Florida moves to ban testicles on vehicles

[machangezi]

12:45PMMonday April 28, 2008
By Michael Peltier


A gun shop-owning Florida senator wants to ban fake bull testicles on vehicles.


TALLAHASSEE - Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state.
Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the ban.
Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the novelty items, which are known by brand names like Truck Nutz and resemble the south end of a bull moving north.
The Florida Senate voted last week to add the measure to a broader transportation bill, but it is not included in the House version.
In a spirited debate laced with double entendre, Senate lawmakers questioned whether the state should curtail freedom of expression in vehicle accessories.
Critics of the ban included the Senate Rules Chairman, Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican whose truck sported a pair until his wife protested.
The bill's sponsor doubted it would succeed.


"It's probably not going to make it through the process," Baker said, "It won't be much of story in a few days."
- REUTERS __________________

A bull's testicles is offensive to some nutters? Offending 1.8 billion Muslims is ok? Ain't it a double standard? I mean whatever happened to the freedom of expression/speech and human rights?

Sorry LC, had to put it here in Issues.

Linky: Florida moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[tayto]

12:45PMMonday April 28, 2008
By Michael Peltier


A gun shop-owning Florida senator wants to ban fake bull testicles on vehicles.


TALLAHASSEE - Senate lawmakers in Florida have voted to ban the fake bull testicles that dangle from the trailer hitches of many trucks and cars throughout the state.
Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the ban.
Motorists would be fined $60 for displaying the novelty items, which are known by brand names like Truck Nutz and resemble the south end of a bull moving north.
The Florida Senate voted last week to add the measure to a broader transportation bill, but it is not included in the House version.
In a spirited debate laced with double entendre, Senate lawmakers questioned whether the state should curtail freedom of expression in vehicle accessories.
Critics of the ban included the Senate Rules Chairman, Sen. Jim King, a Jacksonville Republican whose truck sported a pair until his wife protested.
The bill's sponsor doubted it would succeed.


"It's probably not going to make it through the process," Baker said, "It won't be much of story in a few days."
- REUTERS __________________

A bull's testicles is offensive to some nutters? Offending 1.8 billion Muslims is ok? Ain't it a double standard? I mean whatever happened to the freedom of expression/speech and human rights?

Sorry LC, had to put it here in Issues.

Linky: Florida moves to ban fake testicles on vehicles - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[Ivor Biggun]

Not allowed to call a house in the UK "The dogs bollocks". What next ?

[Texpat]

Um, when were 1.8 billion Muslims offended in the state of Florida?
The Tallahassee legislature, (what we're talking about here) while they think highly of themselves, probably don't have much pull in the UN, within Arab nations and among muslims around the world.

I'm trying to discern where this is going ... but nothing comes to mind. You're taking an ideal and trying to apply it wholesale across the world. Don't work like that. Sweden has free health care, where do I get mine?

Freedom of speech is not a god given right to everyone. You can't scream fire in a theater, either. Does that ruffle your feathers?