Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Boob Police Strike in New Zealand

Family First in New Zealand is calling for the Auckland City Council to ban the annual Boobs on Bikes parade.
"Most New Zealanders know it is indecent and inappropriate to be topless in a public place - which is why there is no acceptance of the behaviour in schools, workplaces, retail shops or public gatherings."

"Previously we could depend on the police to stop inappropriate displays like the Boobs on Bikes parade, but an increasingly liberal interpretation of what is deemed offensive behaviour in public under the Crimes Act by both the police and judges means that until a political party or individual MP with backbone is willing to have the Crimes Act 'toughened up' to more clearly define 'offensive behaviour', the problem will continue."
Last time I checked, schools, workplaces and retail shops all require shirts, pants and shoes from all, men and women both. Using this illogical logic, then it should also be "indecent" for men to take their shirts off in public.

Notice how these moralists throw around words like "offensive" and "indecent" and "inappropriate", yet they never come up with a concrete argument against topfree equality. It's just mock outrage and moral indignation, based solely on personal preferences and not in reality, or in factual law.

I've seen a lot of female breasts in the last couple of years. Not one has done me the slightest bit of harm.

The simple solution for these soldiers of morality is for them to stay home, or wear blinders while the parade is going on.

We need to stop using the term "boob" for the female breast and return it to the original meaning, which is the definition of someone who is regarded as unintelligent or ignorant.

The moralists at Family First are the real boobs.

Update: Organizers vow that the parade will go on despite a last-minute bylaw change.

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