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Oh dear! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4249831.stm[^] What next - fines for women who show too much leg? Who wear low-cut tops? :laugh: :laugh: And people think the UK is turning into a "nanny state"!
I remember some similar bill last year in Arkansas or Alabama or somewhere down there. Absurd. BW
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Marc Clifton wrote: People seem not to have a concept of "taste", or of "beauty" But these things are in the eye of the beholder surely? You and me might think it ridiculous that people walk around with their trousers half-way down past their arse-cheeks, but I'm sure when women started wearing their dresses above the ankle it prompted a similar response. It is just another reason for me to feel older and more out-of-touch! ;P You cannot legislate for something like this because it is the thin end of the wedge and it will lead to women being told to show off less flesh, etc. which is totally unacceptable IMHO.
Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: But these things are in the eye of the beholder surely? Personally, I think that there ARE such concepts as absolute truth and beauty. Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: but I'm sure when women started wearing their dresses above the ankle it prompted a similar response. Agreed. I like long dresses, BTW. Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: will lead to women being told to show off less flesh, etc. hehe. :) There's a line, somewhere (between a g-string and a full body bathing suit, for sure :-D) It's an interesting analogy, but I'm not sure it's valid. A more hormonally mature person than me can look at a barely clad woman and admire her for her beauty. That's fine. But showing your underwear in droopy pants? I challenge anybody to show me the beauty in that. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
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Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: But these things are in the eye of the beholder surely? Personally, I think that there ARE such concepts as absolute truth and beauty. Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: but I'm sure when women started wearing their dresses above the ankle it prompted a similar response. Agreed. I like long dresses, BTW. Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: will lead to women being told to show off less flesh, etc. hehe. :) There's a line, somewhere (between a g-string and a full body bathing suit, for sure :-D) It's an interesting analogy, but I'm not sure it's valid. A more hormonally mature person than me can look at a barely clad woman and admire her for her beauty. That's fine. But showing your underwear in droopy pants? I challenge anybody to show me the beauty in that. Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
Marc Clifton wrote: But showing your underwear in droopy pants? Well someone must think it's cool else why would they bother? Like most fashion trends I'm sure it's transitory.
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Mike Mullikin wrote: The current puritanical wave that is sweeping across this country is pathetic. Couldn't agree more, and you're aware of the irony here that many of these same "dipshits" (you're words not mine :) ) are the very same folks who so kindly voted our dipshit of president into 4 more years by claiming he has more "values" (whatever the hell that means). ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
Did you miss this part in the article? :) "Democrat Delegate Algie T Howell proposed the bill."
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Did you miss this part in the article? :) "Democrat Delegate Algie T Howell proposed the bill."
Ahh, oops! :) No I didn't read the article - guess I should have :) ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
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LOL! :) Wouldn't that be funny! The French invade VA to overthrow a totalitarian gov't and supply all the ladies with free La Perla underware! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
IIRc, it wouldn't be the first time a french army would fight on the American Soil to defend freedom. Especially in Virginia[^] :) Jim Crafton wrote: with free La Perla underware And more! :->
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Mike Mullikin wrote: The current puritanical wave that is sweeping across this country is pathetic. Couldn't agree more, and you're aware of the irony here that many of these same "dipshits" (you're words not mine :) ) are the very same folks who so kindly voted our dipshit of president into 4 more years by claiming he has more "values" (whatever the hell that means). ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF!
Jim Crafton wrote: you're aware of the irony here that many of these same "dipshits" (you're words not mine ) are the very same folks who so kindly voted our dipshit of president into 4 more years by claiming he has more "values" (whatever the hell that means). I don't think it's that easy. Were the people who voted for Clinton responsible for EVERY crackpot law proposed by a Democrat during his terms? "Reality is what refuses to go away when I stop believing in it." Philip K. Dick
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Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: fines for women who show too much leg? how about a possible sentence of 1 year and a $2500 fine for women who fail to contact The Authorities within 12 hours of having a miscarriage[^]. Virginia is for dummies. Image Toolkits | Image Processing | Cleek
Chris Losinger wrote: how about a possible sentence of 1 year and a $2500 fine for women who fail to contact The Authorities within 12 hours of having a miscarriage :omg: That is truely awful.
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Yeh they look like twats but it's their choice - a fine for looking like a wanker is a little too far don't you think? (and if ladies want to show off their backsides then I'm not going to complain. Slurp!).
Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: (and if ladies want to show off their backsides then I'm not going to complain. Slurp!). I take it your wife doesn't read Code Project.
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Chris Losinger wrote: how about a possible sentence of 1 year and a $2500 fine for women who fail to contact The Authorities within 12 hours of having a miscarriage :omg: That is truely awful.
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Oh dear! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4249831.stm[^] What next - fines for women who show too much leg? Who wear low-cut tops? :laugh: :laugh: And people think the UK is turning into a "nanny state"!
