Welsh to ban strippers in limousines

Reuters ^ | August 17, 2004

[NCjim]

Strippers and pole dancers should be banned from performing in stretch limousines, according to a British report.

Councillors from the mountainous Welsh county of Gwynedd said many limousine hire companies were providing the erotic dancers as entertainment for clients, but in-car striptease was an "inappropriate" activity.

"Lately, stretch limousines have been used more and more," said the report, released on Tuesday.

"Some operators are providing entertainment to clients within the vehicle which may involve inappropriate activities such as lap dancing, giving rise to concerns about indecency."

The new proposals recommend a blanket ban on striptease, lap dancing, pole dancing and "any other activity or performance of a like kind".

[weegee]

The concern might be that it's easier to cross the line between stripping and prostitution in the privacy of a limo than in a strip club.

So much for hiring a stripper to come into someone's HOUSE for a bachelor party.

[reed13]

Still - you gotta love the entrepreneur who came up with this marketing plan.

[Tax-chick]

Ahem ...

Anyone who doesn't think stripping has anything to do with sex is crazy lying.

There you are.

[cyborg]

hehe thanks ;-)

[martin_fierro]

Yoorpeen Stretch Limo.

[Constitution Day]

Looks like there's just enough space for a champagne room in the back.

[BrooklynGOP]

pole dancing ping!

[Modernman]

So much for hiring a stripper to come into someone's HOUSE for a bachelor party.

Strippers who are willing to do private parties like that tend to be the ones who are willing to have sex for money.

Of course, whether that should be against the law is a reasonable question. I have no problems with legalizing prostitution.

Sex is the only thing I can think of that is legal to give away for free, but illegal to charge money for.

[weegee]

Anyone who doesn't think stripping has anything to do with sex is crazy.

"That all depends on what the definition of sex is. When my wife strips down for bed, sex is the LAST thing on my mind."

[tdadams]

Damn, what am I going to do the next time I'm in llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

[Pearls Before Swine]

Damn, what am I going to do the next time I'm in llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?

Buy a hyphen?

[weegee]

If we consider this stripper law, couples can still be "indecent" in the back of a limo as well.

Prostitution laws carried more weight when there were also fornication laws and a center for disease control that was interested in contacting those who had sex with someone infected with a venereal disease.

It isn't the financial aspect of prostitution that makes it a crime. You can pay someone cash to cut your lawn or babysit your kids with no government intrusion.

[weegee]

Ban back seats

While we are at it, take out the back row in the movie theaters. Oh, wait. That just means a different row becomes the back row, well take that one out too...

[Murtyo]

Welsh Strippers in Training

[Modernman]

It isn't the financial aspect of prostitution that makes it a crime. You can pay someone cash to cut your lawn or babysit your kids with no government intrusion.

I'm not sure I follow. Other than the exchange of money, every activity involved in prostitution is legal. There is no law preventing a person from having sex with as many partners as they want. However, the minute money enters the equation, it becomes a crime.

[tdadams]

Great. No more limo parties for the phone service guys.

[weegee]

Pole dancing in a limo? What are they, stripper midgets?

No. The midgets are employed in their rental fleet of Mini Coopers:

[Squawk 8888]

Sex is the only thing I can think of that is legal to give away for free, but illegal to charge money for.

Unless you're a doctor in Canada.

[reed13]

I disagree - there are laws against adultery, sodomy, etc. in many districts. The laws are just not enforced. Not saying right or wrong, just saying.

[weegee]

Other than the exchange of money, every activity involved in prostitution is legal.

Exactly and since the financial argument is also a hollow charge, in light of the sodomy law ruling (privacy) there IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS for laws against prostitution.

Unless they are going to start cracking down on babysitters to firm up their monetary excuse.