HOLLYWOOD FREEDOM OF SPEECH QUIZ

DFU | 4-18-03 | Doug from Upland

[doug from upland]

HOLLYWOOD FREEDOM OF SPEECH QUIZ

1. Freedom of speech is violated if a federal agent interrupts a speech, drags you away in cuffs, and beats you unmercifully for saying bad but non-threatening things about the president.
[ ] T [ ] F

2. Freedom of speech is violated if a private business does not give you a speaking gig because it worries that what you are saying in public might be detrimental or embarrassing to its business.
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3. Freedom of speech is violated if a producer fires you because you showed up stoned out of your mind, swore at him, flipped him off, called him a major league Clymer, and put a curse on his moustache in front of other employees on the set.
[ ] T [ ] F

4. Freedom of speech is violated if you don't get a movie role because the producer believes that your public behavior is going to cost him millions of dollars and keep a certain percentage of the potential audience away from the movie.
[ ] T [ ] F

5. Freedom of speech is violated if an IRS official audits you because of your public criticism of a member of the government.
[ ] T [ ] F

6. Freedom of speech is violated if your radical socialist American-hating college professor lowers your grade because he does not like your political viewpoint.
[ ] T [ ] F

7. Freedom of speech is violated if you make a jackass out of yourself with your public pronouncements and the FReepers tell your agent that, because you are such an offensive jackass, they will not spend another penny on your movies.
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8. Freedom of speech is violated if a group calls sponsors to inform them that the group will not buy any of the sponsor's products if the sponsor advertises on a certain television show.
[ ] T [ ] F

9. Freedom of speech of actors is violated if you have a HUCK FOLLYWOOD bumper sticker on your car.
[ ] T [ ] F

10. Freedom of speech is violated if someone takes his video tape of SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION into the back yard and allows his dogs, George and Kramer, to pee on it before it is set on fire.
[ ] T [ ] F

[Cicero]

Can you give us a few clues?

[doug from upland]

Let's see how some of you do first. I have made this easy enough even for Hollywood idiots to understand.

[Burkeman1]

They love Castro and sing his praises. Even Speilberg said that his talk with Castro was the most "meaningful" of his life. Are these people sick? But of course Spielburg feels nothing for those who were butchered or died slow deaths in Communist Gulags. He is too stupid to even know about it. This is weird time in American History. Hollywood is full of ignorant bigots and the middle of the country is enlightened.

[callthemlikeyouseethem]

I'll give it a go...:)

TRUE: 1, 5, 6
FALSE: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10

[Tin Man Tex]

They are all false. In no case has congress passed a law prohibiting your free speech. In the case of 1 and 5, you may have a case against federal employees acting outside the law, but the government has not violated your right to free speech.

Thats my opinion.

[doug from upland]

That's how I see it.

[doug from upland]

I appreciate your point, but such cause of action would certainly include an argument for violation of free speech. It seems to me that in his capacity as a federal employee, such employee is indeed the government.

[Rudder]

For me, number 10 captured the essence of Follywood's left-coast insanity best of all!

[doug from upland]

Yep, I saved the best for last. I am sure they would equate it with book burning in Nazi Germany. That is so typical of them and of their fuzzy thinking.

[axel f]

You crack me up.

You know, I always knew there was a reason I hated "The Shawshank Redemption."

[discostu]

6 it depends on the class and what's being graded When doing essays it's always better to agree with the teacher because what's really being tested is your ability to regurgitate the "lessons", so in poli-sci he can blow away your grade for disagreeing with his commie views. Biology on the other hand forget it.

[DarthFuzball]

I think #5 is a trick question.

Didn't Hollywood support the Rush Limbaugh Orange Juice boycott?

[rvoitier]

1. F
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. T
6. T
7. F
8. F
9. F
10. F

How'd I do, DFU?

[DBtoo]

Don't know the answers, however I do see a gradual erosion of free speech rights in this country. Maybe it's not so gradual.

[rvoitier]

1. Change to 'T'

[doug from upland]

I have No. 1 as a violation of free speech. I wouldn't want to be arrested for calling Clinton a rapist, but I would expect to be arrested if I threatened the POS.

[doug from upland]

You get a gold star and the right to call them all Clymers.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Will it really burn if they pee on it first? I think the proper protocol is: backyard, ignite, smolder, then 'water.' Just my two cents...

;) PaMom

[doug from upland]

An acetylene torch works fine, but I take your point. I wanted them to have the opportunity to pee on it while I could see the title. That made it a little more enjoyable.