What is the world coming to when kissing in public has become a crime? Whattsa matta Moscow? Feelin a little frigid?
I hate it just as much as the next person when I see some shmarmie couple sucking face on the subway, but to outlaw it? I am not totally against rules stating that people should not suck face on the subway, since others are basically trapped in there with the face suckers and don't have the option to move away from it if they find it offensive. But to threaten jail sentences for those who hug or kiss on the subway or in other public places? What are these people doing? One person claims "Our children are getting love lessons all day long from what they see around them." Is it really that bad if a child sees two people kissing or hugging? Is it going to degrade their morals to an ungodly degree? Maybe it is better if children never witness affection and are just taught that tender physical interaction is bad and ugly, that it is a crime...something to be hidden behind closed doors and kept secret? Of course, this is in Moscow and I don't think it would go over in New York, but you never know!
And since when are governments and agencies responsible for enforcing so-called morals on the public to this degree? Since they decided to? It kind of reminds me of this Onion article with the headline "Americans Demand Increased Governmental Protection From Selves": "Alarmed by the unhealthy choices they make every day, more and more Americans are calling on the government to enact legislation that will protect them from their own behavior..." I guess maybe the same is going on in Moscow?
Posted by Maria at November 10, 2003 12:34 PM | TrackBackI could be accussed of being a tad bit old fashioned when it comes to PDA/Public Display of Affection, but I do enjoy seeing old and young couples in love, schmooching a little. People that sit around and feel each other up, I always just shake my head. I saw a young couple almost screwing on the librarys lawn downtown last summer, I told my kid right there, "if I ever catch you conducting yourself like that, I'll jerk a knot in your ass" But I didn't than or now feel a law should go on the books for it, just turn your head I suppose, look somewheres' else. Obese women in spandex is far more disgusting than swapping spit.
Posted by: sandy at November 10, 2003 03:09 PMGood point! Next thing you know they'll make a law against being more than fifty pounds overweight because that too is an eyesore! I just think it's crazy to try and control every facet of peoples lives by putting new laws in place. It seems like instead of getting more progressive, the entire world is getting more uptight!!!
Posted by: Maria at November 10, 2003 03:31 PMYeah, I was thinking about your earlier writings, it does seem we are wanting to "save ourselves". I'm so disgusted with the way most people I know think, act, conduct their lives and these are the so called people who have their shit together. I can count on one hand how many people I know who still drink a little too much from time to time, swear and god forbid smoke cigarettes. It makes me very nervous that my gov't has their hands so deep in my kool aid. My Canadian neighbor asks me all the time, "what in the hell is wrong w/America?" At first I was a little annoyed, but now I can see where she's coming from. I just shrug my shoulders when she says it now. We don't like kissing in public, no sex on tv, but damn every cartoon on Saturday morning has a character w/a gun, master of martial arts, etc. We have Presidents caught in compromising situations, bold faced lies, but me in the middle tax bracket ain't living right. I'll get a nasty look if I discipline my child in public, but possiblely face jail time if she grows up to be a juvenile delinquent. (parents have been going to jail because their kids skip school) Okay, where the fuck am I going w/this? Just pissy today I suppose.......:)
Posted by: sandy at November 10, 2003 04:50 PM