French Court Says President Sarkozy Voodoo Doll Should Not Be Stabbed

[Amused]

Court Says Sarkozy Voodoo Doll Should Not Be Stabbed
Friday, November 28, 2008

AP

PARIS ? A French appeals court says Voodoo dolls of President Nicolas Sarkozy may remain on sale, but must carry a notice saying that pricking them harms the president's dignity.

Sarkozy's attorney had asked that the dolls be withdrawn from sale, saying the president like any French person ? owns the right to his own image.

The appeals court backed an earlier ruling allowing the dolls to stay on the market in the name of freedom of expression.

But it ordered the doll's marketer, publishing house K&B Editions, to add a warning that using the needles which come with the kits "constitutes an attack on the personal dignity of Mr. Sarkozy."

"Nicolas Sarkozy: The Voodoo Manual" costs $16.50 and includes a handbook and 12 pins.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

So I guess it's not just a slow day on ATOT, but is a slow day in news as well...

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
So I guess it's not just a slow day on ATOT, but is a slow day in news as well...

Well, it's hard to find anything in the news that isn't about Mumbai, and that's already being discussed.

I'll try harder. I thought this story had a unique sort of ridiculousness to it.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
So I guess it's not just a slow day on ATOT, but is a slow day in news as well...

Well, it's hard to find anything in the news that isn't about Mumbai, and that's already being discussed.

I'll try harder. I thought this story had a unique sort of ridiculousness to it.

It does, but I am just bored with the lack of content on ATOT today. This story just says it's most of the media too that are slow.

 

[BeauJangles]

Someone needs to come out with voodoo dolls for the appeals court.

 

[foghorn67]

I think it more has to do with French copyright laws rather than just plain politics. They are merely making the voodoo dolls not an exception to the rule.

Wait, woah. Did I just defend the French?

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: foghorn67
I think it more has to do with French copyright laws rather than just plain politics. They are merely making the voodoo dolls not an exception to the rule.

Wait, woah. Did I just defend the French?

People in France have copyrights on their faces and bodies?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: foghorn67
I think it more has to do with French copyright laws rather than just plain politics. They are merely making the voodoo dolls not an exception to the rule.

Wait, woah. Did I just defend the French?

People in France have copyrights on their faces and bodies?

people in the US have a right to their likeness. why is it surprising that the french do?

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: foghorn67
I think it more has to do with French copyright laws rather than just plain politics. They are merely making the voodoo dolls not an exception to the rule.

Wait, woah. Did I just defend the French?

People in France have copyrights on their faces and bodies?

Something like that, it makes it so the paparazzi can't really operate in France.

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: foghorn67
I think it more has to do with French copyright laws rather than just plain politics. They are merely making the voodoo dolls not an exception to the rule.

Wait, woah. Did I just defend the French?

People in France have copyrights on their faces and bodies?

people in the US have a right to their likeness. why is it surprising that the french do?

No we don't. Do you think Obama approved the Obama dildo? Or that celebrities approve things in the tabloids?

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Bignate603
No we don't. Do you think Obama approved the Obama dildo? Or that celebrities approve things in the tabloids?

yes, we do. vanna white successfully sued samsung over a commercial featuring a robot in a wig and a dress turning wheel of fortune tiles. just because people decide not to exercise their rights does not mean they don't exist.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: foghorn67
I think it more has to do with French copyright laws rather than just plain politics. They are merely making the voodoo dolls not an exception to the rule.

Wait, woah. Did I just defend the French?

People in France have copyrights on their faces and bodies?

people in the US have a right to their likeness. why is it surprising that the french do?

yesterday in the grocery store there were three Americans walking in front of me. i don't know how i knew they were Yanks.. i just did, immediately. sure enough, i saw them get into an SUV with Michigan plates. there's definitely something to those people from the US of A. can't quite put my finger on it. cough cough dumbasses cough cough

 

[Ns1]

If somebody made voodoo dolls of Amused I'd stick a pin in his bum, just to see if he would post about it.

 

[venkman]

<insert Sarah Palin joke here>

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Ns1
If somebody made voodoo dolls of Amused I'd stick a pin in his bum, just to see if he would post about it.

Pfft, I'm old. If I posted about every ache and pain I had I'd get banned for extreme neffing.

 

[0roo0roo]

pricking carla bruni...so sweet...