Public urination near "The Friendly Confines" will cost you $500; 20-30% of offenders are women

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 5.2.02 | ROSALIND ROSSI AND FRAN SPIELMAN

[Aurelius]

BUMP

[Khepera]

bare live electrical wires laying on the ground are good deterrents

[tom paine 2]

When you got to go you go. I don't care where it is, or what the fine is.

[mhking]

bare live electrical wires laying on the ground are good deterrents

Funny you mention that.

I heard a story a good ten-twelve years ago in Chicago where the survivors of a late Vietnamese immigrant was suing the city of Chicago.

Seems the immigrant couldn't read English, and was outside staggering along the street and decided he needed take a whiz. Well, modestly being something he at least thought about, he decided to duck behind an open gate he spied near the street to tend to his business. There was a sign on the gate, but it could'nt be anything major, right?

Needless to say, the gate was a service entrance to the CTA's elevated railway system. Also, this was a transition point from subway to surface to elevated trackway. That's right, our hapless victim took "number one" on the third rail of the EL. Scratch one immigrant.

[Khepera]

I also notice that if you put up a warning sign or locked fence then, you are acknowledging there is danger. Someone who breaches the fence or does not heed the sign can then sue you with greater success than if there was no sign or other precautionary measures taken. No effort made to provide a safety barrier and you can claim you where unaware of the danger and therefore not negligent.

[Khepera]

If you don't care then I don't care.

[Michael.SF.]

Here is the Liberal solution, with two approaches:

1)Victimology
The people who are committing these acts of public urination, are simply the victims of their own alcoholisim and clearly need treatment. Anybody who urinates in public should be signed up for a government supported treatment program. This of course should be paid for by the Cubs and the beer companies. We all know that the outrageous price goughing on beer is clearly motivated by corporate greed. Taken on a national scale the $7.50 charged for a 12-14 oz. beer makes the Enron scandal look like peanuts. Speaking of peanuts, it is the damn salt on the peanuts that causes us to drink so much beer. Thus we need to eliminate the salted peanuts! We also need legislation to increase the price of beer to $135.00 a beer. At this price clearly the need for urinating in public will be diminished due to the reduced consumption.

2 Enviro take:
Wait, is the urine being treated before it is allowed to eventually flow into the Lake Michigan? All such sewage waste must be treated! Clearly the Cubs realize this and need to be sued for adding to the polution. I think we should take half of that $135.00 a beer and build new waste treatment facilities and locate them in the bull pen of the visiting team. They are full of crap anyway!

[Clemenza]

This probably happened in the neighborhood where I used to live (Uptown) which has a large Vietnamese population. Interesting you mention this, because I was once waiting on the Lawrence Avenue El stop when I noticed the deranged gentleman who was circling the garbage can a few feet from me talking to him self. I also noticed that he had his fly open and was "writing in yellow ink" on the can. Gross.

[muggs]

He said he discovered 20 to 30 percent of the offenders were women.

I don't find this surprising. I think it might be equal or even higher if it was as easy for women as it is for men.

[TightSqueeze]

He said he discovered 20 to 30 percent of the offenders were women.

Cold bneer has no conscience. Homer

[steve-b]

Public urination may be punished with a $500 fine

They'll need a law like that for Clowntoon's final resting place.

[truth_seeker]

Cold bneer has no conscience. Homer

"Niny nine boddles of bneer ona wall. Niny nine boddles of bneer."

[tracer]

A definitive solution would be to suspend the issuance of entry visas to all French nationals.....

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

I was a little surprised that 20 to 30% were women.I wonder if after they sober up they would think,"A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS?"

[Drew68]

I wonder what the fine for public defecation in the Clinton Presidential Library will be?

That's a law I'd really like to break.

[Erasmus]

Sooner or later, that ordinance is gonna get watered down.

From a former Addison Denizen +=<)B^)

[Charles Henrickson]

I think it was Archie Bunker who once said, "You can never buy beer; you can only rent it."

[steveo]

nothing like a ice cold bneer on a hot aftermoon.

[Psycho_Bunny]

$500.00. Cool. I like it.