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apocalypsosKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Less than a week after filing a class-action lawsuit because of her outrage over Janet Jackson (news)'s Super Bowl stunt, Terri Carlin believes she's made her point.
Yes, that mental health care drugs are too expensive and she should be getting hers for free, damn you!
Carlin alleged that she and others who watched the show during the Super Bowl were injured by the performers' lewd actions when Timberlake tore off part of Jackson's costume, exposing her right breast.
"I got warts!"
"I sprained my ankle!"
"I lost an arm!"
"I can't feel my ass!"
"I pulled a groin muscle!"
The notice of dismissal filed in federal court says Carlin wants to see if "remedial measures" announced by federal regulators and the companies involved succeed in preventing similar stunts.
Well, at the very least, they'll be embarrassing her children for the next few years.
Carlin and attorney Wayne A. Ritchie II, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Carlin and has represented her for free, have received phone calls and mail from hundreds of supportive parents from across the country who wanted to be included in the suit, the notice states.
... who don't mind embarrassing their children, either.
In the lawsuit filed on behalf of "all Americans," Carlin charged that Jackson's exposure and "sexually explicit conduct" by other performers during the halftime show injured viewers.
"I now have hemorrhoids!"
"I can't see out my left eye!"
"I have carpal tunnel syndrome!"
"My right leg is now three inches shorter than my left leg!"
"I caught Ebola!"
Yes, that mental health care drugs are too expensive and she should be getting hers for free, damn you!
Carlin alleged that she and others who watched the show during the Super Bowl were injured by the performers' lewd actions when Timberlake tore off part of Jackson's costume, exposing her right breast.
"I got warts!"
"I sprained my ankle!"
"I lost an arm!"
"I can't feel my ass!"
"I pulled a groin muscle!"
The notice of dismissal filed in federal court says Carlin wants to see if "remedial measures" announced by federal regulators and the companies involved succeed in preventing similar stunts.
Well, at the very least, they'll be embarrassing her children for the next few years.
Carlin and attorney Wayne A. Ritchie II, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of Carlin and has represented her for free, have received phone calls and mail from hundreds of supportive parents from across the country who wanted to be included in the suit, the notice states.
... who don't mind embarrassing their children, either.
In the lawsuit filed on behalf of "all Americans," Carlin charged that Jackson's exposure and "sexually explicit conduct" by other performers during the halftime show injured viewers.
"I now have hemorrhoids!"
"I can't see out my left eye!"
"I have carpal tunnel syndrome!"
"My right leg is now three inches shorter than my left leg!"
"I caught Ebola!"
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Date: 2004-02-10 06:44 am (UTC)You know, we got all that Superbowl shit down here too (Australia) - and I really, truly don't understand all the Puritanical ravings. People streak at major sporting events all the time! It's a time honoured tradition! So this time she got paid to offend millions of people. Go, Janet! Taking flashing to the next businesslike step. We need another Free Trade agreement to accomodate it. :)
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Date: 2004-02-10 06:47 am (UTC)And I don't get the ravings, either. Although I suppose it's easier to sue everybody and get your face in the news if you pitch a fit rather than just going along with it.
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Date: 2004-02-10 06:51 am (UTC)And yes, I agree with you. But then, I'm torn. There simply is not enough fit-pitching in the world to satisfy my inane craving for things at which to point and laugh. It's a disease. I'm told there's medication, but who'd want it? :)
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Date: 2004-02-10 12:17 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2004-02-10 04:30 pm (UTC)But she does have a point. What if BABIES saw the breast? They could be traumatized for life...or something
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Date: 2004-02-10 07:46 am (UTC)"A newt?"
"... I got better!"
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Date: 2004-02-10 10:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-10 07:50 am (UTC)witticismdrivellow humorposts on metaquotes as well, so I've friended you. I don't write fanfic. I'm aboredboring housewife. BUT...you bring teh funnay. So.Also....triple-word on the absurdity of the lawsuit-happy Superbowl watchers. You know half of them only watch in the hopes that a) someone will get his SKULL CRUSHED on the field, or b) one of the cheerleaders will accidentally slip and get eaten out on the 50-yard line.
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Date: 2004-02-10 10:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-10 07:56 am (UTC)*cough wheeze*
Woo!
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Date: 2004-02-10 09:22 am (UTC)-Callisto
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Date: 2004-02-10 03:11 pm (UTC)-Callisto
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Date: 2004-02-10 05:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-10 06:14 pm (UTC)-Callisto