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ASSHOLE OF THE MONTH
HUSTLER's july Asshole of the MOnth award goes to Federal Prosecutor Larry Parish of Memphis, Tennessee. This shit clod is trying to force his morals on every man and woman living in the U.S. by inditing anybody who helps make, produce, or distribute X-Rated movies anywhere in the country.
In the past, only distributors of X-Rated movies have been busted, and then they were prosecuted only for shipping movies into a state where the flicks were considered illegal. For the first time, performers like Harry Reems[Deep Throat的男主演，他在1974年被抓時就是被Larry Parish起訴的] are being held accountable for acting in these movies, even thought the films were made in states were it may have been legal to do so. This perverted form of legal logic could make it a crime to drink beer in the state of New York, where it is legal, if another state—Tennessee, for instance—had a bluenose law prohibiting beer drinking. This may seems ridiculous, but don't forget that Reems has been convicted on just such gerrymandered charges, and now the hapless actor faces years in the slammers[後來上訴之後無罪釋放了].
Reems's conviction on a pornography-related charge in Memphis is not surprising since it's easy to stuff a jury with holy rolling, "Hardshell Baptists" in the "Buckle of Bible Belt" city. Parrish is trying to use the courts and the people of Memphis to set legal guidlines on obscenity for the entire nation.
Parrish knows damn well that this provincial interpretation of national law will certainly be overturned in the higher courts. Yet this scumbag prosecutor continues to piss away tax-supported federal manpower and resources on his private crusade against our freedom of expression. Parrish's abuse of the law seems too asinine to be true.
Larry Parrish represents a serious threat to freedom of speech and individual choice in America. If this egomaniac acturally believes he can dictates what everyone in the U.S. can or cannot see, he should reread the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution before he frivolously wastes any more of our hard-earned tax money, making a mockery of the laws of America. If Parrish can't support the basic freedoms that our forefathers shed their blood and guts for, then we suggest he follow the same advice given to many hippies in the 60's: "It's your country—love it or leave it, *****!"
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