tensions, but they definitely relieve other tensions! Or so I've heard...

[HarveyBriggs]

83. Maybe he ain't all bad? nt

[AlFrankenFan]

85. lmfao

funniest thing I've heard all day, besides Novak breaking his hip. But seriously, that's great coming from a conservative.

[FlyByNight]

86. As Bill Hicks once said...

anyone that far to the right, is hiding a deep, dark secret.

[tinanator]

94. dont forget about "Theyre yours! You raise em!"

Although I dont think he meant it that literally

[w4rma]

88. Hilarious! (nt)

[0007]

90. Sex for everything, have a big party, bring plenty of warm bodies.

The Pentagon sez troops can't have a good time and absolutely no orgies.

So all you soldiers will have to lope your mule. And all you girl soldiers just make sure you get off in time.

[TaleWgnDg]

92. as a last (and added) note . . .

here's the url to Harvard University's "The Harvard Crimson" magazine article on this Scalia lecture at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=503540
(as last visited Friday, October 1, 2004)

Published on Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Scalia Describes ‘Dangerous’ Trend: Supreme Court Justice
By DANIEL J. HEMEL, Crimson Staff Writer

(it contains more info than the UK's "The Guardian" newspaper article does)

[TankLV]

93. Well, we finally know which side his bread is buttered on.

Pretty consistent for a repuke moralizer, huh?

The ones who speak the loudest about the sins of others need to be investigated and watched CLOSELY - as they are the ones who time after time have been proven to be doing the very thing they accuse and berate others of doing.

Par for the course, unfortunately.

Nice to see some publicity out of it, however fleeting it will be.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

95. kick

:kick:

[PaDUer]

96. If any D judge did this...

there'd be shit flying..Time to get those faxes going and have this weirdo step down.

[goforit]

97. He and Thomas were probably getting kicks off Arub Gharib!!!

Sick bastards!!!!!!!!