Death of a Salesman
State lawmakers in Arizona voted Monday to enact new laws designed to stop the sale of anti-war T-shirts with the names of dead soldiers.
On a 28-0 margin, the Senate agreed to make it punishable by up to a year in jail to use the names of deceased soldiers to help sell goods. The measure, SB 1014, also would let families go to court to stop the sales and collect damages.
Whatever you think about the Iraq war – and about its right wing, Christian suits-wearing defenders and its T-shirt draped opponents – it is probably a very bad idea for a democracy to ban any form of demonstrations, concerts, placards, and yes, T-shirts.
And yet,
Dan Frazier, a Flagstaff businessman who is selling the T-shirts that have caused all the fuss, told Capitol Media Services he doesn’t intend to halt the sale of the $20 shirts even if Gov. Janet Napolitano signs the measure.
You can’t help but wonder what kind of disgusting bottom feeder would want to produce and sell T-shirts with the names of dead soldiers printed on them.
Not because he cares about the issue but because he gets $20 a hit.
Even worse, when this douche bag’s disgusting little scheme runs into legal bother he claims,
it’s an illegal infringement on his First Amendment rights.
God help me but – and I trust it’s part of my First Amendment rights to say so – I do wish to see Mr Dan Frazier playing the lead in a special revival edition of the play Death of a Salesman.
Moreover, may his last, dying moments on that stage be protracted and excruciatingly painful.
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