Don't go to Manhattan, Kansas

**Bob S.** · #1 12-01-2003, 05:34 PM

As if you actually new such a place existed. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif[/img]

According to The Kansas State eCollegian, http://www.kstatecollegian.com/stori...w_nudity.shtml
this small town has enacted an ordinance to specifically make illegal adult businesses, but the wording of it makes for interesting reading. From what I read of it on the site, it seems that erections are also illegal, even if they are covered. They also had to define a person as being alive, so thankfuklly, corpses do not count in this ordinance.

Here is the abriged ordinance according to the website:

"It shall be unlawfulfor any person to knowingly, intentionally or recklessly, appear in a state of nudity in a public place." Nudity is defined as "less than completely or opaquely covering and exposing to view: (1) Human male or female genitals; or (2) Any portion of the anal cleft or cleavage of the male or female buttocks..." Nudity also applies to female breasts and "human male genitals in a turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered." A person is defined as a live human 10 years or older. A public place is defined as "any location frequented by the public, or where the public is present or likely to be present..."

Bob S.

**Bob S.** · #2 12-01-2003, 05:34 PM

As if you actually new such a place existed. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif[/img]

According to The Kansas State eCollegian, http://www.kstatecollegian.com/stori...w_nudity.shtml
this small town has enacted an ordinance to specifically make illegal adult businesses, but the wording of it makes for interesting reading. From what I read of it on the site, it seems that erections are also illegal, even if they are covered. They also had to define a person as being alive, so thankfuklly, corpses do not count in this ordinance.

Here is the abriged ordinance according to the website:

"It shall be unlawfulfor any person to knowingly, intentionally or recklessly, appear in a state of nudity in a public place." Nudity is defined as "less than completely or opaquely covering and exposing to view: (1) Human male or female genitals; or (2) Any portion of the anal cleft or cleavage of the male or female buttocks..." Nudity also applies to female breasts and "human male genitals in a turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered." A person is defined as a live human 10 years or older. A public place is defined as "any location frequented by the public, or where the public is present or likely to be present..."

Bob S.

NuTex · #3 12-01-2003, 06:38 PM

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human male genitals in a turgid state, even if completely and opaquely covered.

Turgid? LOL! I bet they spent all night looking for that word!

I think you interpreted that right, Bob. What a bunch of idiots.
NuTEx

#4 12-01-2003, 07:41 PM

I keep a dictionary handy to look up words I've never heard of before--like turgid. Some of our members apparently are better educated than I am, or they're trying to impress the rest of us. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

RalphVa · #5 12-02-2003, 03:01 AM

Don't take your Viagra before going to church. Otherwise, you'll be arrested.

hw · #6 12-02-2003, 07:36 AM

A person is defined as a live human 10 years or older.

Really? Hmmmmmmmmmm....and here I thought a Person was any Human of any age. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif[/img]

NuTex · #7 12-02-2003, 07:57 AM

Jon-Marc, I had to go to an online dictionary to find out what it meant myself. I've never seen this word before.

I think it just shows how odd it can get when someone tries to control others.

plendsk · #8 12-02-2003, 08:14 AM

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Originally posted by NuTex:
[qb] Jon-Marc, I had to go to an online dictionary to find out what it meant myself. I've never seen this word before.

I think it just shows how odd it can get when someone tries to control others. [/qb]

plendsk · #9 12-02-2003, 08:21 AM

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Originally posted by plendsk:
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quote:
Originally posted by NuTex:
[qb] Jon-Marc, I had to go to an online dictionary to find out what it meant myself. I've never seen this word before.

I think it just shows how odd it can get when someone tries to control others. [/qb]
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Howdy,I think I just deleted my own message.
I hate to admit it, but I lived in Kansas fo five long years and I have never seen a state so screwed up when it comes to their laws. It seems as if the entire legal system is set up to remove as many personal freedoms as possible.

NuTex · #10 12-02-2003, 08:27 AM

You ought to see Texas sometime. Or maybe you shouldn't now that I think about it. Talk about a screwed up state.

I hear Arkansas is bad for naturist rights. Can anybody here confirm that?
NuTex