The Latest in American Puritan Madness

Typical:

Alabama has passed a law that will result in every strip club in the country being shut down. And forget hiring a topless waitress in an attempt to get around the bar: the law, which was passed with no votes against and only two abstentions, will make it illegal for any business to profit from the nudity of its employees.

Oops -- did I type Alabama? I meant Iceland! Sorry.

Comments

[Anonymous]

For "grar," Andrew, see the online Urban Dictionary.

At least, I suppose that's what Cohu meant. Nicht wahr, Cohu?

Teaching us Americans our own slang.

Must have an IQ of 180 and memorized the entire OED (and not the abridged version).

[Andrew]

First, Cohu -- what does your objection to Icelandic regulatory policy have to do with the GRAR?

And second, don't forget the (not so) strange bedfellows of the dour feminists -- the Christian fundamentalists.

[Astron]

Dang. Premature commenting as a consequence of headline-reading-content-guessing syndrome.

[Astron]

Interesting that the Guardians paints this as such a desirable thing (is it because Iceland is in Europe or because of the lesbian prime minister?). And seriously, "lapdance clubs" are now part of the sex industry? (Admittedly, maybe I'm naive and these clubs belong into this category -- I've never been in one.)

[cohu]

"Feminism" now means telling adult women what to do or not to do with their own bodies? That article gives me the GRAR.