Posted on 07/29/2004 11:04:56 AM PDT by Constitution Day
End Of Road For GOTMILF License Plate
"Offensive" vanity tag yanked by Washington officials
JULY 21--This is the story of GOTMILF. In May 2002, Michael Syravong filed a "personalized license plate application"with Washington's Department of Licensing. GOTMILF was Syravong's first choice among the three possible personalized tags he listed on the state form (he would have settled for SUPL8EZ or RCKSTAR). Asked for the meaning of GOTMILF, Syravong wrote, "Manual Inline Lift Fluctuator," which he would later claim was some kind of automotive gizmo. The 25-year-old software engineer's license plate choice was, amazingly, approved by bureaucrats who obviously never saw the film "American Pie" and were clueless about the acronym's real meaning.
Unfortunately for Syravong, however, two offended citizens knew that the plate was actually his sly play on the Got Milk? slogan crossed with the raunchy acronym. In February, 21 months after Syravong got the personalized plate for his Toyota (pictured), an aggrieved Washingtonian e-mailed a complaint to state officials. A second beef was received in April from a disgusted Snohomish parent who did not want "my children seeing this and inquiring as to what it means." Acting on the first complaint, state officials wrote Syravong seeking his response to the complaint. Fighting to keep GOTMILF, he responded with a letter that desperately tried to explain away his license plate. Despite Syravong's invocation of Bill of Rights protections, members of Washington's Personalized Plate Review Committee were not swayed by his argument--and even hinted that he may have committed a crime (making a false or misleading statement to a public servant) when he submitted his original plate application. In April, the state review committee voted to cancel Syravong's tag. He got the bad news in an April 13 letter chiding him for providing "inconsistent information regarding the definition of the plate." Stripped of GOTMILF, Syravong was forced to replace his distinctive tag with PUNISHR. We're counting the days until a motorist writes in to complain that Syravong's new plate advocates domestic violence or has S&M undertones. (9 pages)
I disagree. License plates or obscene bumper stickers are stuck in our faces every time we drive behind one. Folks with children have to explain them to their children. It is offensive to folks who do not use that kind of language or material.
As I said before, it is a matter of simple courtesy. If someone wants to use that kind of stuff, I suppose it is their privilege. But, that is thoughtless and discourteous to others.
Our society is becoming more coarse all the time.
I don't mind being called a prude. I believe in Jesus' exhortation to "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Thus, I don't think it appropriate to stick foul language or immoral ideas into someone else's face.
Oy - I meant to type "warned".
Do you care to reference the post #?
I loved American Pie! Hilarious movies........
I've got FYYFF and nobody has figured it out yet.
Dude. Metaphor of the week.
Now when will I get recognition from The Academy?
Wierd: I saw an Illinois plate with the same moniker yesterday. How strange.
Wheeze count da ballots alright! Den wheeze count 'em again. Just ta be on da safe side.
NO.
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