Street v. Mandel Event A Hoax?

You know, the event doesn’t seem so fake or anything, but that flier! Jesus it’s like it was done in Microsoft Paintbrush in Windows 1.0, if such a program existed. (At least Windows for Workgroups 3.11.) I’d guess that’s a Signe Wilkinson cartoon, but with extra word bubbles, and, uhm, what is with that font? Ooh, I need to lay down.

So, yeah, this event’s real, of course, but the flier has intrigued me so much I think I need to go just to make sure. Also it’s, like, 2 blocks away from my place, and the Atwater Kent has that awesome giant map of Philadelphia.

KYW Apparently Pushing Jail For Fliers

KYW 1060 has yet another story on those race-baiting fliers and once again I am going to write about it. Apparently, the radio station is just extremely pissed off that we can’t go out and arrest those stupid skinheads who put them up and defamed Family Guy. Aargh, why can’t we just lock up people who say things with disagree with?

This latest story talks to Mayor Nutter and is headlined “Nutter Acknowledges Difficulty of Prosecuting Those Who Distributed Race-Baiting Fliers,” making me wonder if Nutter just wishes he could actually prosecute those who put up the fliers.

Fortunately, Mix Master Mike says nothing of the sort! “Much as we don’t like some things, we can’t always chase after people legally for things we don’t like,” he says, which sounds fine to me, I guess. And it certainly sounds better than notifying the authorities when you’ve been offended.

Sigh. Isn’t there somebody at KYW or the Human Rights Commission we can lock up for saying this stupid shit? Erhm.

Nutter Acknowledges Difficulty of Prosecuting Those Who Distributed Race-Baiting Fliers [KYW 1060]
Earlier today: It’s Apparently Legal To Be Offensive