For those that are Barefoot 24/7

I agree with this one also. My grade school teachers didn't like that my hair was slightly below my collar. They claimed it was unhygenic, which makes no sense at all. Every girl would have to cut her hair short according to this warped reasoning.

 

That's not at all what I meant. I meant that the number of cases where a barefooters or nudists rights are trampled upon are isolated. The majority of discrimination cases have nothing to with with either bare feet or nudism.

 

Yes, but you quoted me. If you wanted to address Little Hippy, then you should have quoted that person in a seperate message.

You can probably sue for exactly the same things in the UK or any western society. Nothing ever prevents anybody from suing anybody else over anything. Whether such lawsuits are thrown out of court for lack of merit is a seperate matter.

 

Disneyland used to not let men wiht long hair in to their parks in the '60's because they thought it messed with their family reputation.

 

The case of 'No Shirt No Service' is a good example of where there is no risk of injury and no health issue. Clearly, it's an issue of an establishment not liking the idea of seeing someone shirtless.

The people who claim 'protection of store owners rights' always shy away from this example, because their argument about the chance of getting injured doesn't hold in this case.

The courts will usually decide that it's not discrimination because all the person has to do is put on his shirt. A court decision occurred in Ohio where a barefooter tried to access a public library and wasn't allowed. The court ruled it wasn't discrimination because all he had to do was put his shoes on.

 

That court also, in erroneous contravention of facts entered as evidence, concluded that a public health issue was addressed, and that the library was "protecting" the plaintiff from all manner of risks to his health. The court cited things like blood, semen and vomit -- as if they were likely to be encountered by the barefoot patron at the library! And if they WERE present in the library, that would mean that the library was allowing gross dangers to the public health to exist on its premises!

According to what I've read on that case, the judge was an absolute asshole, and was making shit up as he went along.

Blue skies,
-Jeffrey

 

I don't see how this contradicts my point.

 

It doesn't. It agrees with one of your points.

 

Well I started going barefoot to university when the weather got going back in may. Had no problems at all, so left the shoes at home most of the time. Except one night where they wouldn't let me in the union without shoes, although they had before, so I had to go home and get some if i wanted to get in, which I think I did in the end.

 

yeah when I have to wear shoes I wear ballet shoes they're so free


But when I was in compulsory education at school it's compulsory to wear brown or black shoes. There's a dress code and uniform... blaaargh. I wish we had the whole freedom of expression thing in england.

 

I told you guys I'd ask about a doc's note and they said they wouldn't let me. I think I'm gonna barefoot my way across ccampus anyways!

 

I am barefoot 24/7 outdoors from the time the snow melts up here in the arctic in late may till about labor day in September.I normal barefoot indoors 24/7 year round

 

They dont let people come in without shirts or shoes on either and claim its to keep their image and for saftey reasons but in a nutshell they just dont like seeing shirtless and barefoot people. I think we need laws protecting customers from businesses like this who take their control over their property too far. People should have certain rights that no matter weither its a private business or not, they cant take these away from people. These people's bodies belong to themselves and they should be able to chose what they wear without someone forcing them to do otherwise.

 

Wouldn't you like that, you goddamn socialist.

 

Who are you calling a socialist and why would you want to call them that?

 

I just think some businesses abuse their rights and I beleive the customer should have some rights too. The business should be more worried about making a profit and not care so much who or what walks through its doors so long as theyre interested in buying something or at least not hurting anyone.

 

Isn't it comforting to know that he claims to be a COP?

-Jeffrey

 

Isn't it fucked up how EVIL PEOPLE can LIE about stuff like that -- even when it is utterly, completely transparent, and they know that everyone must know that they know it's a lie?! I wonder what such a lying piece of garbage would say if you just cornered them right there with that stupidity and showed them the ridiculousness of it...

"A boy's collar-length hair is 'unhygienic,' but girls can have hair down to their asses and that's... just... fine."


In Excalibur, Merlin said,
"When a man lies, he murders some part of the world."

-Jeffrey

 

Actually, I did corner them about it and asked why it's not a problem for girls. They came back with another 'argument' and said that in my case my hair was just such a length that it was going down between my collar and neck, and somehow that was unhygienic.

 

a) lifegaurd...god i love my job

b)doesn't bother me, when im barefootin round im usally not thinkin bout it unless im steppin on somethin like glass

c) god i love livin by the beach...its usally not to big of an issue for me (at the beach)but if they have enough of a problem to someup and say somethin to me ill just leave