Mississippi libraries banning the Daily Show Book

MSgt213

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Mon Jan-10-05 07:29 PM
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Mississippi libraries banning the Daily Show Book

Edited on Mon Jan-10-05 07:38 PM by MSgt213

It's starting. Libraries are banning books. Mississippi libraries, in particular, are banning The Daily Show book due to a humorous depiction, involving nudity, of the Supreme Court. "We're not an adult bookstore," said one librarian quoted in the article. Excuse me, but could there possibly be anything to turn anybody on in a depiction of nude Supreme Court justices? The book...

...features the faces of the nine Supreme Court justices superimposed over naked bodies.

The facing page has cutouts of the justices' robes, complete with a caption asking readers to "restore their dignity by matching each justice with his or her respective robe."

The book by Stewart and the writers of "The Daily Show," the Comedy Central fake-news program he hosts, was released in September. It has spent 15 weeks on The New York Times best seller list for hardcover nonfiction, and was named Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, the industry trade magazine.

Former English teacher Tara Skelton of Ocean Springs said the libraries shouldn't decide what is in poor taste.

"It just really seemed kind of silly to me," she said. "I don't think the Supreme Court justices have filed any defamation of character or libel suits. It's humor."

http://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2005/01/good_morning_19_1.html

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BlueEyedSon

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Mon Jan-10-05 07:30 PM
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1. Missing the word "censor"?

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MSgt213

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Mon Jan-10-05 07:39 PM
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2. Duh! Thanks Blue

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BlueEyedSon

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Mon Jan-10-05 09:40 PM
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8. 8^)

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ComerPerro

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Mon Jan-10-05 07:53 PM
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3. So I guess they don't have O'Reilley's "Those Who Trespass"

on their shelves, right? Due to its graphic sex scenes and murders...

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bryant69

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Mon Jan-10-05 08:00 PM
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4. Actually

I went ahead and put stickers over the genatalia on that page of my book. Just cause it's gross.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

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Johonny

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Mon Jan-10-05 08:02 PM
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5. Well

You got to understand in Mississippi most people can only look at the pictures. Reading is for the snobs in Arkansas.

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tx_dem41

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Mon Jan-10-05 08:05 PM
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6. An earlier thread on this same subject was locked due to ...

to the same blatant bigotry that you are displaying. I'm not sure what your bigotry is based on, but it is quite revealing.

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Bzzzz

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Mon Jan-10-05 09:09 PM
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7. My signed 1st edition...

just became more valuable. :evilgrin:

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