It's unlikely that former at-torney general Richard Thornburgh knew what he was getting into when he agreed to be interviewed about American law by a self-proclaimed British hip-hop journalist named Ali G. "Yo dig-giry," G begins. He's wearing a bright yellow FUBU tracksuit, a Tommy Hilfiger skullcap and enough bling―gold teeth, rings and chains―to finance a small nation. "I's here wit my main man Gov. Dick Thornburgh, former attorney general. Him is here to explain about the law. So, when is it legal to murder someone?" "Never," the stunned Thornburgh answers. "What if they call your mum a ho? Is it all right to murder them then?" Ali G persists. "You can't use as a defense any kind of verbal provocation," Thornburgh explains patiently. "What if they say your mum is a ho and I know 'cause I done it with her?" Ali G retorts. "Surely then you can pop a cap in their ass." Thornburgh pauses. "It's a terrible thing to say," he allows. "But you can't take another's life for slander." "Then what if they say it aboutyour nan?" Again Thornburgh tries to explain.
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