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Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: Toad on December 14, 2002, 08:05:55 AM

Is 'mooning' a constitutional right? (http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/12/13/offbeat.australia.mooning.reut/index.html)

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SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australian police warned on Friday that the law would lose its bite if "mooning" became enshrined as an implied constitutional right.

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: Leslie on December 14, 2002, 08:13:48 AM

Well...if you need the Police real fast, just moon the police car as it goes by, and I guarantee it will slam on the brakes.:D


Les

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: capt. apathy on December 14, 2002, 08:44:07 AM

I doubt if the writers of the constitution ever intended to protect 'mooning rights'.  

but any cop who arrests someone for mooning really has too much free time on his hands

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: midnight Target on December 14, 2002, 08:49:37 AM

You gotta be careful when mooning, or you may reveal your "concealed weapon". This may lead to a revoking of your "CC" permit by your wife, and a possible reduction in the caliber of your weapon.

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: SirLoin on December 14, 2002, 08:59:11 AM

Well,if HTC ever holds a convention in Austrailia....They better bring a paddywagon..!

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: Dinger on December 14, 2002, 02:10:11 PM

Heh.  well even the australian law shold be pretty clear on this.
It is a political statement, and pretty much protected speech, whether crescent or full moon.
Unless, of course, the protestor does the "redeye" variant, and the officer is given a full view of the sea of tranquility, in which case it is indecent exposure.

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: Dinger on December 14, 2002, 02:21:03 PM

What about "spitting the winkle"? You can still do that to cops, right?

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: ccvi on December 14, 2002, 05:05:29 PM

for a non-native speaker please: what is mooning?

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: Dinger on December 14, 2002, 05:14:31 PM

http://www.aviationpics.de/military/1999/military.htm

the pilot in the black-and-white phantom shot (also in color to right) is "mooning" the refueling ship.

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: ccvi on December 14, 2002, 05:36:56 PM

tnx.

were there any other mooners in aviation history except this one and the case of the b26?

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: GRUNHERZ on December 14, 2002, 10:00:31 PM

I dont know nor do I care about constitutional rights but this is just stupid and clearly beyond the scope of any grand legal custom. If somebody moons you on the street they are clearly idiots in which case they should be arrested for public indecency, summarily beaten by the police and then released. If however they are mentally disturbed individuals they should of course not be beaten but aressted and sent to a hospital for proper care.

Title: Is 'mooning' a constitutional right?
Post by: Innominate on December 15, 2002, 12:16:38 AM

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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
I dont know nor do I care about constitutional rights

And you're the perfect example of why the US is becoming less and less a free country every day.