Jim Morrison will be getting a posthumous pardon for an incident in 1969 in Miami where he allegedly exposed himself to a concert crowd.
It's kind of interesting because in the article his bandmates believe that it was really the power of suggestion that lead many in the crowd to think they saw him exposing himself when all he really did was go through the motions without actually doing it.
In any case, good on Crist for doing something right for a change.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40583989/ns/us_news/
QuoteTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Doors singer Jim Morrison will get a posthumous pardon for an indecent exposure conviction in Florida.
Charlie Crist, the state's governor, got a commitment for enough votes from other members of the state's Board of Executive Clemency to approve it.
Morrison was appealing the conviction when he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971.
Thursday's meeting about the pardon will occur a day after the singer would have turned 67.
Crist can't issue a pardon on his own. He and the three-member Cabinet serve as the Clemency Board. Approval is required by the governor and at least two other members.
The did-he-or-didn't-he debate over what happened at the Miami concert was revived by Crist's interest in the case. The surviving band members say a drunken Morrison teased the crowd, but never exposed himself.
"It never actually happened. It was mass hypnosis," said Ray Manzarek, The Doors' keyboard player.
Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger said Morrison's behavior was influenced by an acting troupe that disrobed during plays.
Crist actually isn't so bad. He's pretty moderate as far as Republicans go.
Quote from: Suu on December 09, 2010, 01:10:52 PM
Crist actually isn't so bad. He's pretty moderate as far as Republicanspeople who switch to independent because they're losing to the other republican candidate, go.
fixt :wink:
Once the remaining old people die in Florida or move to Arizona, it will be more progressive...................................................right?
No.
The old people have brainwashed their children.
They're all dumb here. And the smart people don't plan to breed.
DOOMED.
I never understood posthumous pardons and honorifics.
"Yeah, we waited until he was dead to forgive him."
:crankey:
Meh, even if he did do it. So what. Anyone who went through college saw worse, and more of it. He was Jim fucking Morrison.
Quote from: Sigmatic on December 09, 2010, 07:51:38 PM
I never understood posthumous pardons and honorifics.
"Yeah, we waited until he was dead to forgive him."
:crankey:
That