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posted by LaminatorX on Friday May 09 2014, @11:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the Mock-Us,-Please dept.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently struck down a law that restricts potentially offensive vanity license plates. According to Seacoast Online:

In a unanimous decision, the state Supreme Court agreed with the arguments of David Montenegro, who wanted the vanity plate reading "COPSLIE" to protest what he calls government corruption.

State law prohibits vanity plates that "a reasonable person would find offensive to good taste." But the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union argued that the law is unconstitutionally vague and gives too much discretion to a person behind a Department of Motor Vehicles counter.

Live free or...

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 09 2014, @11:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 09 2014, @11:27AM (#41202)

    FCKBETA?

    Let's just hope the lameness filter is satisfied by this additional line.

  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday May 09 2014, @12:09PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday May 09 2014, @12:09PM (#41212) Homepage

    BIGDICK -- hee hee,
    *TROLL* -- haw haw,
    FUKFEDS -- ho ho,
    DHSNAZI -- hoo hoo,
    DEADFBI -- hur hur,
    BOMBNSA -- wuh woh,
    STOPNSA -- little better,
    NO*BAMA -- RACIST HATE SPEECH!

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by mendax on Friday May 09 2014, @12:47PM

      by mendax (2840) on Friday May 09 2014, @12:47PM (#41219)
      I once saw in Mountain View several years ago a vanity plate of a Yahoo employee which said "KILLAOL". I wished I had my camera with me but didn't. Well, someone saved [google.com] me the trouble.
      --
      It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
      • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Friday May 09 2014, @05:18PM

        by mhajicek (51) on Friday May 09 2014, @05:18PM (#41321)

        Saw a little red Toyota sports car with A-WING. It did kinda look like it.

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        The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
        • (Score: 2) by Woods on Friday May 09 2014, @06:48PM

          by Woods (2726) <woods12@gmail.com> on Friday May 09 2014, @06:48PM (#41350) Journal

          My friend had a blue Smart Car, plate read "Maxwell".

          • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Saturday May 10 2014, @03:32AM

            by mhajicek (51) on Saturday May 10 2014, @03:32AM (#41468)

            Did he build a cell phone into his shoe?

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            The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
            • (Score: 2) by Woods on Sunday May 11 2014, @03:38PM

              by Woods (2726) <woods12@gmail.com> on Sunday May 11 2014, @03:38PM (#41833) Journal

              She, and no. I believe it was actually her parents vehicle that they gave to her. I do not remember the specifics, but she never once made a Get Smart reference.

        • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday May 10 2014, @04:45AM

          by Reziac (2489) on Saturday May 10 2014, @04:45AM (#41486) Homepage

          One that looks more like it, owned and customized by a friend of mine:

          http://www.swtorstrategies.com/2013/12/star-wars-c ar-becomes-internet-sensation.html [swtorstrategies.com]

          (It used to have its own website, but I didn't find that offhand)

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          And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
    • (Score: 2) by tynin on Friday May 09 2014, @03:22PM

      by tynin (2013) on Friday May 09 2014, @03:22PM (#41282) Journal

      Back in the late 90's I used to see a local guy with a licence plate that said:
      NODONUT

      • (Score: 1) by SpockLogic on Friday May 09 2014, @07:43PM

        by SpockLogic (2762) on Friday May 09 2014, @07:43PM (#41363)

        "Back in the late 90's I used to see a local guy with a licence plate that said:
        NODONUT"

        Did it belong to a thin cop?

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        Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII
    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 09 2014, @04:44PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Friday May 09 2014, @04:44PM (#41311)

      Not offensive, but my favorite: My friend has a VW beetle with the license FEATURE. She transferred it from an old beetle to a new one. There's a pic of the old one somewhere online, taken in her parking lot at work.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 09 2014, @05:50PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 09 2014, @05:50PM (#41333)

        If it could be more letters, would it continue ..."not a bug"?