Posted on 09/12/2011 7:40:56 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer
There currently is a debate raging over public nudity in San Francisco.
It’s not what you think.
It’s already entirely legal to parade about in the buff on the city’s streets, and no one is discussing the resurrection of indecent-exposure laws. Rather, the question is whether sanitary behavior — namely, posterior protection for public seating — should be required of nudists by law.
Reports the Los Angeles Times:
Retired math teacher David Goldman and his husband, Michael Koehn, were sharing a pleasant alfresco moment at a public plaza in the heart of the Castro district this week, passing a slender joint between them (medicinal, of course), as Eric Anderson sunbathed one table over. Naked.
Resplendent in flip-flops, hoop earrings and a sheen of Coppertone, the out-of work retail manager, 44, had draped a lime-green sarong between flesh and public seating.
Naturists call such posterior protection “normal etiquette.” But San Franciscans soon may call it the law.
Given what is casually related in the above excerpt, it’s clear that, regrettably, public nudity is quite congruent with San Franciscan norms. Yet, while some may not know enough to cover up in Western Civilization, they certainly know enough to don a lexical cover-up. That is to say, notice how the Times refers to these nudists as “naturists.” But what is a naturist? Is this someone who believes in eating only organic foods or living deep in a forest sans the trappings of modernity? My point is that when one euphemizes, when he discards a word that describes well what he does in favor of a far less specific term (think “pro-choice” in place of “pro-abortion”), it often indicates that what he does isn’t something of which to be proud. It often means that he has to use slick marketing language to sell his....
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You could, but no one would believe it.
Why is it that the loons ruin some of the best real estate and get away with it?
Remember the Rice-a-Roni "The San Francisco Treat" commercials? The sanitary condition of the city from these freaks brings a new meaning to the phrase.
Sigmund Freud would’ve enjoyed working with you......heh
Once the law takes affect the fines will be administered by inch of skid-mark.
Make them buy a business license and display the license over their business.
This is why I have vowed never to return to San Francisco for business or pleasure. Why should I support a lunatic city like this?
OMG - I know the guy cited in the article - I mean my kids had him for math. He was an incredibly good teacher - demanding, but he made math interesting. In high school, I dropped calculus after one week. After ten minutes at a back-to-school night, he inspired me to WANT to learn calculus.
I’m 30 min away from SF, but we rarely go there. The last time we were there, the Union Square area was filthy with trash all over the place (I don’t know if the homeless are drinking their yuppie coffee and discarding the cups or the tourists or the residents). Then driving towards PacBell Park, a homeless guy came up to my car and pounded on it.
I’m no prude, but it’s a public versus private issue. If people want to go nude, fine; but don’t force it on everyone else. Appropriate attire shows respect for other people. I wonder if it’s legal to attend court nude in SF. Somehow I don’t think so.
Yeah I would love to know what that dream means. I don’t remember most of my dreams but I sure remember that one. :D
Reality will eventually dictate forcible intervention in San Francisco. Vice and crime are inextricably related.
Yes, I hate euphemisms. Any time you find yourself using one, stop and question the truth of what you are saying and whether you’re stretching it. Just a word of caution for the truthful.
Yes, I hate euphemisms. Any time you find yourself using one, stop and question the truth of what you are saying and whether you’re stretching it. Just a word of caution for the truthful.
Say, wasn’t a man arrested in San Francisco a year or two ago for indecent exposure when he urinated behind a tree?
Say, wasn’t a man arrested in San Francisco a year or two ago for indecent exposure when he urinated behind a tree?
Practioners of public nudity in SFA need to rethink their self medicaition regimin, IMO ! Been there many times. Most times a light jacket was an essential fashion accessory ! Of course its possible someone’s been liberally distributing genes from the indigenous population of Tierra del Fuego..... >PS
Practioners of public nudity in SFO need to rethink their self medication regimin, IMO ! Been there many times. Most times a light jacket was an essential fashion accessory ! ( Of course its possible someone’s been liberally distributing genes from the indigenous population of Tierra del Fuego ) ! >PS
My company had in the past, spent over 650k a year in having our shareholders convention in S.F. I dare say far more then that was spent by our shareholders while in S.F.
Additionally, we would spend over 20k a year with the Boudin Bakery, shipping out gift packages all over the world. (my great grand father was one of their first bakers) We haven’t had a convention in S.F. for three years, and we stopped patronizing all businesses in S.F.
I’m wondering how many other corporations have ceased in doing business with the city?
Was your company a giant or medium sized? I would imagine companies staying away from S. F. would be medium sized thus “below the radar.”
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