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Town passes law banning nudity...

krewson — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 10:37:08 -0800

Town passes law banning nudity... ... but more notable is the section of the law banning erections in males over 10 years old. Why was a law like this needed? (link via Obscure Store)

By: krewson

krewson — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 10:39:18 -0800

perhaps this >>banning erections in males over 10 years old could have been phrased better. my apologies.

By: JohnSlade

JohnSlade — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 10:41:44 -0800

Hahaha. . .didja catch this typo in the article: "deviate sexual conduct"

Just try and imagine what "deviate sexual conduct" could be.

By: Dirjy

Dirjy — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 10:53:01 -0800

Why was a law like this needed? For the children, silly.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:04:17 -0800

"Among other things the new ordinance outlaws in public are sexual intercourse, deviate sexual conduct, appearing nude and fondling genitals." So what's this "deviate sexual conduct," then? I might want to try some. ""The supervisors are taking a pro-active approach to protect the health, safety and morals of the community," he said." New motto for the Township of Locust: "Stopping non-existent problems before they begin, to protect you from yourselves."

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:15:18 -0800

Giving an example of an enforceable situation, Kerstetter described a play he saw in college in which a piece of wood under a sheet was used to simulate a character's erection. I got ten bucks that says it was this play. ah...college...

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 11:52:31 -0800

I remember when my hometown went all a-flutter because a second dirty book store opened called "The Plain Brown Wrapper" -- kitty-corner from City Hall. Inside of two monhts the Council passed a new anti-pornography ordinance, which among other things, banned the sale of materials showing "the turgid male state". There was a spate of jeering letters to the editor about that one. The funny thing was that the new ordinance, despite being researched by the corporation counsel to match other successful ordinances elsewhere, was deemed unenforceable by the District Attorney, and the bookstore was never prosecuted, and quietly went out of business within the year.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 12:03:44 -0800

Let me just say here: If boners were against the law when I was a teenager, they'd have given me the chair!!!

By: UncleFes

UncleFes — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 12:09:58 -0800

Instead, you just gave yourself a hand. Bwa! "If masturbation is a crime, I'm Public Enemy #1." -Gilbert Gottfried, on the (first) Pee Wee Herman scandal.

By: razorwriter

razorwriter — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 12:11:33 -0800

"Among other things the new ordinance outlaws in public are sexual intercourse, deviate sexual conduct, appearing nude and fondling genitals." "...children under 10 are exempt from the law." Does that mean child porn is OK?

By: chuq

chuq — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 13:16:05 -0800

"If the human body is dirty, than the fault lies with the manufacturer." -- Lenny Bruce

By: RevGreg

RevGreg — Fri, 08 Feb 2002 19:58:43 -0800

Imagine my surpise when I clicked the article and up came the masthead for the local newsrag! That town is only 10 miles from here and my friend's band plays at a bar there occasionally. I'll have to coax them into learning the song "Detachable Penis" to play there next time! Heck, we've got three strip clubs in and around the town I live in - a law banning public wood would be devastating here!

By: Fahrenheit

Fahrenheit — Sat, 09 Feb 2002 01:05:14 -0800

Locust, PA? That's the town Waldo Jeffers resides at in the classic Velvet Underground song The Gift. I'm from the area. Just a bit outside of Bloomsburg actually. Luckily, I make my home in Georgetown now.

By: rushmc

rushmc — Sat, 09 Feb 2002 10:20:24 -0800

Sigh.

By: aeschenkarnos

aeschenkarnos — Sat, 09 Feb 2002 15:50:30 -0800

Hmm ... it just occurred to me that there are sound evolutionary reasons, ie simple competition, for suppressing other people's sexuality. Especially in overcrowded conditions, like 99% of human settlements today. Because there are reasons to try doesn't mean it's not stupid, of course. Ash.

By: kerplunk

kerplunk — Mon, 11 Feb 2002 03:21:28 -0800

There was a town in Italy a few years back that banned public nudity but with an exception for beautiful women...