Board to consider ban on smoking, spitting in Seattle parks

The Seattle Times ^ | 01/14/2010 | Erik Lacitis

[Robwin]

The list of rules in Seattle parks may be about to grow.

A proposed ban on spitting in parks — one of 13 behaviors Seattle Parks and Recreation wants to regulate, including a ban on smoking on its grounds — already is generating heated public comment.

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Besides spitting and smoking, the newly prohibited behaviors would include going into a restroom for the opposite sex, "sexual misconduct," possession of fireworks and other explosives, using flammable liquids and leaving packages and backpacks unattended. Some of these behaviors already are prohibited by existing law but have not been itemized in parks regulations.

[Robwin]

Ok. I'll give up the spitting, smoking, and the explosives, but banning sex is just beyond the pale. Damn fascists.

[Robwin]

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[DemforBush]

"using flammable liquids"

Does this count?

[Sacajaweau]

Yeh....You haven’t lived until you’ve bedded in pine needles. How do the deer do it??

[choctaw man]

Good thing they are still allowed to ‘fart proudly.’ (ala Ben Franklin)

[GOP_Lady]

"I simply turn on the Golden EIB Microphone and share my honest passions and beliefs with people. And they're free to go elsewhere. They're free to ignore; they're free to believe; they're free to be entertained, I don't care. They're free to do whatever they want. But a lot of people aren't free to smoke cigarettes where they want; they're not free to drink where they want; they're not free to eat the kind of food they want to eat; they're not free to eat trans fats; they're not free to drive certain places. Pretty soon we're going to be told what kind of cars we have to drive. I can't cause that. I can't restrict anybody's freedom. We've elected a guy who can, does, and wants to, all under the guise of saving us. So I appreciate the effort, and I appreciate somewhat losing my temper here. But don't compare me ever to an authoritarian who thinks so little of people that without him they can barely breathe on their own. Don't ever do that." LEARN IT, LOVE IT, LIVE IT! If one cannot understand Rush's words above, then one does not truly understand FREEDOM!

[a fool in paradise]

When they outlaw spitting, only outlaws will have spitballs.

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[LibWhacker]

C’mon, get real. They’re not going to ban spitting. They’re only going to ban spitting on non-conservative entities.

[NurdlyPeon]

Can I still pick my nose?

[dalereed]

No more baseball since it’s a game of scratch your ass and spit!