Freedom of Expression

 

Jean Paul Parshall's landlord decided to cut down a tree in front of their apartment building. To take the chore off his hands, Parshall cut the tree for him and carved the two-meter stump into the shape of a penis. The 'artist' said, "I was sitting there one day thinking, 'I know what I can make out of that.'

No one ever says anything to me. The kids drive past and honk and whistle." Neighbors are complaining, though. One lady said, "I take my daughter to school down that road every day. It's not something a six-year-old needs to view." But, authorities indicate there's nothing they can do: "People have the right to poor taste. We don't have a county ordinance that I know of that says you can't carve your tree into a pe- nis," said Thurston County Sheriff Captain Dan Kimball. Let freedom ring...