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Congress Passes Freedom From Humor Act
M.O.T. News September 16th, 2002 -- In response to the recent misunderstanding in Georgia involving three medical students of Middle-Eastern decent, both houses of congress unanimously passed the Freedom From Humor Act -- an effort to deter sarcastic comments involving terrorism. "We're hoping that students in our country get the message -- you are not allowed to joke about 9-11," said a representative from Iowa. The F.F. H. Act stipulates that anyone overheard joking about terrorism -- or other acts of violence -- in public will be subject to federal prosecution and, possibly, imprisonment. "It depends on how serious the crime is," stated another house member from Missouri. "Let's say you joke about 9-11 ... you're going to jail. But, if you're just talking about a movie, like "Collateral Damage", and you're laughing about one of the violent scenes -- you'll probably just have to pay a fine and do 6 months of probation." The leaders of the ACLU, NAACP, and AARP were all horrified by the new rules. As a result, the heads of all three organizations were arrested by ATF agents after holding press conferences and voicing their opposition to the new bill. "We know King Ashcroft hasn't signed the bill yet, but we know he will," said one unidentified ATF agent. "After all, the bill was his ideas." Sources within His Royal Majesty's administration said Ashcroft was indeed "very pleased with arrests." *** On a side-note, DailySkew editors Tony DeCarlo and Damian Conrad are reportedly "not worried" about the new bill. "Our operation is small enough to avoid detection from royal officials," said Mr. DeCarlo, on vacation in Plantation. "Yeah," agreed Mr. Conrad. "Besides, the ATF probably doesn't have internet access yet." |
