The St. Petersburg Times has a very good editorial, in response to the
Florida Supreme Court’s decision banning a law firm’s Pit Bull logo, in
Here are some excerpts from “Snarf. Growl. Meow?,” (Nov. 20, 2005):
After very long thought and utterly serious deliberation, the Florida
Supreme Court has unanimously pronounced pit bulls to be very
bad dogs. Much too bad, you see, to symbolize a lawyer’s services.
We are not making this up, but we wish we were.
The reason why the court scoured law books and the Internet for
precedents, having none of its own, had nothing to do with injury to
a person or another animal. The harm in question was only to the
dignity of the legal profession, which obviously takes itself much too
seriously.
The real harm, however, was to the First Amendment . . .
. . . But the court is kidding only itself if it thinks that censoring the
profession’s advertising will make lawyers look like pussycats to the
people who have felt their claws.
In case the Florida Supreme Court needs a new symbol/logo for its
homepage, the f/k/a Gang, after at least as much deliberation as the
Court over Pit Bulls, suggests this fellow:
Or, perhaps, this version:
Just watch your step in their ethics pasture.
town dump
two magpies jabber
on an old brass bed
in the old elm’s shade
the black cat opens one eye
sunspot on its tail
as I wait
for the phone to ring the beagle
worries a bone
putting holes
in my argument
the woodpecker
George Swede from Almost Unseen (Brooks Books, 2000)
update (Nov. 23, 2005): see ” pit bull ” as compliment .
“pitbullLogo”
November 20, 2005
words and a logo for the Florida Supreme Court
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I think the Fla Supreme Court’s logo should be a turkey!
Comment by Martin — November 22, 2005 @ 1:39 pm
I think the Fla Supreme Court’s logo should be a turkey!
Comment by Martin — November 22, 2005 @ 1:39 pm
Oh, Martin, look at the mischief you’ve gotten me into: help choose a symbol for the Florida Supreme Court .
Comment by David Giacalone — November 22, 2005 @ 5:46 pm
Oh, Martin, look at the mischief you’ve gotten me into: help choose a symbol for the Florida Supreme Court .
Comment by David Giacalone — November 22, 2005 @ 5:46 pm