Bicycling Indecency

I read something vaguely ridiculous yesterday.

So there's this naked bike ride taking place in Tucson.

It's really not a big deal--they happen all over the world, and the point is to show how vulnerable bicyclists are as they ride alongside Hummers and monster trucks (although that's mostly on U.S. streets).

The ridiculous part is that people can't really do it all the way in Tucson unless they want the potential of being slapped with a misdemeanor or class 6 felony for public indecency.

Basically, you can't show anything between your waist and thighs, and women can't show their nipples OR any part of the areola. (It's not fair that men get fewer restrictions, for one thing). Sounds like common-sense decency from an American point of view, but the more I think about it, the whole law bit just seems so stupid.

I mean, if you're really staring at a bunch of naked people on bicycles, you deserve to be grossed out, right?

Oh, America the prudish, you've struck again!