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Saturday, May 14, 2011

That's It! It Is Time For Immigration Restrictions From California!

The May 12, 2011 Idaho Statesman reports on a man arrested walking down the street naked in the North End (the rich hippie neighborhood of Boise):

The man, 20-year-old Jonathan Palmer, was charged with a misdemeanor for violating a city ordinance that bars public nudity, said Lt. Kent Lipple with Boise police.
"He told the officers he was trying to conquer his fear of being naked in public," Lipple said. "And he wanted the public to get over their fear of naked men in public."

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/05/12/1647084/police-arrest-naked-man-from-street.html#storylink=omni_popular#ixzz1MGwuXsDA
The problem is that you can't easily distinguish some forms of antisocial eccentricity from California political movements.

5 comments:

  1. "Dude, it ain't fear. We just don't want to see your junk."

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  2. That strikes me as a sort of self-correcting problem. I can't imagine the climate of Boise, even in May, is terrifically conducive to strolling about in the all together.

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  3. Actually, a few days ago it was in the 80s. This morning--it was snowing heavily.

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  4. My point exactly. They might be able to bring the politics of california, but not the weather

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  5. Of course in California you never know if it isn't in fact antisocial mental illness masquerading as a political position. I'm thinking of the Berkeley "Naked Guy" from about 29 years ago who ended up homeless and mentally ill, and sadly, ultimately committing suicide in 2003, iirc.

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