Hustler's Larry Flynt Has Standards Too!

A current story in the LA Times shows just how far the morals in our country have dipped. In an article entitled "Porn mogul Larry Flynt sues nephews over use of family name" we find that even the "good" name of Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler Magazine (sorry, no link to this one), can be sullied by evil familial desires to cash in on the porno industry.

Flynt said he is going to court to protect his good name, saying that he is concerned that Jimmy Flynt II and Dustin Flynt might tarnish the Flynt franchise by producing lower-quality porn that the lawsuit calls "inferior products" and "knock-off goods."

"To come into the adult entertainment business and use my name not only confuses people who buy my products, but if they're not maintaining a certain quality, it could also hurt my name," Larry Flynt told The Times on Tuesday.

The nephews just want to get rich like their uncle, apparently a noble goal:

The younger Flynts strongly disagree, saying that they are trying only to break into the family business.

"It's my brother and my turn to be successful in this business," said Dustin Flynt, who worked for his uncle before he was fired about a year ago. "The fact of the matter is my name is Flynt. If I can't use my name to do business, then what kind of society, what kind of world is that?"

Indeed!

What kind of society do we live in when even decent, law-abiding citizens can't use the sacred Flynt name to sell pornography? How selfish of Larry to insist that his good name not be used by any of his family? Why, the "boys" might produce bad quality, cheap porno, instead of the high class, expensive stuff that Hustler is so well known for.

Give me a bag.

Apparently, pornography is bad for families in more ways than one. Pornography is detrimental to marriage, is addictive, and, unfortunately, is quite pervasive. But this law suit can only split apart the Flynt family - nephews and uncle at each others' throat for control of their name in association with porn.

Here's what I hope. I hope the Flynts sue each other into oblivion. Then, without the "good" Flynt name, we can have a society, a world with one less piece of garbage to pick up.

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