> More to the point, you've been trained think that is normal, in countries where guns aren't legal, the very sight of a gun would strike fear into people.
I suppose that might be true in some places, but I've lived in Europe
and spent a fair amount of time in Mexico, and my observations in both
were that the police carried much more serious weaponry under normal
circumstances than you see in the US.
> I don't know where you live, but public nudity will get you in trouble just about anywhere in the U.S.
I live in Oregon, where we have a constitutional right to be naked in
public.
> You just can't stroll through a mall naked, you will be forcibly removed and you will meet some police.
Malls are private property, not public property. The owners of the
mall have every bit as much right to exclude someone being naked on
their property as I do on my property.
> Same as above, stroll though a mall falling over drunk and you'll meet some police very quickly. Public drunkenness will get you in trouble in most public places that aren't a bar.
Again, malls are private property. And, I suppose I can’t argue with
whatever your experiences were, but I see lots of drunk people
wandering about on a typical Friday or Saturday and the only ones who
have problems with the police are the ones who try to start fights, or
who won’t leave private property when asked.
I suppose that might be true in some places, but I've lived in Europe and spent a fair amount of time in Mexico, and my observations in both were that the police carried much more serious weaponry under normal circumstances than you see in the US
Indeed. Get off the Eurostar at GdN and you will see soldiers patrolling the place with assault rifles. Same around the Tour Eiffel. And this is in France. No-one bats an eyelid. I've never seen routine patrols in any US city carrying M16s.
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> More to the point, you've been trained think that is normal, in countries where guns aren't legal, the very sight of a gun would strike fear into people.
I suppose that might be true in some places, but I've lived in Europe and spent a fair amount of time in Mexico, and my observations in both were that the police carried much more serious weaponry under normal circumstances than you see in the US.
> I don't know where you live, but public nudity will get you in trouble just about anywhere in the U.S.
I live in Oregon, where we have a constitutional right to be naked in public.
> You just can't stroll through a mall naked, you will be forcibly removed and you will meet some police.
Malls are private property, not public property. The owners of the mall have every bit as much right to exclude someone being naked on their property as I do on my property.
> Same as above, stroll though a mall falling over drunk and you'll meet some police very quickly. Public drunkenness will get you in trouble in most public places that aren't a bar.
Again, malls are private property. And, I suppose I can’t argue with whatever your experiences were, but I see lots of drunk people wandering about on a typical Friday or Saturday and the only ones who have problems with the police are the ones who try to start fights, or who won’t leave private property when asked.
I suppose that might be true in some places, but I've lived in Europe and spent a fair amount of time in Mexico, and my observations in both were that the police carried much more serious weaponry under normal circumstances than you see in the US
Indeed. Get off the Eurostar at GdN and you will see soldiers patrolling the place with assault rifles. Same around the Tour Eiffel. And this is in France. No-one bats an eyelid. I've never seen routine patrols in any US city carrying M16s.
> I live in Oregon, where we have a constitutional right to be naked in public.
Interesting, but Oregon is rather progressive, which is why I think I'll eventually end up in or near Portland. I live in Arizona, it sucks.
> Malls are private property, not public property.
A bad example perhaps, substitute "the mall" with a stroll down a public street, in most states you'll be arrested.