Posted on 09/01/2007 10:40:02 PM PDT by shrinkermd
...That said, what results! In minute, choreographic detail, Mr. Humphreys (who died in 1988) illustrated that various signals — the foot tapping, the hand waving and the body positioning — are all parts of a delicate ritual of call and answer, an elaborate series of codes that require the proper response for the initiator to continue. Put simply, a straight man would be left alone after that first tap or cough or look went unanswered...
... His findings would seem to suggest the implausibility not only of Senator Craig’s denial — that it was all a misunderstanding — but also of the policeman’s assertion that he was a passive participant. If the code was being followed, it is likely that both men would have to have been acting consciously for the signals to continue...
... Clearly, whatever Mr. Craig’s intentions, the police entrapped him. If the police officer hadn’t met his stare, answered that tap or done something overt, there would be no news story...
...In other words, not only did these men have nice families, they had nice families who seemed to believe what the fathers loudly preached about the sanctity of marriage. Mr. Humphreys called this paradox “the breastplate of righteousness.” The more a man had to lose by having a secret life, the more he acquired the trappings of respectability: “His armor has a particularly shiny quality, a refulgence, which tends to blind the audience to certain of his practices. To others in his everyday world, he is not only normal but righteous — an exemplar of good behavior and right thinking...”
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Crusin' for some man action in june
Doin' anything we like to do
There's lots of things to do when wives can't see
We can be anyone we'd like to be
All those horny guys that we could MEAT... just
Cruisin' in a dirty men's bathroom
couldn't ditch the cops too soon
no no no--oo
ah ah ah
ah ah ah
ah ah ah
They'll keep on catchin' senators this way
Gonna talk about how they all seem gay
we're coming closer to election day
The dems are in ecstasy, when they heard I'm recklessly..
Cruisin' in a filthy Men's bathroom
I couldn't ditch the cop too soon
no no no-o
Cruisin'
Cruisin' yeah
Soon we’ll be hearing about men getting beat up in bathrooms because they were wearing their i-Pod while taking care of business.
It’s only “entrapment” if you’re encouraging an action that wouldn’t likely occur had you not encouraged it. I.e., it’s entrapment to try and convince someone to hire a hit man to kill their spouse, but not entrapment to play a hit man and pretend to go along with a requested hit (negotiating prices, working out the details of the hit, and so on).
Anyways, despite how I’ve heard people whining about how this police officer was in the wrong, let me add my voice to those pointing out that people *shouldn’t be having sex in bathrooms with strangers* in the first place. These are *public restrooms*. Bum or senator, I don’t care — the police should stop people from treating restrooms like a brothel.
This pretty much echoes comments I made in another thread regarding “entrapment”. That is, the cop had to indicate willingness before Craig continued with his tapping etc.
However, the legal definition of entrapment is much more stringent. It requires that the policing agent pursue and coerce the target into performing a deed that he “was not otherwise inclined” to perform. I think in the case of restroom encounters this requirement is not met, and this much is obvious from the fact that these sorts of police operations are standard procedure.
As far as the Slimes goes, this is also standard procedure - taking the opportunity to erode and impugn any effort to enforce a standard of decency which casts “the gay life-style” in a bad light.
Does anybody know what to “Google” to find out what these signals are? I want to be sure I won’t get arrested.
Uh... right.
Don’t spin the toilet paper roll. This is a sign that you want to “roll over”. It’s best if you just leave the toilet paper alone.
Don’t squat to pee.
Well they should change the code to include real taps on the shoes.
Like the metal type.
Remember Larry Flynt looking to pay some money for a Republican dirt story?
I say someone do a finance check on the cop.
Our family friend came by today and asked me if I ever did a potty stop at such and such State wayside. (we have very clean and secure ones here in Oregon)
I thought no I usaully being an old gal hit the town just before that place.
He said it was so bad in that it has turned into a public sex house for men on men that the State Police are taking action to shut it down untill if can be safe for the general public to use.
Now dude that is bad.
Here’s a “men’s bathroom etiquette” vid. (Stolen from another thread) It’s a what to do and what not to do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzO1mCAVyMw
Google “gay bathroom sex” and you will find the whole subculture of perverts there....real eye opener!
LOL !!!
I think if you just keep yourself in your own stall you should be ok.
I’m happy that the policeman successfully entrapped that sick scumbag Craig.
I hope the policeman continues his fine work. Kudos to him.
Am I right?
Thank you! It's a take off on groovin' by the Young Rascals
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