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keehah
21st July 2010, 12:38 PM
I posted this here for obvious reasons. ;D

Consumerist.com: Illinois Town Wants To Outlaw Eye-Rolling (http://consumerist.com/2010/07/illinois-town-wants-to-outlaw-eye-rolling.html)
By Chris Morran on July 21, 2010 11:00 AM

Next time you're in line at the grocery store and you roll your eyes at the person with two carts full of items refusing to leave the 10-items-or-fewer line, you might be in trouble with the law -- at least if you live in Elmhurst, Illinois. Officials of the Chicago suburb are looking into finding a way of putting an end to the practice by legal means.

The idiocy stems from a recent city council meeting where an Elmhurst resident was ejected from the room after rolling her eyes in reaction to something that was said by a council member.

Members of the Elmhurst city council have asked the City Attorney to look into the creation of a "disturbance and disorderly conduct" violation and to see if eye-rolling could somehow be shoehorned into its definition.

Illinois state law defines disorderly conduct is "an act in such unreasonable manner as to alarm or disturb another, or to provoke a breach of the peace."

While she apparently is against a prohibition on eye-rolling, the Elmhurst citizen who was booted from the meeting says she's all for having a definition of disorderly conduct in the city's books.

"I'd like for them (city officials) to have a better understanding of the open meetings act and its meaning and to understand what disorderly conduct is," she explained.

As for the City Attorney, who is slated to report back to the council on his findings on Jan. 26, he seems doubtful that rude behavior at a city council meeting should be an issue for law enforcement.

"It's not in any way a punishable offense by a fine," he said. "It's a matter of decorum."

What do you think: At what point does eye-rolling and such behavior cross the line and become something that could be considered disorderly conduct?

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JDRock
24th July 2010, 08:08 AM
....Book will be incensed! :oo-->....

Book
24th July 2010, 08:18 AM
What do you think: At what point does eye-rolling and such behavior cross the line and become something that could be considered disorderly conduct?



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SLV^GLD
24th July 2010, 09:16 AM
Eye rolling is really nothing more than a wordless way of trying to push a button and get a reaction from whoever the action was directed at. If we ban eye rolling then we'll have to ban saying things like, "un-uh, you are" or "so's your face" and also a moratorium on snorting under your breath as well as the *COUGH*bullsheit*COUGH* tactic. ::)

Phoenix
25th July 2010, 05:42 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facecrime


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1970 silver art
25th July 2010, 05:59 PM
Outlawing eye-rolling? ? ? ? I guess that this Chicago suburb has too much time on their hands. I guess they do not have enough laws to make its citizens oppressive enough.

Oh BTW........In honor of this Chicago suburb.........

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Book
25th July 2010, 06:01 PM
Facecrime
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Facecrime, a "Newspeak" term coined in George Orwell's novel 1984, is the crime of exhibiting an improper facial expression. For example, to look incredulous when a state victory was announced.

"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself -- anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offence. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime, it was called."

Thought you were joking Phoenix . What this means is that the ADL must be now working Congress to pass a new HATELOOK criminal statute.

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SHTF2010
25th July 2010, 06:19 PM
Facecrime
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Facecrime, a "Newspeak" term coined in George Orwell's novel 1984, is the crime of exhibiting an improper facial expression. For example, to look incredulous when a state victory was announced.

"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself -- anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offence. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime, it was called."

Thought you were joking Phoenix . What this means is that the ADL must be now working Congress to pass a new HATELOOK criminal statute .

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with all these new laws/legislation being passed, i say by the end of this year