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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 5983991" data-attributes="member: 59506">Because the Law doesn't work so ambiguously (or it isn't supposed too...<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />). For instance, you say you don't mean it has the expectation of being funny to every single last person...okay.  Then what is the threshold?  90% of people...75% of people...50% of people...does it require a comprehensive poll as evidence in order to survive a challenge...or does it just need the ability to be funny to a judge or jury...and what if your judge has no sense of humor...what if your jury doesn't like your look or appreciate your sense of humor... Also, "Funny" is a majorly subjective thing. I think the Dragon Magazine parody of American Gothic (though I haven't seen it, only read about it here) is okay because it's parodying the subject specifically (i.e.: American Gothic).  However, the manner in which the Rush Limbaugh Newsletter is using that photo isn't parodying D&D, that monster, or anything associated with RPG's.  Instead, it's using the picture to show Rush Limbaugh as a lone warrior bravely facing off against a representation of Barack Obama's administration and/or election campaign...in other words parodying Barack Obama as a gigantic monster, and has nothing to do with D&D, the specific monster, or RPG's in general. That's not a legitimate use of parody. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/glasses.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="B-)" title="Glasses    B-)" data-shortname="B-)" /></blockquote>

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