Here's the thing: cops have a right to search your car before it is towed, for "safety". If you were just in an accident, chances are your car will be getting towed! Even if your car is drivable, they can simply detain you, which gives them the right to tow your car (safely parked off the highway), which gives them the right to search your entire car, bring in a drug sniffing dog, etc. Think I'm kidding? I've had them do this to me when I was rear-ended. "Can I have my wife come get the car to save me the $200 towing fee?" "No, you have no right to contact anyone!"
Except that if I obtained my driver's license BEFORE the law was passed, they would be adding an ex post facto condition to the license, wouldn't they?
I never text, but this brings up a question frequently on my mind: is using google navigate while driving considered "distracted driving"? I try to set the destination before putting the car in gear, but I don't always do it that way, and it is admittedly dangerous to type in a destination while driving. Also tend to hold phone in my hand so that I can see the navigation info while driving -- can this get me busted?
"Separate but equal" failed because services were demonstrably NOT equal. Desegregation was seen as the only effective means of making equal services available to everyone, even if busing kids miles out of there way was a side effect.
I wondered why apartment managers always took my drivers license and stuck it in a locked drawer in the office before showing me an apartment, until I realized: almost always women showing the apartment, I'm a strange male, and by definition they would be alone in the apartment with me. Sadly, it wouldn't actually prevent an attack, but it would assist in tracking down the perpetrator after the fact.
No, a gun isn't magic, but it is an equalizer that gives a much smaller, weaker person a fighting chance against a larger, strong aggressor... usually just be brandishing the weapon. That being said, I would like there to be much more stringent requirements for training and demonstrated proficiency before giving people concealed carry permits.
There is a HUGE gender bias in the enforcement of domestic violence laws, to the point that a woman can do anything they want to a man, but if the man defends himself, he goes to jail. Yes, I too have a problem with people perpetuating the myth that domestic violence is something that men do to women and children, with the fact is that violence is something that people do to people, Personally, I have never assaulted a woman, but I've been assaulted by women on multiple occasions, and police never pressed charges against the woman. That being said, there is ample legal precedent for starting businesses that serve only women and are staffed by only women, so I suspect the safety argument would be considered sufficient grounds to justify discrimination in this case. Also, even though they are using only female drivers, they are STILL running exhaustive background checks on them! Not sure what they are doing to blacklist violent customers...
Actually, since the Equal Rights Amendment was never ratified, there is no constitutional requirement to treat men and women exactly the same. There are plenty of businesses that give preferences to women and get away with it.
Female-only health clubs like Curves for Women are still in business. Girls Scouts still accepts only female members. Men-only clubs still exist in the US! Fraternities and Sororities are still gender-specific. Women can run women-only massage businesses. Sex workers can be selected on the basis of gender and sex... apparently it is legal to "discriminate" on the basis of sex and/or gender if you can state valid reasons to do so, e.g. for safety.
Sounds like a better solution for those that want to investigate the effects of zero-g sex... the walls would be much more comfortable to bounce off of than the tin can walls of an old-fashioned habitat.
Dead drunk, but he could still get it up and get it off enough to get two women pregnant? Lot must have been one hell of a man! Maybe he SHOULD be thought of as as hero!
It's a more valid argument about showers at health clubs, but still, it should be possible to have some privacy there regardless -- I don't like group showers either!
Isn't the ultimate solution to just provide single-occupant, unisex bathrooms for everyone? That's a time consuming and expensive change, but it solves the problem of creating a "safe space" for everyone. That's the solution we all already use at home, and many new businesses have unisex bathrooms for customers already. I was just in a Jamba Juice that had only one bathroom -- you just have to clean it a lot more often if men are using it too.
Thank you, that was my point exactly. In an extremely poorly thought out attempt to keep women from being uncomfortable sharing facilities with male-to-female transgender people, they have legally forced women to share facilities with much more masculine looking female-to-male transgender people. The stupid bastards have made the problem much worse by not thinking it through! Fortunately, this law will be pretty easily defeated in court. I'm confused by the part that bans cities from passing laws that are more restrictive than the state law... I thought more local jurisdictions were allowed to make things more restricted, but not less restrictive. So NC is claiming they can pass laws that reverse Federal law, but counties and cities can't pass laws that reverse state law? How the hell does that work, legally?
There are trough-style urinals, and even trough-style portapotties that are used at high attendance events. Personally, I don't give a shit who sees my peepee... unless they are using a magnifying glass; that's kind of creepy.
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Here's the thing: cops have a right to search your car before it is towed, for "safety". If you were just in an accident, chances are your car will be getting towed! Even if your car is drivable, they can simply detain you, which gives them the right to tow your car (safely parked off the highway), which gives them the right to search your entire car, bring in a drug sniffing dog, etc. Think I'm kidding? I've had them do this to me when I was rear-ended. "Can I have my wife come get the car to save me the $200 towing fee?" "No, you have no right to contact anyone!"
