I found this story on msnbc.com
When fake bull testicles are outlawed ...
Bill would ban anatomically explicit vehicle decorations in Maryland
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Fake bull testicles and other anatomically explicit vehicle decorations would be banned from Maryland roads under a bill pending in the state legislature.The measure was filed in the General Assembly on Monday by Delegate LeRoy E. Myers Jr., who says children shouldn't be exposed to giant plastic gonads dangling from pickup truck trailer hitches. The bill also would ban displaying images of naked human breasts, buttocks or genitals, with offenses punishable by fines of up to $500.
"It's time to take a stand," Myers told The (Hagerstown) Herald-Mail.
"The legislation is overly broad, and would probably make it illegal to have a sticker on your car of the Venus de Milo from an art museum," ACLU of Maryland spokeswoman Meredith Curtis wrote in an e-mail.
Pamela Campbell, whose Bullhead City, Ariz., business sells fake bull testicles, suggested that the swinging decorations can prompt healthy discussions about anatomy and reproduction.
"Do we have to neuter all dogs that walk by us?" she asked. "Where does it stop?"Last week, Arizona's legislature rejected a measure that would have banned vehicle splash guards bearing racist terms or silhouettes of naked women.
(All I gotta say is thank God for the ACLU- protecting my right to be offended by bumper tchotchkes!)
9 comments:
Anyone who would hang that crap on their trailer hitch is totally inconsiderate. What's next, walking around with your crank hanging out of your zipper? Why not the word NIGGER on front and back of your t-shirt? It's just a matter of respect. You don't hang shit like that where my granddaughters can see it, and I won't have to shoot them off!
Hey you know what? YOU are the reason I would hang one off of my car. Because it elicits such a strong and completely irrational response. There is NO correlation between an anatomical toy and a racial epithet. NONE. And to attempt to draw one is not only moronic, it's insulting. Get over yourself. You are not the arbiter of taste anywhere but in your own home. And if your granddaughters ever asked about those funny things hanging off of the truck in front of you, it is far better to laugh ruefully, and say, "they're a bad adult joke, honey." and offer them a cookie. Kids are pretty easily distracted. But if you make a federal case out of it, it only draws more attention to them. Take a psychology class.
Also if you granddaughters are such delicate little buttercups that they will be permanently damaged by exposure to truck balls, they aren't long for this world. They will no doubt see many far worse things. Like their grandparent thoughtlessly throwing around the "N" Bomb on other people's blogs.
NOT ALL DOGS JUST THE BOYS
Now that's just sad. Poor boy dogs. Destined to be neutered because their junk is considered impolite. Next it'll be all boy horses. Then all boy cattle. Then it'll be very difficult to breed animals, because the males will all lack their reproductive parts. Sad state of affairs, that.
I suppose we should also make sure that all nude males depicted in art lack balls too. Because someone might be offended.
Ha, i HAVE a 2 1/2 year old girl who just recently saw a pair of bull's balls on someone's truck here, and then saw her Daddy laugh his ass off. When she asked what they were I offered: "just a stupid toy, baby, that's all...hey, how about we sing a song together..." and deflected just like that. Sad to stereotype, but it's usually "granddaughters" that are kept in the relative dark, who end up bangin' Billy Bob when they're 15, either getting pregnant, or catching a shit case of the HPV/Chlamydia/herpes/etc. Education THROUGH EXPOSURE usually works best--at least it's been proven effective w/my daughters. But all in all, it's just plain fucking funny, seeing bull's balls hanging from someone's truck. And people nowadays have forgotten how to laugh at most things.
--Lx
Mr. Myers must not have enough work to keep him busy. There are so many other things for the government to get involved, in, but fake bull testicles do not qualify. I'm sure it was never the intention of all the politicians who came before Mr. Myers never dreamed they'd have to make a decision about fake testicles. I would think unemployment, education, prison conditions, the Chesapeake Bay, etc. would have presidence over fake bull testicals. The good people of Washington and Allegheny County voted for Myers?
That is the conundrum. Politicians without enough really important stuff to do. Playing with other people's money. Just because they can.
Let me get this straight. You don't want anyone to "inflict their offended sensibilities" on you. But you seem to have no problem inflicting YOUR idiotic sensibilites on us by thinking its OK to display anything that is offensive? You and the ACLU are completely ignorant in thinking that we inflict our values on you when in fact the minority view that you and the ACLU argue is inflicting your values (or lack thereof)on the majority.
Use some common sense. And either you do not have kids or they are stupid because my kids ask millions of questions, never let things go, and bring up things that happened months ago out of the blue. Perhaps your lack of education and common sense has trickled down to your children. Besides that--let the issue come to a vote--lets be democratic about it.
Wow. A year later and you comment on this post? Interesting. And a little sad. Move on. My blog, my rules. I don't have to justify or debate diddly squat with you or anyone else. Period.
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