Comments on: The natives are getting restless (and laughing, too) http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Tue, 21 May 2013 22:42:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alan Coil http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225931 Alan Coil Sat, 01 Dec 2007 23:29:25 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225931 Every once is a while, it's great to see someone else get suckered in by a wild story. I didn't fall for this one, but I've fallen in the past. Head cold, beer, bad weed, it's always something. I blame mine on migraines. Every once is a while, it’s great to see someone else get suckered in by a wild story. I didn’t fall for this one, but I’ve fallen in the past. Head cold, beer, bad weed, it’s always something. I blame mine on migraines.

]]> By: Bill Myers http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225575 Bill Myers Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:12:53 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225575 Wait... you were just kidding, weren't you, Patrick. OK. I'll blame my gullibility today on the fact that I have a massive head cold. When I get well, I'll have to find something else to blame it on. But for now this is my story. Wait… you were just kidding, weren’t you, Patrick.

OK. I’ll blame my gullibility today on the fact that I have a massive head cold. When I get well, I’ll have to find something else to blame it on. But for now this is my story.

]]> By: Bill Myers http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225459 Bill Myers Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:30:52 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225459 "What’s more ironic is that down the street next to the old Carnegie Library is a naked statue Pablo Picasso with his dong hanging out in the wind..." WHAT??? You're KIDDING me! Are the prosecutors in Rome idiots, liars, or both? “What’s more ironic is that down the street next to the old Carnegie Library is a naked statue Pablo Picasso with his dong hanging out in the wind…”

WHAT??? You’re KIDDING me! Are the prosecutors in Rome idiots, liars, or both?

]]> By: Patrick Dean http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225453 Patrick Dean Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:09:55 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225453 What's more ironic is that down the street next to the old Carnegie Library is a naked statue Pablo Picasso with his dong hanging out in the wind and a paint brush in one hand, presented to the city of Rome in 1938 by Picasso himself as he wished us well and threatened to break the city into leetle cubes should anyone try to censor it. What’s more ironic is that down the street next to the old Carnegie Library is a naked statue Pablo Picasso with his dong hanging out in the wind and a paint brush in one hand, presented to the city of Rome in 1938 by Picasso himself as he wished us well and threatened to break the city into leetle cubes should anyone try to censor it.

]]> By: Bill Myers http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225451 Bill Myers Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:59:11 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225451 I've got some more pix of the statue in my blog if anyone's interested: http://billmyerscreations.com/blog The photos must've been taken on a rainy day, making it look as though... well, you look and you be the judge. Speaking of judges, the very existence of this statue sitting right in front of City Hall in Rome, along with the prosecution's misconduct in this case, leads me to wonder why the hell this case hasn't been tossed out of court. I’ve got some more pix of the statue in my blog if anyone’s interested:

http://billmyerscreations.com/blog

The photos must’ve been taken on a rainy day, making it look as though… well, you look and you be the judge.

Speaking of judges, the very existence of this statue sitting right in front of City Hall in Rome, along with the prosecution’s misconduct in this case, leads me to wonder why the hell this case hasn’t been tossed out of court.

]]> By: Kent Horton http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225439 Kent Horton Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:03:50 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225439 Oops, someone already mentioned it. Oops, someone already mentioned it.

]]> By: Kent Horton http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225438 Kent Horton Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:02:58 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225438 "This can’t be true, can it? I mean, it makes sense. It’s totally believable that a town named Rome would have statues like that. But… but… my brain just melted." The funny part is the statue was a gift from Mussolini. “This can’t be true, can it? I mean, it makes sense. It’s totally believable that a town named Rome would have statues like that. But… but… my brain just melted.”

The funny part is the statue was a gift from Mussolini.

]]> By: L. Himelhoch http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225424 L. Himelhoch Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:37:20 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225424 The case is absurd but unfortunately the amount of money being spent and the consequences if Lee is found guilty are all too real The case is absurd but unfortunately the amount of money being spent and the consequences if Lee is found guilty are all too real

]]> By: johnchrist http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225396 johnchrist Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:29:45 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225396 HAHAHA! God damned, this is absurd HAHAHA!
God damned, this is absurd

]]> By: Perry Beider http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225334 Perry Beider Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:51:08 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225334 The substance of the editorial is great--in particular, I love the new (to me) info about the senseless inconsistency of trying this case within blocks of that statue--but man, the writing is awfully clumsy. You'll see plenty of other examples if you read the whole thing, but there's a really blatant error in the excerpt above: the whole point is that the COMIC doesn't show anything the STATUE doesn't show, not the other way around! I see that I should appreciate the fact that I live in a big city, where the talent pool is larger and the standards can be higher... The substance of the editorial is great–in particular, I love the new (to me) info about the senseless inconsistency of trying this case within blocks of that statue–but man, the writing is awfully clumsy. You’ll see plenty of other examples if you read the whole thing, but there’s a really blatant error in the excerpt above: the whole point is that the COMIC doesn’t show anything the STATUE doesn’t show, not the other way around! I see that I should appreciate the fact that I live in a big city, where the talent pool is larger and the standards can be higher…

