Ninth Circuit Court of Pimps and Hos
The
Leather Penguin pointed us to this
hilarious article about a lawsuit between Evel Knievel and ESPN. Briefly, ESPN published a photo of Evel Knievel with his arms around two women (one of whom was his wife), with a caption that read, "You're never too old to be a pimp." and Knievel and his wife sued for defamation.
Now, I think we can all agree that it was a silly, insensitive caption, and that Knievel should simply have asked for (and received) a retraction. But listen to this "logic" from the Ninth Circus:
"The term 'pimp' as used on the EXPN.com Web site was not intended as a criminal accusation, nor was it reasonably susceptible to such a literal interpretation. Ironically, it was most likely intended as a compliment."
Well, hey, from now on I'm referring to them as the "Ninth Circuit Court of Pimps and Hos". But it's okay, because I intend it as a compliment.
