Re: City Council on Public Nudity

[charris@uidaho.edu]

Visionaries,

I agree with Debi.  Moscow CC will spend all this time on this topless
issue, when it has not yet granted our request to make a presentation
to it on the Highway 95 realignment.  There has been no public debate
or citizen input on this decision, about which city staff are writing
a letter in support of 10A -- a classic case of decisionmaking on
significant issues behind closed doors.  The freeway over the ridge
and eventually across south Moscow to the west will bring major
changes and will be the first step in major commercial developments in
yet another part of Moscow.  This is a critical issue for the future
of the city -- so where's the open discussion like that allowed over
the viewing of the female body?

Please let the CC members know you want equal time for the highway issue.

BTW -- Oh, the ironies:.. The same day this issue of "indecent
exposure" was last reported in the D News, that paper also included an
obscene picture of a policeman in an obvious violent rage beating a
disabled black kid -- personally, I'd like to see all those pictures
of male violence banned as much more obscene and harmful than viewing
the beauty of the female form that God granted us all.

If man was indeed created in the image of God, at best, God has an
amazing  sense of humor, and at worst....

Chuck Harris



Date forwarded: 	Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:29:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:           	debismith@moscow.com
To:             	Vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com>, Pam Palmer
<ppalmer@moscow.com> Date sent:      	Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:57:35 -0700
Subject:        	Re: City Council on Public Nudity Priority:      
	normal Forwarded by:   	vision2020@moscow.com

> In regards to the new city ordinance: How could so much time be
> wasted on something so silly? What twisted logic would make anyone
> believe the wording to the ordinance is even understandable, let
> alone legal? How much money will it cost tax payers to defend this
> piece of poorly written and discriminatory junk? And please tell me
> again why a breast in full view with a baby attached is different
> than a breast in full view with no baby attached.... Debi
> Robinson-Smith debismith@moscow.com
> 


------- End of forwarded message -------Dr. Chuck Harris, Professor
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