Posted on 01/22/2005 5:16:40 PM PST by KMC1
IS THIS THE MEASURE OF EQUALITY?: As it happens, a Ventura California female lawyer is attempting to make the case that the state is discriminating against women.
How so? Because topless sunbathing by women is a criminal misdemeanor - for men it is not.
Additionally Liana Johnsson is arguing against the inclusion of the "topless misdemeanor" in the list of offenses that gets one included on the Megan's List for sex offenders.
In an Orange County case last month a State Appeals Court ruled that anyone convicted of misdemeanor indecent exposure must be added to the list. Orange County public defenders are objecting because of the amount of resources it would require to track every woman who did in fact commit the misdemeanor.
Johnsson has lobbied over 400 members of the bar association at the October gathering trying to spread the word. To underscore her point she showed a two minute video of large breasted men.
The Governor of California - Arnold Schwarzenegger took the all-too-courageous position of declining any comment on the possibility of a state wide legal standard being changed. State law enforcement officials confirmed that there is already a series of beaches where some topless bathing is already "allowed" even though laws forbid it.
Let me say plainly that I think it would be irresponsible for women who get caught sunning with their ties untied to be equated with people in society who molest or rape vulnerable women and children. Adding the sunbathers to "Megan's List" in my opinion is a mistake. However - Johnsson is making a dreadful mistake - especially to her own cause.
It is painfully obvious to me that Ms. Johnsson has fully accepted and in fact become the advocate of the fullest feminist expression. Men and Women are not equal - they are the same.
Feminists don't desire to be treated equally , they wish to be completely interchangable. For women like Ms. Johnsson her greatest wish is not so much to be celebrated as a woman - so much as it is the allowance of all who she comes into contact with to be allowed to lure at her as though she is a sexual object.
And here you find feminism's great lie...in the name of being the same as man - allow women to be reduced to an object of sexual curiousity.
The question is - will Ms. Johnsson ever realize that she is in fact devaluing women instead of celebrating them?
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Now that's a happy baby. Damned cute too.
That was my thought too. They will end up making men wear shirts in the name of equality.
The Governor of California - Arnold Schwarzenegger took the
all-too-courageous position of declining any comment...
Did they decide on Bro or Manziere?
I've never seen a motel key dressed in leather. What kind of places do you stay, anyway?!?
English was not your best subject was it?
Bring on the red-breasted gringos!
No problem, that is a weakness many share.
FWIW, I am a huge fan of classic movies.
I just happened upon the pic while surfing altavista.
Thanks.
LOL! I don't remember, but it was one of my favorite episodes.
Happy that Canada was not first for a change!
Make everyone cover up.
Fair is fair.
YEAH! And if God meant us to be naked we would have been born... Oh. Never mind.
Usually. However, I have more important issue.:
Can one use wild cards in a Windows HOSTS file? For example is there a simple way to specifiy *.zedo.com where the "*" would cover all the many zedo servers?
In some cases, it should be a capital offense:
Slam Dunk Case Proved... Sorry Ladies, keep em zipped.
Since you bring up God....
A careful reading of Genesis will reveal that God clothed Adam and Eve.
In fact, Adam and Eve saw differently after eating the forbidden fruit. They felt the need to make clothes of fig leaves (plural). God considered these clothes insufficient. (FYI - fig leaves cover more than some swim suits do.)
God commands that women dress modestly and that we all, especially men, abstain from coveting.
Right. Sure. God thinks the naked human form is inappropriate. Whatever.
So if this tenuous thread back to Genesis leads to a conclusion Jesus might have preached, dear brother, you are now free to explain your sinful consumption of bacon cheeseburgers, or how you pick and choose from the cafeteria of Old Testament sins.
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