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Curious George publisher may sue over offensive Obama shirts
rawstory.com — When word came out that a conservative Georgia tavern owner was selling t-shirts with the image of cartoon monkey Curious George over the slogan "Obama in '08," initial reactions focused on the racial slur. Now fans of Curious George are also expressing their outrage over the misuse of the image, and George's publisher is considering a lawsuit.
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- GhostyBoy, on 05/16/2008, -5/+1How the hell can you even copyright a generic monkey?
- moolaismyfriend, on 05/16/2008, -5/+3Some people are so dumb I wonder how they even feed themselves.
- DreadPirate, on 05/16/2008, -4/+3I have been wondering that about you for weeks, Moola.
- Hortnon, on 05/16/2008, -4/+3Probably something stupid along the lines of using the posing in a certain way with the banana...However they justify it, I know I'll be depressed after reading about it...
- Tex, on 07/28/2008, -0/+2It's not a "generic monkey" when the t-shirt vendor admits it's supposed to be Curious George.
- moolaismyfriend, on 05/16/2008, -5/+3Some people are so dumb I wonder how they even feed themselves.
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 05/16/2008, -2/+1http://earthhopenetwork.net/Curious_George.htm
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