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Re:The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill by fsck--off on Friday August 09, 2013 @01:49AM (#6183953)
> There are also issues where people ask why it is that it is legal for men to go topless, yet is criminal for women to go topless? Should not the law apply equally to both men and women? That is a reasonable question and there is no answer that justifies this discrimination that is not intrinsically sexist.

Here in New York City, both men and women are permitted to go topless.

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Re:The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill by tjic on Friday August 09, 2013 @09:00AM (#6185298)
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Anatole_France

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