Monday, January 10, 2005

Now, which justice is missing a piercing?

Two Mississippi libraries have banned "America: The Book" by Jon Stewart and the writers of "The Daily Show" because it depicts the Supreme Court justices as naked in a doctored photos. The objection is apparently not because the justices are naked, but because they are using obvious body doubles. Said Robert Willits, director of the Jackson-George Regional Library System: "Any picture of a naked David Souter without his nipple ring is a serious distortion of the truth."

1/11/05: In an update to this story the board of directors for the Jackson-George Regional Library system voted to overturn the ban. One member of the board, David Ogborn, still opposed lifting the ban, saying: "Our libraries are not a trash bin for pornographic material." Obviously, Mr. Ogborn, still confused about his new naked fantasies of Justice Scalia, has not adopted the earth friendly means of getting rid of paper: recycling. Mr. Ogborn now has no friends at the ACLU or the Sierra Club.

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