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12/23/2003 Archived Entry: "Lenny Bruce pardoned. WTF?"
Lenny Bruce pardoned. WTF?
New York governor George Pataki has issued a posthumous pardon to Lenny Bruce, saying it reflect's New York's commitment to freedom of speech.
Why does this make me vaguely nervous? Why would Pataki want to prove NY's commitment to free speech?
Replies: 8 people speak up
Maybe Pataki blahed a blah?
Posted by sellursoul @ 12/23/2003 02:37 PM NY
Middle class white male guilt?
Posted by capnmike @ 12/23/2003 05:11 PM NY
well, maybe they are just setting a good example so that no one will notice all of the protesters they kill at the convention. either that or it's just that lenny bruce is cool
Posted by justin @ 12/23/2003 07:54 PM NY
1st amendment upheld...
...for all dead people.
Posted by Larry Dean @ 12/23/2003 10:32 PM NY
Justin,
Capitalize man, capitalize!
Posted by Stentor @ 12/24/2003 06:48 AM NY
Anytime any government official makes a move to bloster the state's commitment to my rights, I am glad to hear of it. Seems to me that Pataki is pretty innocent on this one. 'The price of liberty is eternal vigilence.' Pataki is simply being vigilent by formally re-iterating a government commitment to individual rights. That's 'a good thing.'
Posted by gregglory @ 12/24/2003 02:14 PM NY
I agree with justin - we'll see how "vigilent" they are about free speech next September.
My guess? It'll make this past Miami brouhaha look like a Boy Scout Jamboree. Can you say "Chicago '69"?
Posted by Tog @ 12/25/2003 10:41 AM NY
'1st amendment upheld...
...for all dead people.'
HA. That says it all.
FYI, if you don't know, there's been a movement afoot for years to get LB pardoned. Don't know why it happened exactly now, but it was just a matter of time.
In a not-unusual display of bad taste, Larry King had the fabulously mediocre Jonnie Cochran on to provide 'memories of Lenny'. Yeah, Jonnie, those were the days, when you were working at the DA's office in LA to put Lenny in jail for saying dirty words. Thanks buddy!
Posted by jonnybutter @ 12/25/2003 11:04 PM NY
