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Lilly

14.02.2003

Slishkom mnogo perevodit, k sozhaleniu. U kogo est sili i vremya, prochitaite nashi poslednie zakoni v New York. RESUME: Cellpnones davno zapresheno polzovatsa v machine (tolko headsets and speaker), nelzya polzovotsa v kino, opera theater, drama theater. Monogo restaurants zaprezhaut polzovatsa cellphone (v osnovnom v dorogih restaurants), a teper yze i puknut nelzyu v subway. Penalty $100.00 budet.
Za ispolzovanie cellpnone v theatre $50.00 shtraf.
I novoe vvedenie. U kogo plohoy zapah iz rot-tozhe shtraf.
Chitaite! This is not a joke.

AP-New York City, Feb. 13. In its ongoing efforts to criminalize the
trivial annoyances of daily life, the New York City Council has passed an
ordinance making farting on the subway a misdemeanor offense punishable by
a fine of $100.00 per toot.

"This has long been a problem for New Yorkers and it`s time the City
Council addressed it," said Councilwoman Helen Foster.

Said Foster, "This was the next logical step after banning cell phones in
theaters. I mean really, can anyone say that a cell phone going off in the
middle of Bach`s Toccata and Fugue in Asia Minor is any more offensive than
having to inhale someone`s gas in a crowded subway car? And after all,
we`ve banned smoking in public places - is a fart any less offensive than
cigarette smoke?"

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg threatened to veto the ordinance,
saying that it gave a whole new meaning to the term, "gas bill." But
Council members were confident that the veto would be overriden. "Everyone
knows the Mayor has a conflict of interest on this issue because he is the
biggest gasbag in the city," said councilwoman Maria Baez. "He has no
credibility on this issue."

Much of the controversy surrounding the Farting Ordinance has arisen from
problems with enforcing the recent cell phone ban. Many have objected to
the infiltration of theaters and opera houses with plainclothes policemen
and the summary arrest of people whose cell phones go off during a
performance.

"I had my cell phone with me at the opera because my two young children
were at home with a babysitter," said long-time Metropolitan Opera
subscriber Alice Warner. "I just forgot to turn it off. The baby sitter
called to tell me that one of my children had swallowed a bottle of
cleaning fluid. But before I could leave, I was grabbed by two goons who
confiscated my cell phone, took me down to the local police station, beat
me with a hose and sodomized me with a broom handle."

Others have raised concern over the possible disparate racial impact the
ordinance might have. "Look, persons of color generally have diets that
are more gas-inducing than the diets of white people," said councilman
Leroy Comrie. "I`m worried that we are going to see a lot more African-
Americans and Hispanics cited under this ordinance than white people.
There is a real potential for racial profiling here. I can see it now, a
new offense - "Farting While Black."

Conservative council members have been critical of the ordinance as an
excessive expansion of governmental authority over the daily lives of
citizens. "This is ridiculous, said Republican council member Andrew
Lazza. "What`s next - fining people for bad breath?"

Ironically, councilman Robert Jackson has just introduced an ordinance that
would make bad breath a misdemeanor offense. A vote on the measure is
expected next month.

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