Comments on: Breast Wars Heat Up – Protest a Bust http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/ The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, But It Will Be Blogged Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:15:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bobby http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-115127 Bobby Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:18:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/#comment-115127 This is ridiculous. The cops and the ones that sent them to commit this crime against Liz Book should be the ones in jail. While I am not generally in favor of anyone going bare torsoed in public, I do not believe it should be labeled criminal. For that matter, going totally naked in public should not be defined as a crime. The human body is not obscene. What is done with the body may be a crime, but just the bare body is not obscene. Why is it so offensive to many people? Everywhere we go we see animals totally naked. Their penises, scrotums and vulvas are in plain view, and no one is offended or even takes notice. Horses and bovines (cattle) have genitals vastly larger than any human, and no one pays any attention. Why do so many believe that harmless behavior that they do not like calls for violence against the one who does it? No one is harmed by nakedness except perhaps the one who is naked, who may get a sunburn or frostbite or skid marks if (s)he falls off a bike? Even the prophet Isaiah went naked for three years as a statement (Isaiah 20:1-6). He certainly did not do this for prurient purposes, thus did not do wrong. Where women are told to dress modestly (I Timothy 2:9-10), the context shows that the apostle was not addressing what particular square inches of skin were exposed or not, but ostentatiousness, showy, expensive fabric, lavish jewelry, etc. Surely the women were conforming to their culture's dress customs, as that was not a problem then. They didn't feel a need for laws and sheriffs to punish people for what sq. in. of skin they covered or left exposed. Women, and men for that matter, should not have to be concerned if one of the myriad spy cameras that are proliferating will spot them with an arm raised or bending over. Some people are offended by women with unshaven armpits and legs. Should they be arrested, roughed up and tossed in jail? Should a woman whose skirt gets hung, or blown by the wind, be handcuffed and jailed? Washington state has decriminalized women being bare above the hips (I don't know exactly where they draw the "line"). Women there were tired of being harassed for letting a nipple show for a moment when feeding their babies. Let clothing or the lack thereof be controlled by custom and social pressure, not by guns, chains and prisons. This is ridiculous. The cops and the ones that sent them to commit this crime against Liz Book should be the ones in jail.
While I am not generally in favor of anyone going bare torsoed in public, I do not believe it should be labeled criminal.
For that matter, going totally naked in public should not be defined as a crime. The human body is not obscene. What is done with the body may be a crime, but just the bare body is not obscene.
Why is it so offensive to many people? Everywhere we go we see animals totally naked. Their penises, scrotums and vulvas are in plain view, and no one is offended or even takes notice. Horses and bovines (cattle) have genitals vastly larger than any human, and no one pays any attention.
Why do so many believe that harmless behavior that they do not like calls for violence against the one who does it?
No one is harmed by nakedness except perhaps the one who is naked, who may get a sunburn or frostbite or skid marks if (s)he falls off a bike?
Even the prophet Isaiah went naked for three years as a statement (Isaiah 20:1-6). He certainly did not do this for prurient purposes, thus did not do wrong.
Where women are told to dress modestly (I Timothy 2:9-10), the context shows that the apostle was not addressing what particular square inches of skin were exposed or not, but ostentatiousness, showy, expensive fabric, lavish jewelry, etc. Surely the women were conforming to their culture’s dress customs, as that was not a problem then. They didn’t feel a need for laws and sheriffs to punish people for what sq. in. of skin they covered or left exposed.
Women, and men for that matter, should not have to be concerned if one of the myriad spy cameras that are proliferating will spot them with an arm raised or bending over. Some people are offended by women with unshaven armpits and legs. Should they be arrested, roughed up and tossed in jail? Should a woman whose skirt gets hung, or blown by the wind, be handcuffed and jailed?
Washington state has decriminalized women being bare above the hips (I don’t know exactly where they draw the “line”). Women there were tired of being harassed for letting a nipple show for a moment when feeding their babies.
Let clothing or the lack thereof be controlled by custom and social pressure, not by guns, chains and prisons.

]]> By: If It Was A Man Boob http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-114222 If It Was A Man Boob Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:00:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/#comment-114222 When did natur ebecome a crime? Was she being provocative or sordid? Maybe it is they who need locking up. When did natur ebecome a crime? Was she being provocative or sordid? Maybe it is they who need locking up.

]]> By: Emko http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-114074 Emko Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:18:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/#comment-114074 michael i totaly agree with you michael i totaly agree with you

]]> By: Michael http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-94901 Michael Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:59:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/#comment-94901 The chest for ladies is developed to breasts to feed the baby. The chest for ladies is developed to breasts to feed the baby.

]]> By: Cheap Bras http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-58058 Cheap Bras Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:28:37 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/#comment-58058 I agree with the statement that breasts are not criminal. It's absurd, really. I agree with the statement that breasts are not criminal.

It’s absurd, really.

]]> By: Steph From Discount Bras http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dowbrigade/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/comment-page-1/#comment-46912 Steph From Discount Bras Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:01:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/dbnews/2004/03/08/breast-wars-heat-up-protest-a-bust/#comment-46912 I feel that as a Women, I should be allowed to feed my child anytime and at any place, without issue, as nature intended. Thank you for that article. I feel that as a Women, I should be allowed to feed my child anytime and at any place, without issue, as nature intended.

Thank you for that article.

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