Spartanburg, SC
Here we go again. The morality police have resurfaced. My previous posts of
Morality Police
Ah, Nutz! Not again.
More Nutz
Driving Me Nutz
have prompted me to report on the latest Nutz fiasco. But first, the incident that started this whole ball rolling involved a ridiculously pompous police chief by the name of Franco Fuda who thought that red plastic nutz hanging from the rear of a pick up truck was obscene. Chief "Fuda fuck up" invoked some out dated traffic law that has yet been removed from the V & T code. Never mind the fact that the last time the law was actually used was in the late 90's, or the fact that it is a broadly absurd piece of legislation that needs to find the nearest trash can. It is also blatantly unconstitutional. I personally, have seen things a lot more offensive than multi-colored, plastic true-to-size (depends on your perspective) testicles.
Obscenity is all about perspective. What one person finds obscene, another might find humorous. While I wouldn't hang these things on my truck, even if I had one, I find the whole thing laughable.
The original Truck Nutz case, Virginia Tice v. Town of Bonneau, has yet to go to trial after 3 postponements. 65 year old Tice is being represented pro bono by a very prominent law firm from Charleston, SC.
This time around, a Spartanburg County Deputy Sheriff documented that his probable cause for a traffic stop was because a pair of truck nutz was prominently displayed on the rear of the offending vehicle. The driver of the car, Joe Cervantes-Rodriguez, 31, was operating a motor vehicle without a valid drivers license. He was arrested on that charge and was given a written warning ticket on the obscenity display after the driver had already removed the object from his car. Not that a warning ticket means anything, but this Deputy's reasoning for making the traffic stop in the first place is flimsy, at best.
Once again, SC is the target of some well deserved jabs. This story, along with the original truck nutz incident, has been reported throughout the U.S. Now, Reuters finds this incident newsworthy enough to report it on an international level.
Don't we have more important things to concern ourselves with than making traffic stops over some bulls balls?
http://mynorthwest.com/646/673439/News-Chick-Truck-nuts--obscene-or-free-speech
Here we go again. The morality police have resurfaced. My previous posts of
Morality Police
Ah, Nutz! Not again.
More Nutz
Driving Me Nutz
have prompted me to report on the latest Nutz fiasco. But first, the incident that started this whole ball rolling involved a ridiculously pompous police chief by the name of Franco Fuda who thought that red plastic nutz hanging from the rear of a pick up truck was obscene. Chief "Fuda fuck up" invoked some out dated traffic law that has yet been removed from the V & T code. Never mind the fact that the last time the law was actually used was in the late 90's, or the fact that it is a broadly absurd piece of legislation that needs to find the nearest trash can. It is also blatantly unconstitutional. I personally, have seen things a lot more offensive than multi-colored, plastic true-to-size (depends on your perspective) testicles.
Obscenity is all about perspective. What one person finds obscene, another might find humorous. While I wouldn't hang these things on my truck, even if I had one, I find the whole thing laughable.
The original Truck Nutz case, Virginia Tice v. Town of Bonneau, has yet to go to trial after 3 postponements. 65 year old Tice is being represented pro bono by a very prominent law firm from Charleston, SC.
This time around, a Spartanburg County Deputy Sheriff documented that his probable cause for a traffic stop was because a pair of truck nutz was prominently displayed on the rear of the offending vehicle. The driver of the car, Joe Cervantes-Rodriguez, 31, was operating a motor vehicle without a valid drivers license. He was arrested on that charge and was given a written warning ticket on the obscenity display after the driver had already removed the object from his car. Not that a warning ticket means anything, but this Deputy's reasoning for making the traffic stop in the first place is flimsy, at best.
Once again, SC is the target of some well deserved jabs. This story, along with the original truck nutz incident, has been reported throughout the U.S. Now, Reuters finds this incident newsworthy enough to report it on an international level.
Don't we have more important things to concern ourselves with than making traffic stops over some bulls balls?
http://mynorthwest.com/646/673439/News-Chick-Truck-nuts--obscene-or-free-speech
1 comment:
I put a set of those on my truck as a joke. I would hope that if you're following me you would get a laugh.If this display bothers anybody or you think they are offensive you should probably have the politicians pass another stupid useless law mandating pants on dogs cause their nuts certainly bounce around.While we're at it don't let them lick'em.
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