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Asian Suing Miley Delivers Kung Pow to Judge

So you're suing Miley Cyrus, claiming she defamed 1,000,000 Asian Pacific Islanders in L.A. County by taking a picture while making squinty eyes ... so how do you gain favor with the judge -- call him a racist.

Lucie Kim and her lawyer, Henry Lee (not the OJ Simpson forensics dude Henry Lee) claim the judge crossed the line in a hearing last week by repeatedly referring to Asians as "oriental." They say the word "oriental" is "an offensive, derogatory racial insult to persons of Asians descent ... akin to using the word N---er.

Kim and Lee want Judge Robert Hess to remove himself from the case.




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46. Miley should sue for their death. I'm stupid.

Posted at 11:13PM on Jun 12th 2009 by Donald henderson

47. The only thing oriental is my damn rug. Who the heck refers to asians as "orientals" now days?

btw, Miley sucks.

Posted at 11:15PM on Jun 12th 2009 by Kale

48. wtf! ppl dat have low self esteem need help, ok there are tons n tons of racist ppl thers is nothing we can do but to be more mature n ignore them!! how can dis b*tch sue a 16 yr old?? i dont like miley i think she is annoying but this is goin far, LUCY GET A REAL JOB!!! ITS PPL LIKE U DAT TAKE UP HELA TIME FROM COURT N OUR TAX MONEY!! MAYBE I SHOULD SUE U FOR WASTIN EVERYONE TAX MONEY!!

Posted at 11:24PM on Jun 12th 2009 by jo

49. Miley Crossbred's self-importance and immaturity got the best of her. Defininitely one of the least socially conscious teens around. Ms Kims 'slant' on the situation, while enlightening, hardly seems to warrant legal action.

Posted at 11:25PM on Jun 12th 2009 by I am

50. i think its stupid of these ppl. ppl. make funny faces in oics all the time. its just because shes famous that ppl feel the need to sue. leave her alone. shes a role model and she was just having fun!!!

Posted at 11:29PM on Jun 12th 2009 by evalisious

51. OMG #39. I always hear Asians referred to as O's It drives me crazy. I don't think people know and then I tell them and they do not care!

Posted at 11:35PM on Jun 12th 2009 by --

52. A long time ago a Asian woman explain to me that oriental was used to describe things like food, not people but it was a simple misunderstanding, she knew I did not mean anything by it and once she explained that, I was grateful and knew from then on to use the preferred nomenclature.
If truth be told I was the one who should have been offended because she told me she loved me a long time and evidently had told numerous other men the same thing.

Posted at 11:37PM on Jun 12th 2009 by whaat

53. its not ok to say Oriental or the N word but its ok to say honky and white trash?????? thats so not fair !

they have t shirts out that say ...proud to be black . well how about proud to be white? or would us white people be called racist because of that? this world is totally messed up !!

Posted at 11:38PM on Jun 12th 2009 by sassy

54. I'm Taiwanese and find this lawsuit " PATHETIC". We are Asian or Oriental they mean the same. Please let Kim & Lee know that not ALL asian/oriental find it offensive. THEY DON'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF US TAIWANESE, CANTONESE, KOREAN, JAPANESE..... or the rest of ASIAN!!!! I think they are trying to earn some $$$. WHY AREN'T THEY SUEING OTHER PPL THAT ARE DOING THE SAME SIGN.... I'M PROUD ASIAN!!! I DON'T NEED TO SUIT CELEBRITY TO PROVE IT.

Posted at 11:55PM on Jun 12th 2009 by Brandi

55. hhhahahh ayeah slant eyes, too funny, who cares?i call em slant eyes all the time dotn care if i offend them or not, helli dont care if i offend all of the asians, they are all slant eyes, , always wondered on asian women if thier? was slanted also hahahhahahahahahha, so slant eyes who cares, you call whites round eyes, so the hell what? doesnt matter,, they are just words,, GET A LIFE! if this is what your worried about? then go back to your ancestors home land, no one really cares, make you slanteyes look like a bunch of whiners,

Posted at 12:16AM on Jun 13th 2009 by Dave

56. Damn the oriental trading company is screwed

Posted at 3:46PM on Jun 13th 2009 by captain obvious

57. Ugh! yes the lawsuit is silly, but you can't really blame Miley for being insensitive. She is not educated enough to know those types of actions can offensive. It comes with being IGNORANT. She is young and stupid and I still don't understand the "miley craze"

Posted at 12:16AM on Jun 13th 2009 by chica

58. Political correctness is going too far.

Posted at 12:41AM on Jun 13th 2009 by sully

59. I'm pretty much sick to death of all the political correctness that is going on in the United States. In the words of Rodney King, "can't we all just get along?" Why on earth does someone have to sue because a stupid girl mimics an Asian ... we should sue monkeys for mimicing humans. Everything is about money and the easiest way to get it is to sue. Just use our tax dollars and judicial system to find out if your feelings were hurt while an American did something stupid. My take is: If your feelings get hurt when someone calls you by the wrong terminology, or looks at you crooked, please move out of the United States to a country you think might treat you better. There are lots of choices now days, with Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea being at the top of your list to not give one piece of cr*p if you get your feelings hurt... they'll just shoot you where you stand and ask questions later. Please get a life and contribute to society... or get the hell out!

Posted at 1:10AM on Jun 13th 2009 by Windysway

60. I thought the word "Gook" was suppose to be the offensive term for asians. Why not sue every other person that has a photo on myspace and facebook that's slanting their eyes to look asian? Or sue for all the asians in the world not just the one's in LA. Why should the one's in LA be offended and the ones in say, Florida or Japan not be?

Posted at 1:11AM on Jun 13th 2009 by Michelle

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