10 men arrested for alleged lewd acts

Santa Barbara News Press ^ | 02/05/03 | Dawn Hobbs

[Johnny Gage]

One stated he was just going in to see some squirrels," Sgt. Willis said

More likely their going in the bushes to "chase bugs"

sick...sick...sick.

[Plutarch]

....the gays' freedom of assembly

That conjures up a horrible mental picture.

[NativeSon]

As part of the undercover operation, a deputy dressed in shorts and a T-shirt would hang around on the bluffs just outside the parking lot of nearby Rincon Beach Park and would wait for men to approach him, authorities said.

What the !? is there 'Hazard Pay' for this?!

The men would frequently engage in small talk about the weather or the scenery and then begin to touch the deputy, authorities said.

Talk about taking one for the team! Can you imagine the abuse this guys gets in the office?

[apillar]

...homosexual activity on the bluffs above Bates Beach...

Yes, BUT Have they found the MASTER of Bates Beach...

Badom Boom!

Thank Ya! You all are a great audience!
I'll be here all week!

[RepoGirl]

"One stated he was just going in to see some squirrels,"

By chance, were any of these squirrels named Lemmiwinks?

[river rat]

Queers do behave strangely...That's how the term came about!

But, I'm told they're just "normal" folks behaving in an "alternative" manner...

Right! It will take another hundred years before it is politically correct again to regard them as simply perverts with too many votes...

Semper Fi

[luvtheconstitution]

The police ought to start enforcing the laws prohibiting nudity. I think it's wrong when the police start picking and choosing which laws they'll enforce.

[Inspectorette]

Bada Bing!! LOL

[verity]

lewd homosexual activity as opposed to non-lewd homosexual activity?

[blackdog]

"Lemmiwinks, the Hampster King"

[RichInOC]

[googles]

Good grief...I really need to watch "South Park" more often.

[eastsider]

I'll be here all week!

[Still Thinking]

Maybe heth jutht the kind of thilly thavage that would volunteer.

[KevinB]

But we haven't gotten any complaints. We're just taking a proactive approach.

Does anyone else have a problem with this statement?

I find homosexual behavior just as repulsive as the next person, but what did they do wrong? What law did they break? The article doesn't say they were nude and thereby breaking nudity laws. It doesn't say they were trespassing. It doesn't say they forced themselves on the deputy. In fact, I'm sure the deputy seduced them. How is this any different than a guy picking up a girl in a bar?

Like I said, I abhor the gay lifestyle, but what business do the police have messing with these people if nobody has complained and they've done nothing illegal?

[JudyB1938]

GET REAL!

[Britton J Wingfield]

Does anyone else have a problem with this statement? I certainly do.

[KevinB]

GET REAL!

You don't like my post because in this case the cops targeted an activity you don't condone. What are you going to do when they target an activity you happen to like? We're on a very slippery slope when we start letting the cops do whatever the hell they want to!