Police find 17 sex toys in local woman's car during DUI traffic stop

Longview News-Journal ^ | November 21, 2001 | John Lynch

[NativeNewYorker]

It's illegal to "wholesale promote" obscene materials or devices.

Nu? So who pays retail?

/Jackie Mason voice.

[NativeNewYorker]

Don't they have some illegal immigrants somewhere to chase down and deport?

Y'know, I bet the toys were all made in China, too.

[BlazingArizona]

while out of the country lately, the foreigners i talked to are astonished at americas belief that they are the moral judges of the world and that they are intrusive of not only their own citizens lifes , but of other countrys citizens. Who give a rats ass if this woman had a trunk full of dildos and whos business is it anyways if she does. I had to agree with the foreigners.

True, although whether you visited Europe or Asia, the same people who love to sneer at our moral nannies don't mind having their own lives ruled by economic nannies. They have no more privacy in their financial affairs than this unfortunate women had with her dildo collection.

[drjimmy]

She must be a big Steely Dan fan.

[shiva]

A drunk woman w/ 17 sex toys? Hot Dog!

ROTFL !

[Technoman]

This is the kind of crap that gives law enforcement a bad name. It will be interesting to see how the DA will handle this case.

He (or she) will come into the court with perfectly blow dried hair, get on his knees in front of the jury. "We are a nation of laws", he will pronounce with a tear running down his face, "This law may not be popular, but if we ignored the laws of our great nation, there would be anarchy. Liberty and freedom would be in jeopardy. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you must render this criminal as guilty as charged!"

[BlazingArizona]

If the citizens elected their state representatives that passed this law, then it should be enforced. No questions.

Actually, it sounds more like one of those old laws that had been forgotten for years until some cop who badly needed to fill his quota that month could use it to add a charge to the original traffic offense.

Here in Arizona, a batch of forgotten anti-sex laws were recently discovered by someone rummaging through the basement of the Legislature. They were repealed right away. Our Christian Taliban - all eleven or so of them - vowed to make this an election issue in 2002, but their campaign sank without a trace. Good riddance.

[ToryNotion]

The company thats contracts it's IT services out to my company, just tightened up their smoking policy. No smoking at all on company property. That reminded me of an essay by the great Murray Rothbard in which he describes smokers as Americas most persecuted minority. He then lays out what he believes to be the historical basis for allmost all American anti-sin, "uplift" program: a particular view of the end times involving an scriptural interpretation that their would be a 1000 year reign of the Kingdom of God on earth before Christ's return. Those who believed this doctrine then proceeded to try to stamp out sin through various means, including of course, the state through legislation. The Texas laws have their roots in this neo-Puritanism. The Rothbard essay is archived at www.lewrockwell.com.

[ko_kyi]

Amazing. Perhaps they should limit people to one purchase per month, and require a collector's license for more than 6.

Antiques and non-functional ones don't count, of course.

[billbears]

Actually, it sounds more like one of those old laws that had been forgotten for years until some cop who badly needed to fill his quota that month could use it to add a charge to the original traffic offense.

Well here in the South, many of our states still have these 'old' laws as you say, and many citizens of all the states are glad for them. However with the influx of immigration (from Mexico and the north), these laws will unfortunately be challenged sooner or later

Here in Arizona, a batch of forgotten anti-sex laws were recently discovered by someone rummaging through the basement of the Legislature. They were repealed right away

Well good. If the majority of the citizens within the state of Arizona feel that way, then that is their right. However for states that have a majority of citizens that don't want those laws to disappear, those states should not be ridiculed as evidenced on this thread

[from occupied ga]

I see several things from your somewhat disjointed response

1. You did not respond to any of my questions, so you have no response to them and are trying to hide the fact with a bunch of meaningless verbage
2. That you believe in moral relativism. "If the state passes a law that fits with the morality of the majority of its citizens " This is just saying that there is no such thing as good and evil, just popular trends.
3. That you believe that there is no limit to the role of government. You say "The standard could be set at the national level" Where in the constitution does it say the role of government is to set standards for what constituties "morality?" Obviously you believe that government should enforce anything as long as it can get away with it.
4. Your beliefs are to the left of Alan Dershowtiz. Even this liberal Clintonista believes that the 1st Amendment protects pornography
5. What on earth does the 14th amendment have to do with this? Are you talking about "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

Finally I ask my questions again, If the legislature passed a law requiring that all citizens turn in their firearms, do you think it should be obeyed without question? If the legislature passed a law requiring Jews to wear yellow stars whould it be obeyed without question?

[Hemingway's Ghost]

State laws of any state which citizens of other states don't like should be repealed. H#ll, with that argument why bother having state legislatures at all? The standard could be set at the national level. And if the majority of the citizens in a small town don't like certain aspects, that's just too bad isn't it?

Laws passed must conform to an ideological standard from which they derive their legitimacy. On the federal level, it's our Constitution. It's a contract, of sorts, that says government can only go so far before it begins intruding on the natural law rights of the citizens who must live by these laws. Otherwise, a legislature could pass whatever crap it wanted to pass so long as it could muster up 51% of the legislators to support it.

[jlogajan]

If the legislature passed a law requiring Jews to wear yellow stars whould it be obeyed without question?

He or she has already necessarily answered that in the affirmative. To cut an exception would negate his/her whole argument.

[sheik yerbouty]

Maybe the woman was a dildographer.

[Xenalyte]

Party at this chick's house!

[from occupied ga]

He or she has already necessarily answered that in the affirmative. To cut an exception would negate his/her whole argument.

I thought so too, but I was trying to get billbears to cut through the cloud of pink smoke that he was blowing to confuse the issue.

[Wil H]

Were the Dildos loaded ?

[AngryJawa]

Driving Using Insertable

[SoCal Pubbie]

"your papers, please"

In this case, it would be "Your peckers, please!"