Thursday night I went to Coyote
Ugly, as any sane man would do with Maria and Melissa working, and wound up
meeting a vigorously dedicated member of the Libertarian party in New York.
His points of contention now: the smoking ban in NYC and the crackdown of
bars without cabaret licenses.
I know more about pre-World War II baseball than I know about politics, so I
quizzed my new friend on his party's views.
"Where do you stand on porn?" I asked.
"We believe in all freedoms, and so we support people's right to engage in
whatever activity they please," he replied.
"That's great," I said, "but I think it's too expensive. I think no porn
should cost more than $9.95 per DVD."
He explained to me that Libertarian views were diametrically opposed to
price-fixing, but that their influence could make a lot of taboo products
more socially acceptable and end the government's monetary gain from their
sales.
My friend Kevin and I had a great time with our Libertarian friend —
who says the skies would be safer if everyone carried a gun onto an airplane
(I reminded him that 200 drunks and 200 guns does not make for a safe
commute) and that racial profiling, which I believe in, eats at the core of
our principles — and at the end of the night he challenged us to commit
to changing the world.
"Yes," said Kevin, "I'm serious about this."
I had a different take. "I don't give a shit. Who's round is it?"
You will understand my ambivalence to politics once you've viewed these 28 pictures from Coyote Ugly Thursday night.
such good, clean body lickin' fun. libertarian or not, how can you say no to tequila?
Posted by jen at April 4, 2003 8:15 AM