This is never right

If you're like me, you throw out unwanted mail; you also delete unwanted email, hang up on unsolicited phone calls, and walk on the other side of the street when you see a man in a chicken suit walking towards you....right?

In any case, I don't think it's ever right to mail dog poop to anyone.  However, "a retired French professor sent dog feces to her congresswoman office after becoming angry with receiving too many mailings."  Oh, and her rocket scientist lawyer said that "she had a constitutional right to do it."

I'm not an expert on the Constitution, but I don't believe the framers meant to include Professor Ensz crap-o-gram's as a way of practicing free speech.   To bolster her defense, one of Prof's Ensz lawyers stated "the act was probably crude and boorish but all the same likened it to a form of political protest such as Thomas Jefferson's criticism of the King of England. At a hearing Tuesday, she also cited Mr. Hankey, an animated, talking piece of human excrement depicted on "South Park," as evidence that it is commonplace to use feces to express disdain."

Oh, ok!  Using that logic, if I wanted to drop an anvil on someone's head I can go with the Looney Toon defense.  By the way, I don't think I've ever seen King of England and Mr. Hankey referenced together.  This lawyer is awesome!

In short, it's never right to mail poop.   Never.  Never ever. 

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Retired Professor Claims Right to Send Feces

AP

GREELEY, Colo. (Jan. 19) - A retired French professor sent dog feces to her congresswoman's office after becoming angry with receiving too many mailings - and her lawyer says she had a constitutional right to do it.

Kathleen Ensz faces a misdemeanor charge of "use of a noxious substance" after taking dog feces from her backyard, wrappingit in a political mailer from Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, and leaving the putrid package at the Republican 's office, according to court documents.

Ensz, a Democrat , was angered by repeatedly receiving mailings from Musgrave. Her lawyer calls the poo delivery a form of free expression, protected by the First Amendment.

Patricia Bangert, one of Ensz's attorneys, admitted the act was "probably crude and boorish" but all the same likened it to a form of political protest such as Thomas Jefferson's criticism of the King of England. At a hearing Tuesday, she also cited Mr. Hankey, an animated, talking piece of human excrement depicted on "South Park," as evidence that it is commonplace to use feces to express disdain.

"Etiquette and propriety aside, it is commonplace in today's society to equate a distasteful or disliked person, situation or thing, to feces," Bangert said.

At the time of the incident last May, Musgrave's camp claimed the gesture was a political dirty trick and demanded an apology from Musgrave's likely Democratic opponent, state Rep. Angela Paccione of Fort Collins, who went on to lose the election to the incumbent. Paccione's campaign denied any involvement.

Ensz, 63, a retired French professor from the University of Northern Colorado, is scheduled for trial in Weld County on May 15. Musgrave's spokesman Aaron Johnson said, "Right now, this issue is between Ms. Ensz and law enforcement officials."

 

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