Odd laws sometimes still have bite

[bio]

Odd Washington State laws:

• All lollipops are banned.
• A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town."
• It is illegal to paint polka dots on the American flag.
• People may not buy a mattress on Sunday.
• All motor vehicles must be preceded by a man carrying a red flag (daytime) or a red lantern (nighttime) fifty feet in front of said vehicle.
• It is illegal to pretend that one's parents are rich.
• You are not allowed to breastfeed in public. (Repealed)
• One may not spit on a bus.
• When two trains come to a crossing, neither shall go until the other has passed.
• You cannot buy meat of any kind on Sunday.
• It is illegal to attach a vending machine to a utility pole without prior consent from the utility company. Furthermore, if permission is granted, the vending machine may not be less than twelve feet from the ground.
• No person may walk about in public if he or she has the common cold.
• Destroying a beer cask or bottle of another is illegal.
• It is illegal to entice girls away from the Maple Lane School for girls.
• X-rays may not be used to fit shoes.
• Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status, may face up to five years in jail. (Auburn)
• You may not shuck peanuts on the street. (Bremerton)
• Dancing and drinking may not occur at the same establishment. (Lynden)
• You may not carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length. (Seattle)
• Women who sit on men's laps on buses or trains without placing a pillow between them face an automatic six-month jail term. (Seattle)
• No one may set fire to another person's property without prior permission. (Seattle)
• TV's may not be bought on Sundays. (Spokane)
• Strippers may not come closer than four feet to any customer. (Spokane County)
• No structure shall contain more than two toilets that use potable water for flushing. -San Juan County Ordinance NO. 7 -1995 (Passed June 7,1995) (Waldron Island)
• You may not ride an ugly horse (Wilbur)

[miftah]

• It is illegal to entice girls away from the Maple Lane School for girls.

Uh-oh.

[Rocketdork]

[*]Destroying a beer cask or bottle of another is illegal.

GOOD LAW!!!!!!!!!

[mudflap]

• Strippers may not come closer than four feet to any customer. (Spokane County)

Someone tell that to the girls at the Vu....I don't think they're aware of that law.
As a matter of fact, I'm pretty damn sure they aren't!

[bio]

Actually, that law was created because of the Vu.

They were trying to make it impossible for the Vu to stay in business. The law restricts how close the stripper can be after she's stripped. So... they get all over you while scantily clad, then move to the middle of the stage and get nekkid. You throw money at them now (instead of having them come to you).

Or so I've been told.

Seriously... nudie bars have absolutely no interest to me. They're stupid. Go look at a girl who you probobly wouldn't want to actally know so you can get all randy, then go home... alone. All the while you're buying $6 soda (a 4oz glass that has to be purchased every 20 minutes or you have to leave).

It would be far more efficient if you just walked in, handed someone $40, put your dick on a stump, and they wacked it with a ball pien hammer. No more randy feelings, and you would definately know you were done.

Funny thing about strip joints: If it's man on stage and women in the audience... the audience is screaming, jumping up and down, laughing, and having a generally good time. If it's a woman on stage and men in the audience... it's deadly silent.

Like a bunch of wolves staring at a rabbit.

[Pigman]

Well, to prove the hate crime end of it, evidence is needed that this was the original impetus. The burdon of prove lays on the affirmative, the same as any other charge, which I believe is the criteria you're asking about.

I believe we are having a CIVIL discusion here! Yes .. my point is just how it is determined that "hate" was involved with some sort of minority bias.

I submit that almost ANY crime is a hate crime in that if hate is the inverse of love, then to me, any crime involving personal injury is a hate crime. We need to punish people for commiting the crime, why does it matter what drove the criminal to commit his act?

My problem is the abiguity of judgement of people's thoughts.

So for example, if I have a rep for gay bashing, rob a store, kill the employee and later it turns out that the guy was gay, should I be given a different sentence? Look at it this way, if I was PRO Gay, attended EVERY gay rights activity, robbed the same store, killed the same gay employee, should I be given a lighter sentence?

[Pigman]

• Strippers may not come closer than four feet to any customer. (Spokane County)

Someone tell that to the girls at the Vu....I don't think they're aware of that law.
As a matter of fact, I'm pretty damn sure they aren't!

I will admit to having been to the Vu a few times and think the reason is that at 4 feet or more the girls look ok...

[Encap]

That has something to do with the fact that society has really fucked up the concept of masculenity. It's been screwed up since around the time of the Magna Carta, and has only gotten worse in the past 30 years. It seems to be speeding up too!

In response to this, modern masculenity has become so incredibly retarded. It's not Wolves looking at Sheep. That silence is the internal conflict of the people attending trying to figure out how to respond to the stimulii. Guys are trained by society to not be able to handle that.

My true strip club story: Daks and I are in New Orleans. We went into one of the Quarter strip clubs. So, finally, I go up and tip the nice lady a dollar. I'm holding it up, not sure what to do with it. She's grinding all around. After about 20 seconds, I'm just wishing she'd take it, and be done. I finally ask her "Where do you want this?" she says "Anywhere!" So I try to like... slip it between her ear and her hair, like a pencil or a cigarette. This weirds her out, so she takes it from my hand, then GRABS MY HEAD AND PRESSES IT INTO HER BREASTS.

I wasn't really prepared for that. So I go back to the table, and tell Daks "I'm sorry. I didn't know she was about to do that." She then laughs at me and tells me "When I tell you to go give the nice naked lady a dollar, you don't have to apologize that she rubbed her breasts on your face."

It actually more annoyed me than anything. I was wearing my glasses at the time, so on one side of them, you have my face grease, and on the other side you have her breast grease and glitter.

[miftah]

I submit that almost ANY crime is a hate crime in that if hate is the inverse of love, then to me, any crime involving personal injury is a hate crime. We need to punish people for commiting the crime, why does it matter what drove the criminal to commit his act?

Refer to my first response.

It actually more annoyed me than anything. I was wearing my glasses at the time, so on one side of them, you have my face grease, and on the other side you have her breast grease and glitter.

Stripper breast grease and glitter: