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Still No Comment From the People at MILF
Speaking of the Phoenix New Times, here's a fantastic story about warring groups of uppity mothers.
Seems that Mothers Against Drunk Driving is claiming all legal rights to the phrase "Mothers Against," and has sent a cease and desist letter demanding that "Mothers Against Illegal Aliens" change its name.
|10.19.07 @ 11:26AM|#
And the New York Times® will be claiming all legal rights to the phrase "All the" as in news fit to print.
Episiarch|10.19.07 @ 11:26AM|#
Can we send a cease and desist to MADD seeing as it run by someone who is not even a woman, let alone a mother?
|10.19.07 @ 11:29AM|#
I hereby make claim to all references to the phrase "Mothers
for..."
Why must mothers always be against something, anyway??
|10.19.07 @ 11:44AM|#
For what it's worth, I believe "Drunks Against Mad Mothers" is still in the public domain.
|10.19.07 @ 11:45AM|#
Has anyone copped "Motherfuckers Against..." yet?
Wouldn't that just be "Dads Against..."?
Or were you seeking to be more inclusive.
|10.19.07 @ 11:47AM|#
Considering that the President of MADD is a man, they should drop the M. And they are now mostly crusading against *all* underage drinking. So they should drop the second D and just call themselves "AD" (Against Drunks). Problem solved.
|10.19.07 @ 11:49AM|#
From what I've seen, ClubMedSux, an organization titled "Drunks Against Driving Mothers" would be totally appropriate. God, they're such dangerous drivers
Nephilium|10.19.07 @ 11:52AM|#
Of course, there's always the following articles and
interviews...
http://drunkard.com/issues/07_02/madd_dog.htm
http://drunkard.com/issues/08_02/08_02_fighting_madd.htm
There's more up there... just a bit of digging required...
Nephilium...
Sulla|10.19.07 @ 11:55AM|#
"Mothers against" sounds descriptive (suggestive at most) to me
and thus both MADD and MAIA have a limited scope of protection. I'm
not aware of any evidence that MADD has acted against other
"Mothers Against" groups, do the mark is pretty diluted anyway.
Under Federal TM law, MADD has a pretty weak case (based purely on
what I read from the article). Maybe AZ has some other
provisions.
/It drives me crazy when companies or groups bring weak TM claims
to stifle the speech of others.
|10.19.07 @ 12:31PM|#
I think MAIAILF is what you're going for, MP. Of course MADDILF would make sense too.
Brian Sorgatz|10.19.07 @ 12:44PM|#
A paid subscription is required, but these are the people at MILF.
Father Stabber|10.19.07 @ 12:59PM|#
Wouldn't that just be "Dads Against..."?
Or were you seeking to be more inclusive.
I was seeking to accurately describe the current officeholders at
MADD without having to coerce them into changing their acronym.
|10.19.07 @ 1:13PM|#
Ever since the Million Man March, which had way less than a
million marchers, there have been plenty of advocacy groups that
use numbers, such as New York's endlessly-monikered One Hundred
Blacks In Law Enforcement Who Care.
Maybe MAIA could avoid controversy by calling themselves One
Million Mad Mothers Who Care About Five Million Illegal Immigrants
Who Would Probably Become Drunk Drivers If They Ever Climbed Out Of
The Trunk And Into The Driver's Seat.
That should keep everybody happy.
|10.19.07 @ 3:07PM|#
Oops. One word too many. Lemme help:
And they are now mostly crusading against *all*
underage drinking.
Sam Grove|10.19.07 @ 3:43PM|#
What's in a name?
Instead of 'illegal alien", how about 'illegal human'?
|10.19.07 @ 4:05PM|#
Are you kidding me - no one popped the obvious response
here?
C'mon all, how about Grannies Against Illegal Aliens!
GAIA rocks!
|10.19.07 @ 8:47PM|#
A paid subscription is required, but these are the people at
MILF.
Brian, way too much free pr0n to be paying for pictures of
MILFs.
myfreepaysite.com
crocreview.com
askjolene.com
maxporn.com
sillythumbs.com
filthtube.com
met-art.com
etc.
Brian Sorgatz|10.19.07 @ 8:58PM|#
prolefeed:
Brian, way too much free pr0n to be paying for pictures of
MILFs.
Free pron, huh? All the shrimp in the world couldn't sway my brand
loyalty to Playboy.
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