Except that if I obtained my driver's license BEFORE the law was passed, they would be adding an ex post facto condition to the license, wouldn't they?
You say "unfortunate", I say "appropriate".
So, you're saying the correct response to a officer telling you to "hand me your phone" is to say, "show me your warrant"?
Or, you know, you could just not text while driving. That might be a cheaper and easier way of avoiding fines.
I never text, but this brings up a question frequently on my mind: is using google navigate while driving considered "distracted driving"? I try to set the destination before putting the car in gear, but I don't always do it that way, and it is admittedly dangerous to type in a destination while driving. Also tend to hold phone in my hand so that I can see the navigation info while driving -- can this get me busted?
Yeah, that .380 will be really handy when they are taking a cab to the Republican national convention...
"Separate but equal" failed because services were demonstrably NOT equal. Desegregation was seen as the only effective means of making equal services available to everyone, even if busing kids miles out of there way was a side effect.
Can you cite any specific cases of male to female trans people being sexual predators, or are you just making shit up again?
I wondered why apartment managers always took my drivers license and stuck it in a locked drawer in the office before showing me an apartment, until I realized: almost always women showing the apartment, I'm a strange male, and by definition they would be alone in the apartment with me. Sadly, it wouldn't actually prevent an attack, but it would assist in tracking down the perpetrator after the fact.
No, a gun isn't magic, but it is an equalizer that gives a much smaller, weaker person a fighting chance against a larger, strong aggressor... usually just be brandishing the weapon. That being said, I would like there to be much more stringent requirements for training and demonstrated proficiency before giving people concealed carry permits.
Men-only clubs still exist in the US. Ever heard of a fraternity?
There is a HUGE gender bias in the enforcement of domestic violence laws, to the point that a woman can do anything they want to a man, but if the man defends himself, he goes to jail. Yes, I too have a problem with people perpetuating the myth that domestic violence is something that men do to women and children, with the fact is that violence is something that people do to people, Personally, I have never assaulted a woman, but I've been assaulted by women on multiple occasions, and police never pressed charges against the woman. That being said, there is ample legal precedent for starting businesses that serve only women and are staffed by only women, so I suspect the safety argument would be considered sufficient grounds to justify discrimination in this case. Also, even though they are using only female drivers, they are STILL running exhaustive background checks on them! Not sure what they are doing to blacklist violent customers...
How is the Girl Scouts refusing to accept male members not gender discrimination? And yet nobody has a problem with it...
Actually, since the Equal Rights Amendment was never ratified, there is no constitutional requirement to treat men and women exactly the same. There are plenty of businesses that give preferences to women and get away with it.
Female-only health clubs like Curves for Women are still in business. Girls Scouts still accepts only female members. Men-only clubs still exist in the US! Fraternities and Sororities are still gender-specific. Women can run women-only massage businesses. Sex workers can be selected on the basis of gender and sex... apparently it is legal to "discriminate" on the basis of sex and/or gender if you can state valid reasons to do so, e.g. for safety.
Sounds like a better solution for those that want to investigate the effects of zero-g sex... the walls would be much more comfortable to bounce off of than the tin can walls of an old-fashioned habitat.
800 miles above the surface of the planet, living in a fucking TENT! "No space debris could possibly puncture the fabric walls of this baby!"
Not worth considering until they sue the state for discriminating against them...
Meh... I've read better porn... I'd give it a 6 out of 10, but at least I could fap to it.
Dead drunk, but he could still get it up and get it off enough to get two women pregnant? Lot must have been one hell of a man! Maybe he SHOULD be thought of as as hero!
It's a more valid argument about showers at health clubs, but still, it should be possible to have some privacy there regardless -- I don't like group showers either!
Isn't the ultimate solution to just provide single-occupant, unisex bathrooms for everyone? That's a time consuming and expensive change, but it solves the problem of creating a "safe space" for everyone. That's the solution we all already use at home, and many new businesses have unisex bathrooms for customers already. I was just in a Jamba Juice that had only one bathroom -- you just have to clean it a lot more often if men are using it too.
Thank you, that was my point exactly. In an extremely poorly thought out attempt to keep women from being uncomfortable sharing facilities with male-to-female transgender people, they have legally forced women to share facilities with much more masculine looking female-to-male transgender people. The stupid bastards have made the problem much worse by not thinking it through! Fortunately, this law will be pretty easily defeated in court. I'm confused by the part that bans cities from passing laws that are more restrictive than the state law... I thought more local jurisdictions were allowed to make things more restricted, but not less restrictive. So NC is claiming they can pass laws that reverse Federal law, but counties and cities can't pass laws that reverse state law? How the hell does that work, legally?
There are trough-style urinals, and even trough-style portapotties that are used at high attendance events. Personally, I don't give a shit who sees my peepee... unless they are using a magnifying glass; that's kind of creepy.