Horry County police asked to avoid bar on Waterway....... Boathouse owner: Request is unfair

[SoCalDem]

By Kurt Knapek - [e-mail]
http://www.thesunnews.com/news/local/story/982603.html
News - Local
Thursday, Jul. 16, 2009

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Two police officers from separate local police departments are off their jobs after witnesses reported men baring their bottoms in front of some children.

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Two local officers are no longer with their respective police forces after witnesses said they were intoxicated and exposed themselves in front of families on the Intracoastal Waterway.

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Horry County police received a report that on July 5, two men exposed themselves while on the Intracoastal Waterway behind The Boathouse. "I made a suggestion to find another place to party, or you'll be subject to your own actions," Morgan said. "We've suggested places to avoid before." Morgan would not reveal those establishments, but stressed to officers that they are held to a higher standard.

"I can't stop them from partying," Morgan said. "They are humans. They have to relax. Everyone does. They just have to be selective in what they do and where they do it." A Conway woman said Tuesday that one of her friends took photos of Dean and about 15 other people near him who were "shotgunning alcohol."

Dean was "shaking his butt and mooning everybody" on July 5 near The Boathouse, said Sarah Delosantos, who was with four children - ages 7, 10, 12 and 14 - at the time of the incident. Coan said the photo shows Dean drinking beer from a can and said the Boathouse does not sell canned beer. Coan said many boaters were on the waterway that day before a free concert in the back of The Boathouse property.

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[zonkers]

1. Partay!!!!!!!!!!!

[FreakinDJ]

2. I see a 1st amendment violation here

"Mooning" is an expression

Would you rather be "Flipped Off" or Mooned

[WillParkinson]

3. Baring your bottom is not free speech...

Apparently it's only free as long as you're clothed.

So bottoms up, I say! ;-)

[L0oniX]

4. Depends ...if one is talking out of their ass then what? n/t

[FreakinDJ]

5. Freedom of Expression ??

You can Shit on the American Flag and call it an expression of your art

I say a little "Moon" here and there is not that far off

[SoCalDem]

8. Especially when the mooners are COPS (were cops)

"off-duty" , drunk cops can be very dangerous people..

[Deja Q]

6. So's giving you the finger.

What was your initial reaction to having seen my response?

My point is simple: Repercussions. Civility. Common decency.

With freedom comes responsibility, so in short one must choose their fights carefully. Shamelessly inciting an incident by showing everyone one's body parts is not speech. It's a bit more barbaric than that.

And is either showing one's butt or one's finger, both incidents of which typically have negative connotations unless reasonably explained, speech? or suggestion?

[FreakinDJ]

7. A couple of kids from the local university "Mooned" me in traffic

the other day

I laughed my ass off. Hence my point - those people might have deserved the finger and they made light of it and "Mooned" them