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Vermont town can bare it no longer.
Apparently, there's no state law in Vermont banning public nudity. That's cool, in my book.
Best parts of the article:
"You can't go into a store and buy an adult magazine until you're 18, and yet you can walk down the street in Vermont and see naked people. There's something wrong with that picture."
Note that he doesn't say what exactly is wrong with that picture. I have a feeling there could be some diverging opinions on which of these situations needs to be changed.
The idea of naked people spoiling Gallery Walk night by scaring families with children away is chilling.
Ya know, I get why prudish Americans would consider this an issue, and why moralistic jackasses would try to keep children from seeing people naked in a non-sexual way. But I think chilling is a bit of a stretch, don't you?
Saturday night Ben & I attended the 2007 Geek Prom at the Science Museum in St. Paul. It was ... well, let's just say it was geeky. The music, provided by E.L.nO., was decent, danceable, and fun. I wonder if all geeks love the 80s, or just the ones who were there.
Sadly, there was no drunken debauchery. Well, maybe a little - but I'll get to that in a minute. They advertised "a cash bar" but all they had was beer, wine, and an appalling blue thing that approximated a martini in some vague way. Perhaps it was the Vulcan equivalent.
So shortly after the new king and queen were crowned (a friend of ours was last year's queen, which is part of the reason we went), I was looking around the room, and suddenly the door on the men's room flies open, and 5 or 6 naked guys come running out onto the dance floor, then out into the next room, then back into the restroom. Hilarious. On principle alone, I declared it the high point of the night. Then a rent-a-cop (possibly St. Paul PD, but I'm not sure) shows up, & after the guys get dressed, they're escorted out of the building.
I'm wondering, was there really a need to arrest these guys? This was a private-ish event (open to all, but in a private venue, at least), open to those 18 and up, and it's doubtful that those present had never seen a penis before. In fact, as I noted immediately afterward, for most of the guys there, it was the closest they'll ever get to seeing a naked woman.
So, everyone has a good laugh, and the audience applauded the streakers after they came out of the restroom, in an effort to show support for them and disdain for the authority figures. No harm done. Well, I should clarify. Some harm did befall a few innocent bystanders (including last year's queen) when the cops decided an appropriate response to streakers is the use of pepper spray. Yes, they sprayed several people with pepper spray (though apparently none of the streakers showed any ill effects). Jackasses. That's all I can say.
P.S. One of the streakers had been dressed up as a little lad who loves berries and cream. Yeah, it was creepy.
Invasion of the naked body scanners. Apparently the technology now exists to do a low-level "backscatter X-ray" that looks through clothing. Hanes is probably already developing lead-lined underwear. It's all about security, & the need to detect non-metallic objects that might be stored on your person for use in a hijacking.If you're upset, first read the whole article. Looks like they're working to preserve anonymity - separating the images from your face & name, making sure that no person sees both you (in the flesh, so to speak) and the digital images of your flesh. Plus, it's not (yet) being applied to everyone, from what I gathered.Enjoy the new world order, kids. It's not going away anytime soon.
