"profane music" to be banned from bars in Mo. along with swearing

[donsu]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080108/ap_on_fe_st/odd_cussing_ban;_ylt=Aj7.ZAwfbNV7T1OqFVSOf7Cs0NUE


what the hell is 'profane' music?
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What the ...? A St. Louis-area town is considering a bill that would ban swearing in bars, along with table-dancing, drinking contests and profane music. City officials contend the bill is needed to keep rowdy crowds under control because the historic downtown area gets a little too lively on some nights.

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Marc Rousseau, who owns bar R.T. Weilers, said he thinks the bill needs revision.

"We're dealing with adults here once again and I don't think it's the city's job or the government's job to determine what we can and cannot play in our restaurant," Rousseau said.

The proposal would ban indecent, profane or obscene language, songs, entertainment and literature at bars.

A meeting to discuss the proposal is set for Jan. 14.
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control freaks at work

[acmavm]

1. Better be building some more incarceration space if this stupid

thing goes through.

[iconoclastic cat]

2. What the hell is going on in MO.? nt

[Echo In Light]

3. Brings this to mind:

Bill Hicks - Play From Your Fucking Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkA6zugNMQ&feature=related

[madinmaryland]

4. Hmm. Wonder if Dick Cheney will tell them what they can do with this law!

[Manifestor_of_Light]

5. This will get shot down in court.

Somebody will file a lawsuit and this bill will get thrown out under "void for vagueness" as they call it in legalese.

This is ridiculous. Like all the definitions of obscenity that the Supremes struggled with for decades.

But then MO is trying to drag its citizens back to the Dark Ages and regulate every aspect of their lives, just like lots of other states.

[AndyTiedye]

7. Don't Be So Sure. The Courts Have Been Getting Packed With Wingnut Judges in the Past Few Years

The current Supreme Court might uphold such a law.

[donsu]

6. but the profane music - I want to hear some profane

wish they had been more specific

[hermetic]

8. Reminds me of a story

Early 90's, hubby and I used to spend some time at a bar in very rural Indiana. It was a good bar, nice people and a good juke box. One day we tried to play "Bat Out of Hell" (Meat Loaf)but nothing happened. We inquired of the barkeep and he said that some council people had come and removed it, due to content. "Paradise By the Dashboard Lights" was still on there, though. Go figure.

[kineneb]

10. the thousand or so verses of Plastic Jesus? nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. No more Rodeo Song??!

:(

[Solon]

11. Aw shit, St. Charles is full of idiots. Dammit, why the fuck do they have to do this shit?

It just makes us seem stupid. Shit! x(

[and-justice-for-all]

12. Well if that take all that fun away...

that might as well call it a church and not a bar. Fuckin' morons.

[Fleshdancer]

13. forcing business owners to restrict the first amendment rights of artists?

ridiculous.

[Sydnie]

14. freak controls at work - pun intended

They want to legislate adult behavior back to the Gay 90's ... next thing you know, you won't be able to buy carbonated beverages on Sunday again!

This is not a health nor a safety issue. I can't see how this can survive the sniff test by any court, even a right wing judges court.

[marmar]

15. F*%k them......

If they pass this law, I'm going to make the trip there just to walk into a bar, start cussing and blare NWA's "Fuck the Police" from a Boombox.

[Binka]

16. I'll Join You

Plus what the fuck would literature be doing in a bar? It's not a mother fucking library.

[Swamp Rat]

17. Fuck that Stalinist bull shit!

[SoCalDem]

18. Isn't this where many of us came IN?

In the late sixties, I had to drive miles & miles to a college campus to buy "Devil with a Blue Dress On"..and "Louie, Louie" was banned from my prom..

whodathunkit?