Quote of the Day

May 26th, 2005

Filed under: Politics

This is an interesting story where the Reverend Jerry Falwell is suing a man who owns a website critical of Falwell – a website that happens to be a common misspelling of Falwell’s name. The following quote caught my eye:

A lawyer for Falwell maintained Lamparello’s use of a variation of the preacher’s name bordered on theft. “It’s been wrong to steal since Moses came down from the mountain,” attorney John H. Midlen Jr. said.

Somebody needs to remind the Counselor that it was wrong to steal long before Moses came down from the mountain.

4 Responses to “ Quote of the Day ”

  1. Aine
    May 27th, 2005 at 11:29 am

    I don’t get it. hustler magazine can publish satirical articles about a reverend implying incest but this guy can’t have a website with an address that doesn’t even contain the Reverend’s name?? how does that work?

    What a load of horseshit.

  2. Scott
    May 27th, 2005 at 11:56 am
    Official Comment

    Falwell sued Hustler for libel and lost for 1st Admendment/parody reasons.
    This suit is because he feels this person is “stealing” his name (or one kinda like it). I’m not sure 1st Admendment rights will come into play here, and it doesn’t seem to me to be stealing.
    It’ll be interesting to see how this one comes out…

  3. Scott
    May 27th, 2005 at 12:34 pm
    Official Comment

    On the other hand, I would be upset if someone came up with a sitename similar to Polite Dissent and used it to say nasty things about me. Though I would understand it’s their right (so I guess the 1st Admendment does enter into the argument), it seems like a fairly underhanded way to act.

  4. M
    May 29th, 2005 at 12:58 pm

    Legally, I’d guess first amendment free speech rights including criticism and parody are against Falwell. Then again so am I.

    Whether it’s underhanded or not, seems like it would depend on whether the site trys to give the impression it is associated with Falwell. Which I doubt it does.

    – “Somebody needs to remind the Counselor that it was wrong to steal long before Moses came down from the mountain.” -

    Yeah well it’s Falwell’s lawyer so (IMO) probably the kind of Kristian that doesn’t really embrace the biblical ban against bearing false witness either. Or facts, or reason,…

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