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Court Upholds Obscene Yogurt Conviction
Seattle Post-Intelligencer ^
| January 19, 2006
| Associated Press
Posted on 01/21/2006 8:03:22 AM PST by Loyalist
SEOUL, South Korea -- The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling convicting a dairy executive for an obscene event promoting his company's yogurt, a news report said Thursday.
The court upheld a lower court fine of 5 million won ($5,000) for the executive, identified by his family name Kang, Yonhap news agency reported, citing the top court's ruling.
It also upheld fines of between 500,000 won ($500) and 2 million won ($2,000) on three models for staging a nude performance with the yogurt at a crowded Seoul art gallery in 2003, Yonhap said.
The models, caked in wheat flour, used spray devices to squirt each other with yogurt, which washed off the flour to expose their bodies, Yonhap reported.
According to Yonhap, the court said the performance "was obscene as the event's main purpose was commercial and it went beyond the point necessary to promote the product."
Officials at the Supreme Court could not be reached after hours Thursday.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: obscenity; southkorea; yogurt
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How uncultured.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:03:23 AM PST
by
Loyalist
To: Loyalist
the court said the performance "was obscene as the event's main purpose was commercial and it went beyond the point necessary to promote the product." How many nude models covered in flour would be necessary to promote the product?
Seems very unsanitary to me, anyway.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:06:10 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(“Oh, that alters the case. Whatever General Lee says is all right, I don’t care what it is.”)
To: Loyalist
Caution!
These Clams may contain active yogurt cultures.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:06:17 AM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Tax-chick
I can't make any judgement. I missed the act. It could have had some artistically redeeming features, for all I know.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:14:04 AM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(MAY I DIE ON MY FEET IN MY SWAMP)
To: Loyalist
Lactobacillus Vulgaricus.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:14:12 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(00111100 00100000 01111100 00111010 00101001 01111110)
To: Loyalist
A few thousand in fines, and a few hundred thousand worth of publicity.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:17:34 AM PST
by
RTINSC
(There is no guarantee of Success but Failure is guaranteed if you are not successful..)
To: Loyalist; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling convicting a dairy executive for an obscene event promoting his company's yogurt Book 'im, Dannon.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:17:35 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(00111100 00100000 01111100 00111010 00101001 01111110)
To: Loyalist; Thinkin' Gal; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling convicting a dairy executive for an obscene event promoting his company's yogurt, a news report said Thursday. He was a Yo Playah.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:24:22 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(00111100 00100000 01111100 00111010 00101001 01111110)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
LOL! Not enough to overcome the commercial purpose, according to the court :-).
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:27:49 AM PST
by
Tax-chick
(“Oh, that alters the case. Whatever General Lee says is all right, I don’t care what it is.”)
To: Loyalist
I don't know. I could decide for myself if there were pictures.
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:30:21 AM PST
by
wolfpat
(Dum vivimus, vivamus.)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:30:23 AM PST
by
Dog Gone
To: martin_fierro; Loyalist; Charles Henrickson
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posted on
01/21/2006 8:33:01 AM PST
by
mikrofon
(Lo Phat)
To: wolfpat
To: Loyalist
The models, caked in wheat flour, used spray devices to squirt each other with yogurt, which washed off the flour to expose their bodies"1-Adam 12, 1-Adam 12, we have a 516 in progress, models using pastry in an obscene manner".
To: wolfpat; mikrofon; martin_fierro
To: martin_fierro
Korean yogurt--my fanorite is the kim chi flavor.
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:07:57 AM PST
by
Charles Henrickson
(Spent four months in Korea in 1988, had kim chi every day.)
my fanorite is the kim chi flavor. It's my favorite, too.
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:09:07 AM PST
by
Charles Henrickson
(Spent four months in Korea in 1988, had kim chi every day.)
To: Loyalist
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:12:13 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Guns themselves are fairly robust; their chief enemies are rust and politicians) (NRA)
To: tet68
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:16:14 AM PST
by
Fintan
(See??? Sometimes I do read the articles.)
To: Loyalist
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posted on
01/21/2006 9:24:13 AM PST
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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