Flap over naturist...
Oct. 2nd, 2007 06:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kengrOne of the big stories on the local news is a guy in a small town near here who is a naturist and does his gardening and stuff in the nude.
It's perfectly legal. But the neighbors are up in arms.
They are all "I don't want my kids seeing that!!".
Well, I'm sorry, but the human body exists. And it's nothing to be ashamed of.
If he was doing anything "sexual" that'd be different. And they'd have a legal leg to stand on.
As it is, they are trying to get the town to pass some sort of law (which may not work as it may conflict with some state law).
<sigh>
Once again we have parents trying to ban something because they don't want to have to answer questions. Especially questions where the best answer they can give when asked "why is that wrong?" is "because"
ETA: The city council passed an ordinance making it illegal to be completely naked in a public place or anywhere visible from a public place.
It'll need a reading in two weeks and then it becomes law.
The silliest bit is that it *won't* make it illegal for him to be naked in his backyard as he can only be seen by the neighbors there...
It's perfectly legal. But the neighbors are up in arms.
They are all "I don't want my kids seeing that!!".
Well, I'm sorry, but the human body exists. And it's nothing to be ashamed of.
If he was doing anything "sexual" that'd be different. And they'd have a legal leg to stand on.
As it is, they are trying to get the town to pass some sort of law (which may not work as it may conflict with some state law).
<sigh>
Once again we have parents trying to ban something because they don't want to have to answer questions. Especially questions where the best answer they can give when asked "why is that wrong?" is "because"
ETA: The city council passed an ordinance making it illegal to be completely naked in a public place or anywhere visible from a public place.
It'll need a reading in two weeks and then it becomes law.
The silliest bit is that it *won't* make it illegal for him to be naked in his backyard as he can only be seen by the neighbors there...
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Date: 2007-10-03 05:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-03 06:14 am (UTC)It's stuff like this that shows just *how* screwed up our culture is. :-(
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Date: 2007-10-03 07:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-03 08:25 am (UTC)Poetic injustice.
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Date: 2007-10-12 10:43 am (UTC)They will be able to call the police if the stupid idea makes it as a law. The gentleman in question would have to get higher fencing which may or may not be allowed by his housing contract.
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Date: 2007-10-12 10:50 am (UTC)