Tuesday, September 16, 2008

When nude dancing is outlawed, only outlaws will dance nude

I'm not generally the kind of person who goes to protests, but this one sounds like it's for a good cause:
Hundreds of disco workers protested in Kathmandu on Monday against a government crackdown on "nude dancing" in its bid to improve the deteriorating law and order.

Police have raided scores of discos, nightclubs and dance bars in the past two weeks and detained 1,500 people saying many were running bars where "nude dances" were performed, not allowed by law in the Hindu majority society.

There are hundreds of such night spots in the Kathmandu valley, although the country has no specific law to regulate them.
Wait, I'm confused. The "nude dances" aren't allowed by law, but there's no law regulating nude dance establishments? How does that work?
Police official Sarbendra Khanal said those dancing nude in bars as well as their clients would be charged under the public offence act.

If found guilty they could be sentenced to up to one year in jail and fined $400.
I guess it's more of a broad stroke kind of thing. And hells yeah, the pun was intended.

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