We don’t have the right to smoke pot in our own homes, and until recently no right to have oral or anal sex in private, so it will be natural for the state to conclude we don't have the right to free speech in privacy of our bathrooms.

sofaking wrote:

In October, Dawn Herb swore at her toilet when it overflowed. She admits it was loud enough for people outside to hear her. It lead to a citation and then, some help from the American Civil Liberties Union.

I had read about this shortly after it happened (not a hat, as far as I know, but mostly since I'm not a fussbudget about repeats with enough of a time lapse). My thought was that the ACLU is arguing the wrong point of law. Freedom of speech/expression doesn't extend to physically compromising the existence of others, as the equivalent of a "noise complaint" might. I have no idea how loud this bitch bellowed, but it couldn't have been any more noisome than the people I heard having wannabe-pornstar sex in a nearby apartment a few weeks ago.

Folks get awfully touchy about having their own "privacy" invaded, as anyone who's lived next to someone with a loud stereo could tell you (or anybody who's had to listen to someone's bass-boosted vehicle roll by). The 'Obscenity Quotient' is immaterial. I believe we should all have the right to do whatever we want in our own homes and/or bedrooms, but I would draw the line at volume, not content.

Taint wrote:

Speaking of which.

I would use it, as the article/PDF/whatever inquires. I don't get a particular thrill from being able to see others when they can't see me (that would be a fetish), but it falls to the When-U-Gotta-Go-Principle. A seemingly "open-air" crapper is just a mind-fuck. I sincerely hope they're not claiming that it's "art."

I don't know why we still let people shit in their bathrooms. It's a pretty offending process if you think about it.