Urination: Protected Speech?

The other night, on a nationally televised airing of HBO's, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," actor Larry David urinated on a painting of Jesus Christ. Up until this week, I had believed Hollywood only did this figuratively.

The questions that well up in my mind are not why urinate on anyone's likeness? or how could he do such a thing? Neither answer would surprise me. Rather, I would ask Mr. David -- and do so now, though he'll surely be among the billions of people who do not read this blog -- why he chose to carry out this reprehensible act on a portrait of the icon, indeed the essence, of one of the world's largest religions, if not the largest: Christianity.

I have some suggestions as to why Mr. David chose to mock Jesus.

1. By doing so, David is merely acting out the whims of his father, Satan;
2. Urinating on a picture of, say, Barack Obama, would be met with calls of racism and a visit from "Reverends" Jackson and his sidekick, Sharpton;
3. Urinating on the Koran or the likeness of Mohammed could possibly result in the obliteration of HBO's offices by terror organizations; a bounty being placed on David's head by these same congenial folks; and CAIR beating their drums of intolerance, vehemently demanding anything from penance to David's head on a platter.

In light of these facts, it is quite clear that David chose the benevolent, all forgiving Savior as the object of his public mockery. Aside from a few legal organizations, e.g. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), and The Heritage Foundation, Christians have only ourselves to call upon. We don't benefit from the tides of political correctness, we don't run to the ACLU or the NAACP, we are not represented by any sympathetic LGBT group, and we look upon hate crimes legislation with disgust as they do not regard us in a positive light. The political party which once stood for us has wandered leftward into the political center and away from its religious conservative roots. Basically we are a loosely bound group of a billion or so people, a hundred million of which reside in the United States.

I let my voice be heard by e-mailing HBO directly, and I would suggest you do the same. Unfortunately I cannot cancel HBO as I do not subscribe to them, nor have I in a dozen years. My TV watching habits are too scant to register on anyone's Richter scale. But I have a voice, an opinion, and a modicum of free speech (until Obama guts the Constitution).

I am awaiting the announcement of a boycott against HBO by various Christian groups such as American Family Association and the like; however, since HBO does not advertise, such action likely would be ineffective against them. Also, since Christians largely are not among the network's demographic profile as we simply tend not to watch HBO, any boycott would likely lack the teeth to have the desired effect.

Chalk the urinating actor up to more of Hollywood's great sewer pipe, and refuse to watch anything featuring Larry David except a sincere, heartfelt apology. Don't hold your breath in expectation.