More on the Puritans
There are so many of these stories, I am considering starting a series mocking the Girls Gone Wild series called Puritans Gone Wild. The series would feature religious zealots pushing their beliefs onto others and trying to be the moral thought police for the world, thinking they know what is best.
The link at the bottom is about a juice bar, featuring nude dancing , that the gov't is trying to close. In many such cases, when they find out the laws on the books don't prohibit it, they try passing new laws or even using other things like denying licenses, to try and get such businesses to close. Now for you puritans, I am not saying strip clubs should be everywhere, but truthfully if people want to see nude dancing, and no one is getting hurt, and it takes place in a private place, how exactly is it any of your damn business? Where in the constitution does it say that you have the right to make that decision for me or anyone else? Bottom line, if they are bothering anyone not in the club, if it bothers you then don't go there. They act like these strip clubs have naked women walking around outside for the world to see. I am not saying I would want to live next to one, or any bar for that matter, but if you don't like then don't go. This is one story that I hope there are some comments on, I would love the chance to debate any of the zealots on this one.
Here is the story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=10&u=/ap/20050202/ap_on_re_us/nude_juice_bar
The link at the bottom is about a juice bar, featuring nude dancing , that the gov't is trying to close. In many such cases, when they find out the laws on the books don't prohibit it, they try passing new laws or even using other things like denying licenses, to try and get such businesses to close. Now for you puritans, I am not saying strip clubs should be everywhere, but truthfully if people want to see nude dancing, and no one is getting hurt, and it takes place in a private place, how exactly is it any of your damn business? Where in the constitution does it say that you have the right to make that decision for me or anyone else? Bottom line, if they are bothering anyone not in the club, if it bothers you then don't go there. They act like these strip clubs have naked women walking around outside for the world to see. I am not saying I would want to live next to one, or any bar for that matter, but if you don't like then don't go. This is one story that I hope there are some comments on, I would love the chance to debate any of the zealots on this one.
Here is the story:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=10&u=/ap/20050202/ap_on_re_us/nude_juice_bar
posted by bigalsbeans at 11:13 PM
3 Comments:
Strip clubs aren't the end of the world, but state and local governments should be able to have reasonable regulations on them -- keeping them out of residential areas and away from schools, and licensing as for bars (which can be revoked if the owners don't keep underage people out or otherwise behave irresponsibly).
I agree they can be regulated, but if a strip club is already there, I don't think a community should be able to zone them out of existence like many have tried to do. Moral opposition should not be a factor, they have the same right to do business as anyone else don' they?
The state senator in your other post has definitely gone overboard. If his bill becomes law, the main impact would be to drive customers in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas across the state line. He'd probably be the first to complain if someone tried to tax gun shops the same way.
The zealots like him would be better off focusing on making sure these places are restricted to adults only.
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