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struggle4progress

(118,285 posts)
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 11:39 AM Nov 2012

If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some clothes


San Francisco votes to ban public nudity
Supervisor Scott Wiener's motion passed by six votes to five, prompting protests inside City Hall
Eoin Reynolds in San Francisco
Tuesday 20 November 2012 20.59 EST

... Two women stripped off as the result was read out at city hall on Tuesday. One said: "What are you afraid of? My government has failed me." ...

As soon as the ban was passed, one woman stood up and declared "this is not a democracy" before taking off her clothes ...

He was opposed by supervisor John Avalos, who said he was concerned that a ban on nudity would be an infringement of civil liberties. "Sometimes there is a little weirdness about how we express ourselves and that's part of what is great in this city," he said ...

Opponents of the ban have until at least February to continue to walk naked in public ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/21/san-francisco-ban-public-nudity





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If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some clothes (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2012 OP
this was interesting. i watched cnn clip. they kept camera on the women stripping, and listened to seabeyond Nov 2012 #1
 

seabeyond

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1. this was interesting. i watched cnn clip. they kept camera on the women stripping, and listened to
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 11:43 AM
Nov 2012

the men that stripped, camera on face, as they spoke with authority.

our ingrained sexism.

happy turkey day all


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