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What I'm reading now:
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (Listening to the audio version. Excellent!)
Idlewild (Very interesting, quite different. Written by Carl Sagan's son, Nick)
Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism (my favorite atheist book so far)

What I just finished:
You Suck: A Love Story (It made me LOL)
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story (It sucked me in. Fun and funny.)
The City of Ember (movie was much better)
His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass) (best trilogy I've ever read!)
The Heathen's Guide to World Religions (witty and informative)

What I'm waiting for, or what's waiting on my nightstand:
Microcosm: E. Coli and the New Science of Life (Vintage)
The Day of the Triffids

Great Stuff I Watched Recently:
War, Inc. (very clever satire from the headlines. cynical but funny)
Taken (gritty, violent, excellent retribution!)
The Day of the Triffids (BBC series. Good acting, 80's low budget effects)
City of Ember (DVD) (good movie, much better than the book)

Happy Atheist Love

No More Droopy Drawers

In Flint Michigan, it’s now illegal to have droopy drawers. The crime is disorderly conduct or indecent exposure and both misdemeanors are punishable by 93 days to a year in jail and/or fines up to $500.

The chief of police, David Dicks, says it’s immoral, indecent, and a national nuisance. (found here)

While I personally can’t stand the style of saggy pants, does it really require the police to intervene? I heard recently that they are trying to make a law against it in Florida somewhere. (I can’t remember exactly where, sorry). I have very mixed feelings about this.

I think our government is too involved in certain issues of society. This is one of them. I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s, so I know all about weird fashions. If people want to look stupid and ridiculous, that’s their business. If guys want to walk around holding their pants up, who am I to say there should be a law against it? If it’s a crime for people to show their underwear, and the cracks of their ass, they’re going to have to also arrest every plumber out there, and many construction worker too.

What about other fashion faux pas? Like fat women who wear miss teen clothes, or anyone showing their showing their muffin tops? I hate that too. Yeah, it’s a crime of humanity, a crime of fashion, but do they need to do jail time? That’s just plain dumb, in my opinion.

You can’t regulate fashion. The more you try to control people, the more they’ll find ways to rebel. You may not like the style any more than I do, but just imagine what will come next if we outlaw this. For those of you who say it’s racist, that’s nonsense. I’ve seen all kinds of people dress this way.

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