Well, making teens walking around in "see my ass" low cut trousers wipe asses in a home for the elderly for a day seems fair to me.
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On the one hand this seems dangerously silly, but on the other... people who dress like that look bloody stupid anyway so I have mixed feelings about the bill. I've seen people with their trousers so low that they have trouble walking because their leg movements are so restricted - what the fuck do they think they look like?
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Did you miss this part in the article? :) "Democrat Delegate Algie T Howell proposed the bill."
Yeah well, Zell Miller also calls himself a Democrat. X|
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Yeah well, Zell Miller also calls himself a Democrat. X|
Alvaro Mendez wrote: Yeah well, Zell Miller also calls himself a Democrat Pre-socialist, in the manner of JFK. Mike "liberals were driven crazy by Bush." Me To: Dixie Sluts, M. Moore, the Boss, Bon Jovi, Clooney, Penn, Babs, Soros, Redford, Gore, Daschle - "bye bye" Me "I voted for W." Me "There you go again." RR "Flushed the Johns" Me
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On the one hand this seems dangerously silly, but on the other... people who dress like that look bloody stupid anyway so I have mixed feelings about the bill. I've seen people with their trousers so low that they have trouble walking because their leg movements are so restricted - what the fuck do they think they look like?
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Yeah, but you can't legislate against stupidity. Christian I have several lifelong friends that are New Yorkers but I have always gravitated toward the weirdo's. - Richard Stringer
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Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: Oh dear! if they'd only wait the fad would go away, silly to legislate this though. by the way, do you happen to know where the fad originates? It comes out of prison, makes certain things easier to do quicker. Mike "liberals were driven crazy by Bush." Me To: Dixie Sluts, M. Moore, the Boss, Bon Jovi, Clooney, Penn, Babs, Soros, Redford, Gore, Daschle - "bye bye" Me "I voted for W." Me "There you go again." RR "Flushed the Johns" Me
Mike Gaskey wrote: by the way, do you happen to know where the fad originates? It comes out of prison, makes certain things easier to do quicker. I heard it was because in prison they don;t have very many sizes of uniforms and they don't give inmates belts. The entire thing is crap if you ask me. I think it is a dumb fad, but then again I have shoulder length hair and am starting to feel that I am one of th eonly men that still has long hair so a fad is a fad is a fad...
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On the one hand this seems dangerously silly, but on the other... people who dress like that look bloody stupid anyway so I have mixed feelings about the bill. I've seen people with their trousers so low that they have trouble walking because their leg movements are so restricted - what the fuck do they think they look like?
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I don't like it either, but this is the 'land of the free', at least it is suposed to be. Making a law against this is just pure opression by 'the man' if you ask me... here is another example... My last trip out west I visited Alcatraz and bought my son one of those 'out patient' tee shirts. He got a big kick out of it and wore it to school one day. He wa sthere all of 45 minutes when I get a call on my cell phone telling me to come and get him or bring him a new shirt because this one was offensive. The principal did not like it when I told him to bugger off, that I paid good money for the shirt, it was brand new and in good repair, and there was no way I was going to opress my son by making him change it. I got an earful about how he felt that it was offensive and then he got an earful about how I felt his ideals were Draconian and he had to get a life and there was no amount of wards that would make me make him change that shirt. Somehow people in power always find a way to put the screws to some group of poeple...
Paul Watson wrote: "At the end of the day it is what you produce that counts, not how many doctorates you have on the wall." George Carlin wrote: "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If the physicists find a universal theory describing the laws of universe, I'm sure the asshole constant will be an integral part of that theory.
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Oh dear! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4249831.stm[^] What next - fines for women who show too much leg? Who wear low-cut tops? :laugh: :laugh: And people think the UK is turning into a "nanny state"!
It's a stupid bill introduced for stupid reasons. I won't publicly make any allegations regarding the intelligence of those proposing and supporting it, but you can trace the pattern... In the end though, there is worse legislation out there, no sense losing sleep on this. If it gets passed, we'll have one more reason to make fun of Virginia...
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Robert Edward Caldecott wrote: fines for women who show too much leg? how about a possible sentence of 1 year and a $2500 fine for women who fail to contact The Authorities within 12 hours of having a miscarriage[^]. Virginia is for dummies. Image Toolkits | Image Processing | Cleek
That is absolutely disgusting. What the hell does Cosgrove (the idiot behind that bill) know about being a woman experiencing a miscarriage? :mad: Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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Mike Gaskey wrote: do you happen to know where the fad originates? No idea, but, quite frankly, if young ladies want to show off their tiny little thongs, then you won't here me bitching about it! he he he. Nowadays it seems that 99% of the female populace wear them - except for my wife of course!
We wear them because they help us to feel good about ourselves (it's no different from wearing makeup or having a new hairstyle, as far as I'm concerned). Besides, thongs are extremely comfortable when you get used to them. ;) Anna :rose: Riverblade Ltd - Software Consultancy Services Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