]]> By: Patrick Dean http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225289 Patrick Dean Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:58:16 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225289 As a Rome native who left there to attend UGA (and settled down in Athens, Georgia afterwards), I can also throw in that for awhile the statue did sport diapers on rare occasions involving events with out of towners. http://www.romega.us/index.asp?NID=223 "The statue's first years (the early 30's) in Georgia's Rome were not without controversy. While most people appreciated the statue and considered it a work of art, many others were offended by it and felt it was shocking and not something to be viewed by ladies and children. Often, when important events were scheduled in the City Auditorium, the twins were diapered and the wolf was draped." Also... "War left its mark on the Capitoline Wolf and her adopted human babies. When Italy declared war on the Allies in 1940, threats to dynamite and destroy the statue became so numerous that the Rome City Commission ordered the statue removed and stored for safety. In 1952 a movement was started by citizens and art lovers to restore the statue, and on September 8, 1952, after an absence of twelve years, the 1,500-pound statue of the Capitoline Wolf was placed on its pedestal in front of City Hall." And who gave Rome this wonderful gift? None other than... Benito Mussolini! As a Rome native who left there to attend UGA (and settled down in Athens, Georgia afterwards), I can also throw in that for awhile the statue did sport diapers on rare occasions involving events with out of towners.

http://www.romega.us/index.asp?NID=223

“The statue’s first years (the early 30′s) in Georgia’s Rome were not without controversy. While most people appreciated the statue and considered it a work of art, many others were offended by it and felt it was shocking and not something to be viewed by ladies and children. Often, when important events were scheduled in the City Auditorium, the twins were diapered and the wolf was draped.”

Also…

“War left its mark on the Capitoline Wolf and her adopted human babies. When Italy declared war on the Allies in 1940, threats to dynamite and destroy the statue became so numerous that the Rome City Commission ordered the statue removed and stored for safety. In 1952 a movement was started by citizens and art lovers to restore the statue, and on September 8, 1952, after an absence of twelve years, the 1,500-pound statue of the Capitoline Wolf was placed on its pedestal in front of City Hall.”

And who gave Rome this wonderful gift? None other than… Benito Mussolini!

]]> By: Matt Brady http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225226 Matt Brady Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:18:18 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225226 If a city had been known as Remus or "Reme" for over two and a half thousand years, I think we'd all pretty much be over the hubub by now, but yet, still nerdily wondering when Disney will finally release "The Adventures of Uncle Romulus" on DVD... If a city had been known as Remus or “Reme” for over two and a half thousand years, I think we’d all pretty much be over the hubub by now, but yet, still nerdily wondering when Disney will finally release “The Adventures of Uncle Romulus” on DVD…

]]> By: Michael-Sensei http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225100 Michael-Sensei Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:03:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225100 Imagine the hubbub if Italy's capital had been named after Remus instead of Romulus! Imagine the hubbub if Italy’s capital had been named after Remus instead of Romulus!

]]> By: Tim O'Shea http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225049 Tim O'Shea Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:55:24 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225049 I have followed the Gordon Lee case for awhile. In fact, at one point, I interviewed CBLDF's Brownstein for SBC. This is the first time I've noticed this bit about Lee's previous case: "Police also seized hundreds of allegedly 'obscene' comic books but had to give them all back, plus the city and district attorney’s office had to pay a $18,000 judgment, after the store owner sued them and won." Maybe this has been pointed out before, but I have to say, if this is prosecutorial misconduct fueled by a previous $18,000 judgment, that's just pathetic. I have followed the Gordon Lee case for awhile. In fact, at one point, I interviewed CBLDF’s Brownstein for SBC. This is the first time I’ve noticed this bit about Lee’s previous case: “Police also seized hundreds of allegedly ‘obscene’ comic books but had to give them all back, plus the city and district attorney’s office had to pay a $18,000 judgment, after the store owner sued them and won.”

Maybe this has been pointed out before, but I have to say, if this is prosecutorial misconduct fueled by a previous $18,000 judgment, that’s just pathetic.

]]> By: SONICMAN2 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-225011 SONICMAN2 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:18:57 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-225011 I , for 1, can attest to the statue being there. I live about an hour from Rome myself. I used to buy my stuff from Gordan when I lived in Rome but have since moved closer to Chattanooga, Tn. Gordan has always been a great guy and very helpful to myself , as well as others that come into the shop. He has really built that place into 1 of the best LCB shops in the area from when I 1st bought from him back in the 80's. This whole thing is a great big witch hunt and nothing else. There is definately things that need addressing in our country as far as indency goes, but this is NOT 1 of them. I sure hope this thing finally blows over for him. Blew me away when I 1st saw it. I , for 1, can attest to the statue being there. I live about an hour from Rome myself.

I used to buy my stuff from Gordan when I lived in Rome but have since moved closer to Chattanooga, Tn. Gordan has always been a great guy and very helpful to myself , as well as others that come into the shop. He has really built that place into 1 of the best LCB shops in the area from when I 1st bought from him back in the 80′s.

This whole thing is a great big witch hunt and nothing else. There is definately things that need addressing in our country as far as indency goes, but this is NOT 1 of them.

I sure hope this thing finally blows over for him. Blew me away when I 1st saw it.

]]> By: Dwight Williams http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-224987 Dwight Williams Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:12:01 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-224987 There is a degree of absurdity here that is almost cosmic in scope. And the newspaper editorial in question would seem to have sealed that absurdity in whatever media that statuary was created in. There is a degree of absurdity here that is almost cosmic in scope. And the newspaper editorial in question would seem to have sealed that absurdity in whatever media that statuary was created in.

]]> By: Bully http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-224975 Bully Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:38:03 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-224975 <a HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/leelefever/312263513/" rel="nofollow">Photographic proof.</A> Photographic proof.

]]> By: Jason "CodeGuy" Bryant http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/comment-page-1/#comment-224961 Jason "CodeGuy" Bryant Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:04:32 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/29/the-natives-are-getting-restless-and-laughing-too/#comment-224961 This can't be true, can it? I mean, it makes sense. It's totally believable that a town named Rome would have statues like that. But... but... my brain just melted. This can’t be true, can it? I mean, it makes sense. It’s totally believable that a town named Rome would have statues like that. But… but… my brain just melted.

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