All spiked up and no place to go

The makers of the popular television series Game of Thrones have apologised for putting a model of former president George W Bush's head on a spike in one of its episodes. The head, which looks very similar to the 43rd President of the United States, was used in an episode which was first shown last year. On the DVD commentary, the show's creators acknowledged the likeness and said, "George Bush's head appears in a couple of beheading scenes. It's not a choice, it's not a political statement. We just had to use whatever head we had around." No matter what reasons they had, they were well within their rights to do so. They use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show. They can't afford to have them all made from scratch, especially in scenes where they need a lot of them, so they rent these parts in bulk. And besides, Bush wasn't always Mr. Popularity during his eight years in office. He started a war which killed thousands of innocent civilians all in the name of fighting terrorism. And also, he was president in the early stages of the current economic recession. He had all those assassination attempts coming, and he should be lucky to have survived each and every one, especially as he was first elected in a year ending in 0. But it's a shame those scenes, which could have been classed as protected speech under the First Amendment, won't be in future DVD releases.