Nascent Drama

[The Dork Lord]

 

[The Dork Lord]

 

[The Dork Lord]

(Reporting by Marco Aquino

 

[The Dork Lord]

and Terry Wade;

 

[The Dork Lord]

Editing by Eric Beech)

 

[The Dork Lord]

ADVERTISEMENT

 

[The Dork Lord]

A naked model photographed using Peru's flag as a saddle while mounted on a horse will face charges that could put her in jail for up to four years for offending patriotic symbols, the country's defense minister said on Wednesday.

 

[The Dork Lord]

The suggestive shot of Leysi Suarez, whose main job is dancing for the band Alma Bella, or Beautiful Soul, was splashed on the cover of DFarandula magazine and has caused a political uproar as Peru prepares to celebrate the 187th anniversary of its independence from Spain on Monday.

 

[The Dork Lord]

"These are patriotic symbols that demand total respect, and using them improperly requires punishment," Defense Minister Antero Flores told reporters. "This is an offense."

 

[The Dork Lord]

Flores has ordered a public prosecutor to take up the case and file charges.

 

[The Dork Lord]

Suarez said it was patriotic to pose for the photo.

 

[The Dork Lord]

"I haven't committed a crime. I love Peru and show it with my body and soul," the dancer said on RPP radio.

 

[The Dork Lord]

Mario Amoretti, a well-known lawyer, said it depends in part on how Peru's red-and-white flag was used.

 

[The Dork Lord]

"It's one thing to cover your body with the flag, but quite another thing to be naked and using it as a horse's saddle," he said.

 

[The Dork Lord]

The photos were republished on the Web site of Peru's El Comercio newspaper:

http://www.elcomercio.com.pe/ediciononline/HTML/2008-07-21/las-p olemicas-fotos-leysi-suarez-causan-revuelo.html

 

[The Dork Lord]

Reuters: Oddly Enough

Underwear chicken dare
puts man in hospital ​

 

[The Dork Lord]

Wed Jul 23,

 

[The Dork Lord]

1:37 PM ET

 

[The Dork Lord]

SYDNEY

 

[The Dork Lord]

(Reuters) -