City Council may restrict "facial gestures" (my title since there isn't one...)

san fran chronicle ^ | april 7 03 | AP wires

[KneelBeforeZod]

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- The city council is wrestling with a code of conduct that urges elected officials to control facial gestures. Experts say the council's plan to discourage nonverbal forms of disagreement or disgust is odd, unenforceable and almost an infringement on free speech.

[KneelBeforeZod]

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[spunkets]

"after they are seated"

I can just imagine where they're seated when they dream these things up and do things like pick the mayor.

[chiller]

Agree that apologies to Californians are NOT in order here. Jeez...they elected this idiot. And they therefore deserve every piece of fine legislation they get.

This one may not affect the general populace, but I can only imagine what Kleinberg & Co have cooked up for the rest.

[.45MAN]

It's time to move to PALO ALTO and set up a mask store. I'll make a killing..

[A2J]

We are in the midst of a war and these dingbats have nothing better to do than to try to come up with a way to wipe the silly grins off of other people's faces?

That's what I call "priorities."

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

Not surprising, given that the Liberals view of the rest of us is that we are just badly-behaved children who need to be controlled until we can be brought up to their high standards of taste and behavior...

[t4texas]

Who is that masked man?

[dighton]

[martin_fierro]

Palo Alto: Home of the BOurgeoise BOhemian.

[conservativemusician]

"Any day now, we'll set up "The Ministry of Funny Walks" "



And The Department of Redundancy Department, I'm sure.

[Constitution Day]

I think these masks would be better:

[Michael.SF.]

Rumor has it that this proposal may have been prompted specifically by this expression:

[Xenalyte]

Have all the members of the city council wear paper bags over their heads for the duration of the meetings to assure compliance.

Like this guy?

[Question_Assumptions]

In other words, Judy Kleinberg is used to people making funny faces at her and reacting disrespectfully to what she says and she doesn't like it. No sir, not one bit.

[conservativemusician]

Thanks.

I inquired if she wants to regulate facial expression would that extend to include hand gestures, posture, various forms of body language( such as perhaps a limit on blinks per minute, clearing of the throat, scratching of various body parts, etc).

[conservativemusician]

No thinking person would do this, conservative or otherwise.

[conservativemusician]

Man, that is sheer lunacy.

The inmates ARE running the asylum.

[conservativemusician]

Ya know, that's not a bad idea.

They could all put bags over their heads and go as the "unknown councilmen"!

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

LOL! That's exactly what came to mind when I read this article. Good job! One of my favorite Twilight Zones.

[conservativemusician]

I agree.

One of the best Zone's.