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And fortunately, it's not in the US, though who knows whether someone in our current Congress/administration will think this is a good idea.

From MSNBC: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6747011/)
MEXICO CITY - There's a city in Mexico that's making it illegal for citizens to be naked — inside their own homes.

Officials in the southeastern city of Villahermosa confirm that the city council has adopted a law banning indoor nudity.

A council member who opposes the idea says he's not sure how it'll be enforced.

But a councilwoman who supports it says she's confident that citizens who catch a glimpse of violators while walking past their windows will report them to police — even though the law also threatens jail for peeping Toms.

She describes the law as "zero tolerance" for "a lack of morality."
Wow.

"This just in, Mexico's birth rate has dropped 94% in just one year."

"This just in, Mexico's birth rate has dropped 94% in just one year."
That might just stop them from coming to the US illegally.

And fortunately, it's not in the US, though who knows whether someone in our current Congress/administration will think this is a good idea.

From MSNBC: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6747011/)

Wow.
No sex? No bathing? No um... sleeping naked...?

That sounds both stupid and foolish. Why would you ban nudity?

That might just stop them from coming to the US illegally.
I knew it was a vast right wing conspiracy...

Wow. This takes the word stupidity to a whole new level.

Are you sure this wasn't a law proposed by Bush?

Thats the most rediculous thing I've ever heard of. Lets hope it doesnt come here to the US!



How can that be??? :confused:

I wouldn't want to be walking through that village in a week or so--everybody wearing the same underwear for that long. Whew!

I wouldn't want to be walking through that village in a week or so--everybody wearing the same underwear for that long. Whew!

:eek:

Does this law apply to dogs as well, because they are naked all year round, same with hippies.

*contemplates changing clothes*
Remember... you must keep at least one article of clothing on at all times that covers you fairly completely.


The real question is if a bikini is naked. I mean... given how some of those are barely there, how is that non-naked? :p

So very glad I live in Australia right now.

Gawd. I wonder if the rest of the world, after wiping out America, would notice a shockingly large increase in intelligent people throughout the world?

Well I'm sitting here right now in my birthday suit. Thank God I live in GB.

villahermosa means "city of the nude" in spanish. i'm pretty confident this is some kind of joke

. . .and pretty soon there'll be no talking and no drinking. . .


okay, can anyone name the comedian?

villahermosa means "city of the nude" in spanish. i'm pretty confident this is some kind of joke

I thought it meant "beautiful village"...I know "hermosa" means "beautiful"...

Gawd. I wonder if the rest of the world, after wiping out America, would notice a shockingly large increase in intelligent people throughout the world?

Alright, now tell the truth. Did you really read the article?

villahermosa means "city of the nude" in spanish. i'm pretty confident this is some kind of joke

Nope. "Beautiful town."

I thought it meant "beautiful village"...I know "hermosa" means "beautiful"...


Yep. You're absolutely correct.

...

NINJA! :mp5:

Wow. This takes the word stupidity to a whole new level.

Are you sure this wasn't a law proposed by Bush?
C'mon, you know Bush walks around the White House naked all the time, it's his second favorite activity, only below pissing people off.

Singapore has a law (http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=laws&cid=155) to this effect already.
(As well as one outlawing oral sex (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/17/1076779976506.html?from=storyrhs&oneclick=true)

So very glad I live in Australia right now.

Gawd. I wonder if the rest of the world, after wiping out America, would notice a shockingly large increase in intelligent people throughout the world?

mexico was the one who banned indoor nudity
i know bush makes the national IQ drop a few points but come on indoor nudity ban brings stupidity to a whole new low



(afterthought with nothing to do with quote) i would walk around in nothing but shoes i would NOT be nude

Wow I wish I could comment on this.....but words fail me.....wow.....

quality.

mexico was the one who banned indoor nudity
i know bush makes the national IQ drop a few points but come on indoor nudity ban brings stupidity to a whole new low
Last time i checked Mexiko was very mucho America. America isnt only the states.

No sex? No bathing? No um... sleeping naked...?

That sounds both stupid and foolish. Why would you ban nudity?
Because they can levy huge fines and swell the public coffers every time a baby is born.

I knew it was a vast right wing conspiracy...

No, I agree. I detest overpopulation and all the problems it causes. I applaud China's 1 child law, and if it results in them only having boys, and the entire nation being destroyed by their sexism and stupidity, that's an added benefit.

On the note of Mexico, you all know what I think of Catholics and their refusal to use birth control or claims to abstain from premarital sex...

But this law is stupid, literally, and won't last long at all.

Singapore has a law (http://www.dumblaws.com/laws.php?site=laws&cid=155) to this effect already.
(As well as one outlawing oral sex (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/17/1076779976506.html?from=storyrhs&oneclick=true)

Singapore is a backwards, represive nation. Just look at those laws!

. . .and pretty soon there'll be no talking and no drinking. . .


okay, can anyone name the comedian?

Eddie Izzard.

So very glad I live in Australia right now.

Gawd. I wonder if the rest of the world, after wiping out America, would notice a shockingly large increase in intelligent people throughout the world?


What are you saying, that australians are smarter than the rest of the world?

If it wasn't so cold this time of the year, I'd get naked just for this.

Are you allowed to be naked outside?

Are you allowed to be naked outside?

An excellent question! :)

Singapore is a backwards, represive nation. Just look at those laws!

No argument. However, they have remained loose on some issues (prostitution, for example) and are loosening up on many issues (it is noe legal to dance on tables and bar tops).

I'm still not sure the story is on the up and up. It just seems to be too out there. But they did put up a Walmart by Teotihuacan, so who knows what the hell is going on in Mexico anymore? I'd just like to see them try and do something like this in Brazil. Yeah, right! Like that'd happen!

Just remember - Singapore might be whacky, but what happens in Bangkok stays in Bangkok.

Last time i checked Mexiko was very mucho America. America isnt only the states.

i know im just saying why do you have to wipe out the entire continent

Thats absolutely ridiculous, what happens when you need to take a shower, or a bath.

And Villahermosa is hot, HOOOT. Not being able to be naked in your house is just cruel.

Anyway, it's very stupid.

And fortunately, it's not in the US, though who knows whether someone in our current Congress/administration will think this is a good idea.

From MSNBC: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6747011/)

Wow.
i feel bad for people trying to shower...

This was the quote that really blew me away: She describes the law as "zero tolerance" for "a lack of morality."
I'm still trying to figure that one out.

Are you supposed to be born with clothes on? Do they fine babies for being naked?

It's probably better that people who'd pass such a law aren't reproducing anyway!

That might just stop them from coming to the US illegally.
LOL!!!!! that is the funniest thing I have read all day.

It seems that someone wants to outdo Mao's cultural revolution for the stupidest political manuever ever.

how very odd...

Are you allowed to be naked outside?

Appearantly that's where you have to go to change your underwear.

How would you enforce this law?

I wouldn't want to be walking through that village in a week or so--everybody wearing the same underwear for that long. Whew!

The trick is to put a new shirt on before your new underwear and you don't have to be naked.

I would love to see how they plan to enforce it, or even how they think they can justify it. Being naked is immoral now? Maybe being naked in public could be a problem, but being naked in your own home seems more harmless and normal than immoral to me.

lol. What is `immoral` is enforcing things like this on citizens.

The only people who obey this law will be people who obey laws simply because `it is the law`.

Words on paper do not necessarily make crimes. They can say it is a crime, and they can punish.