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The Strange, Unethical Saga of Junius Puke
This week seems to mark the end of a perfect storm of ethical misconduct that almost drowned a young student in legal persecution for the non-crime of exercising his First Amendment rights. An insufferable and humorless bully with a professorship collided with an irresponsible prosecutor wielding an unconstitutional law, and it has taken eight years to undo the carnage. Continue reading
How Unethical Is This Feature Story? Let Us Count The Ways:
The feature, courtesy of the Houston Press, and I’m not making this up, is headlined “The Ten Hottest Women on the Texas Sex Offenders List”, which is sure to make another list somewhere, “The Ten Most Offensive Ideas for a Feature Story.” Continue reading
When Satire Is No Excuse: The Jeff Cox Affair
If satire is attempted by supposedly serious professionals in government, they have an obligation to make their intentions clear to the dimmest bulb, and if they can’t, then they should leave the irony and tongue-in-cheek acts to those who are good at at. Continue reading
Unethical Quote of the Week: Time Magazine
Maybe I owe blogger TBogg an apology. I thought only left-wing Palin-haters could be so disoriented by ideological fervor that they could believe the satirical story claiming that the former Alaska governor had told Sean Hannity that Christina Aguilera should be banished for botching the lyrics of the National Anthem. I didn’t think Time Magazine was in this class as well. Continue reading
News Flash! Satire Confusion Syndrome Epidemic Spreads to the Left!
Surprise! The Left is just as prone to hate-fueled humor insensitivity as the Right. Continue reading
Here We Go Again! The Groupon Super Bowl Commercial: No, Not Unethical
A good and effective ad? Maybe not; we’ll see. An offensive ad? Obviously to some; Tibetans have more to worry about than Timothy Hutton. Unethical? No. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Ronbo” on His Own Previous “Frivolous Complaint of the Month”
Ronbo’s back. You are in for a treat. Continue reading →
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