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Fans Howl in Protest as Judge Decides X-Men Aren't Human
the wall street journal ^
| 1.20.03
| NEIL KING JR.
Posted on 01/21/2003 9:22:00 AM PST by freepatriot32
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:47:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Judge Judith Barzilay huddled late last year with a telepathic professor and a cast of mutants to ponder an age-old question: What does it mean to be human?
In her chambers at the U.S. Court of International Trade, in New York, the judge examined Prof. X and the rest of his band of X-Men, all of them little plastic figures at the heart of a six-year tariff battle between their owner, Marvel Enterprises Inc., and the U.S. Customs Service.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: action; books; comic; customs; department; dolls; duties; figures; human; taxes; xmen
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To: TheBigB
Yeah, but Wolvie got better!
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01/21/2003 10:19:06 AM PST
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mewzilla
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; AntiGuv; dubyaismypresident; Grani; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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01/21/2003 10:22:03 AM PST
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mhking
To: freepatriot32
And this is a part of the system to which we entrust the power over life and death in states with the death penalty. Amazing.
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01/21/2003 11:20:11 AM PST
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mvpel
To: freepatriot32
Two comments. First it was the
MARVEL folks saying the X-Men were not human, while Uncle Sam said they were. Of course the issue is money. (I pity the poor schmuck who has to audit Logan!)
Second, this is the same law under which GI Joe was declared a doll. Don't laugh. My nieces agree. They have my nephews' Joes marrying their Barbies!
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01/21/2003 12:05:18 PM PST
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JAWs
To: freepatriot32
Free Republic. We're the best at what we do, and what we do isn't pretty!
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01/21/2003 12:07:08 PM PST
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JAWs
To: Once-Ler
Human beings = homo sapiens.
Muties = homo superior.
QED.
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